A giant mushroom found in Buckinghamshire feeds a family for a week.

A woman who found a large 5kg (11lb) mushroom while walking in the country said the vegetable fed her family for a week.

Aliceman Munnett, 27, was walking with her father in a field in North Marston, near Winslow in Buckinghamshire, when she noticed a large amount of fungus in the grass.

“It fed my family for a week … I’ve been eating it ever since. I still have three pieces in my freezer. I’ll be honest – I’m a bit sick of it,” she said.

The musician is an avid forager with an “interest in mushrooms,” and said she knows how to recognize them and not mistake them for something poisonous.

Ms Munnett, from Chesham, found the fungus close to where she had previously found another giant, but slightly smaller, mushroom in 2017.

“Oh Big puffball The most easily recognizable is the ‘forageable’ mushroom,” he said. “It looks like something from another planet, they’re so weird.”

The amateur mycologist explained that she knows what shapes and colors to avoid. Experts say that such people should not take any risk.

The fungus was used to cook meatloaf and mushroom steaks – and mushroom-based pizzas.

“My mom found a recipe on TikTok,” Ms. Minnitt added. “We used real mushrooms as the base of the pizza. It was good.”

The rest was cut up, put into boxes and frozen for use at a later date.

In September, three people in Jersey Death cap mushrooms were thought to be edible and poisoned..

Mycologist Charlotte Scheinkin warns people not to eat wild mushrooms they can’t confidently identify.

He said: “It is important to be aware of the very real and potentially fatal dangers of eating wild fungi without knowledge and caution.”

Ms Scheinkin also advises foragers to get a second opinion and keep a cooked sample in case they get sick.