Fungi > Mushrooms
Overview AT A GLANCE Common Name: Red-cracked Bolete Scientific Name: Xerocomellus chrysenteron Category: Fungi Subcategory: Mushrooms Size: Cap diameter: 4-10 cm (1.6-3.9 in); Stem height: 4-8 cm (1.6-3.1 in) Weight: 30-80 g (1.1-2.8 oz) fresh sporocarp weight...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: False Death CapScientific Name: Amanita citrinaCategory: FungiSubcategory: MushroomsSize: Cap diameter: 5-10 cm (2.0-3.9 in); Stem height: 6-12 cm (2.4-4.7 in); Stem diameter: 1-2 cmWeight: 30-90 g per mature fruiting bodyLifespan:...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: Charcoal BurnerScientific Name: Russula cyanoxanthaCategory: FungiSubcategory: MushroomsSize: Cap diameter: 6-15 cm (2.4-6.0 in); Stem height: 5-10 cm (2.0-3.9 in); Stem thickness: 1.5-3.0 cmWeight: 50-150 g per mature fruiting...
Fungi > Mushrooms
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...
Fungi > Mushrooms
OverviewThe Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum), notoriously known to foragers and toxicologists as the ‘pigskin poison puffball’, is an abundant, tough-skinned gasteroid fungus native to the mossy forest floors of the Northern Hemisphere. Resembling a...
