Mushrooms Encyclopedia
Agaricus bisporus (Button Mushroom)
Agaricus bisporus is the world's most widely cultivated mushroom, accounting for roughly 30% of global mushroom production. It appears in three commercial forms: white button (immature, closed cap), cremini (immature,...
Agaricus bisporus (Button Mushroom)
Agaricus bisporus is the world's most widely cultivated mushroom, accounting for roughly 30% of global mushroom production. It appears in three commercial forms: white button (immature, closed cap), cremini (immature,...
Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap)
Rhodocollybia butyracea, the Butter Cap or Greasy Tough-Shank, is an extremely common woodland mushroom recognised by its distinctively greasy, butter-like cap feel, club-shaped stipe that widens markedly toward the base,...
Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap)
Rhodocollybia butyracea, the Butter Cap or Greasy Tough-Shank, is an extremely common woodland mushroom recognised by its distinctively greasy, butter-like cap feel, club-shaped stipe that widens markedly toward the base,...
Amanita pantherina (Panther Cap)
Amanita pantherina, the panther cap, is a seriously poisonous woodland mushroom containing ibotenic acid and muscimol in concentrations often higher than Amanita muscaria, making it arguably the more dangerous of...
Amanita pantherina (Panther Cap)
Amanita pantherina, the panther cap, is a seriously poisonous woodland mushroom containing ibotenic acid and muscimol in concentrations often higher than Amanita muscaria, making it arguably the more dangerous of...
Astraeus hygrometricus (Hygroscopic Earthstar)
Astraeus hygrometricus, the barometer earthstar, is a remarkable gasteromycete whose star-shaped outer rays open and close in response to humidity changes. Widely distributed across tropical and temperate regions worldwide, it...
Astraeus hygrometricus (Hygroscopic Earthstar)
Astraeus hygrometricus, the barometer earthstar, is a remarkable gasteromycete whose star-shaped outer rays open and close in response to humidity changes. Widely distributed across tropical and temperate regions worldwide, it...
Suillus grevillei (Larch Bolete)
Suillus grevillei, the larch bolete, is a brilliantly coloured yellow to orange-yellow bolete restricted entirely to larch woodland, where it forms an obligate ectomycorrhizal partnership. The combination of a slimy...
Suillus grevillei (Larch Bolete)
Suillus grevillei, the larch bolete, is a brilliantly coloured yellow to orange-yellow bolete restricted entirely to larch woodland, where it forms an obligate ectomycorrhizal partnership. The combination of a slimy...
Lycoperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped Puffball)
Lycoperdon pyriforme, the pear-shaped puffball or stump puffball, is the only common puffball species that fruits directly from rotting wood, growing in dense clusters on decaying stumps, logs, and buried...
Lycoperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped Puffball)
Lycoperdon pyriforme, the pear-shaped puffball or stump puffball, is the only common puffball species that fruits directly from rotting wood, growing in dense clusters on decaying stumps, logs, and buried...