[Teen76]

One picture is of a mushroom I found growing in my Compost/Manure bin.



The other is of something I found growing that looks more like a plant than a weed and I wonder if anyone could ID these for me please.



Many thanks

[paintedlady]

sorry, I can't id either but I wouldn't worry about mushrooms in the compost heap (all part of the natural decay) though not a good idea to eat.

[celjaci]

Plant looks very much like a currant ( red, black or white? ) self sown or bird delivered

[Teen76]

Do you know what? I thought it might be a currant of some type.  I had a free one that I found in my garden at home too.  I don't do anything and get these free plants, good isn't it!?!

Now all I want to know is whether that mushroom is edible.  I doubt it, but you never know.  I've put them all in with the compost now so won't eat those.

[Kate and her Ducks]

Now all I want to know is whether that mushroom is edible.  I doubt it, but you never know.  I've put them all in with the compost now so won't eat those.

Be interested to know the answer too as I found a load of these in my compost heap too.

[treacleminer]

You may be able to tell be the scent if its a blackcurrant when you rub the leaves - if found even when I pruned mine in February there was an amazing smell of Ribena!

[Teen76]

That's a great tip Treacle.  I shall have to have a go. 

I'm going to have to move this ickle plant thought because at the moment its growing in the middle of one of my beds that is destined to be a spud patch.  I'll have to move it with the other one I found.

[Griffo]

What about gooseberry - we have wild gooseberries in leaf in the hedgerows round here (Herefordshire) and it looks remarkably similar?

Don't want to alarm you but - it couldn't be ground elder could it?

[Teen76]

No its not ground elder.  I only have trouble with bindweed and couch grass.  Huh! I said only?  Blooming nightmare!

I'd love it to be gooseberry as I don't have one of those yet.

[mumofstig]

Sorry don't look like the leaves on my goosgog...just checked

[Teen76]

I'll have to keep hoping then that a bird poops some seeds ha ha

[Stripey_cat]

I'm afraid no-one will stick their neck out and give you a positive identification of a mushroom from one photo, especially one that doesn't show the base of the stem.  Get a good guide, and look at the whole mushroom as it grows, and you might be able to tell.  Even then, that sort (like normal mushrooms) are some of the hardest to identify correctly: there are a lot of species that look kind-of like that and many are poisonous.

[peterjf]

fungi is an  ink cap , the leaves are black / red current , maybe creeping butter cup lol

[Teen76]

Best not frying the mushroom and putting it in an omlette then ha ha

Its defo not a buttercup.  I know my weeds and so that's why I stopped from digging this little plant up.  Thought it might be a possible edible.

[Teen76]

Thanks for the help by the way, that's what makes sites like this great.  There's always that one plant you don't know!  But someone else will