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Two whole cream-and-brown bolete mushrooms and two lengthwise halves showing pale flesh and tube layers rest on a warm ivory background.
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Boletus betulicola

Boletus betulicola is a slender, birch-associated bolete of the penny bun group, kept as its own species by Finnish mycologists and treated by others as a form of Boletus edulis.

Two whole brown-capped mushrooms and two lengthwise halves showing pale flesh and pores rest on a warm ivory surface.
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Boletus pinetorum

Boletus pinetorum is a greyish-brown penny bun relative that grows with Scots pine on dry sandy heaths in Fennoscandia and Estonia, described as a new species in 2009.

Two whole European blusher mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show warted brown caps, pale gills and ringed stems against a warm ivory background.
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European blusher

The European blusher, Amanita rubescens, is a woodland amanita whose flesh turns pink when cut. It is eaten only well cooked and is easily confused with the poisonous panthercap.

Two whole orange mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display wavy caps, pale flesh and decurrent underside ridges on a warm ivory background.
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Cantharellus albovenosus

Cantharellus albovenosus, the Asian chanterelle, is an ectomycorrhizal forest chanterelle that is marketed in Yunnan; its species identity and local safety still need review.

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Rubinoboletus luteopurpureus

A wild ectomycorrhizal bolete of the Tshopo rainforests in DR Congo, recorded as locally eaten in a 2020 interview study. Species-level food use is not independently assessed.

A small cluster of brown ear-shaped mushrooms with curled edges rests on a warm ivory surface.
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Auricularia villosula

Auricularia villosula, the short-haired wood ear, is an Asian wood fungus that China lists as edible and that is cultivated in Inner Mongolia. It is easily confused with the cultivated black wood ear, so a market label does not settle the species.

Three whole golden-yellow chanterelles and one lengthwise half showing white flesh rest on a warm ivory background.
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Chanterelle

The chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius, is a wild golden-orange mushroom of European woodland. Its ridged, gill-less underside, fruiting on the ground under trees, separates it from the poisonous jack-o'-lantern, which grows on wood.

Golden-orange mushrooms with ruffled funnel-shaped caps and pale bases sit beside a lengthwise half on a warm ivory surface.
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Cantharellus odoratus

Cantharellus odoratus, the fragrant chanterelle, is a North American and Central American oak-woodland fungus. It was sold in a Veracruz market in the 1980s and in Guatemala in 2002, and its name is still disputed.

Three whole orange chanterelle mushrooms rest on a warm ivory background, with an underside revealing ridges descending along the stem.
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Cantharellus phloginus

Cantharellus phloginus is a pink-capped chanterelle of southern and central China, named in 2016. China's 2026 catalogue lists it as edible, and it is sold in Yunnan markets. Its name is disputed, and colour alone does not identify it.

Three whole yellow mushrooms rest on an ivory background, with one positioned to expose its underside and stem.
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Cantharellus luteovirens

Cantharellus luteovirens is a small yellow chanterelle described from Guangdong in 2021. It grows in subtropical forest with acacias, and China's 2026 catalogue lists it as edible. Its species boundary depends on microscopy and DNA.

AI-generated natural-history illustration of Cantharellus afrocibarius based on published morphology; illustrative only, not a specimen or a guide for identifying wild mushrooms.
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Cantharellus afrocibarius

Cantharellus afrocibarius is a robust yellow chanterelle of the miombo woodlands of southern Central Africa. It is eaten and sold locally, is rated Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, and is hard to tell from related species in the field.

AI-generated natural-history illustration based on published descriptions of Cantharellus tuberculosporus; illustrative only, not a specimen or a guide for identifying wild mushrooms.
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Cantharellus tuberculosporus

Cantharellus tuberculosporus is a rare chanterelle of high-elevation Xizang and Sichuan, China. Its name has been disputed, and no food-safety assessment of correctly identified specimens exists.

Two whole ivory tooth mushrooms and one lengthwise half with exposed flesh rest on a warm ivory surface.
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Hericium americanum

Hericium americanum, the bear's head tooth, is a white tooth fungus of dead hardwoods in eastern North America, eaten when young and cooked, and told apart from related Hericium species by molecular work.

Illustrative natural-history reconstruction of Boletus botryoides based on the published species description and voucher; not an identification aid.
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Boletus botryoides

Boletus botryoides, the grape-coloured bolete, is a porcini-like wild bolete of central and south-western China. It is listed as edible in Chinese catalogues, but no dish or preparation is documented for it.

AI-generated natural-history illustration of Boletus subviolaceofuscus based on the published taxonomic description; illustrative only, not a specimen or a guide for identifying wild mushrooms.
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Boletus subviolaceofuscus

Boletus subviolaceofuscus is a porcini described from Yunnan in 2016 and known from a narrow range in south-western China. A Yunnan wild-food list gives it as directly edible; no preparation or dish is documented.

Illustrative reconstruction inspired by European source observations labelled clustered toughshank (Collybiopsis confluens); not a specimen photograph or identification aid.
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Collybia confluens

A clustering woodland agaric, now named Collybiopsis confluens, documented as eaten in one Mexican lake basin and listed as edible in older Hong Kong and Malawi checklists. Its food status varies by region.

