| Mushroom image | Part image | Scientific name | Common name | Description | Distribution | Cultivation | Edibility |
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|  | Agaricus arvensis | Horse mushroom[13] | Up to 20 cm (8 in) wide; resembles deadlyAmanita species[14] | Britain and North America | Harvested wild | Edible for most people, but can resemble deadly Amanitas[15] |
| | Agaricus bisporus | Button mushroom, common mushroom, cremini, portobello, and others[16][17] | As it ages, it turns from small, white and smooth to large and light brown.[17] | Widespread[citation needed] in rich soil[18] | Widely cultivated[18] | Edible and widely consumed[16][17] |
 |  | Agaricus campestris | Field mushroom | Up to 12 cm (4+1⁄2 in) wide;[19] resembles deadly Amanitas[20] | Widespread in grasses[21] | Harvested wild | Choice,[19][22] but can resemble poisonous species[23] |
 | | Agaricus silvaticus | Pinewood mushroom | Up to 10 cm wide[24] | | Harvested wild | Edible cooked,[25][24] but resembles some inedible species[26] |
 | | Aleuria aurantia | Orange peel fungus | Up to 10 cm wide, orange, cup-shaped, and fuzzy[27] | Europe and North America[28][27] | Harvested wild | Edible but difficult to collect[29][30] |
|  | Amanita caesarea | Caesar's Amanita[31] | Orange to redcap, up to 20 cm wide;[31] resembles the poisonousAmanita muscaria[32] | North Africa, Eurasia, and North America[31] | Harvested wild | Edible, reportedly raw and cooked[33] |
|  | Amanita fulva | Tawny grisette | Up to 10 cm wide;[34] resembles poisonous Amanitas | Europe and North America[35][34] | | Edible cooked[36] |
|  | Amanita muscaria | Fly agaric | Red cap with white warts; up to 30 cm wide[37] | Widespread;[38][39] symbiotic with various trees | | Parboiling is required.[40] When fresh, it contains the hallucinogenmuscimol and someibotenic acid.[41] |
|  | Amanita rubescens | Blusher | Up to 15 cm wide;[42] resembles related species[43] | Eurasia,[citation needed] western North America[43] | | Edible when cooked,[44] which destroys a toxin[45] |
 |  | Armillaria mellea | Honey mushroom | Up to 15 cm wide[46] | Eurasia,[citation needed] North America[47] | Harvested wild | Edible, usually excluding the tough stalk;[46] best when young and well-cooked[48] |
|  | Boletus edulis | Porcino | Reddish-brown cap up to 30 cm or more wide[49] | Widespread in Northern Hemisphere[50] | Commercially harvested | Choice[51] |
 |  | Boletus pinophilus | Pine bolete | Cap up to 40 cm wide[52] | Eurasia[53] | Commercially harvested | Reportedly edible[54] |
|  | Boletus variipes | | Tannish cap[55] | Eastern North America with hardwoods[56] | Commercially harvested | Choice[57] |
 |  | Calbovista subsculpta | Sculptured giant puffball | Up to 15 cm (6 in) wide[25] | Western North America in montane areas[58] | Commercially harvested | Choice while thegleba is still firm and white[59] |
 |  | Calocybe gambosa | St. George's mushroom | Up to 15 cm wide[60] | Europe from spring to summer[60] | Harvested wild | Edible cooked or pickled[60] |
 |  | Calvatia cyathiformis | Purple-sporedpuffball | Up to 20 cm wide[61] | North America[61] and Australia | Harvested wild | Reportedly edible when young[62] |
 |  | Calvatia gigantea | Giant puffball | Up to 60 cm (20 in) wide and 20 kilograms (45 lb)[63] | Temperate areas around the world in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests from late summer and autumn[63][64] | Commercially harvested | Choice when immature and white, but may cause a laxative effect[64] |
 |  | Cantharellus cibarius | Golden chanterelle | Up to 15 cm wide[65] | Europe[66] | Commercially harvested | Choice[67] but resembles some poisonous mushrooms[65][68] |
