Is this the biggest mushroom ever in Kilkenny?
Kasia stunned by discovery while out horse riding
A Polish woman, who was out horse-riding this week, nearly fell off her pony when she saw this giant mushroom in a forest close to the Woodstock, Inistioge. It weighs over 1.5kgs - Nobody in the village can ever remember a mushroom of that size. Kasia Baverek-Tiffert brought it home. After taking photos of the mushroom she tried to dry it in the oven but it wouldn’t fit and she was not sure if it was edible so she threw it out!
Known as a cep mushroom it is edible and is generally agreed by connoisseurs to be among the finest eating mushrooms.