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Fool's Funnel
Clitocybe rivulosa
A small pale funnel-shaped grassland mushroom; an important poisonous lookalike of edible spring species.
Poisonous. POISONOUS. Contains muscarine. Do not eat. Small pale mushrooms in grass should be treated with particular caution.
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Season
May to November
Where it grows
- Grassland
- Lawns
Identification
Also poisonous
Yellow Stainer
Agaricus xanthodermus
A field-mushroom lookalike that turns bright chrome yellow when cut and makes most people ill.
Sulphur Tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare
Dense sulphur-yellow clusters on stumps all year. Very common, very bitter, and toxic.
Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria
The classic red and white toadstool. Hallucinogenic and poisonous. Admire it, do not eat it.