Two whole mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show mottled caps, yellow-brown stems, pale flesh and angular pores on a warm ivory background.
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Boletinus grisellus

Boletinus grisellus, the gray larch bolete, is a bolete that grows under larch in China, Japan and eastern North America. Some references describe it as edible. No species-specific preparation is documented.

Illustrative reconstruction of Butyriboletus yicibus based on its published description; not a field identification aid.
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Butyriboletus yicibus

A butter bolete described from Yunnan, China, and reported as eaten by Yi people around Lijiang. Edibility is catalogue- and use-based, not an identification guide.

Generated visual reconstruction of a published Cantharellus macrocarpus specimen; not a field photograph, identification guide, or claim about edibility or safety.
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Cantharellus macrocarpus

Cantharellus macrocarpus is a large yellow-orange chanterelle described from southern China in 2021. It is listed as edible in a national catalogue; no species-specific food study was found.

Two whole orange mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display yellow-orange underside folds and pale flesh on a warm ivory surface.
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Cantharellus platyphyllus

Cantharellus platyphyllus is a red-to-orange chanterelle of tropical African woodland, gathered and sold locally in several countries. Its edibility rests on local use and literature, not a species-level safety study.

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Boletus bouriqueti

A historical name for a very large bolete reported from Madagascar and listed as edible by FAO. The taxon is unresolved, and no modern food tradition or safety evidence is documented.

Three whole tan puffball mushrooms with granular surfaces and thick bases sit on a warm ivory background.
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Calvatia boninensis

Calvatia boninensis is a large puffball described from the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands of Japan, reported as edible in some catalogues and local accounts, with no species-specific safety or preparation study.

Generated editorial depiction of the source-described Auricularia lateralis fruit body on decaying wood; not a diagnostic identification image and not evidence of edibility.
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Auricularia lateralis

A gelatinous wood-ear fungus described from Yunnan, China, in 2021 and listed as edible in a 2026 Chinese catalogue. Documented food use, preparation and safety are absent.

Two whole cream-tan mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show pale flesh and decurrent gills on a warm ivory background.
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Smooth sawgill

A wood-decay gilled fungus of subtropical and tropical North America, recorded as food in Mexico. It is edible when young but tough, and it can be grown as a saprotroph.

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Pleurotus flabellatus

Pleurotus flabellatus is a wild forest oyster-type mushroom that grows on dead wood in the Congo Basin, recorded as eaten locally in Tshopo. Its name is entangled with P. djamor, so the record needs taxonomic care.

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Gypsy mushroom

Cortinarius caperatus, formerly Rozites caperatus, is a wild food appreciated in northern Europe and parts of North America. Identification and contaminant risks require care.

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Meijer’s agaric

Agaricus meijeri is a Brazilian wild edible mushroom recorded in Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. Its season and preparation are undocumented.

Two whole yellow chanterelles and two lengthwise halves show speckled funnel-shaped caps, forked underside ridges, and pale flesh against a warm ivory background.
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Cantharellus luteopunctatus

Cantharellus luteopunctatus is a wild ectomycorrhizal chanterelle of central African rainforest, recorded as eaten locally in Tshopo province, DR Congo. Its preparation is not documented.

Two whole pinkish-tan mushrooms and two longitudinal halves show wavy caps, widely spaced gills, and fibrous stems on a warm ivory background.
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Asian deceiver

Laccaria vinaceoavellanea is a small ectomycorrhizal mushroom sold as food in Yunnan and Sichuan, and it accumulates arsenic in its caps, which the sources treat as a main safety caveat.

Four small brown-capped mushrooms with long stems and pale tapered ends lie beside a larger specimen showing white gills on a warm ivory background.
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Black termite mushroom

Hymenopellis raphanipes, the black termite mushroom or heipijizong, is a saprotrophic rooting fungus widely cultivated in China despite its market name, which refers to termites.

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Oriental pig-ear fungus

Gomphus orientalis is a vase-shaped wild mushroom sold in markets in Yunnan Province, China, with its species identity and local safety still unresolved in the sources.

A small cluster of glossy brown ear-shaped jelly ear fungi grows on a short piece of wood against a warm ivory background.
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Jelly ear

Auricularia auricula-judae is the European jelly ear, a soft gelatinous wood fungus eaten cooked and dried; it is distinct from the cultivated Asian black wood ear.

A cluster of whole dark brown-black wood ear mushrooms with wavy folds rests on a warm ivory surface.
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Black wood ear

Auricularia heimuer is the black wood ear, a gelatinous wood fungus cultivated on a large scale in China and Southeast Asia and long sold under the European name A. auricula-judae.

Two whole grey-brown mushroom clusters and one lengthwise-halved cluster displaying cream branching flesh sit on a warm ivory background.
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Southern Grifola

Grifola sordulenta is a wild polypore of Nothofagus forests in Patagonia, recorded as a regional food fungus with an almond-like flavour and little modern cultivation.

