Are these mushrooms toxic?

[Jodie]

I am in the Pacific northwest. It has been a very wet spring. These are everywhere in my yard. I mow my yard with a push mower, and feed the clipping to a Sulcata and my leopards. I pick out the mushrooms, but a how concerned do I need to be about missing the tiny pieces?

 

[Pearly]

I am in the Pacific northwest. It has been a very wet spring. These are everywhere in my yard. I mow my yard with a push mower, and feed the clipping to a Sulcata and my leopards. I pick out the mushrooms, but a how concerned do I need to be about missing the tiny pieces?
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Yeah... i get those here in TX too when it's wet. Sorry but not good about Mushroom id except for some obvious ones like Chanterelles, morels, oysters or the amanitas. I'll be curious to find out as well

 

[wellington]

Yes, I do believe they are. They look like the same ones we get here. They grow within the grass. Not edible for humans so I wouldn't feed to torts.

 

[wellington]

Okay, tried looking it up. There are lots that can grow in our yards and because there are so many different mushrooms altogether, even the experts can't ID all of them.
They did say the majority are not poisonous, however, they did say it's best to get rid of them if you can't properly ID them so a dog or child doesn't eat them. I have always known of them to be bad.

 

[Jodie]

Okay, tried looking it up. There are lots that can grow in our yards and because there are so many different mushrooms altogether, even the experts can't ID all of them.
They did say the majority are not poisonous, however, they did say it's best to get rid of them if you can't properly ID them so a dog or child doesn't eat them. I have always known of them to be bad.

Any and all mushrooms are bad in my opinion. Fungus gross!

 

[Tom]

Barb sort of hit on my POV. Even mycologists sometimes have a tough time IDing the various mushroom species. There are many that are harmless, but have look-a-likes that are deadly toxic.

If people who study these things for a living can't tell them apart, I know I sure can't. This being the case, my strategy is to simply avoid them entirely. I remove them from the yard and check my tortoise pens for them very carefully every morning before putting the tortoises out.

One of my dogs nearly died from eating one of the types that pop up here. He was shaking and convulsing and it seemed to partially paralyze him. Vet pumped his stomach and found all the mushroom pieces. We just kept him on supportive care and symptoms went away after a few hours.

 

[wellington]

Any and all mushrooms are bad in my opinion. Fungus gross!

You don't know what your missing. Sauté with butter and garlic, yum yum. I love them so much I will eat the canned ones right out of the can

 

[eric joranson]

mushrooms with gills, kills.......I would not let any pet near them. Even the safe mushrooms; have a very high protein content; which is not good for tortoises.

 

[Bee62]

mushrooms with gills, kills.......I would not let any pet near them. Even the safe mushrooms; have a very high protein content; which is not good for tortoises.

Right and wrong ....
I would never eat or feed mushrooms I don`t know, but Redfoot Tortoises are allowed to eat mushrooms, but not so often.
My redfoot tortoises love Champignons.

 

[Tom]

You don't know what your missing. Sauté with butter and garlic, yum yum. I love them so much I will eat the canned ones right out of the can

Fungus among us!

 

[wellington]

mushrooms with gills, kills.......I would not let any pet near them. Even the safe mushrooms; have a very high protein content; which is not good for tortoises.

There are actually safe mushrooms with what I believe you are calling gills. So, not quite acurite if you want to eat mushrooms. I guess can be used if you don't want to eat/feed them

 

[Jodie]

You don't know what your missing. Sauté with butter and garlic, yum yum. I love them so much I will eat the canned ones right out of the can

No, I know they are gross. My family likes the slimey crap too.

 

[eric joranson]

There are actually safe mushrooms with what I believe you are calling gills. So, not quite acurite if you want to eat mushrooms. I guess can be used if you don't want to eat/feed them

"gills/kills" was a quote my grandmother used to tell us during morel mushroom hunting when we were young. By gills I am refering to the structures under the cap. The gills on mushrooms like Champignons; have gills located on the stem. Most of the safe mushrooms we can hunt in the Midwest; are porous or sponge like under the cap.

 

[RosemaryDW]

. Most of the safe mushrooms we can hunt in the Midwest; are porous or sponge like under the cap.View attachment 210596

I would never let a tortoise near a morel mushroom like the one in the picture.

Morels are for me!

 

[wellington]

"gills/kills" was a quote my grandmother used to tell us during morel mushroom hunting when we were young. By gills I am refering to the structures under the cap. The gills on mushrooms like Champignons; have gills located on the stem. Most of the safe mushrooms we can hunt in the Midwest; are porous or sponge like under the cap.View attachment 210596

Yea, I heard that when I was a kid, long ago. It is a way to play it safe, but it's not true that all mushrooms with gills are poisonous.

 

[leigti]

Those are a different kind then I get down here. Three hours south of Jodie for those of you who don't know The ones here are white.

 

[leigti]

I just assume that any mushroom not in the grocery store is toxic. Except I finally did find out what morels look like but I still wouldn't eat anything I pick out in the forest or my yard.

 

[lisa127]

Barb sort of hit on my POV. Even mycologists sometimes have a tough time IDing the various mushroom species. There are many that are harmless, but have look-a-likes that are deadly toxic.

If people who study these things for a living can't tell them apart, I know I sure can't. This being the case, my strategy is to simply avoid them entirely. I remove them from the yard and check my tortoise pens for them very carefully every morning before putting the tortoises out.

One of my dogs nearly died from eating one of the types that pop up here. He was shaking and convulsing and it seemed to partially paralyze him. Vet pumped his stomach and found all the mushroom pieces. We just kept him on supportive care and symptoms went away after a few hours.

Thats scary! I live in a wet area and get these all the time!