Bhagyashri ji,
To identify mushrooms one need to know many things about the sample.
What the cap. the stem etc. look like. here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom you will find the Morphological
characteristics of the caps of mushrooms.
Also the base of the mushroom is important to identify it. so turn the
mushroom out of the soil, to get the whole mushroom in your hand.
Mushrooms are surely poisonous, but no harm in touching it. I have even
seen mushrooms specialists, cutting a tiny tiny part of the mushroom und
tasting it, but not swallow it. As Tanay says, poisoning only happens if
you ingest it.
Regards
Nalini
Am 21.09.2011 06:53, schrieb Madhuri Raut:
Thank you so much Tanayji. Now I will have no fear to touch the mushrooms
Regards
Bhagyashri
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Madhuri Ji.
This is probably some species of Agaricus. The image of the
under-surface of
a cap in mushroom is very important for identification of a
mushroom. Identifying
mushrooms are quite tough its nearly impossible to do even with
best quality images
even the colour of the microscopic spores can change the species.
There is no
worries to about toxicity of mushroom if you are toughing them,
even the most toxic
mushroom will have no effect on you if you touch it the poisoning
only happen if
you ingest it.
check the website from the link hopefully it will answer your
queries better.
http://www.backyardnature.net/f/mush-id.htm
Thanks
Tanay
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Request for identification this mushroom
One query. Whenever mushrooms are posted for Id experts ask
for a pic of the underside of the mushroom. Why is it so
important. I fear touching these wild mushrooms as I have
heard they are poisonous. If I have to take the pic from below
then I need to uproot it with a stick which my conscience does
not allow me to do so. Fortunately this mushroom was already
exposing the under surface
Regards
Bhagyashri
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