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Field Guide To Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of Eastern North America

A field guide to the wild edible fungi and medicinal mushrooms found in the Carolinian forest bio-zone of eastern North America.

These mushrooms are mainly founded in the Carolinian forest ecosystem, around wetlands, ravines and grasslands throughout eastern North ...more ↓

morels and allies 1
Morchellaceae
Dryad's Saddle 2
Polyporus squamosus
Oyster Mushroom 3
Pleurotus ostreatus
hen of the woods 2
Grifola frondosa
Wine-cap Stropharia 4
Stropharia rugosoannulata
Wood ear fungi 5
Auricularia
turkey-tail 6
Trametes versicolor
mica cap 7
Coprinellus micaceus
Polyporus umbellatus 8
Angel's Wings 9
Pleurocybella porrigens
lion's-mane mushroom 2
Hericium erinaceus
deer mushroom 10
Pluteus cervinus
Bear's Head Tooth 11
Hericium americanum
King Bolete 2
Boletus edulis
stump puffball 12
Lycoperdon pyriforme
giant puffball 13
Calvatia gigantea
Shaggy Mane 14
Coprinus comatus
hen of the woods 2
Grifola frondosa
chicken of the woods 15
Laetiporus sulphureus
Chaga Mushroom 16
Inonotus obliquus
chanterelles 17
Cantharellus
golden reishi 18
Ganoderma curtisii
Apricot Jelly 19
Guepinia helvelloides
Scarlet Cup 20
Sarcoscypha coccinea
Old Man of the Woods 21
Strobilomyces floccopus
Beefsteak Polypore 22
Fistulina hepatica
Black Trumpet 23
Craterellus fallax
indigo milk cap 13
Lactarius indigo

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