I think that's one of the Poison ones o.o

yea...i dun recommend eating mushrooms you find out in the wild unless you really know your shrooms

I think even touching them can hurt your hands

there are a few that can...but they mostly grow in tropical regions and are slow acting so you can wash off the oils before having to worry about anything

Oh ok xD

Yeah, looks like its probably a panther cap - deadly.

Be VERY careful with mushroom picking. The saying is "if in doubt, throw it out." Most aren't poisonous, but the ones that are can be really deadly.

Ha! I somehow thought I would find you posting on this one.

Surprise surprise.

What are you up to chump? Hehe

yup, thats why i dont touch them in the wild

Looks like Amanita muscaria. Appears to be growing under a pine tree so the environment is correct. Cannot tell if the veil is well defined from the picture. Was the spore print white?

We get the red ones here in New England, those are nice and pretty. I've heard of the blue ones that grow in the Berkshires but I've never seen one.

The risk is that looks a LOT like a panther cap, which also grow in conifur duff I think. But Panther Cap is thought to be deadly. Even A. muscaria is a risky species (though my mentor found a way to process them to be safe if you wanted to chat me up about it), and especially for amateurs.

Safety first. Assume all mushrooms are deadly unless you can positively identify it. Then pick them and sell them for $20/lb once you know they're save and edible and good and tasty. I found 3lbs of Boletus edulus this past spring while picking $500 worth of morels (bleah, I don't like morels.) I'm really hoping this fall turns out to be another good one. I won't be able to pick many where I'm moving to (too much competetion and people kill each other for picking in their "territory") so I want to get one last season of my favorites.

i didnt know you could make that much from them...thats pretty awesome...i do know where a good number of morels are growing nearby...but i dont play with anything if i dont know exactly what it is and have someone else confirm it..