[sianb]

Hi everyone i,ve recently put mushroom compost on my allotment . Just been down to water everything and i,ve counted 25 mushrooms and wondered whether i could eat them any ideas .
Thanks
Sian

[fatcat1955]

Yes you can, i got loads after buying in a bulk bag of mushroom compost.

[arugula]

I'd be extremely concerned that there might be all sorts of fungi in there and wouldn't consider eating them!

 

[waxwing]

If you can not 100% ID it, then dont eat it. I have magpie mushrooms growing in my beans and they are possibly poisonous, and I dont want to find the answer out

Steve

[NorfolkVeg]

Where is best place to buy muchroom compost and how much should it be roughly?

[solway cropper]

I'd be extremely concerned that there might be all sorts of fungi in there and wouldn't consider eating them!

There are few poisonous fungi that look like edible mushrooms and they are quite easy to tell apart and anyway are unlikely to develop from commercial compost. If it looks and smells like a mushroom it probably is a mushroom. But, if you feel paranoia creeping in, it don't eat them.

[JayG]

There are few poisonous fungi that look like edible mushrooms and they are quite easy to tell apart and anyway are unlikely to develop from commercial compost. If it looks and smells like a mushroom it probably is a mushroom. But, if you feel paranoia creeping in, it don't eat them.

I agree that the probability is that the fungi growing from spent mushroom compost are likely to be the same edible mushrooms which were originally grown in it, but certainly do not agree that there is anything paranoid about not wanting to take the risk of poisoning yourself or your family if you are not 100% sure.

[mumofstig]

Where is best place to buy muchroom compost and how much should it be roughly?

have a look in your yellow pages to see if you have a mushroom grower locally, it's much cheaper bought direct from them