# All the Types of Edible Mushrooms Explained With Pictures

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Category: Vegetables & Fruit
Published: 2008-07-24T05:29:00
Updated: 2026-08-08T15:20:20
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Mushrooms are extremely popular eatables and are used profusely in cuisines the world over. Here’s a look at different types of edible mushrooms that are used widely today.

### Five things to be kept in mind before buying, picking, or consuming mushrooms:

1.  Always buy good quality mushrooms from reliable shops or eat them at renowned restaurants. Opt out of shady places.
2.  Certain wild poisonous mushrooms resemble other wild non-poisonous varieties very closely. One needs real good knowledge of mushrooms in order to be able tell the two apart. Do not consume wild shrooms that are not cultivated without being sure of what you are eating. It could prove to be severely sickening or even FATAL.
3.  Always clean mushrooms thoroughly before consuming them - raw or cooked. It is not an option.
4.  The mushrooms listed below have been identified as edible, but there are certain conditions that come into play when it comes to the edibility of most of these species. Some are life-threatening when eaten raw, but delectable and safe when parboiled optimally. Some may give violent allergic reactions to certain people. So, find out everything you need to about a particular mushroom species you are about to try out. Better safe than sorry.
5.  Studies are still being conducted on a lot of these mushrooms listed below and a lot is yet to be discovered. If you are a regular mushroom-junkie, keep an eye out for new information on the various species.

## Commercially Cultivated Fungi

### 1.

-   _Cantharellus Cibarius_
-   (**Common names:** Chanterelle, Girolle, Golden chanterelle)

### 2.

-   _Craterellus Tubaeformis_
-   (**Common names:** Funnel Chanterelle, Winter mushroom, Yellowfoot)

### 3.

-   _Craterellus Cornucopioides_
-   (**Common names:** Black chanterelle, Black trumpet, Horn of plenty, Trompette de la Mort)

### 4.

-   _Clitocybe Nuda_
-   (**Common names:** Blue stalk mushroom, Wood blewit or blewitt)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.
-   Never to be eaten raw; always after cooking. Brew in stews or sauté in butter.

### 5.

-   _Boletus Edulis_
-   (**Common names:** Cep, King bolete, Penny bun, White mushroom (by Russians), Wolf mushroom (in Albanian), Cèpe (French name), Steinpilz (German name), Fungo Porcino or Porcini (Italian name))

### 6.

-   _Grifola frondosa_
-   (**Common names:** Hen-of-the-wood, Ram’s head, Sheep’s head, Signorina, Maitake (Japanese name))
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.

### 7.

-   _Gyromitra Esculenta_
-   (**Common name**: False morel)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.
-   NEVER to be eaten raw; always after parboiling fresh mushrooms twice in a lot of water. Use fresh water in 3:1 ratio both times. May prove fatal if eaten raw.

### 8.

-   _Hericium erinaceus_
-   (**Common names:** Bearded Hedgehog Mushroom, Bearded Tooth Fungus, Bearded Tooth Mushroom, Lion’s Mane Mushroom, Pom pom mushroom, Satyr’s Beard)

### 9.

-   _Hydnum repandum_
-   (**Common names**: Hedgehog mushroom, Sweet tooth fungus, Wood Hedgehog, Urchin of the woods)

### 10.

-   _Cortinarius caperatus_
-   (**Common name:** Gypsy mushroom)

### 11.

-   _Lactarius deliciosus_
-   (**Common names**: Red pine mushroom, Saffron milk cap)

### 12.

-   _Tricholoma matsutake_
-   (**Common name:** Pine mushroom, Matsutake (Japanese name), Song rong (Chinese name))  
      
    

### 13.

-   _Lentinula edodes_
-   (**Common name**: Shiitake)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise caution.

