Choice edible
Morel
Morchella esculenta
A spring mushroom recognized by a pitted cap and a single hollow interior, with dangerous false-morel confusion to rule out.
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Choice edible
King Bolete
Boletus edulis
A stout, brown-capped bolete with pale pores and fine white netting on the upper stem.
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Choice edible
Rainbow Chanterelle
Cantharellus roseocanus
A western chanterelle with blunt forked ridges, solid pale flesh, and a young pinkish cap bloom.
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Choice edible
Lobster Mushroom
Hypomyces lactifluorum
A firm host mushroom transformed by a red-orange parasitic fungus that erases most of the original gills.
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Edible
Oyster Mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pale fan-shaped caps growing in shelves on wood, with gills descending a short off-center stem.
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Edible
Shaggy Mane
Coprinus comatus
A tall white ink cap whose shaggy cylinder dissolves from the rim into black liquid as it matures.
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Edible
Gem-studded Puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum
A pear-shaped puffball with detachable cone-shaped spines and a mandatory pure-white slice test.
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Edible
Hedgehog Mushroom
Hydnum repandum
A woodland mushroom with soft detachable teeth under the cap instead of gills or pores.
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Choice edible
Lion's Mane
Hericium erinaceus
A white hardwood fungus formed from one cushion of long dangling teeth, without a cap, gills, or stem.
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Poisonous
Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria
The iconic red or yellow Amanita with white veil warts, white gills, a ring, and a bulbous base marked by scaly rings.
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Deadly
Destroying Angel
Amanita bisporigera
A deadly white Amanita pattern defined by free white gills, a ring, white spores, and a buried sack-like volva.
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Poisonous
False Morel
Gyromitra esculenta
A spring mushroom with brain-like folds and a chambered interior that overlaps true-morel habitat and can cause severe poisoning.
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Choice edible
Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus sulphureus
Bright orange and yellow shelves on wood, with a sulfur-yellow pore surface and no gills.
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Choice edible
Golden Chanterelle
Cantharellus cibarius
A golden woodland chanterelle with blunt forked ridges, solid pale flesh, and no true gill blades.
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Edible
Giant Puffball
Calvatia gigantea
A stemless white ball that can grow larger than a basketball and must be cut open before any culinary consideration.
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Choice edible
Hen of the Woods
Grifola frondosa
A large gray-brown rosette of many spoon-shaped fronds joined to a branched base beside mature hardwoods.
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Not a food mushroom
Turkey Tail
Trametes versicolor
Thin flexible fans with velvety multicolored bands above and a dense white pore surface below.
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Choice edible
Western Matsutake
Tricholoma murrillianum
A dense white pine mushroom with brown cap fibers, a sheathing ring, firm buried base, and a strong spicy odor.
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Edible
Meadow Mushroom
Agaricus campestris
A white grassland Agaricus whose free gills mature from pink to chocolate brown and whose base has no volva.
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Choice edible
Black Trumpet
Craterellus cornucopioides
A thin charcoal funnel that is hollow to the base, with a smooth to faintly wrinkled gray outer surface and no gills.
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Edible
Saffron Milk Cap
Lactarius deliciosus
An orange pine-associated milk cap with concentric cap zones, orange latex, and green staining where damaged.
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Deadly
Death Cap
Amanita phalloides
A deadly olive, bronze, yellow, or pale Amanita with free white gills, a ring, white spores, and a buried sack-like volva.
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Poisonous
Green-spored Parasol
Chlorophyllum molybdites
A large lawn parasol with brown cap scales, a movable ring, and gills that turn gray-green as its green spores mature.
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Poisonous
Jack-o'-lantern
Omphalotus illudens
A poisonous orange mushroom in dense wood-based clusters, with sharp true gills descending the stem.
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Deadly
Deadly Galerina
Galerina marginata
A small brown wood-growing mushroom with rusty gills and spores, a fragile ring zone, and potentially fatal amatoxins.
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Poisonous
Common Earthball
Scleroderma citrinum
A firm yellow-brown ball with a thick cracked rind and a purple-black interior that distinguishes it from edible-stage puffballs.
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Edible with caution
Common Ink Cap
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Smooth gray-brown clustered caps that dissolve into black ink and can trigger a severe alcohol reaction.
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Choice edible
Rocky Mountain Porcini
Boletus rubriceps
A high-elevation spruce bolete with a red-brown cap, white then yellow pores, and pale netting on a thick stem.
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Choice edible
Spring King Bolete
Boletus rex-veris
A western spring porcini with a brown cap, thick netted stem, white-to-yellow pores, and little or no blue staining.
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Edible with caution
Aspen Bolete
Leccinum insigne
An orange-capped bolete under aspen, with pale pores and a white stem covered in dark scabers.
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