According to iphone this is a shaggy ink cap/lawyer’s wig/shaggy mane.
Yes, that’s what it looks like.
I don’t think they look similar to anything so probably fine to eat. Always a good idea to take a spore print to help with ID, tho’.
Just popped up today
Submitted 6 months ago by beccaboben@lemmy.world to mycology@mander.xyz
https://i.imgur.com/q0muoim.jpg
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Puttaneska@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Eheran@lemmy.world 6 months ago
iphones have a built in app for this?
hoch@lemmy.world 6 months ago
At least on my Samsung, Bixby Vision immediately identified it as coprinus comatus
beccaboben@lemmy.world 6 months ago
When you’re looking at your picture there’s a little “i” you can click on and it’ll list related web searches.
Eheran@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Interesting, thanks. There are dedicated image scanning apps to identify plants, I assumed you used one of those. I guess this mushroom is just easy to identify.
guazzabuglio@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Shaggy mane are a choice edible, but they’ll dissolve into black goo in a matter of hours after being picked.
antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
And they absorb toxins, so not ideal if near a highway. And they interact with alcohol so no alcohol with your meal.
vinter@mander.xyz 6 months ago
No, they don’t. Coprinus comatus does not contain any benzocoprines, and does not interact with alcohol. Coprinopsis atramentaria is the one you are referring to. Completely different genus - and not one I’d recommend eating anyways, besides the alcohol interaction they have been found to cause testicular lesions!
vinter@mander.xyz 6 months ago
The goo is edible too! Flavor intensifies with this process. Some folks like to use it for pasta or sauces, kind of like a vegan squid ink
guazzabuglio@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Had no idea. Good to know. Now it only I could find some in my area.