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Mushrooms that end with R

4 mushrooms ending with the letter R — each with origin, classification, and notes.

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This page lists mushrooms that end with R. 4 mushrooms are detailed below. Each entry below is a doorway into a full profile — not just a name on a list.

Table of contents 4 entries
EarthstarKing OysterWitches' ButterYellow Stainer

List of Mushrooms That End With R

    1

    Earthstar

    Geastrum triplex

    A puffball-relative whose outer skin splits open into a many-pointed star to reveal a spore sac.

    2

    King Oyster

    Pleurotus eryngii

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

    3

    Witches' Butter

    Tremella mesenterica

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

    4

    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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