Cremini Mushrooms – A Guide
Cremini mushrooms, white mushrooms, common mushrooms, champignon mushrooms (scientific name Agaricus Bisporus) are types of edible mushrooms that grow both in the…
Honey Fungus – A Guide
The Honey fungus (genus Armillaria) is a partially edible grouping of fungi that includes more than ten sub-species which are parasitic…
Agarikon Mushrooms
Agarikon mushrooms (scientific name Laricifomes Officinalis) also known as “quinine conk” are wood-decay fungi belonging in the genus of Polyporales, a…
Galerina Marginata – The Funeral Bell
Funeral bells, deadly galerinas or deadly skullcaps (scientific name Galerina Marginata), are a poisonous species of fungi belonging to the family…
Black Staining Polypore (Meripulus Sumstinei)
The Black Staining Polypore (scientific name Meripulus Sumstinei) is an edible fungus belonging in the family of polypore (multiple cap) mushrooms.…
Mesima Mushrooms
Mesima, Black Hoof, or Son-Gen mushrooms (scientific name Phellinus Linteus) are a type of fungi belonging to the basidiomycete genus of…
Maitake Mushrooms – The Medicinal Benefits
Maitake mushrooms (Grifola Frondosa), ram’s head, sheep’s head or hen-of-the-woods are polypore types of fungi (non-gilled mushrooms) that are fully edible…
Chicken of the Woods Mushrooms
Chicken of the woods mushrooms (Laetiporus sulphureus) are sometimes called sulphur shelf, crab-of-the-woods, or sulphur polypore. It is a type of…
Beefsteak Mushrooms – What You Should Know
The scientific name for Beefsteak mushrooms is Fistulina Hepatica. "Hepatica" means “liver-like”, which makes sense once you see the striking appearance…
Poria Mushrooms
Poria mushrooms (scientific name Wolfiporia extensa) are a species of edible wood decay mushroom which tend to grow underground. Also known…