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Identify a mushroom

Add your photos and what you noticed in the field. You'll get possible species, the features worth checking and the questions to answer before you go any further.

This is a learning aid, not an identification. It can be wrong. Never eat anything on the strength of a photo — some deadly species look almost exactly like good edibles, and there is no substitute for an expert alongside you in the wood.

Photos

The underside, stem base and a cut through the flesh matter most. Photos are shrunk on your phone before sending, which also removes the location stored in them.

Cap & whole mushroom

Required — how it looked growing

Underside

Gills, pores or spines

Stem & base

Dig it up — ring, bulb or sac

Cut through

Flesh colour and any bruising

County or region only — keep your patch to yourself.

Never eat a wild mushroom on the strength of a website alone. Some deadly species look very like good edibles. Check every feature, and get an expert opinion if there is any doubt at all.

Read the full foraging safety guidance.