I’m a novice just learning how to ID mushrooms and gain knowledge about foraging the land at this time of year. This is the woodland on my doorstep and was fun to see so many varieties and guess what they were and if they were edible or not.

As someone who grows my own fruits and vegetables, has a bursting cottage garden, chickens and nature pond I love foraging in the summer and September time for berries etc but there’s so much I want to learn about autumn and winter to pass down to my children. It’s definitely a fun way to learn and educate and feels like a natural progression.

I keep journals so we can see what works and doesn’t, what went wrong, how we can improve— it’s all part of the fun 🙂

Hello! I'm relatively new to foraging, and I found this mushroom that I'm pretty sure might be a porcini. I'd love to hear any advice or tips on identifying it. Thank you.