Mushrooms Encyclopedia

Cantharellus lutescens (Golden Trumpet)

Cantharellus lutescens (Pers.) Fr. is a slim, funnel-shaped chanterelle of European coniferous forests, bearing strongly resemblance to Craterellus tubaeformis but with a more yellow to yellow-orange hymenophore bearing shallow, wrinkled...

Cantharellus lutescens (Golden Trumpet)

Cantharellus lutescens (Pers.) Fr. is a slim, funnel-shaped chanterelle of European coniferous forests, bearing strongly resemblance to Craterellus tubaeformis but with a more yellow to yellow-orange hymenophore bearing shallow, wrinkled...

Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)

Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric, is the world's most iconic mushroom — the red-capped, white-spotted toadstool of folklore, fairy tales, and psychedelic research. It contains the psychoactive compounds ibotenic acid...

Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)

Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric, is the world's most iconic mushroom — the red-capped, white-spotted toadstool of folklore, fairy tales, and psychedelic research. It contains the psychoactive compounds ibotenic acid...

Rozites caperatus (Gypsy Mushroom)

Rozites caperatus, commonly known as the gypsy mushroom, is an excellent edible ectomycorrhizal species found in acidic coniferous and birch forests across northern temperate and boreal regions of Europe and...

Rozites caperatus (Gypsy Mushroom)

Rozites caperatus, commonly known as the gypsy mushroom, is an excellent edible ectomycorrhizal species found in acidic coniferous and birch forests across northern temperate and boreal regions of Europe and...

Clitocybe rivulosa (Fool's Funnel)

Clitocybe rivulosa, the fool's funnel, is a small white muscarine-containing grassland species so closely related to C. dealbata that some mycologists consider them conspecific. It shares the same hazardous grassland...

Clitocybe rivulosa (Fool's Funnel)

Clitocybe rivulosa, the fool's funnel, is a small white muscarine-containing grassland species so closely related to C. dealbata that some mycologists consider them conspecific. It shares the same hazardous grassland...

Polyporus squamosus (Dryad's Saddle)

Polyporus squamosus, widely known as Dryad's Saddle or Pheasant Back Mushroom, is a large bracket fungus found on dead and living hardwoods throughout temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It...

Polyporus squamosus (Dryad's Saddle)

Polyporus squamosus, widely known as Dryad's Saddle or Pheasant Back Mushroom, is a large bracket fungus found on dead and living hardwoods throughout temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It...

Morchella punctipes (Half-free Morel)

Morchella punctipes, the half-free morel, produces a distinctive cap that hangs skirt-like from the apex of a tall, hollow stipe, attached only at the crown. It fruits in spring alongside...

Morchella punctipes (Half-free Morel)

Morchella punctipes, the half-free morel, produces a distinctive cap that hangs skirt-like from the apex of a tall, hollow stipe, attached only at the crown. It fruits in spring alongside...