WEIGHING in at more than eight pounds and measuring more than three feet around its middle, this is one mushroom you’re unlikely to pick up at your local supermarket.

Jake Shaw came across the giant puffball while he was at an equestrian centre in Newnham on Sunday (November 15).

The circumference of the monster mushroom is an impressive 109cms or 3ft 7in and it weighed in at just under four kilogrammes, around eight and half pounds.

Jake says he is interested in the natural world but wasn’t particularly looking out for giant mushrooms while he was at the Newnham Equestrian Centre.

The 19-year-old, from Ruspidge, was at the centre with his girlfriend, who keeps a horse there.

He said: “I wasn’t looking for it on that particular day but I do keep my eye out, just in case.

“I couldn’t believe how big it was.”

The family cooked it on Monday night, saying it was “tasty and creamy.”