### 14.

-   _Agaricus bisporus_
-   (**Common names**: Button mushroom, Champignon mushroom, Common mushroom, Crimini mushroom, Cultivated mushroom, Italian brown, Italian mushroom, Portobello mushroom \[once mature\], Roman brown mushroom, Swiss brown mushroom, Table mushroom, White mushroom)

### 15.

-   _Volvariella volvacea_
-   (**Common name:** Paddy straw mushroom, Straw mushroom, Cǎogū (Chinese name),  
     Kabuteng saging (Filipino name), Hed fang (Thai name), Nấm rơm (Vietnamese name))

### 16.

-   _Flammulina velutipes_
-   (**Common names**: Enokidake, Enokitake, Golden needle mushroom)

### 17.

_Hypsizygus tessellatus_  
Two varieties are called

1.  _Buna-shimeji_  
    **(Common names:** Brown Beech Mushroom, Beech Mushroom, BeechBrown Clamshell Mushroom)
2.  _Bunapi-shimeji_   
    (**Common names**: White Beech Mushroom, White Clamshell Mushroom)

### 18.

-   _Ganoderma lucidum_
-   ( Reishi (Japanese name), Língzhi (Pinyin nam), Linh chi (Vietnamese))

### 19.

-   _Auricularia auricula-judae_
-   (**Common names:** Jelly ear Jew’s ear)
-   Needs to be washed thoroughly before use.

### 20.

-   _Sparassis crispa_
-   (**Common name:** Cauliflower mushroom)

### 21.

-   _Pleurotus eryngii_
-   (**Common names:** Boletus of the steppes, French horn mushroom, Trumpet royale, King oyster mushroom, King trumpet mushroom, Cardoncello (Italian name), Eringi (Japanese name), Saesongi peoseot (Korean name), xìng bào gū/cì qín gū/cì qín cè ěr (Chinese name))

### 22.

-   _Morchella_
-   (**Common name**: Morels)

Extreme caution must be exercised while collecting this variety of mushrooms so as to avoid the accidental collection of poisonous early false morels or _Verpa bohemica._ Even though eaten in some parts of the world, _Verpa bohemica_ is known to cause poisoning when eaten excessively.

### 23.

-   _Morchella conica var. deliciosa_
-   (**Common names:** Black morel)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.

### 24.

-   _Morchella esculenta var. rotunda_
-   (**Common names:** Common morel, Morel, Morel mushroom, Sponge morel, True morel, Yellow morel)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.

### 25.

-   _Tuber_
-   (**Common name:** Truffle)

The edible varieties that are widely cultivated as follows:

### 26.

-   _Tuber uncinatum_
-   (**Common names**: Burgundy truffle)

### 27.

-   _Tuber magnatum_
-   (**Common name:** Piemont white truffle)

-   _Terfezia_ (**Common name:** Desert truffle)
-   _Tuber indicum_ (**Common name:** Chinese black truffle)
-   _Tuber melanosporum_ (**Common name**: Périgord truffle)

-   _Tuber borchii_
-   _Tuber brumale_
-   _Tuber mesentericum_ (**Common name:**The Bagnoli truffle)
-   _Tuber aestivum_ (**Common name**: Summer or St. Jean truffle)

## Other Edible Wild Fungi

### 1.

-   _Amanita caesarea_
-   (**Common name:** Caesar’s Mushroom)

### 2.

-   _Armillaria mellea_
-   (**Common name**: Honey fungus)

### 3.

-   _Boletus badius_
-   (**Common name**: Bay bolete)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.

### 4.

-   _Clavariaceae_
-   (**Common names**: Antler fungi, Finger fungi, Spaghetti mushroom, Worm mold)

### 5.

-   _Calvatia gigantea_
-   (**Common name:** Giant puffball)

### 6.

-   _Clavulinaceae_
-   (**Common name:** Clavulina)

### 7.

-   _Coprinus comatus_
-   (**Common names**: Lawyer’s wig, Shaggy ink cap, Shaggy mane)
-   Should be consumed fresh, BEFORE the gills turn black and NEVER alongside alcohol.

