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Saprotrophic Mushrooms

Saprotrophic mushrooms on KnowTheSpore, with edibility ratings, identification tips, and safety notes.

Thin white angel wing mushrooms in overlapping nearly stemless fans on a decayed conifer log

Angel Wing

Pleurocybella porrigens

Angel wing is a thin, white, nearly stemless fan growing in overlapping groups on decayed conifer wood. Its…

POISONOUS
Small honey-brown autumn skullcap mushrooms with rusty gills growing from a decaying mossy log

Autumn Skullcap

Galerina marginata

Autumn skullcap is a small rusty-spored mushroom on decaying wood that can contain amatoxins at levels…

POISONOUS
Eastern flat-top Agaricus with a dark scaly disc, pale cap margin, ringed stem, and yellowing bulbous base in leaf litter

Eastern Flat-Top Agaricus

Agaricus placomyces

Eastern flat-top Agaricus is a woodland mushroom with a white cap covered in gray-brown scales…

POISONOUS
Dense cluster of cultivated enoki mushrooms with hundreds of long slender white stems and tiny white caps

Enoki

Flammulina filiformis

Enoki is a farmed crop, and almost nothing about the packet describes a mushroom anybody would meet in a…

Edible
Young shaggy mane mushroom standing in mown lawn grass with a tall white cylindrical shaggy cap

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

The shaggy mane is the only common edible mushroom that destroys itself while you are deciding about it. It…

Caution
Shaggy parasol mushroom in leaf mould with a broad pale cap covered in coarse upturned brown scales

Shaggy Parasol

Chlorophyllum rhacodes

The shaggy parasol is a good edible mushroom with one test standing between it and a serious mistake, and the…

Caution
Wood blewit mushroom standing in brown beech leaf litter with a soft lilac violet cap and thick violet stem

Wood Blewit

Lepista nuda

A lilac mushroom in leaf litter stops people walking, and that is the whole problem with the wood blewit. It…

Caution
Small deadly dapperling mushrooms with pink-brown scaled caps and pale gills in damp soil

Deadly Dapperling

Lepiota brunneoincarnata

Deadly dapperling is a small pink-brown scaled *Lepiota* with free white gills, a fragile ring zone, and a…

POISONOUS
Tiny mature deadly parasol with a pink-brown scaled cap and slender stem beside grass

Deadly Parasol

Lepiota subincarnata

Deadly parasol is a small scaled *Lepiota* with free white gills, a fragile veil zone, and felty pink-brown…

POISONOUS
Tiny fool's conecap mushrooms with cinnamon caps and slender ringed stems among wet wood chips

Fool's Conecap

Pholiotina rugosa

Fool's conecap is a tiny moisture-changing brown mushroom with attached rusty-brown gills and a membranous…

POISONOUS
Small white fool's funnel mushrooms with shallow caps and descending gills in short grass

Fool's Funnel

Clitocybe rivulosa

Fool's funnel is a small whitish grassland mushroom with crowded gills running down a ringless stem. A…

POISONOUS
Inky mushrooms with dark gray cap scales and yellow-stained stem bases

Inky Mushroom

Agaricus moelleri

The inky mushroom, *Agaricus moelleri*, is a poisonous gray-scaled Agaricus that yellows strongly at the stem…

POISONOUS
Ivory funnels with pale frosted caps and short stems growing in autumn grass

Ivory Funnel

Clitocybe dealbata

Ivory funnel is a small pale grassland mushroom with a frosted cap, crowded white gills that run down a short…

POISONOUS
Dense sulphur tuft cluster with yellow caps and tan centers on a decaying stump

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Sulphur tuft forms tight yellow clusters on dead wood. Its tan-centered caps, crowded gills that shift from…

POISONOUS

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