Yellow Foot

The Yellow Foot (Craterellus tubaeformis), celebrated internationally across foraging communities as the Winter Chanterelle, Funnel Chanterelle, or Yellow-legged Chanterelle, is an exquisite, delicate, and prized edible wild mushroom belonging to the chanterelle...

Crown-tipped Coral Fungus

The Crown-tipped Coral Fungus (Artomyces pyxidatus), previously classified as Clavicorona pyxidata, is an ethereal, extraordinarily beautiful macrofungus belonging to the family Auriscalpiaceae within the order Russulales. Native to the temperate deciduous and mixed...

Jack O’Lantern Mushroom

The Jack O’Lantern Mushroom (Omphalotus illudens) is an iconic, strikingly vibrant, and notoriously poisonous macrofungus belonging to the family Omphalotaceae. Indigenous to the deciduous hardwood forests and oak woodlands of eastern and central North America,...

Shaggy Parasol

The Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes), widely recognized historically as Macrolepiota rhacodes or Lepiota rhacodes, is a large, stately, and highly sought-after gasteroid-derived agaric fungus belonging to the family Agaricaceae. Native to the rich forest floors...

Common Puffball

The Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum), widely celebrated by mycologists and foragers as the Gem-studded Puffball, Devil’s Snuff-box, or Warted Puffball, is an iconic, cosmopolitan gasteroid fungus belonging to the family Agaricaceae. Representing an elegant...

Devil’s Bolete

The Devil’s Bolete (Rubroboletus satanas, historically Boletus satanas) is an imposing, notorious, and strikingly beautiful ectomycorrhizal mushroom belonging to the bolete family (Boletaceae). Native to the warm, sun-drenched broadleaf woodlands and limestone...

Wood Blewit

The Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda, also classified as Clitocybe nuda) is an exceptionally handsome, vibrant, and celebrated wild edible mushroom belonging to the family Tricholomataceae. Native across the temperate forests, mixed woodlands, and leaf litter of the Northern...

Bitter Bolete

The Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus felleus) is an infamous, handsome, and ecologically significant mycorrhizal mushroom belonging to the family Boletaceae. Distributed broadly throughout the acidic coniferous and mixed woodlands of Europe and North America, this large,...

Wine Cap

The Wine Cap (Stropharia rugosoannulata), famously and reverently celebrated by mycologists and organic permaculturists as the ‘King Stropharia’, ‘Garden Giant’, or ‘Burgundy Mushroom’, is an immense, gourmet edible saprobic...

Split Gill Fungus

The Split Gill Fungus (Schizophyllum commune) is an extraordinary, small-bodied bracket mushroom of the family Schizophyllaceae that holds legendary status across international mycology, genetics, and biotechnology. Recognized as the single most genetically diverse...
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