What is this thing?

[Insnesnakos]

that's very like the sepia bolete, https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/xerocomellus-porosporus/ if so, edible if a bit tasteless, but not toxic anyway (few boletes are)

It looks a lot like it, but I'm not in the UK

 

[Acre4Me]

FWIW mushrooms are generally not ID just by a picture. You have to examine a few things since some are really toxic.

 

[Insnesnakos]

FWIW mushrooms are generally not ID just by a picture. You have to examine a few things since some are really toxic.

Thanks! I wouldn't have known this

 

[Acre4Me]

Thanks! I wouldn't have known this

The link posted earlier includes this:

Yes, it’s a basic part of mushroom ID, along with a good, reliable book containing accurate info.

It’s coming up to great mushroom hunting time. I encourage you to go for a walk or two in a park with varied trees, bushes, shade, sun, grass, etc. go 1-4 days after a good rain. Look for mushrooms. You’ll be surprised at the variety.

 

[Perris]

FWIW mushrooms are generally not ID just by a picture. You have to examine a few things since some are really toxic.

that's why I linked to the web page where all the diagnostic details are given

 

[Oob Child]

I would usually just stomp on them, but I doubt that's the correct way to deal with it.

 

[Insnesnakos]

I would usually just stomp on them, but I doubt that's the correct way to deal with it.

I would think to stay away from it

 

[Oob Child]

I would think to stay away from it

My dog would eat it if I left it alone.

 

[pvaldes]

Don't do this please. Mushroms must be identified at hand, with books and a binocular. not in a dark photo.

Unlike Europe, some American brown Boletus are poisonous (and not all that looks like that is a boletus)

Mushrooms should be welcomed in a garden, no need to stomp them or damage it