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Mycophagy Challenge: Ten Edibles to Find this Year
People come to the love of mushrooms for various reasons, but for most in this club, the main reason seems to be that they are good to eat! By focusing on learning just a few mushrooms really well, you can “pick up” a few new species each year almost effortlessly.
by Douglas Smith
Mushroom collecting basket. Photo by Susan Labiste
Visit our free Online Learning section to start this challenge:
Mushrooms covered:
- Agaricus campestris (lawn mushroom, meadow mushroom, field mushroom)
- Boletus aereus (queen bolete)
- Boletus edulis (porcini, penny bun, king bolete)
- Cantharellus californicus (California golden chanterelle, mud puppy, oak chanterelle)
- Cantharellus cibarius (golden chanterelle)
- Cantharellus formosus (golden chanterelle)
- Cantharellus sp. (chanterelle)
- Cantharellus subalbidus (white chanterelle)
- Coprinus comatus
- Craterellus calicornucopioides (black trumpet, black chanterelle, horn of plenty)
- Hydnum repandum (hedgehog)
- Hydnum umbilicatum (depressed hedgehog)
- Lactarius rubidus (candy cap)
- Morchella elata (black morel)
- Morchella esculenta (yellow morel)
- Morchella sp. ( morel)
- Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster)
- Tricholoma magnivelare (matsutake, white matsutake, American matsutake)
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