 |  | Cerioporus squamosus | Dryad's saddle and pheasant's back mushroom | Up to 30 cm or more wide[69][70] | Europe[70] and eastern U.S.[69] | Harvested wild | Edible young and cooked[71][70] |
| | Chroogomphus | Pine-spikes or spike-caps | | Northern Hemisphere[72] | Harvested wild | Some edible species[73] |
|  | Collybia nuda | Blewit[74] | Up to 15 cm wide;[75] may resemble toxicCortinarius species | Europe and North America | Commercially harvested | Edible[74] |
 |  | Collybia personata (syn.Lepista saeva) | Field blewit or blue leg | Up to 12 cm wide[76] | Europe[76] | | Edible[77] |
 |  | Coprinopsis atramentaria (syn.Coprinus atramentarius) | Common inkcap | Up to 10 cm wide[78] | Northern Hemisphere and Australia[79][80] | | Edible when young but toxic if consumed with alcohol due to the presence ofcoprine[81][82] |
 | | Coprinus comatus | Shaggy mane, shaggy inkcap or lawyer's wig | Up to 8 cm wide[83] | North America in grasslands and meadows[84] | Harvested wild | Must be cooked as soon as possible after harvesting or the caps will deliquesce (turn to 'ink')[85][86] |
 |  | Cortinarius caperatus | Gypsy mushroom | Tannish cap, up to 12 cm wide[87] | Northern Europe and northern North America[88][89] | Commercially harvested | Choice,[90] but can resemble some poisonous European species[91] |
|  | Craterellus cornucopioides | Trumpet of death or horn of plenty | Up to 8 cm wide[92] | Eurasia, North America, and Australia[93] | Commercially harvested | Choice[94] |
|  | Craterellus tubaeformis | Tube chanterelle or yellowfoot | Up to 4 cm wide[95] | North America and Asia[96][97] | Commercially harvested | Choice[98] |
 |  | Cyclocybe aegerita | Poplar fieldcap | Up to 10 cm wide[99] | Grows onpoplars and other trees[99] | Commercially cultivated in Asia and Australia[99] | Difficult to identify[100][101] |
 |  | Cyttaria espinosae | | | Chile[102] | Harvested wild | Edible[102] |
 |  | Fistulina hepatica | Beefsteak polypore or ox tongue | Up to 6 cm wide[103] | Europe and North America[104][105] | Harvested wild | Edible but older specimens should be soaked overnight then cooked to avoid gastric upset[105] |
|  | Flammulina filiformis | Enoki | Up to 4.5 cm wide[106] | Asia | Commercially cultivated[107] | Asian cuisine[108] |
 |  | Flammulina velutipes | Velvet shank | Up to 10 cm wide[109] | Europe and North America[109][110] | Harvested wild | Edible cooked, best with the skin removed[111] |
| | Gomphidius glutinosus | Slimy spike-cap | Up to 12 cm wide[112] | Eurasia[citation needed] and North America[113] | Harvested wild | Edible[114][115] but possibly not recommended; accumulatesheavy metals[116] |
 |  | Grifola frondosa | Hen of the woods or sheep's head | Up to 50 cm wide[117] | Eastern North America[118] and Eurasia[117] | Commercially harvested | Choice[119] but some may be allergic[118] |
|  | Gyromitra esculenta | False morel, turban or brain mushroom | Up to 12 cm wide[120] | North America and Central Europe[120][121] | | Parboiling required to reducegyromitrin toxicity, which may not be fully effective[122] |
 | | Handkea utriformis (syn.Calvatia utriformis) | | Puffball, up to 25 cm wide[123] | Widespread in northern temperate zones[124] | Harvested wild | Edible when immature and white[125] |
|  | Hericium erinaceus | Lion's mane[126] | Tooth fungus up to 40 cm wide[127] | Europe and North America[128][129] | Commercially harvested | Best when young[126] |
 |  | Hydnum repandum | Sweet tooth or hedgehog mushroom[130] | Up to 17 cm or more wide[131] | Europe and North America[132][131] | Commercially harvested | Choice; cooking removes bitterness in older specimens[133] |
 |  | Hygrophorus chrysodon | Gold flecked woodwax | Up to 14 cm wide[134] | Northern Hemisphere[135] | Harvested wild | Edible but bland[136][137] |