### 8.

-   _Fistulina hepatica_
-   (**Common names:** Beefsteak fungus, Beefsteak polypore, Ox tongue)

### 9.

-   _Laetiporus sulphureus_
-   (**Common names**: Chicken-of-the-woods, chicken polypore, Sulphur polypore, Sulphur shelf)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.

### 10.

-   _Leccinum aurantiacum_
-   (**Common name:** Red-capped scaber stalk)

### 11.

-   _Leccinum scabrum_
-   (**Common name:** Birch bolete)

### 12.

-   _Lepiota procera_
-   **(Common name:** Parasol Mushroom) 

### 13.

-   _Macrolepiota procera_
-   (**Common name:** Parasol mushroom)

### 14.

-   _Tricholoma terreum_
-   (**Common names:** Dirty tricholoma, Gray knight)
-   To be eaten fresh, within 2 days of harvesting.

### 15.

-   _Suillus granulatus_
-   (**Common names:**Granulated bolete, Weeping bolete)
-   Discard tubes BEFORE cooking.

### 16.

-   _Suillus luteus_
-   (**Common names**: Slippery Jack, Sticky bun)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.
-   Discard tubes and glutinous cuticle BEFORE cooking.

### 17.

-   _Pleurotus ostreatus_
-   (**Common names**: Gray oyster mushroom, Oyster mushroom, Oyster shelf, Tree oyster mushroom, Píng gū (Chinese name), Sadafi (Irani name), Hiratake (Japanese name), Chippikkoon (Malayalam), Nấm sò (Vietnamese name))

### 18.

-   _Amanita muscaria_
-   (**Common names:** Fly agaric, Fly amanita)
-   May cause allergic reactions. Exercise extreme caution.
-   Never to be eaten raw; always after finely dicing or thinly slicing mushrooms and then parboiling in a lot of water.

### 19.

-   _Coprinopsis atramentaria_
-   (**Common names**: Common ink cap, Inky cap)
-   Never to be consumed along with alcohol. Will prove to be highly poisonous otherwise.

### 20.

-   _Tricholoma equestre_   OR  _Tricholoma flavovirens_
-   (**Common names:** Man on horseback, Yellow knight, Canari (French name), Grünling (German name), Gąska zielonka (Polish name))
-   Consumption of this mushroom - more than thrice in a week - may lead to severe poisoning.

### 21.

-   _Agaricus campestris_
-   (**Common names:** Field mushroom, Meadow mushroom)

### 22.

-   _Russula cyanoxantha_
-   (**Common name:**Charcoal burner)

### 23.

-   _Russula emetica_
-   (**Common names**: Emetic russula, The sickener, Vomiting russula)
-   Never to be eaten raw; always after parboiling in a lot of water. Consumption not recommended these days.

### 24.

-   _Russula virescens_
-   (**Common names**: Green-cracking Russula, Green brittlegill, Quilted green Russula)

### 25.

-   _Russula xerampelina_
-   (**Common names**: Crab brittlegill, Shrimp mushroom)

### 26.

-   _Polyporus squamosus_
-   (**Common names**: Dryad’s saddle, Pheasant’s back mushroom)

-   _Chroogomphus rutilus_ (**Common names:** Pine-spikes, spike-caps, Brown slimecap, Copper spike)
-   _Cortinarius variicolor_
-   _Hygrophorus chrysodon_
-   _Lactarius salmonicolor_
-   _Lactarius subdulcis_ (**Common name:** Mild milkcap)
-   _Lactarius volemus_ (**Common name:** Voluminous-latex milky, Weeping milk cap)
-   _Laccocephalum mylittae_ (**Common name:** Blackfellow’s bread, Native bread)
-   _Rhizopogon luteolus_
-   _Suillus bovinus_
-   _Suillus tomentosus_ (**Common name**: Blue-staining Slippery Jack, Poor Man’s Slippery Jack, Woolly-capped Suillus)