Two whole crimson waxcap mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show red caps, yellow-orange gills and stems on a warm ivory background.
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Crimson waxcap

The crimson waxcap, Hygrocybe punicea, is a red grassland mushroom of old, unfertilised pasture. It is rare and protected in several European countries, and sources disagree on whether it is edible.

Golden oyster mushrooms with yellow caps and pale gills sit on an ivory background alongside two lengthwise halves showing their flesh.
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Golden oyster

The golden oyster, Pleurotus citrinopileatus, is a yellow oyster mushroom first described in East Asia and now widely cultivated on sawdust and corn cob substrates.

Two whole parasol mushrooms and one lengthwise-cut specimen display brown scaly caps, patterned stems, pale rings and white gills against a warm ivory background.
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Parasol

The parasol, Macrolepiota procera, is a large wild mushroom of European grassland and woodland edges. Foraging sources treat it as a well-regarded edible; its main risk is confusion with poisonous Chlorophyllum species.

Two whole brown boletes and one lengthwise half display buff pores, white flesh and earthy stem bases on a warm ivory background.
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Wolfe's bolete

Wolfe's bolete, Fistulinella wolfeana, is a wild bolete of oak and oak-pine forest in eastern and southeastern Mexico, where Otomi communities in Amealco, Querétaro, gather and sell it as food.

Three whole red-capped mushrooms with netted orange-red stems and pale bases sit on a warm ivory surface.
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Frost's bolete

Frost's bolete, Exsudoporus frostii, is a red-pored bolete of oak woodland in eastern North America and Mexico. Its edibility is contested because it can be confused with poisonous red-pored boletes.

Two whole terracotta hedgehog mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show orange caps, pale flesh and tooth-like undersides on a warm ivory background.
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Terracotta hedgehog

The terracotta hedgehog, Hydnum rufescens, is a wild hedgehog fungus of European woodland with a reddish-brown cap and soft spines beneath. Its identity is hard to separate from related species.

Two whole white hedgehog mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show pale flesh, toothed undersides and soil-marked stems on an ivory surface.
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White hedgehog mushroom

The white hedgehog mushroom, catalogued as Hydnum albidum, is a wild tooth fungus of tree roots and woodland. Its name and identity are unsettled, and its food status depends on which source is read.

Two whole brown morels and two lengthwise halves showing pale hollow interiors rest on a warm ivory surface.
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Morchella importuna

Morchella importuna is a black morel that is cultivated in China on soil beds, one of the few morel species that can be domesticated there. Raw or undercooked morels have caused illness, so cooking is the one safety rule the sources clearly support.

Two whole pale oyster mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display cream caps, decurrent gills and solid white flesh on a warm ivory surface.
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Nebrodi oyster

Nebrodi oyster, Pleurotus nebrodensis, is a pale, large oyster mushroom native to the Madonie mountains of Sicily, where it grows on the dead roots of a perennial umbellifer. Wild populations are fragmented and protected, and cultivation is being developed.

Two whole pinkish-brown Hatsutake mushrooms and two lengthwise halves show crowded gills, subtle green staining, and pale flesh on a warm ivory background.
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Hatsutake

Hatsutake, Lactarius hatsudake, is a milkcap mushroom of forests in Yunnan Province, China, sold in the local markets of Pu'er Prefecture. It is an ectomycorrhizal wild fungus, known in English as the Asian saffron milkcap.

One large whole cauliflower fungus clump and a smaller separate clump display cream-to-apricot ruffled lobes on a warm ivory background.
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Cauliflower fungus

Cauliflower fungus, Sparassis crispa, is a conifer-associated fungus with frilled, pliable lobes. It is eaten fresh or dried, and is also grown commercially on larch sawdust in several countries.

Three pale translucent, lobed jelly fungi with textured surfaces rest on a warm ivory background.
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Green-mountain jelly-tooth fungus

Pseudohydnum viridimontanum is a jelly-tooth fungus that grows on wood in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. A 2024 ethnomycological record documents its use as food; no preparation, local name or safety assessment is established.

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Micropsalliota bambusicola

Micropsalliota bambusicola, listed in the catalogue under the older name Agaricus bambusicola, is a saprotrophic fungus that informants in Tshopo province, DR Congo, eat in voucher-backed interviews. Its preparation is not recorded.

Illustrative small orange-red chanterelle forms based on published Cantharellus floridulus material; not a specimen identification or edibility verdict.
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Cantharellus floridulus

Cantharellus floridulus is an ectomycorrhizal rainforest fungus that informants in Tshopo province, DR Congo, eat in voucher-backed interviews. Its preparation is not recorded, and the source gives no toxicity statement.

Two whole yellow-capped mushrooms and two lengthwise halves display pale flesh, gills, stems and white basal cups on a warm ivory background.
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Hongo real

Hongo real is the Spanish name recorded in Mexico for Amanita laurae, a forest mushroom that the Wixaritari of Jalisco have a documented food-use record for. The name is a local label, not an identification.

Two whole shaggy mane mushrooms and two lengthwise halves showing pale flesh and gills lie on a warm ivory background.
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Shaggy mane

Shaggy mane is an inky cap with scaly white caps that is eaten only when young. Its gills blacken quickly after picking, and it has a poisonous green-gilled lookalike.