 |  | Hypsizygus tessulatus | Beech mushroom | Cap up to 15 cm wide[138] | North America[138] | Commercially cultivated | Tough flesh[138] |
 |  | Imleria badia | Bay bolete | Up to 10 cm wide[139] | Eurasia and North America[140][139] | Harvested wild | Edible but allergenic for some[141][142] |
| | Kalaharituber pfeilii | | Up to 12 cm wide[143] | Southern Africa[144] | Harvested wild | Edible[144] |
| | Laccocephalum mylittae | Blackfellow's bread | Sclerotium grows up to 60 cm wide[145] | Australia[146] | Harvested wild | Edible but not choice[146] |
 |  | Lactarius corrugis | Corrugated-cap milky[147] | Brownish-red cap up to 12 cm wide[148] | Eastern North America withoak, July–Sept.[148] | | Choice[149] |
 |  | Lactarius deliciosus | Saffron milk cap | Up to 20 cm wide[150] | Europe[150] | Commercially harvested | Not necessarily choice, but popular in Russia[151] |
 |  | Lactarius deterrimus | Orange milkcap | Up to 12 cm wide | Eurasia[152] | Harvested wild | Edible[153] |
|  | Lactarius hygrophoroides | | Up to 8 cm wide[154] | Eastern North America with oak, June–Sept.[154] | | Edible[139] |
 |  | Lactarius indigo | Indigo milk cap | Blue cap, fading to grayish;[155] up to 15 cm wide[156] | Northern Hemisphere[157][158][159] | Harvested wild | Edible[160] |
 |  | Lactarius paradoxus | | Blue-green to gray cap; up to 8 cm wide[161] | Southern and eastern U.S., autumn–winter[161] | | Edible but bitter with age[161] |
 |  | Lactarius rubrilacteus | | Cap up to 14 cm wide[162] | Western North America, June–Oct.[163] | Harvested wild | Edible but grainy[162] |
|  | Lactarius subdulcis | Mild milkcap | Up to 7 cm wide[164] | Europe[165] | Harvested wild | Edible when cooked but not choice[166] |
 |  | Lactarius volemus | Fishy milkcap | Up to 11 cm wide[164] | Eurasia and North America[164][167][168] | Harvested wild | Edible but grainy; bestslow-cooked[168] |
| | Laetiporus sulphureus | Sulphur shelf, chicken mushroom | A distinctbracket fungus[169] | Europe and North America[170][169] | Harvested wild | Edible when watery, after cooking[171][172] |
|  | Leccinum aurantiacum | Red-capped scaber stalk | Orange-red cap, up to 15 cm wide[173] | Europe[174] | Harvested wild | Edible cooked, with risk of toxicity;[173][175] linked to one death[176] |
|  | Leccinum scabrum | Birch bolete | Up to 10 cm wide[177] | Europe,[178] North America[177] and New Zealand[179] | Harvested wild | Edible when firm[177] |
|  | Leccinum versipelle (syn.Boletus testaceoscaber) | Orange birch bolete | Orangish cap, up to 15 cm wide[180] | Europe, Aug.–Nov.[180] | Harvested wild | Edible cooked[180] |
|  | Lentinula edodes | Shiitake | | Southeast Asia[181] | Commercially cultivated worldwide[182] | Edible;[2] may causedermatitis for some unless cooked[183][184] |
| | Macrolepiota procera | Parasol mushroom | Up to 25 cm wide[185] | Eurasia[186] | Harvested wild | Choice but resembles some poisonous species[187][188] |
 |  | Marasmius oreades | Fairy ring champignon | Up to 5 cm wide[189] | Europe and North America[190][191] | Harvested wild | Choice[188] |
| | Morchella spp. includingMorchella esculenta | Morels | Can resemble poisonousfalse morels includingGyromitra esculenta | Northern Hemisphere; open scrub, woodland or open ground in late spring | Commercially harvested; difficult to grow commercially[192] | Potentially toxic if uncooked or consumed with alcohol[193][194][195] |
| | Phallus indusiatus | Basket stinkhorn[196] | Cap up to 4 cm wide;[196] stem up to 25 cm long[197] | Tropical regions[198][199] | Commercially cultivated | Asian cuisine[200] |
 |  | Pleurotus ostreatus | Oyster mushroom | Up to 30 cm wide;[201] resembles toxic species[202] | Widespread in temperate and subtropical areas[203] | Commercially cultivated at an industrial scale[204] | Choice[201] but resembles inedibleLentinellus species[202][205] |
