Fungal Anatomy
This part of the mushroom is analogous to the stem system of a plant.
Stipe
You will commonly encounter this gourmet mushroom in your local grocery store and Pennsylvania is the largest producer in the USA.
Agaricus Bisporus/Button Mushroom
What tree nut do squirrels love and people can also eat if they are roasted?
Acorn
This tool contains a whole lot of information about mushroom sizes, spore colors, substrate, and anything else you could need to identify what you are dealing with.
Field Guide
This fungus spurts spores out into the air through a small hole when disturbed by wind, rain, or animals.
Puffball
This filamentous, branching, white mass is the main biomass of a fungus and is what produces fruiting bodies.
Mycelium/Hyphae
This mushroom is tender and white with a mild, seafood-like or lobster flavor. It is also known for it's health benefits and is used for supplements.
Lion's Mane
What does 'tread lightly' mean to foragers?
Minimize damage to nature
These plants can tell a lot about what mushrooms may be nearby as they often engage in mycorrhizal relationships with certain fungi.
Surrounding trees
this fungi is characterized by its elongated upright, stromata poking up through the ground, much like fingers.
Dead Man's Fingers
This part of the mushroom remains around the stem as remnants of the veil.
Ring/Annulus
Considered the pinnacle of gourmet mushrooms, used in small amounts for their aromatic, intense flavor. A character in the popular cartoon "Chowder".
Truffles
What vitamin is found in wild greens such as nettle?
Vitamin C
This native tree is known for its edible nuts, its hulls for dye, and its wood for furniture
Eastern American Black Walnut
this fungus is an edible, translucent, white-to-brown jelly fungus with small teeth underneath, resembling a tongue.
Cat's Tongue
Similar to gills or pores, this is another form to release spores, used by some mushrooms in the Hericium genus like Lion’s Mane.
Teeth
A dark brown and highly coveted mushroom with a nutty, earthy, and intense savory taste.
morels
Name a flower that can be made into jelly
Dandelion, violet, peonies, milkweed, lilacs, pansy, eastern redbud
This number is how much of a plant you can sustainably forage without hurting the surrounding ecosystem
2/3
This fungus parasitizes a number of insects and uses a number of methods, like drugs or hijacking muscles, to control their host into an advantageous position to spread spores.
Cordyceps
Some types of mushrooms, like Amanitas, begin inside this egg-like structure before breaking free and leaving the egg at their base.
Volva
This common forage is best eaten when the inside is pure white and firm, similar to mozzarella or marshmallow and can weigh several pounds.
puffballs
Amatoxin, a group of potent, heat-stable cyclic peptide toxins found in deadly mushrooms like the Death Cap targets this organ most severely:
da liver
What's one way to test a plant for allergies safely?
Rub it on your wrist and wait 24 hours
honestly, if you don't know what it is probably don't rub it on your skin, but if you must.
a group of edible, gelatinous fungi known for their rubbery texture and similar appearance to a human body part
wood ear fungus