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It's autumn and you know what it means! No, not Halloween this time - mushrooms!
If you're a die-hard mushroom picker or just someone sympathizing with this activity, show us your findings!
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#2
Coprinus Comatus, Shaggy Ink Cap, Lawyer's Wig, Or Shaggy Mane
Final score:
35points
G o l d f i s h 2 years ago
oh my gosh! these grow in my yard EVERY YEAR, they always come back! maybe I'll learn how to cook 'em (after properly identifying them, of course!)
#3
Inverary, Scotland
Final score:
33points
#4
Toadstools, Fly Agaric, In The Park
Final score:
29points
#5
Found Off A Rail Train In New England
Final score:
28points
L3mon_D3mon 2 years ago
I’ve seen so many of these! Always a surprise to see purple things in the woods. Pretty sure they’re purplish cortinarius
#6
Some Fungi Are Only Edible Once. But Still Beautiful!
Final score:
28points
#8
This Little Guy Hanging Out At The Redwood Forest In Rotorua, New Zealand
Final score:
27points
#11
Mushroom City In Bali Indonesia
Final score:
25points
#12
Crucibulum (Brid's Nest). Dunedin, New Zealand
Final score:
25points
#13
Cyclocybe Aegerita, Young Edible Mushroom With Extraordinary Taste, I Don't Know The English Name
Final score:
24points
Alexandria Z 2 years ago
Cyclocybe aegerita, also called Agrocybe cylindracea, Agrocybe aegerita or Pholiota aegerita,[1] is a mushroom in the genus Cyclocybe which is commonly known as the poplar mushroom,[1] or velvet pioppini (Chinese: cha shu gu, 茶树菇, literally "Tea Tree Mushroom"[2]). In Japan, it is called Yanagi-matsutake (Japanese:柳松茸).[3] Thank you Google
#15
Tigerton Wisconsin
Final score:
23points
Powerful Musk Ox 2 years ago
Jack o lantern mushrooms! Don't eat em, but they glow in the dark 🎃
#16
Himalayan Garden, Ripon, Yorkshire
Final score:
23points
#17
An Ink Cap, Cantabria, Spain
Final score:
23points
Powerful Musk Ox 2 years ago
If you consume, just make sure you don't drink alcohol! Had a friend learn that the hard way!
#18
Ramaria Stricta, I Would Say; Looks Extra-Terrestrial
Final score:
23points
Höpē Milne 2 years ago
That looks like a Calocera Viscosa (Stagshorn) which grows on wood, especially stumps, and has a rubbery texture (it's a jelly fungus). Ramaria tend to grow on the ground near beech and sometimes pine, often in fairy rings.
#19
Crab Claw Stinkhorn Pawtucket, Ri
Final score:
22points
#20
Ružomberok, Slovakia
Final score:
22points
#21
Autumn Edition Of "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow "
Final score:
21points
#23
Marching Mushrooms
Final score:
20points
Ryan Bright 2 years ago
That poor tree. Pretty sure that's Armillaria Meilia. Honey Mushroom. Bad for trees. Yummy for plates.
#24
Not In The Wild But Some I Grew At Home Myself
Final score:
20points
#25
Amanita Muscaria, Another Beautiful And Dangerous Mushroom!
Final score:
19points
Edda Kamphues 2 years ago
Noch ein Fliegenpilz ;-). They are so pretty, shame they are also dangerous.
#26
Found Miles From The Road On My Hunting Land In Wisconsin
Final score:
19points
#27
I Have No Idea What Kind Of Mushroom It Is, But It's Certainly The Saddest I've Ever Seen
Final score:
19points
#29
Ružomberok, Slovakia
Final score:
19points
#30
Ružomberok, Slovakia
Final score:
19points
#31
Ružomberok, Slovakia
Final score:
19points
#32
Hygrophoropsis Aurantiaca, False Cantharellus, Very Beautiful And Very Poisonous
Final score:
18points
KM 2 years ago
The info on whether the false Cantharellus in poisonous is inconclusive, some sources say it can give you food poisoning while in many areas of the world the mushroom is eaten after proper treatment (i.e soaking for 3 days and then boiling for 15 min once or twice). That being said, it's not worth it to try and as a general rule, please don't eat, pick up or touch with bare hands the mushrooms you can't positively identify as edible.
