Mushrooms that contain I

List of Mushrooms That Contain I

1

Birch Bolete

Leccinum scabrum

A grey-brown capped bolete with a tall scaly stem, growing only under birch trees.

2

Bird's Nest

Cyathus striatus

A tiny cup-shaped fungus filled with disc-like "eggs" that are splashed out by raindrops.

3

Cauliflower Fungus

Sparassis crispa

A large cream-coloured cluster of ribbon-like flaps that fruits at the base of conifers, resembling a head of cauliflower.

4

Chicken of the Woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

A bright sulphur-yellow and orange bracket fungus that grows in shelves on living and dead hardwood trees.

5

Common Inkcap

Coprinopsis atramentaria

A grey scaly inkcap that reacts dangerously with alcohol, causing flushing and palpitations.

6

Cremini

Agaricus bisporus

The brown-capped immature form of Agaricus bisporus, also sold as chestnut or baby bella mushrooms.

7

Destroying Angel

Amanita virosa

A pure white Amanita that contains the same liver-destroying amatoxins as the death cap.

8

Enoki

Flammulina velutipes

A long-stemmed white mushroom grown in tightly packed bundles, popular across East Asian cooking.

9

Field Mushroom

Agaricus campestris

The classic wild meadow mushroom, ancestor of the cultivated button and a staple of late-summer foraging.

10

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

The iconic red-capped white-spotted toadstool of European folklore, containing the psychoactive compounds muscimol and ibotenic acid.

11

Giant Puffball

Calvatia gigantea

An enormous white spherical mushroom of rich grassland, edible when young and bright white throughout.

12

King Oyster

Pleurotus eryngii

A thick-stemmed Mediterranean oyster mushroom with firm scallop-like flesh, popular in restaurant cooking.

13

Liberty Cap

Psilocybe semilanceata

A small slender autumn grassland mushroom containing psilocybin, common in upland European pasture.

14

Lion's Mane

Hericium erinaceus

A cascading white tooth fungus that grows on hardwoods and tastes faintly of crab or lobster when cooked.

15

Maitake

Grifola frondosa

The Japanese name for Grifola frondosa, a layered rosette of fan caps with both culinary and medicinal value.

16

Porcini

Boletus edulis

A stout, brown-capped bolete prized worldwide for its meaty texture and nutty aroma when dried.

17

Reishi

Ganoderma lingzhi

A shiny lacquered bracket fungus used for centuries in East Asian medicine, sometimes called the "mushroom of immortality."

18

Saffron Milk Cap

Lactarius deliciosus

An orange concentric-banded cap that bleeds carrot-coloured milk when cut, a classic Mediterranean and Eastern European edible.

19

Shiitake

Lentinula edodes

An umber-brown East Asian wood-decomposing mushroom and the world's second most cultivated edible fungus.

20

Slippery Jack

Suillus luteus

A glossy chestnut-brown bolete with a sticky cap and a stem ring, growing in association with pines.

21

Stinkhorn

Phallus impudicus

A phallic-shaped fungus topped with a foul black slime, evolved to attract flies that disperse its spores.

22

Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

A common multicoloured bracket fungus with concentric bands, widely used in traditional Asian medicine and modern immunology research.

23

White Beech

Hypsizygus tessellatus

A cultivated cream-coloured cluster mushroom from East Asia, often sold under the name bunashimeji.

24

White Truffle

Tuber magnatum

A pale tan underground ascomycete from the Piedmont hills, the most expensive edible mushroom in the world.

25

Witches' Butter

Tremella mesenterica

A bright orange-yellow jelly fungus that fruits on dead hardwoods after rain, harmless if usually flavourless.

26

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.

27

Yellow Stainer

Agaricus xanthodermus

A white-capped Agaricus that bruises chrome yellow and smells of iodine, a common cause of mushroom-related stomach upset.