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Beefsteak Fungus
Fistulina hepatica
A blood-red bracket fungus that grows on oak and chestnut, named for its meat-like appearance and red juice.
Looking for 4-syllable mushrooms? Here are 19 mushrooms that fit — each linked to a full profile.
Syllables are counted across the whole name (multi-word names sum). "Apple" is 2 syllables; "Macaroni and Cheese" is 6.
List of 4-syllable Mushrooms
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Button Mushroom
Agaricus bisporus
The young white form of the world's most cultivated mushroom, Agaricus bisporus.
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Common Inkcap
Coprinopsis atramentaria
A grey scaly inkcap that reacts dangerously with alcohol, causing flushing and palpitations.
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Common Puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum
A small pear-shaped puffball covered in fine spines, edible when pure white inside.
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Deadly Webcap
Cortinarius rubellus
A nondescript rusty-brown Cortinarius whose toxin destroys the kidneys over weeks, often without early warning.
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False Morel
Gyromitra esculenta
A brain-shaped reddish-brown spring fungus containing a potent hydrazine toxin, sometimes lethal.
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Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria
The iconic red-capped white-spotted toadstool of European folklore, containing the psychoactive compounds muscimol and ibotenic acid.
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Funeral Bell
Galerina marginata
A small brown wood-rotting mushroom containing the same amatoxins as the death cap, often mistaken for edible species.
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Giant Puffball
Calvatia gigantea
An enormous white spherical mushroom of rich grassland, edible when young and bright white throughout.
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Hen of the Woods
Grifola frondosa
A large rosette of grey-brown fan-shaped caps that fruits at the base of oaks, also known as maitake in Japan.
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Jack-o'-Lantern
Omphalotus illudens
A bright orange clustered mushroom whose gills faintly glow in the dark, often mistaken for chanterelles.
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Liberty Cap
Psilocybe semilanceata
A small slender autumn grassland mushroom containing psilocybin, common in upland European pasture.
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Oyster Mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus
A shelf-forming pale grey to tan mushroom that grows in overlapping clusters on hardwood logs, both wild and widely cultivated.
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Portobello
Agaricus bisporus
The fully mature brown-capped form of Agaricus bisporus, with broad open gills and a meaty texture.
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Saffron Milk Cap
Lactarius deliciosus
An orange concentric-banded cap that bleeds carrot-coloured milk when cut, a classic Mediterranean and Eastern European edible.
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Slippery Jack
Suillus luteus
A glossy chestnut-brown bolete with a sticky cap and a stem ring, growing in association with pines.
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Summer Bolete
Boletus reticulatus
A pale brown-capped bolete with a finely cracked surface, fruiting earlier than its porcini cousins.
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Witches' Butter
Tremella mesenterica
A bright orange-yellow jelly fungus that fruits on dead hardwoods after rain, harmless if usually flavourless.
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Yellow Stainer
Agaricus xanthodermus
A white-capped Agaricus that bruises chrome yellow and smells of iodine, a common cause of mushroom-related stomach upset.
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