National Mushroom Month: Yes September is National Mushroom Month, a non-official holiday inaugurated in 1992 as part of a governmental effort to promote mushroom farming in the US. I...

cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina

Yes September is National Mushroom Month, a non-official holiday inaugurated in 1992 as part of a governmental effort to promote mushroom farming in the US. I never heard of it before today, but in the spirit of things here are photos of mushrooms around my house last week.

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dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

WOW!!! You have quite a variety of mushrooms and have submitted excellent photographs of them as well. Are any of them edible that you know of? I love mushrooms but would be afraid to try any for fear they might be the non edible poisonous type.

Dennis

cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina

dennis2146 wrote:

WOW!!! You have quite a variety of mushrooms and have submitted excellent photographs of them as well. Are any of them edible that you know of? I love mushrooms but would be afraid to try any for fear they might be the non edible poisonous type.

Dennis

Thank you Dennis and don't know if any are edible, if I am eating mushrooms they are coming from grocery store or restaurant.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Lawsuits and national protests to follow! Toadstools will insist they have been discriminated against!

Really nice shots though. I like the white one that is not totally circular. It looks inviting enough to eat.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Bridges wrote:

Lawsuits and national protests to follow! Toadstools will insist they have been discriminated against!

Really nice shots though. I like the white one that is not totally circular. It looks inviting enough to eat.

That one does look pretty tempting doesn't it. I once found a puffball in a field. Knowing they are edible like mushrooms, some of them anyway but not all, I stopped at our library to get books to check on the edibility of that particular one. From two different books, one showed a photo that was pretty darn close to what I had and said it was perfectly edible. From the other book another close photo said it was very poisonous and should not be eaten. I threw it away. Like you I buy them from a store and enjoy them.

Dennis

JustJill Loc: Iowa

cedymock wrote:

Yes September is National Mushroom Month, a non-official holiday inaugurated in 1992 as part of a governmental effort to promote mushroom farming in the US. I never heard of it before today, but in the spirit of things here are photos of mushrooms around my house last week.

What a fun series of well done photos!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

What a great set. Wonderful variety and all well photographed.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

cedymock wrote:

Yes September is National Mushroom Month, a non-official holiday inaugurated in 1992 as part of a governmental effort to promote mushroom farming in the US. I never heard of it before today, but in the spirit of things here are photos of mushrooms around my house last week.

Awesome beauties, well shot 🏅🏅🏅🏅

Drip Dry McFleye

I especially like the last two images. Very nice.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

A great collection of fungi!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

cedymock wrote:

Yes September is National Mushroom Month, a non-official holiday inaugurated in 1992 as part of a governmental effort to promote mushroom farming in the US. I never heard of it before today, but in the spirit of things here are photos of mushrooms around my house last week.

Fantastic set of images!!!
Great variety,

Brian in Whitby Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada

dennis2146 wrote:

WOW!!! You have quite a variety of mushrooms and have submitted excellent photographs of them as well. Are any of them edible that you know of? I love mushrooms but would be afraid to try any for fear they might be the non edible poisonous type.

Dennis

Some of those mushrooms are for sure poisonous. A couple of them look somewhat like some edible species. For anyone interested in foraging for edible mushrooms, get at least two preferably more books on the subject. Identifying wild mushrooms is a lot of fun but take the time to learn how to do it safely.
You cannot do it just by looking at photographs or illustrations. You must learn about the morphology of mushrooms and be sure of all the characteristics of the ones you select.
WARNING: There is a relatively new app that claims to be able to identify mushrooms from a photograph. I have not tried it but I would not risk my health on such an app. I do not believe a photograph is sufficient since some edible mushrooms have poisonous look alikes.
Some edible mushrooms are easily identified. Start with those first. Also learn about the deadliest poisonous mushrooms. Some Amenitas look much like the common meadow mushroom but they are very poisonous. By learning about these, you can avoid them.
Stay safe.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice shooting of the little fellows.

cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina

Bridges wrote:

Lawsuits and national protests to follow! Toadstools will insist they have been discriminated against!

Really nice shots though. I like the white one that is not totally circular. It looks inviting enough to eat.

Thank you Bridges, I think I heard Charleston calling you it's missing your photography.

cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina

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