A father-of-two was hospitalised after he ate a patch of wild mushrooms that he had taken from a stranger's front lawn.

Perth man Marco Meloni said he chose to pick and eat the wild mushrooms from his Nedlands lawn because they 'looked very similar to mushrooms you'd buy at the super market'.

After picking the mushrooms Mr Meloni seasoned them with some salt and pepper and then fried them up before eating them 7 News reported.

Perth father-of-two Marco Meloni (pictured) was hospitalised after he ate a patch of wild mushrooms that he had taken from a stranger's front lawn

'I reckon I had half a kilo, a whole plate full,' he said.

Mr Meloni has picked wild mushrooms in the past, a family tradition, and he said he would always consult a fungus encyclopedia to make sure the mushrooms were indeed edible.

This time though, Mr Meloni had misplaced his encyclopedia and decided to take the risk.

Mr Meloni has picked wild mushrooms in the past, a family tradition, and he said he would always consult a fungus encyclopedia to make sure the mushrooms were indeed edible

'Poison pie. Would you believe it? Poison pie,' he said in reference to the type of mushrooms he picked

Within an hour of eating the wild mushrooms Mr Meloni was in an emergency room bed at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital where he lost 7kg in body weight over the next 24 hours.

Has Mr Meloni had his encyclopedia handy at the time he would have discovered the type of mushroom he had picked and no doubt would have left them untouched on his front lawn.

'Poison pie. Would you believe it? Poison pie,' he said in reference to the type of mushrooms he picked.

Experts have long warned about the risks associated with picking wild mushrooms, especially if you don't have the knowledge to identify the types of mushrooms you are looking at.

Mr Meloni said he knew he was lucky and could have died from the mishap and recommended others to just buy fresh mushrooms 'off the shelf'.