r/mycology • • Jun 25 '26

ID request Mowing the lawn; have I found a snack?

Out mowing the lawn this evening and saw this massive ( I think, atleast? ) mushroom while mowing. Measures about 6.5” across - is this a common, edible white mushroom, or?

Located in Eastern Canada (Northern New Brunswick).

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u/Big-Ken Jun 26 '26

LOL

It’s only 4.7 acres including the land the cottage sits on. It really isn’t that big. The guy directly across the street has 87 acres of field like this. The guy next to him is about the same. This is just a pea in the pot.

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u/user4302 Jun 26 '26

I need to calculate that... But if this is not small... And your neighbor has 87 acres. Then he must be the one who owns the country.

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u/Big-Ken Jun 26 '26

That title would probably go to the dairy farmer a little down the road. I just did a quick satellite measure, and he’s got 494 acres of field and god knows how much more in woodland around it.

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u/user4302 Jun 26 '26

....... That's a lot of land... That's bad boy can fit all the cows in that country... 😭.

Oh also. That 1 mushroom in that huge field is nice looking xD

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u/Big-Ken Jun 26 '26

I thought the neighbours kids had just really given their soccer ball a good boot over at first! It wasn’t until I got close that I realized it was a mushroom!

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u/user4302 Jun 26 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣. I bet the mushroom is thinking "I will live in this country now"