MushieMushroom species guide
36 species with identification features, season, habitat and the look-alikes that matter. Grouped by safety status, with the dangerous ones first.
Safety first. Never eat a wild mushroom based on an app or a website. Confirm identification and edibility in person with a qualified local expert. Cooking, drying and freezing do not remove most mushroom toxins.
Deadly mushrooms
Can kill. Never eat.
Poisonous mushrooms
Makes you ill. Never eat.
Common earthball Scleroderma citrinum Poisonous
Common ink cap Coprinopsis atramentaria Poisonous
Fly agaric Amanita muscaria Poisonous
Fool's funnel Clitocybe rivulosa Poisonous
Jack-o'-lantern Omphalotus olearius Poisonous
Livid pinkgill Entoloma sinuatum Poisonous
Panther cap Amanita pantherina Poisonous
Sulphur tuft Hypholoma fasciculare Poisonous
Yellow stainer Agaricus xanthodermus Poisonous
Inedible mushrooms
Not worth eating, may cause upset.
Edible with caution mushrooms
Only with expert ID and correct preparation.
Chicken of the woods Laetiporus sulphureus Edible with caution
Common puffball Lycoperdon perlatum Edible with caution
Fairy ring champignon Marasmius oreades Edible with caution
Honey fungus Armillaria mellea Edible with caution
Morel Morchella esculenta Edible with caution
Parasol mushroom Macrolepiota procera Edible with caution
Shaggy ink cap Coprinus comatus Edible with caution
Sheathed woodtuft Kuehneromyces mutabilis Edible with caution
St George's mushroom Calocybe gambosa Edible with caution
The blusher Amanita rubescens Edible with caution
Velvet shank Flammulina velutipes Edible with caution
Edible (expert ID) mushrooms
Regarded as edible when expertly identified and cooked.
Chanterelle Cantharellus cibarius Edible (expert ID)
Enoki Flammulina filiformis Edible (expert ID)
Field mushroom Agaricus campestris Edible (expert ID)
Horn of plenty Craterellus cornucopioides Edible (expert ID)
Indigo milk cap Lactarius indigo Edible (expert ID)
Lion's mane Hericium erinaceus Edible (expert ID)
Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus Edible (expert ID)
Porcini Boletus edulis Edible (expert ID)
Shiitake Lentinula edodes Edible (expert ID)
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