Feel free to identify in the comments any of the fungi you recognise – not that I intend eating any of them!
All photographed in Doach Woods, near Castle Douglas.
On the left you can just see another fungus peeping through.
MarySmith’sPlace – A play day with fungi
Mary Smith's Place 
In France, you used to be able to go out and pick your wild mushrooms, take them to the chemist and have them chaeck them over and weed out any that were unsafe. I hope you still can 🙂
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What a great idea! Not sure the pharmacist in Boots would appreciate me turning up with a basket of fungi, though. I once went on an identification walk in the woods but I can’t remember much about what I learned. I’m confident about field mushrooms but that’s about it.
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I’ve forgotten so much of what I learned over there, I doubt if I’d dare eat anything I picked these days 🙂
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I feel confident that they “red one” would not be worth trying, good photos kind of cool to get a close up look
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Thanks for dropping in and commenting, Alice. No, I don’t fancy the red one. In fact I don’t fancy any of them. It’s amazing how many varieties there are in one small wood and there were several more I haven’t included.
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no idea but they are beautiful
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Thanks, Geoff. They are beautiful but probably deadly!
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I don’t know Mary. None of these are covered in plastic. Plastic is the key to finding the edibles. Beautiful photos. 🙂
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Oh, Rob, your comment made me laugh out loud. Thank you for that 🙂 Glad you like the photos.
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Lovely photos, Mary and I wouldn’t touch the red ones and can’t identify the rest although some look similar to what is foraged for here….The Thais do a lot of foraging for mushrooms and rely on the village elder to identify them if they are not sure …By the same token there are a few deaths every year here from eating the wrong mushrooms. I always make sure if given any that I have seen someone else eating them first… 🙂
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Thanks, Carol. The red ones are definitely off the menu. To be honest, I wouldn’t eat any of them. Good policy to let someone else eat any first and watch what happens to them!
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Nice shots, Mary. We have most of those around here, and I have posted photos of some of them on my blog.
The Red one is called ‘Fly Agaric’, and is poisonous. It also gives you LSD-type hallucinations.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants-and-fungi/fungi/fly-agaric/
The flat one attached to the wood, is known as ‘Horse’s Hoof’, or just ‘Hoof Fungus’. It eventually destroys the tree is attaches to, and can grow to huge proportions, often becoming so hard, it feels like a stone to touch.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks, Pete. I don’t know if the red toadstool with a flat top is the same as the Fly Agaric with the domed top. Horse’s Hoof is an apt name for the one growing from the tree – just what it looks like. I’m amazed at the variety of toadstools in such a small area of woodland and I have pics of others I didn’t post. I’ll have to take a book with me next time to help identify some of the others.
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I was told some names by an elderly local lady. Like you, I wouldn’t risk eating any, even the ones I see others happily picking! 🙂
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Wow Mary – what discoveries. And great photos.
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These are amazing. They look like something out of a book about Gnomes.
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They do, don’t they? I’m sure you could make some wonderful toadstools from fondant – complete with Gnomes and Fairies!
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