Mystery thing found in garden.

[Frank97]

Good afternoon
Can anyone tell me what this strange thing that I found in my garden yesterday is please.
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http://i791.photobuck...7/Garden/S1053108.jpg
And is it poisonous at all.
Thank you for looking.

[rhinoinyork]

have you put bark on your garden recently, they are a woodland species and often get into gardens via bags of bark

[Frank97]

I did put some bark down some time ago, about two years I think so thats probably where it came from then. Having read a bit more about it I'm very tempted to eat it but haven't decided yet.

[venator]

Perhaps you could try it on your OH?

[Frank97]

OH?

[rowanwitch]

if you decide to eat it ( and I would) it needs to be cooked for a long time to avoid gastric upsets,,, so chopped up small in a soup or casserole is good...

[Frank97]

Thanks for the tip rowanwitch, I must admit I think I may have lost my nerve though.

[AB Editor]

Embedded one of the images for AnswerBAnk perusal.

All the best,

Spare

[lady-janine]

looks like a morel fungus and they are edible. usually grow within the vicinity of beach leaves or mulching
consult fungi book

[lady-janine]

apols as i had not read all the posts before i wrote. sorry i was just repeating what had already been said.
apols all round.

[Frank97]

No problem lady-janine

[boxtops]

Given the thread on here yesterday, it looks like one of Mr Brain's faggots....

[Frank97]

I must say I wish I'd eaten it now I know what it was, but alas it was destroyed overnight by something, oh well never mind.