Mushrooms and fungi

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golden thread mushrooms

Fruits & vegetables; Mushrooms and fungi

The golden thread mushroom, also known as the Worm Plant flower, is a cultivated version of the Caterpillar fungus. Both the golden thread mushroom and the Caterpillar fungus are derived from a ...

hanaiguchi mushrooms

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Hanaiguchi mushrooms, botanical name Suillus grevillei, are edible mushrooms that are not cultivated rather only harvested from the wild. In fact the majority of all edible mushroom varieties are ...

The hedgehog mushroom can be identified both scientifically and under common name classifications, including Dentinum repandum, Hydnum rapandum, D. umbilicatum. In a nod to its flavor and shape, it ...

huitlacoche mushrooms

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Huitlacoche, Ustilago maydis, AKA cuitlacoche, is a fungus whose name translates from Ancient Nauhatl as "corn smut". Taxonomically, huitlacoche is not a mushroom. It is actually classified as a ...

lobster mushrooms

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The lobster mushroom is actually a parasitic hybrid of the fluorescent red-orange fungal parasite, Hypomyces lactifluorum, and the brittle white mushroom, Russula brevipes. Caution should be observed ...

maitake mushrooms

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Maitake mushrooms are also known as Hen of the Woods mushrooms. Other aliases include Klapperschwamm, Laubporling, Polypore en touffe, kumotake mushroom, ram's head and sheep's head. Its scientific ...

matsutake mushrooms

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The matsutake mushroom is a deep mycelium fungi. Matsutake means pine mushroom and it is the odor of this mushroom that truly identifies it. As it thrives in pine forests, it resembles the aromas of ...