Mushrooms Encyclopedia

Russula vesca (Bare-toothed Russula)

Russula vesca, the bare-toothed russula, is one of the finest edible species in a genus that spans the range from choice to mildly toxic. It is recognized by its dull...

Russula vesca (Bare-toothed Russula)

Russula vesca, the bare-toothed russula, is one of the finest edible species in a genus that spans the range from choice to mildly toxic. It is recognized by its dull...

Lysurus mokusin (Chambered Stinkhorn)

Lysurus mokusin is a distinctive stinkhorn native to East Asia that produces a single columnar stalk topped by a ring of free, petal-like arms forming a star or lantern shape...

Lysurus mokusin (Chambered Stinkhorn)

Lysurus mokusin is a distinctive stinkhorn native to East Asia that produces a single columnar stalk topped by a ring of free, petal-like arms forming a star or lantern shape...

Buchwaldoboletus lignicola (Wood Bolete)

Buchwaldoboletus lignicola is a highly unusual bolete that breaks the fundamental mycological rule that boletes grow on the ground: this species fruits directly on decaying conifer wood, particularly old pine...

Buchwaldoboletus lignicola (Wood Bolete)

Buchwaldoboletus lignicola is a highly unusual bolete that breaks the fundamental mycological rule that boletes grow on the ground: this species fruits directly on decaying conifer wood, particularly old pine...

Phallus hadriani (Dune Stinkhorn)

Phallus hadriani, the dune stinkhorn or pink-egg stinkhorn, closely resembles the common stinkhorn but is distinguished by its pinkish-lilac egg peridium and preference for sandy, open habitats. Like P. impudicus,...

Phallus hadriani (Dune Stinkhorn)

Phallus hadriani, the dune stinkhorn or pink-egg stinkhorn, closely resembles the common stinkhorn but is distinguished by its pinkish-lilac egg peridium and preference for sandy, open habitats. Like P. impudicus,...

Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane Mushroom)

Hericium erinaceus, the lion's mane mushroom, is a striking white saprobic and weakly parasitic species that forms shaggy, icicle-like spore-bearing teeth instead of gills or pores. It is among the...

Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane Mushroom)

Hericium erinaceus, the lion's mane mushroom, is a striking white saprobic and weakly parasitic species that forms shaggy, icicle-like spore-bearing teeth instead of gills or pores. It is among the...

Chalciporus piperatus (Peppery Bolete)

Chalciporus piperatus, the peppery bolete, is a small, cinnamon-red bolete with cinnamon-yellow pores and intensely peppery-hot flesh, associated primarily with conifer woodland and possibly parasitic on the mycelium of Amanita...

Chalciporus piperatus (Peppery Bolete)

Chalciporus piperatus, the peppery bolete, is a small, cinnamon-red bolete with cinnamon-yellow pores and intensely peppery-hot flesh, associated primarily with conifer woodland and possibly parasitic on the mycelium of Amanita...