#33
Tuscany. Porcini. Found This Morning. Already In The Pan For Dinner
Final score:
18points
#34
Hypholoma
Final score:
18points
#35
Ružomberok, Slovakia
Final score:
18points
#36
Spotted On A Hike Between North Carolina And Tennessee
Final score:
17points
#37
We Tried To Not Crack Up When We Found This In Somerset, Ma
Final score:
17points
#38
Liverpool
Final score:
17points
Proverb Woman 2 years ago
Beautiful photo! Incredible the striking difference between the stem color and the cap!
#40
Lüneburg Heath, Germany
Final score:
16points
#41
Oudemansiella Mucida (Holzbachtal, Germany)
Final score:
15points
#42
Formby
Final score:
15points
#43
Moss Bluff, Louisiana
Final score:
15points
#45
Fomes Fomentarius (Holzbachtal, Germany)
Final score:
14points
#46
Moss Bluff, Louisiana
Final score:
14points
#48
Field Blewit. My 4yo Nephew Was Extatic That There Are Edible Purple Mushrooms
Final score:
13points
Powerful Musk Ox 2 years ago
I'm not a huge fan of the taste, but the first time I saw an indigo milkcap, I had the same reaction as your nephew!
#54
Crown Tipped Coral (Artomyces Pyxidatus) In Virginia, USA
Final score:
12points
#55
A Cute Little Puffball!
Final score:
12points
#56
Green Elf Cups - Norfolk
Final score:
12points
#60
What A Fun-Guy!
Final score:
11points
#62
Moss Bluff, Louisiana
Final score:
11points
#63
King Bolete
Final score:
10points
#65
Recent Delicious Finds: Oyster, Chanterelle, Chicken Of The Woods, And Cauliflower Mushroom! (Washington, Dc, USA)
Final score:
10points
#66
Kuala Ibai, Terengganu
Final score:
10points
#67
Yellow Stagshorn/Kleverig Koraalzwammetje (Calocera Viscosa, Found Near Dwingeloo The Netherlands)
Final score:
10points
#69
Amanita
Final score:
9points
#70
Unsure On Type...hand For Scale
Final score:
9points
#74
Turkey Tail Mushroom (T. Versicolor) In Maryland, USA
Final score:
9points
#75
First Two Weeks Of October
Final score:
9points
#78
Wish I Knew Their Name
Final score:
9points
#79
Manistee National Forest, Michigan, USA
Final score:
9points
Frederick S (Submission author) 2 years ago
I love mushrooms, these were fun to find and all but two are "edible". A couple varieties of Hericium, chicken of the woods, black Trumpets, orange Chanterelles, Honey mushrooms (or stumpers as we like to call em.), Crown Coral, Hedgehogs, Puffballs, etc.
#80
Phallus Impudicus In My Back Yard. *giggle*
Final score:
9points
#81
Perth, Scotland
Final score:
9points
#84
Dubrava Swamp, Lithuania
Final score:
9points
#85
Found The Tiniest Mushroom Today (No Banana For Scale; Only Moss And Pine Needles^^)
Final score:
9points
Weirdest Bi You’ll Ever Meet 2 years ago
How dare thee not bring a banana with thee on thee hike! Banana are always necessary!
#89
Fungi Spotting In Aus
Final score:
8points
#90
Almost Macro Photography. I Really Love This Amazing World Of Mushrooms...have A Lot Of Pics Taken Around The Woods Of Europe
Final score:
8points
#91
Red Stinkhorn (Mutinus Ravenelii), Finland
Final score:
8points
#94
Brandenburg, Germany
Final score:
8points
#95
Autumn Is Here!
Final score:
8points
#96
Unknown Type Of Shrooms With The Beetle On Top. Belarus
Final score:
8points
#97
Water Dripped Out Of Them When I Harvested Them
Final score:
8points
#103
Black Trumpet - Georgia
Final score:
8points
#104
Beautiful Poison
Final score:
7points
#107
Florida, USA
Final score:
7points
#108
For Scale: Child Is 9yrs Old (Cut For Privacy On The Right Side)
Final score:
7points
zububonsai (Submission author) 2 years ago (edited)
.... last week in Saxony, Germany. Big as a medium /large pizza. Angle not perfect because of a mean thorny shrub left of the mushroom.🫤
#109
Some Type Of Mushroom In Washington
Final score:
7points
#110
Washington, Dc
Final score:
7points
#112
Washington, Dc
Final score:
7points
#114
Foot Sized Mushroom
Final score:
7points
Marek Čtrnáct 2 years ago (edited)
If it's white inside, it should be edible! EDIT: Mushroom, not foot.
