Widespread Mushrooms
Widespread mushrooms on KnowTheSpore, with edibility ratings, identification tips, and safety notes.
Bitter Bolete
Tylopilus felleusThe bitter bolete will not hurt you and it will cost you dinner. It is not poisonous, and it is bitter…
Caesar's Mushroom
Amanita caesareaCaesar's mushroom is the exception people quote at anybody who says never eat an Amanita, and the exception…
Copper Roll Rim
Paxillus cuprinusThe copper roll rim is one of the mushrooms that used to be called brown roll rim. Molecular work published…
Enoki
Flammulina filiformisEnoki is a farmed crop, and almost nothing about the packet describes a mushroom anybody would meet in a…
False Death Cap
Amanita citrinaThe name is a warning about your eyes rather than a rating of the mushroom. A false death cap is called that…
Field Mushroom
Agaricus campestrisThe field mushroom is the wild relative of the mushroom in your shopping, and it is identified by a sequence…
Gemmed Amanita
Amanita gemmataThe gemmed amanita is a pale yellow woodland mushroom that is poisonous, and that is the easy part. The hard…
Hedgehog Mushroom
Hydnum repandumThe hedgehog is the mushroom you can identify with a thumb. Turn one over and the underside is covered in…
Matsutake
Tricholoma matsutakeThe matsutake is sold by smell. A strong spicy cinnamon and pine scent is what makes it the most valuable…
Saffron Milk Cap
Lactarius deliciosusThe saffron milk cap does three things that read as spoilage to anyone meeting it for the first time, and all…
Shaggy Mane
Coprinus comatusThe shaggy mane is the only common edible mushroom that destroys itself while you are deciding about it. It…
Shaggy Parasol
Chlorophyllum rhacodesThe shaggy parasol is a good edible mushroom with one test standing between it and a serious mistake, and the…
Slippery Jack
Suillus luteusThe slippery jack is named for the one part of it you throw away. The glutinous skin on the cap is what…
Sulphur Knight
Tricholoma sulphureumYou will smell this mushroom before you reach it. The sulphur knight carries a strong smell of coal gas or…
The Blusher
Amanita rubescensThe blusher is eaten across Europe and sits in the genus that kills people. An edible reputation does not…
Tremella
Tremella fuciformisTremella does not eat wood. It is a parasite of other fungi, and the branch it appears on is being eaten by…
Wood Blewit
Lepista nudaA lilac mushroom in leaf litter stops people walking, and that is the whole problem with the wood blewit. It…
Yellow Stainer
Agaricus xanthodermusThe yellow stainer is probably the most frequently eaten poisonous mushroom in the world, and the reason is…
Velvet Shank
Flammulina velutipesVelvet shank is a north-temperate, cold-season wood mushroom with a sticky amber cap, pale gills, and a…