Scientific Terminology
The highest classification of a species
What is Domain
What is the top of a mushroom called?
What is the cap
ID app represented by a white leaf and green background
What is Seek
Orange, false gills, delicious, does NOT grow in clumps, summer to early fall
What are chanterelles
What is Madison College
The way we classify species
What is taxonomy
What the stem of the mushroom referred to as
What is the stipe
ID app widely used for documenting observations
What is iNaturalist
White, spiny, medicinal, edible relatives, decaying hardwoods
What are Lion's Mane
When was JMU established
What is 1908
The way we organize species by their closest relatives (both living and extinct)
What is phylogeny
The mushroom's spore dispersal method
What are the gills/teeth/false gills/pores
Another good resource for ID mushrooms
What are peer-reviewed books
Toxic, "Mario" mushroom, notable warts and ring, few edible species but not worth the risk
Smell emitted when it rains in Harrisonburg
What is dog food
Mostly aquatic, believed to be the earliest fungi
What are Chitridiomycota
The working body of the mushroom
What is mycelium
Will not make you sick but not worth foraging vs market quality and often sough after
What is edible vs choice
Shelf growing, orange with white trim, tastes very similar to a popular meat, easy to identify
Soda product company sold at JMU
What is Pepsi
"Club Fungi"
agarics, puffballs, stinkhorns, etc
What are basidiomycota
The fibers that make up a mushroom
What is hyphae
Toxic lookalike to Golden Chanterelles
What are Jack'O Laterns
Notorious for being extremely difficult to identify, AVOID AVOID AVOID, can be extremely toxic, unnecessarily dangerous for little reward
What are LBMs
Frequently painted item found on festival lawn
What is the spirit rock