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Widespread Mushrooms

19 species: 4 poisonous, 3 choice edible, 7 edible with caution, 3 edible, 2 inedible.

Species in this group

19 species

Bitter bolete mushroom in oak leaf litter with a smooth pale brown domed cap and a thick pale stem

Bitter Bolete

Tylopilus felleus

Caesar's mushroom in oak leaf litter with a smooth bright orange cap, yellow gills and a loose white bag at the base

Caesar's Mushroom

Amanita caesarea

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

Enoki

Flammulina filiformis

False death cap mushroom in beech leaf litter with a pale lemon yellow cap carrying large white veil patches

False Death Cap

Amanita citrina

White field mushrooms in short grazed pasture grass, one tipped over showing bright pink gills

Field Mushroom

Agaricus campestris

Gemmed amanita in pine needle duff with a pale creamy yellow cap bearing soft white veil patches

Gemmed Amanita

Amanita gemmata

Hedgehog mushroom growing in green moss with an irregular creamy white cap and thick off-center white stem

Hedgehog Mushroom

Hydnum repandum

Matsutake mushroom in pine needle litter with a thick solid white stem and a white cap overlaid with flattened brown scales

Matsutake

Tricholoma matsutake

Saffron milk caps in pine needle litter, carrot orange funnel-shaped caps with darker concentric zones

Saffron Milk Cap

Lactarius deliciosus

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

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

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

Shaggy Parasol

Chlorophyllum rhacodes

Slippery jack mushrooms in pine needle litter with glossy chestnut brown slimy caps

Slippery Jack

Suillus luteus

Sulphur knight mushroom in oak leaf litter with a bright sulphur yellow cap and slender yellow stem

Sulphur Knight

Tricholoma sulphureum

Blusher mushroom in beech leaf litter with a dull pinkish brown warty cap and hanging white ring

The Blusher

Amanita rubescens

Tremella snow fungus growing from a fallen hardwood branch as a dense rosette of thin translucent white frilled lobes

Tremella

Tremella fuciformis

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

Wood Blewit

Lepista nuda

White-capped yellow stainer mushrooms with flattened tops growing in short lawn grass

Yellow Stainer

Agaricus xanthodermus

Lilac bonnet mushrooms with striate violet-gray caps and slender stems in woodland leaf litter

Lilac Bonnet

Mycena pura

Generated field-guide illustration of amber velvet shank caps with pale gills and dark lower stems clustered on winter wood

Velvet Shank

Flammulina velutipes

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