A Thai villager was left stunned after discovering a cluster of giant mushrooms growing near his cornfield in northeastern Thailand.

Mong Khongdon, 67, plucked the enormous fungi from a tree stump next to a pond in Nakhon Ratchasima province July 8.

He said he was checking on his crops when he spotted seven towering mushrooms sprouting together, with the tallest measuring a whopping 23.6 inches (2 ft) tall, while the rest were more than 16 inches (1.3 ft).

The white mushroom caps spanned around 4 inches across, and the girthy stalks were as thick as an adult's arm.

Mong said he had picked mushrooms from the same spot just a few days earlier.

He said: 'I was shocked to return and find giant mushrooms growing there. I know they are edible, but I had never seen any as large as these.'

The farmer said he took the 5kg haul back home to cook.