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Northern Hemisphere Mushrooms

9 species: 2 poisonous, 1 choice edible, 1 edible with caution, 3 medicinal, 2 inedible.

Species in this group

9 species
Smooth tan birch polypore bracket with a pale pore surface attached to birch

Birch Polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Inedible
Large black cracked chaga conk on the trunk of a living white birch

Chaga

Inonotus obliquus

Medicinal
A large bracket of chicken of the woods in overlapping shelves on an oak trunk, sulphur yellow margins grading to bright orange

Chicken of the Woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Caution
A large hen of the woods rosette at the base of an oak trunk, overlapping gray-brown fronds with pale wavy margins

Maitake

Grifola frondosa

Choice edible
A cluster of turkey tail bracket fungi on a mossy log, thin overlapping fans banded in brown, rust, tan and gray

Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

Medicinal
Whole poria sclerotium cut open to show its thin brown rind and dense white interior

Poria

Wolfiporia cocos

Medicinal
Red-belted conk bracket on a fallen conifer

Red-Belted Conk

Fomitopsis pinicola

Inedible
Two club foot mushrooms showing pale decurrent gills and swollen lower stems in woodland litter

Club Foot

Ampulloclitocybe clavipes

Poisonous
Scaly inkcap cluster with gray-brown caps, small brown scales and darkening gills growing from a stump

Scaly Inkcap

Coprinopsis romagnesiana

Poisonous Keep browsing Browse mushrooms by region