Mushrooms Encyclopedia

Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket)

Postia caesia, commonly known as the blue cheese polypore or conifer blueing bracket, is a soft-fleshed annual polypore that develops distinctive blue-grey tones when handled or with age. It is...

Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket)

Postia caesia, commonly known as the blue cheese polypore or conifer blueing bracket, is a soft-fleshed annual polypore that develops distinctive blue-grey tones when handled or with age. It is...

Trametes hirsuta (Hairy Bracket)

Trametes hirsuta, the hairy bracket, is a common white-rot polypore found on dead hardwood throughout temperate regions worldwide. It is distinguished by its densely hairy, grayish-white upper surface with subtle...

Trametes hirsuta (Hairy Bracket)

Trametes hirsuta, the hairy bracket, is a common white-rot polypore found on dead hardwood throughout temperate regions worldwide. It is distinguished by its densely hairy, grayish-white upper surface with subtle...

Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milk Cap)

Lactarius torminosus is a common and conspicuous milkcap of birch forests across the Northern Hemisphere, recognized by its pink-orange zonate cap with a heavily bearded, shaggy inrolled margin. The white...

Lactarius torminosus (Woolly Milk Cap)

Lactarius torminosus is a common and conspicuous milkcap of birch forests across the Northern Hemisphere, recognized by its pink-orange zonate cap with a heavily bearded, shaggy inrolled margin. The white...

Agaricus blazei (Almond Mushroom)

Agaricus blazei Murrill, commonly known as almond mushroom, himematsutake (Japan), or cogumelo do sol (sun mushroom, Brazil), is a choice edible and medicinal basidiomycete originally described from Florida and later...

Agaricus blazei (Almond Mushroom)

Agaricus blazei Murrill, commonly known as almond mushroom, himematsutake (Japan), or cogumelo do sol (sun mushroom, Brazil), is a choice edible and medicinal basidiomycete originally described from Florida and later...

Calvatia gigantea (Giant Puffball)

Calvatia gigantea, the giant puffball, is one of the largest fungi on Earth, producing massive white spherical fruitbodies that can exceed 50 cm in diameter and weigh over 10 kg....

Calvatia gigantea (Giant Puffball)

Calvatia gigantea, the giant puffball, is one of the largest fungi on Earth, producing massive white spherical fruitbodies that can exceed 50 cm in diameter and weigh over 10 kg....

Gyromitra infula (Hooded False Morel)

Gyromitra infula, the hooded false morel or bishop's mitre mushroom, is a toxic autumn-fruiting species containing gyromitrin and related hydrazine compounds similar to those in the more notorious Gyromitra esculenta....

Gyromitra infula (Hooded False Morel)

Gyromitra infula, the hooded false morel or bishop's mitre mushroom, is a toxic autumn-fruiting species containing gyromitrin and related hydrazine compounds similar to those in the more notorious Gyromitra esculenta....