 |  | Pseudohydnum gelatinosum | Toothed jelly fungus | Up to 7 cm wide and tall[206] | Eurasia[207] | Harvested wild | Edible[206] |
 |  | Sparassis crispa | Cauliflower mushroom | Up to 24 cm across[208] | Europe[209] | Harvested wild | Edible when young;[210] bestslow-cooked[211] |
|  | Stropharia rugosoannulata | Wine cap | Up to 30 cm wide[212] | North America[213] | Commercially cultivated | Choice[214] |
 |  | Suillus bovinus | Bovine bolete | Up to 10 cm wide[215] | Eurasia,[216] South Africa,[217] North America,[218] and Australasia[219] | Harvested wild | Edible[220] |
 |  | Suillus brevipes | Short-stemmed slippery Jack | Up to 10 cm wide[221] | North America[221] | Harvested wild | Edible[222] |
 |  | Suillus decipiens | | Yellowish cap, up to 7 cm wide; yellowtubes[223] | Southeastern North America[223] | Harvested wild | Edible[223] |
|  | Suillus granulatus | Weeping bolete, granulated bolete | Brownish cap, up to 12 cm wide[224] | Northern Hemisphere with pines[225] | Harvested wild | Edible[226] |
 |  | Suillus grevillei | Tamarack jack[227] | Orangish cap, up to 10 cm wide[228] | Eurasia and North America underlarch[228][229][227] | Harvested wild | Edible cooked, with thecap cuticle removed[223][228] |
|  | Suillus luteus | Slippery jack | Brownish cap, up to 10 cm or more wide[230] | Northern Hemisphere[231] | Harvested wild | Edible with the cap cuticle removed;[232][233] allergenic for some[234] |
 | | Suillus spraguei | Painted suillus | Yellow cap with reddish scales; up to 12 cm wide[235][236] | Eurasia and North America[237] | Harvested wild | Edible[238] |
|  | Suillus tomentosus | Woolly-capped suillus | Up to 12 cm wide[239] | North America[240] | Harvested wild | Can cause gastric upset[238] |
 |  | Tremella fuciformis | White jelly mushroom | Up to 7 cm across[241] | Widespread in tropical areas[241] | Commercially cultivated | Asian sweet dishes for texture[242] |
 |  | Tricholoma matsutake | Matsutake | Up to 35 cm wide[243] | Eurasia and northern North America in forests[243] | Commercially harvested[244] | Prized inJapanese cuisine[245] but can resembleInocybe pyriodora, a poisonous species with brown spores[243] |
 |  | Tricholoma portentosum | Streaked tricholoma | Up to 11 cm wide[246] | Europe and North America, coniferous woodland[247] | Harvested wild | Edible but resembles poisonous relatives[247] |
 |  | Tricholoma terreum | Grey knight | Up to 7 cm wide;[248] resembles a poisonous species[249] | Europe and North America[250][251] | | Edible but can causerhabdomyolysis if eaten in large quantities[252] |
 | | Tuber aestivum | Summer truffle | Up to 10 cm wide[253] | France, Italy and Spain[253] | Commercially harvested[253] | |
 |  | Tuber borchii | Bianchetto truffle | | | Commercially cultivated (experimental)[254] | |
 | | Tuber melanosporum | Black truffle | Up to 10 cm wide[255] | Europe[256] | Commercially cultivated[257] | Choice[257] |
| | Ustilago maydis | Corn smut | | Pathogens of cereals | Harvested wild | Considered a delicacy in Mexico; used as fillings in quesadillas, tacos and soups[258] |
|  | Verpa bohemica | Wrinkled thimble-cap | Up to 4 cm wide[259] | North America and Eurasia[259][260] | | Edible cooked, initially only in small portions;[261] contains a toxin similar to gyromitrin[262] |
|  | Volvariella bombycina | Silky rosegill[263] | Pale cap, up to 20 cm wide[263] | Widespread but uncommon[264] | Commercially cultivated | Edible[264] |
|  | Volvariella volvacea | Paddy straw mushroom or straw mushroom[263] | Can resemble death caps when immature,[265][266] when they are usually picked[267] | Asia[268] | Commercially cultivated[268] | Edible with caution[263] |