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Bird's Nest
Cyathus striatus
A tiny cup-shaped fungus filled with disc-like "eggs" that are splashed out by raindrops.
Below are mushrooms that contain the letter D anywhere in the name. Each of the 10 mushrooms below opens to a full profile.
List of Mushrooms That Contain D
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Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus sulphureus
A bright sulphur-yellow and orange bracket fungus that grows in shelves on living and dead hardwood trees.
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Cordyceps
Ophiocordyceps sinensis
An orange club-shaped fungus that parasitises caterpillars on high Himalayan slopes, central to Tibetan and Chinese medicine.
4
Deadly Webcap
Cortinarius rubellus
A nondescript rusty-brown Cortinarius whose toxin destroys the kidneys over weeks, often without early warning.
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Death Cap
Amanita phalloides
A pale greenish-capped Amanita that causes the majority of fatal mushroom poisonings worldwide.
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Destroying Angel
Amanita virosa
A pure white Amanita that contains the same liver-destroying amatoxins as the death cap.
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Field Mushroom
Agaricus campestris
The classic wild meadow mushroom, ancestor of the cultivated button and a staple of late-summer foraging.
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Hedgehog Mushroom
Hydnum repandum
A cream-buff cap mushroom with soft tooth-like spines instead of gills, beloved by beginner foragers for its safety and flavour.
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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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Wood Blewit
Lepista nuda
A lilac-tinged cap and gill mushroom of autumn leaf litter, with a perfumed flavour and a long British folk tradition.
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