Entoloma argyropus
A historical account records Entoloma argyropus as eaten at Amani, Tanzania. It does not establish safe modern identification, preparation, or current use.
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Clitocybe catinus
A pale funnel mushroom listed as edible in one Chinese scientific catalogue, but with unsettled taxonomy, uncertain Brazilian records and dangerous lookalikes. The evidence does not support a foraging or preparation recommendation.
Favolus tessellatus
Favolus tessellatus is a tropical wood-decaying polypore with a tessellated cap and honeycomb pores. Brazilian sources record it as food, but the evidence does not establish one traditional recipe or a universal harvest season.
Black trumpet
Black trumpet, or horn of plenty, is Craterellus cornucopioides, a dark hollow woodland mushroom used in cooked dishes and dried seasonings, with regional identity and range limits.
Thaxterogaster tenuipes
A Japanese woodland webcap listed as edible in older sources, but food use and safety evidence are limited. Toxic lookalikes and changing taxonomy make this entry unsuitable as consumption advice.
Trooping funnel (Infundibulicybe geotropa)
A wild litter-decomposing mushroom with a documented European food and market history. Historical country claims conflict with a recent Chinese catalogue’s toxic label; this account is not an identification or foraging guide.
Chalciporus piperatus
A peppery woodland bolete with historical edible labels and reported condiment use in Querétaro. Current mycological references call its edibility suspect or unestablished; this entry does not recommend consumption.
Entoloma lividoalbum
A woodland pinkgill reported as local food in Sikkim and parts of Italy, but difficult to identify and subject to strong regional warnings about confusion with toxic Entoloma species.
Entoloma abortivum
Entoloma abortivum is a woodland mushroom recorded as food in Puebla, Mexico, and in China’s edible-fungi catalogue; the latter is a checklist entry, not a safety assessment.
Brède morelle leaves
Brède morelle is a cooked leaf vegetable of New Caledonia, linked to Solanum americanum but recorded under the broad name Solanum nigrum. Sources conflict on its safety, and no cooking process is validated.
Entoloma clypeatum
A spring pink-spored mushroom associated with Rosaceae. European food use is documented, alongside a Turkish poisoning report and unresolved species-complex records in Mexico.
Termitomyces microcarpus
A small wild termite-associated mushroom recorded as food in parts of India and elsewhere. Its name has a taxonomic history, and some African records are treated cautiously because they may represent a different lineage.
Darwin's fungus
Darwin’s fungus is a pitted orange stroma that grows from galls on living southern beeches in southern Chile and Argentina. Sources document regional food use, especially in Tierra del Fuego.
Craterellus aureus
A golden funnel mushroom described from Hong Kong and documented from China; reported as food in several regions, with African taxonomy unresolved.
Loog-pang / luk paeng (Thai starter)
Loog-pang (luk paeng/look-pang) is a Thai mixed starter used with rice in distinct foods and drinks, including sato and khao mak. Studies describe different samples and one reported cake-making account, not a universal formula.
Entoloma sepium
Entoloma sepium is a spring pinkgill associated with Rosaceae. Chinese and European sources list it as edible or conditionally edible, while taxonomic uncertainty and a poisonous lookalike warrant caution.
Llao-llao
Llao-llao is the orange, gelatinous fruiting body of a southern-beech parasite in the Andean–Patagonian forests of Chile and Argentina. Regional sources document its food history, including Mapuche use in chicha.
Brown birch bolete
A wild birch-associated bolete eaten in parts of Europe. Its older name, Boletus scaber, remains common in historical sources; regional food records and cooking cautions require source-specific reading.
Albatrellus confluens
Albatrellus confluens is a ground-growing polypore with fused buff-orange caps. Sources document Chinese market use and regional edibility, but others reject it as too bitter; taxonomy also varies between Albatrellus and Albatrellopsis.
Russell's bolete
Russell’s bolete is a woodland bolete now called Aureoboletus russellii, with documented regional food use in Mexico and an unresolved historical China claim.
Boletus bicoloroides
A red-and-yellow bolete described from Michigan and also listed in Mexican fungal records. Historical sources classify it as food, but its species limits, Mexican range and safe food use need careful qualification.
Sculpted puffball
Calvatia sculpta is a high-elevation western North American and rarely reported Brazilian puffball, named for its tall, terraced pyramidal warts.
Cantharellus miniatescens
A tropical African chanterelle anchored by a sequenced epitype from Cameroon. Voucher-backed Tshopo research records local food use; older records and illustrations require taxonomic caution.
Bloxam's entoloma
Bloxam's entoloma is a rare pink-gilled mushroom of old grasslands. Historical sources call it edible, but food-use evidence and older identifications remain uncertain; this does not recommend gathering or eating it.
