I would love to pick and eat wild mushrooms but I am too scared!!

There are many books on identifying mushrooms which give you very clear instructions about the ones to avoid. Many mushrooms are not poisonous but merely unpalatable. The secret is to learn to identify what IS palatable and worth collecting. Many local wildlife organisations run mushroom hunts - very often free. Check information from local wildlife websites and organisations for these one day walks/courses (they most often happen in the Autumn when more mushrooms are available). If you are not sure about a fungus, you are right not to eat it, but when you can identify it positively as an edible (and possibly delicious) species, you have gained some very useful information and a real addition to your diet. When you gather a mushroom, don't forget that you are just taking the fruiting body of a MUCH larger unseen organism. Always take care to gather it without damaging the rest of the plant. Either cut it with a sharp knife or carefully twist it till it comes free ... and ONLY ever pick it if you have already identified it positively (or nearly so). All mushrooms have a place in the ecology of an area. Even if they are poisonous to humans, they may not be so to other animals and certain species of fungus are exceedingly useful in destroying and dealing with chemicals which are damaging to other plant life: some fungi, for example, can deal very efficiently with chemical and oil pollution.

I grew up in countryside ,and I often pick up mushrooms with my mother and sister in hurst,of course we know some kind of edible ones ,So there is no poisonous things happen ,of course we did find some special ones out of our "standard",we just went far away . but there are a experience the elder told us ,the mushrooms with bug are safe ,or it is dangerous ,the reason is obvious :the bug can eat and live we human can ,too

Sorry, I can't help you. I've wanted to learn more about mushrooms, too. The risk of eating the wrong kind is just too great so I've never tried it. I've done a lot of reading about them, though. Almost every place I've read about them say that you really need to be an expert before venturing out on your own. I think the best way to go about it is to find someone who teaches these things, where you could actually see the different kinds and know for sure which are edible and which aren't. In the meantime, I'd suggest picking your mushrooms from the grocery stores. That's where I always find the edible ones.

i heard that wild mushrooms are delicious,too.but i haven't got the chance to pick any by myself.but the specialty from my hometown are wild mushrooms!they are expensive and rare.but more important,they are really tasty~~i suggest that you can have a try~

I suggest you bring a field book with you and try to examine and compare the specimens carefully. It can help you pick your choice of edible mushrooms and avoid the poisonous ones. Also ask a friend to accompany you. That'd be fun. :D Good luck!

Oh don't be scared oldchem! You won't pick mushrooms unless you can properly and positively, identify each specimen first!

No!Here in my town it is rare to find some forest area like you have mentioned.But wild mushrooms grow out on old wooden things and are beautiful.But we won't like to eat them at all as for the same reason,it may be poisonous.And they don't grow in abundant to kindle our passion.

see in my personnal life experience i want to realized it to avoid the wild mushrooms,because my family eat it and serously admitted in the hosipital,finally god's grace they come back to me,so please avoid the wild mushrooms to eat and dont do anything,you can eat for best to getting on the market.very high posion to we cant know how to handle it

That sounds familiar. There are so many kinds of mushrooms and many are poisonous and i can not tell the difference.