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Popular mushrooms and fungi

• Amanita muscariaFly agaric
• Psilocybe semilanceataLiberty cap
• Boletus edulisPorcini
• Amanita phalloidesDeath cap
• Hericium erinaceusLion's mane
• Ophiocordyceps unilateraliszombie-ant fungus
• Pleurotus ostreatusOyster mushroom
• Lanmaoa asiaticaJianshouqing
• Psilocybe cubensis
• Agaricus bisporusButton mushroom
• Ophiocordyceps sinensiscaterpillar fungus
• Lentinula edodesShiitake

Families

• FamilyAgaricaceae4 species
• FamilyHymenogastraceae4 species
• FamilyAmanitaceae2 species
• FamilyBoletaceae2 species
• FamilyOphiocordycipitaceae2 species
• FamilyPhysalacriaceae2 species
• FamilyGanodermataceae1 species
• FamilyHericiaceae1 species
• FamilyMeripilaceae1 species
• FamilyOmphalotaceae1 species
• FamilyPleurotaceae1 species
• FamilyPolyporaceae1 species
• FamilyPsathyrellaceae1 species

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Latest updates

• Hen-of-the-woods (Grifola frondosa): identification and lookalikesNov 12, 2026
• Flowerpot parasol (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii): toxicity and lookalikesNov 11, 2026
• Giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea): edibility and identificationNov 8, 2026
• Flying saucer mushroom (Psilocybe azurescens): identification, risksNov 6, 2026
• Wavy cap (Psilocybe cyanescens): identification, risks and lookalikesNov 5, 2026
• Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor): identification and lookalikesNov 4, 2026
• Common inkcap (Coprinopsis atramentaria): identification and toxicityNov 2, 2026
• Lingzhi (Ganoderma lingzhi): reishi identification, uses and lookalikesNov 1, 2026