Mushroom identification

[ben88]

Can any one help me identify this species of mushroom?

 

found growing on a grassy villiage green type area.

 

there about a night onld in the pic and badly bruised, the bruising was blue/grey when it first appeared.

 

 

 

cheers.

[jeepster]

they're not liberty caps if that's what you were thinking

[Leon Roskilly]

Looks like one of the ink caps.

 

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=ink+ca...G=Search+Images

 

The shaggy ink cap is good eating and unmistakeable, but don't eat a glistening ink cap

 

Tight Lines - leon

[ben88]

ahh but liberty caps with the wet caps look like this when growing.

 

 

very similar

 

[ 08. October 2005, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: ben88 ]

[jeepster]

if you want to have a go ben, be my guest!

 

liberty caps usually have more of a nipply type tip

 

where's andy mac for the definitive view?

[ben88]

I value my life too much to take that chance.

 

if no one can help at the moment i will try to get some better pictures soon as possible, i picked those while drunk hece they got a bit batterd

[ben88]

jeepster:

if you want to have a go ben, be my guest!

 

liberty caps usually have more of a nipply type tip

 

where's andy mac for the definitive view?

they did have a nipply top type thing to start with thats one of the i.d features i looked for.

[jeepster]

describe where you found them, i don't mean where it was i mean the type of terrain etc, you know the usual habitats for liberty caps i presume

[ben88]

its just a grassy field with clover and moss in places, in the middle of a housing estate

there clumps of them all over with more coming up in new places.

i've no experience with liberty caps hence me asking and double checking everything, ive only tried shrooms brought at festivals

 

[ 08. October 2005, 05:05 PM: Message edited by: ben88 ]

[jeepster]

get a better pic, andy or i will be able to tell you then