Mushroom in the frontyard.

[Parnell]

These are popping up everywhere on my street.  Anyone know anything about what type they are?

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[Tsalagi]

Those lool like what's known as Shaggy Parasols. If you cut the stem, does it turn red or bright pink? If so, what you have is a Shaggy Parasol. They are a choice edible but, here is the caveat. This is only an internet picture and I do not condone eating a mushroom identified by photo only by a guy on the internet.

[mullet]

 Steve;  Go to University of Fla.s website for mushrooms. There is another mushroom that looks almost identical that grows in St. Augustine grass and lawns that is deadly. My neighbor has those too, the size of dinner plates, but I can't tell the difference looking at pictures.

[sailordad]

when it comes to wild mushrooms my thoughts are
if you cant immediatly identify,consider it dangerous
why take the chance,like eddie said.others can look like it and be dangerous

[Tsalagi]

My wife had a look at the photo and concurs that if it doesn't stain red when cut, it's definitely a bad one. The bad thing about mushroom toxins, when we're talkiing deadly mushrooms, is that there are no antidotes. There's no return ticket on that ride.

[Parnell]

Don't be concerned about making sauteed mushrooms with these.  I know better.
I'm going to try to ID them, I've just been curious about what they are over the years.
I'll see if I can find info through U of F, Eddie.

[Thwackaddict]

when in doubt toss em out

[Hillbilly]

That looks to me like a Chlorophyllum molybdites (green-spored Lepiota.) If so, they're quite poisonous and are one of the major causes of mushroom poisoning in the US because so many people mistake them for shaggy parosols. There has been at least one death recorded from eating this mushroom. It's also the only mushroom (in the US anyway) that has a green spore print, an easy way to ID it for sure.

[Postman]

My neighbor has a huge Chlorophyllum fairy ring in her yard once a summer.they can look like parasols early out of the egg stage.

[mullet]

 Steve, I couldn't remember the name but that's the one. I saw those in my neighbor's yard and looked them up. The UF's site is good, but they cover their ass so good they leave it up to you to make the decision to bite it.

[islandpiper]

A mushroom chaser in Michigan told me that there is a way to tell good from bad with a sheet of back paper.   He leaves them on the paper overnight, gills down and checks to see if they drop spores.  But, he didn't bother to tell me if they should or should not.   Anybody heard of that before? 

I'm still buying mine at the store but would like to know more about wild ones.   thanks, piper

[Tsalagi]

All mushrooms drop spores. It's the color of the spores that offer a clue as to the species ID.

[Hillbilly]

What Tsalagi said. And sometimes you have to look at the spores under a microscope to ID some groups of shrooms.

[Postman]

It helps to do 1/2 black paper and 1/2 white.