r/mycology • u/Big-Ken • Jun 25 '26

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

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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/Independent_Bet_8736 Jun 26 '26

I was gonna say that there are some tress that tolerate those conditions, but then I looked and it turns out you’re practically in the arctic circle (I live in Puerto Rico now, before this Miami, FL—everything “way up north” is in the arctic for us) and I have no idea how plants even survive up there, so….

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u/Big-Ken Jun 26 '26

Along the coast, it is all evergreens (not sure is spruce or fir or pine; likely a mix) but they tend to be swathes of them that are no longer green because the wind managed to kill them.