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30 detailed profiles covering origin, appearance, light, watering, propagation and problems for every mushroom.

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Oyster Mushroom

The oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) is the single best mushroom for a firs…
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King Oyster Mushroom

The king oyster (Pleurotus eryngii) is the largest and meatiest of the oyster fa…
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Pink Oyster Mushroom

The pink oyster (Pleurotus djamor) is the showpiece of the oyster family — vivid…
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Golden Oyster Mushroom

The golden oyster (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) is a warm-season oyster mushroom w…
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Shiitake Mushroom

Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is the world's second most cultivated mushroom and t…
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Lion's Mane Mushroom

Lion's mane (Hericium erinaceus) is unlike any other cultivated mushroom — a sof…
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Button Mushroom

The button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) is the most cultivated and most eaten mu…
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Portobello Mushroom

The portobello is not a separate species but the fully mature brown form of Agar…
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Enoki Mushroom

Enoki (Flammulina velutipes) has two faces.
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Maitake (Hen of the Woods)

Maitake (Grifola frondosa), known in English as hen of the woods, is a magnifice…
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Beech Mushroom (Shimeji)

The beech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessellatus), sold as shimeji in two colours — wh…
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Nameko Mushroom

Nameko (Pholiota microspora) is a small amber-capped mushroom famous for a natur…
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Pioppino (Black Poplar Mushroom)

Pioppino (Cyclocybe aegerita), the black poplar mushroom, is an Italian favourit…
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Chestnut Mushroom

The chestnut mushroom (Pholiota adiposa) is a glossy golden-brown cluster mushro…
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Wine Cap (Garden Giant)

The wine cap (Stropharia rugosoannulata), also called garden giant or king strop…
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Wood Ear Mushroom

The wood ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) is a curious, ear-shaped jelly fungus …
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Paddy Straw Mushroom

The paddy straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) is the great tropical cultivated…
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Reishi Mushroom

Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), known in China as lingzhi, is the "mushroom of immor…
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Turkey Tail Mushroom

Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) is one of the most common bracket fungi in the…
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Cordyceps Mushroom

Cordyceps militaris is a vivid orange club fungus and the cultivable cousin of t…
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Chaga

Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is unlike any other mushroom on this list — it is not …
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Morel Mushroom

The morel (Morchella species) is one of the most prized wild mushrooms in the wo…
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Chanterelle

The chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius and relatives) is a golden, trumpet-shape…
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Porcini (King Bolete)

Porcini (Boletus edulis), the king bolete, is one of the world's great wild mush…
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Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus and relatives) is a spectacular brig…
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Hedgehog Mushroom

The hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum), also called sweet tooth or wood hedgeho…
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Black Trumpet

The black trumpet (Craterellus cornucopioides), also called horn of plenty or tr…
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Giant Puffball

The giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea) is the most unmistakable mushroom a forag…
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Truffle

The truffle (Tuber species) is the most valuable mushroom on Earth — a knobbly u…
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Shaggy Mane

The shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus), also called lawyer's wig or shaggy ink cap, …

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