Entoloma sarcopum
Entoloma sarcopum is a large, bitter autumn mushroom reported as food in Japan. Older sources call it Entoloma crassipes; related poisonous Entoloma make identification a serious concern.
Korean nuruk
Korean nuruk is a grain-based starter used to ferment traditional Korean alcoholic drinks. Its microbial communities vary among samples, so the name does not specify one organism or standardized culture.
Clavariadelphus truncatus
A yellow to ochre club fungus reported as food in parts of Mexico and in historical country lists. Local acceptance and taxonomy vary, and some Chinese records may refer to Clavariadelphus amplus.
Cinnabar chanterelle
A small red-orange chanterelle of eastern North American hardwood forests, gathered as food for its mild flavour and vivid colour that persists through cooking.
Orange bolete
Orange bolete is the red-capped scaber-stalk bolete, accepted as Leccinum aurantiacum (Bull.) Gray; Boletus aurantiacus Bull. is its basionym. Culinary accounts are conditional on confident identification and thorough cooking.
Summer cep
A wild European bolete with documented seasonal fruiting in broadleaf woods and culinary use. Sources treat Boletus reticulatus and B. aestivalis as synonyms, though taxonomic authorities differ on the preferred name.
Lentinus scleropus
A Neotropical wood-decay mushroom with limited food records in Martinique and São Paulo. Preparation details and a reliable harvest season remain undocumented.
Maiqu
Maiqu (麦曲, wheat qu) is a wheat-based enzyme starter used in Chinese huangjiu such as Shaoxing wine; it is a starter category, not one defined strain.
March mushroom
A European mountain mushroom associated with old conifer and mixed forests. It is valued as an early spring edible, but its vulnerable status and local collection rules matter.
Caesar's mushroom
Caesar’s mushroom, Amanita caesarea, is a prized wild, tree-associated fungus of Mediterranean Europe, gathered seasonally for regional dishes. Its celebrated name and food traditions sit beside serious identification risks.
Asian Caesar mushroom
A wild Asian Amanita reported as food in regional literature and listed in China’s edible-fungi catalogue. Lookalikes include lethal species; this record is not a guide to identifying wild mushrooms.
Winter chanterelle
Winter chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis) is a funnel-shaped wild mushroom with blunt folds and a hollow yellow-brown stem, gathered in northern Europe’s autumn and winter forests.
White truffle
Tuber magnatum is a subterranean, tree-associated European truffle prized for its aroma. It is often shaved raw over warm, simply prepared foods during local autumn and winter seasons.
Field mushroom
The field mushroom (Agaricus campestris) is a wild grassland fungus with a long record of cooked food use in several regions. Local names, seasons and practices belong to particular communities.
Dryad’s saddle
Dryad’s saddle is a wild hardwood polypore whose young tender margins are cooked in some regional food traditions; mature brackets quickly become tough.
Phlebopus colossus
A very large tropical bolete with historical records in Madagascar and documented food-market use in Thailand. Earlier Madagascar food evidence is explicitly uncertain; Thai records provide stronger evidence of seasonal collection and sale.
Woodland strawberry
Woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is a small-fruited perennial, picked wild for centuries and distinct from the large cultivated hybrid strawberry. It is eaten raw and in a few historical dishes.
Milky mushroom
The milky mushroom is a warm-climate cultivated edible, historically named Calocybe indica and now listed by Species Fungorum as Macrocybe indica. Indian cultivation research centres on straw substrates and a separate casing layer.
Butyriboletus loyo
A large, Nothofagus-associated bolete native to central and southern Chile, where it has a documented Mapuche food tradition and local market use. It is listed as Endangered; historical edibility is not a reason to collect it.
Chowan
Chowan is a dried cereal starter associated with Tripura. Published accounts differ on its local names, and microbial findings come from sampled cakes; no single origin, method or culture is established.
Suillellus luridus
A European bolete reported as food in some regions and treated as toxic or not known to be edible in others. Its name, use and safety cannot be generalized across all records.
Auricularia minutissima
A small wood-decaying jelly fungus recognized as a distinct East Asian species. A Chinese edible-fungi catalogue lists it as edible, but species-specific preparation and safety evidence remain limited.
Lilac puffball
Calvatia lilacina is a lilac-tinted puffball with regional natural-history records and historical edible listings whose taxonomic and safety limits remain important.
Boletus barrowsii
Boletus barrowsii, the white king bolete, is a western porcini relative with documented local food use in Mexico. Its pale cap and netted stem are not enough for field identification.
Giant puffball
Young Calvatia gigantea is documented as a cooked food in Khiram, South Kashmir; mature or uncertain specimens are not food. Wild mushroom identification requires expert confirmation.
Western matsutake
Western matsutake is an aromatic wild mushroom native to western North American forests. Its name overlaps with related matsutake species, so field or market labels alone cannot establish a safe identification.