Edible Mushrooms: Cauliflower Mushroom (Sparassis crispa)
Karen This large mushroom has fleshy cream to pale yellow-brown fruiting body consisting of a multitude of lobes and looks like a brain or sea sponges well as a head of…
Edible Mushrooms: Common Brain Fungus (Helvella crispa)
Also known as white saddle, and elfin saddle, this sac fungus (Ascomycetes) may be found growing singly or in troops in deciduous or coniferous woods on calcareous soil in most…
Edible Mushrooms: Jew’s Ear Mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae aka Hirneola polytricha)
Jew’s ear, also called wood ear and jelly ear, grows in deciduous and coniferous woodlands in the warmer parts of the northern temperate zones. It lives on dead or living…
Edible Mushrooms: Giant Funnel Cap (Leucopaxillus giganteus)
Giant funnel cup is a saprophytic fungus found growing in arcs or fairy rings in woodland clearings, open grasslands, and roadsides of Europe and North America . It is most…
Edible Mushrooms: Plums and Custard (Tricholomopsis rutilans)
Found singly or in clumps from summer through fall, this plum-streaked fungi grows on stumps and logs in coniferous woodlands in the northern temperate zone including North America. It grows…
Edible Mushrooms: Bay-brown Bolete (Boletus badius)
He bay-brown bolete grows singly or in scattered groups from summer through autumn under coniferous or deciduous trees of Europe and North America. It is especially partial to white pine,…
Edible Mushrooms: Chicken Mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus)
This conspicuous bracket mushroom is native to North America and Europe and grows as a parasite mostly on hardwood trees, particularly on oak,. It appears high up in the tree…
Edible Mushrooms: Chestnut Bolete (Gyroporus castaneus)
The chestnut bolete usually grows in small groups in deciduous forests of Eastern US from summer to fall. It is especially fond of oak stands but also can be found…
Edible Mushrooms: The Miller (Clitopilus prunulus)
Also called bread dough clitopilus, the miller is wide spread in North America and Europe growing alone, in small groups, or in troops in deciduous or coniferous woodlands in autumn.…
Edible Mushrooms: Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)
Giant puffballs are saprophytes and found in temperate zones thoughout the world in disturbed sites with nutrient-rich soil such as woodland edges, meadows , fields, grasslands, and parks. They usually…