Chestnut Mushroom

Fungi > Agarics & Gilled Mushrooms

The Chestnut Mushroom (Pholiota adiposa), also known as the Fat Pholiota or Golden Scalycap, is a visually dramatic wood-decaying basidiomycete fungus native to temperate forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Growing in dense, brilliant clusters on the trunks and...

Wood Mushroom

Fungi > Agarics & Gilled Mushrooms

The Wood Mushroom (Agaricus silvicola) is a graceful, forest-dwelling basidiomycete fungus closely related to the common field mushroom and button mushroom. Found flourishing in coniferous and deciduous woodland litter throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, it...

Almond Mushroom

Fungi > Agaricales

The Almond Mushroom (Agaricus subrufescens), celebrated internationally as the Royal Sun Agaricus, ‘Himematsutake’ in Japan, or ‘Cogumelo do Sol’ in Brazil, is one of the most prized, fragrant, and medically researched mushrooms in the world....

Candolle’s Brittlestem

Fungi > Agaricales

Candolle’s Brittlestem (Psathyrella candolleana), named in honor of the renowned Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, is an exceptionally delicate, charming gilled mushroom native to temperate woodlands, lawns, and gardens across the Northern Hemisphere....

Pioppino

Fungi > Agaricales

The Pioppino (Cyclocybe aegerita), celebrated across Italy and the Mediterranean as the Black Poplar Mushroom or ‘Piopparello’, is one of the most ancient, revered, and flavorful culinary mushrooms in human civilization. Grown and celebrated since the...