#115
Fascinating Fungi In The Pnw
Final score:
7points
#121
A Mushroom I Found In Passadumkeg, Maine
Final score:
7points
#124
Lactarius Blue Milkcap Mushroom
Final score:
7points
#127
Lactarius Deterrimus. Not Quite As Good As L. Deliciosus, But Close
Final score:
6points
#130
Possibly An Ox Tongue Mushroom. Looks Delicious And Deadly At The Same Time
Final score:
6points
#136
Pinebarrens, Nj
Final score:
6points
#137
Black Trumpet, Edible Mushrooms With Truffle Taste. Found In Câmpu Cetății, România
Final score:
6points
#138
Big Ole Shroom, North Georgia Mountains
Final score:
5points
#140
Massive Shroom. 50cm(20inches)wide. Anyone Able To Identify?
Final score:
5points
#142
Coker's Amanita (I Think), Williamsburg, Virginia. A Very Large, Poisonous Mushroom
Final score:
5points
Snoogles (Submission author) 2 years ago
It's almost the size of my shoe! (Size 8, US women's for reference.)
#148
Brandenburg, Germany
Final score:
5points
#149
Ceps... Wales UK
Final score:
5points
#150
Sharp Grass. Washington, Dc
Final score:
5points
#151
Parasol Mushroom, Aka Frog Umbrella
Final score:
5points
#152
Lobster Mushroom (Edible) Quebec, 🇨🇦
Final score:
5points
Soosh_tr (Submission author) 2 years ago
this mushroom is so cool, it is actually a parasite living on a small insignificant stump mushroom. The edible disease is really called dermatosis and smells and tastes like lobsters. The perfect substitute if you are allergic to shellfish!
#156
" Triplets". Sentier Des Crêtes, Parc De Forillon, Gaspésie, Québec
Final score:
5points
#157
" So Smoooooth ". Sentier Des Crêtes, Parc De Forillon, Gaspésie, Québec
Final score:
5points
#159
Russula Sp. Edible
Final score:
4points
Powerful Musk Ox 2 years ago
Russulas are great because you usually find dozens in one spot, but the texture is not to my liking. I find a lot of quilted green russula in my area, but they're so crumbly haha. I hope you enjoyed!
#161
Boletus Edulis With Amanita Muscaria.they Like Each Others Company
Final score:
4points
#163
Edible Lepiota
Final score:
4points
#166
It Was Huge
Final score:
4points
#167
Manistee National Forest, Michigan
Final score:
4points
#169
Guernsey Fungi 2022
Final score:
4points
#171
Moss Bluff, Louisiana
Final score:
4points
#173
The Biggest And Smallest Fungi I’ve Found! Bird’s Nest And Some Sort Of Polypore
Final score:
4points
#177
Can't Tell If It Grew Around The Leaf Or The Leaf Pierced The Mushroom. Washington, Dc
Final score:
4points
#180
On Lawn In Maine. Bigger Than A Human Hand And About 4 Inches High
Final score:
4points
#181
Giant Hen Of The Woods Peoria Illinois
Final score:
4points
#192
Mushroom Growing In Horse P**p
Final score:
3points
#193
Red And White In The Woods
Final score:
3points
#194
Opintici,sat Gemenea,suceava
Final score:
3points
#195
Somewhere In Austrian Forest
Final score:
3points
#198
Chantarelles Or Jack-O-Lanterns?
Final score:
3points
#199
Mushrooms Between Floor Plates At A Restaurant
Final score:
3points
#201
Are These Edible?! California
Final score:
3points
#202
Washington, Dc
Final score:
3points
#204
East Texas
Final score:
3points
#211
Washington, Dc
Final score:
2points
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Danish Susanne 2 years ago
This list was fantastic. So many shapes and colours and sizes. From the tiniest little hats to mushrooms so big they would feed a whole family. It also reminded me, that scientists say that the biggest living organism in the world is a mushroom. It is of the species of Armillaria ostoyae, and covers about 8,2 square kilometers and is supposed to be 2400 years old. Look it up if you don't believe me: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
This list was fantastic. So many shapes and colours and sizes. From the tiniest little hats to mushrooms so big they would feed a whole family. It also reminded me, that scientists say that the biggest living organism in the world is a mushroom. It is of the species of Armillaria ostoyae, and covers about 8,2 square kilometers and is supposed to be 2400 years old. Look it up if you don't believe me: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/
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