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The False Death Cap (Amanita citrina), also known in mycological literature as the false blusher, is an abundant, handsome woodland basidiomycete found throughout the temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Distinguished by its pale lemon-yellow to ivory cap...
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The Charcoal Burner (Russula cyanoxantha), widely heralded as the king of the brittlegill mushrooms, is a widespread and prized edible basidiomycete found throughout the deciduous and mixed temperate forests of Europe and Asia. Characterized by its extraordinarily...
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OverviewThe Woolly Milkcap (Lactarius torminosus), delightfully known in Britain as the Bearded Milkcap and in Eastern Europe as the *volnushka*, is an iconic, beautiful, and ecologically vital agaric fungus belonging to the milkcap family Russulaceae. Widely...
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OverviewThe Green-cracking Russula (Russula virescens), universally celebrated by mushroom foragers as the quilted green russula or green brittlegill, is an exceptionally prized, distinctive basidiomycete fungus belonging to the brittlegill family Russulaceae. Widely...
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OverviewThe Violet Coral (Clavaria zollingeri), popularly celebrated by nature lovers as the purple coral or amethyst coral fungus, is an extraordinarily striking, brightly pigmented basidiomycete fungus belonging to the coral fungus family Clavariaceae. Named in...
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OverviewThe Sickener (Russula emetica), widely known among mycologists and foragers as the emetic russula or peppery brittlegill, is an iconic, vividly colored basidiomycete fungus belonging to the family Russulaceae. Widely distributed across the boreal taiga, wet...
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OverviewThe Red-belted Conk (Fomitopsis pinicola) is one of the most widespread, ecologically vital, and recognizable perennial bracket fungi inhabiting the boreal taiga and temperate coniferous forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Spanning across northern and central...
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OverviewThe Yellow Stagshorn (Calocera viscosa), also known colorfully as the staghorn fungus or jelly antler, is an eye-catching, vibrantly colored jelly fungus belonging to the class Dacrymycetes and family Dacrymycetaceae. Widely distributed across the temperate...
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OverviewThe Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus) is a distinctive, slender phalloid fungus belonging to the family Phallaceae, native to the temperate woodlands of Europe, Asia, and eastern North America. Emerging from a subterranean, egg-like gelatinous structure, this...
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Witches’ Butter (Exidia glandulosa, also known as black witches’ butter or black jelly roll) is one of the most bizarre, biologically resilient, and historically fascinating jelly fungi in the Northern Hemisphere. Belonging to the family Auriculariaceae,...
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