Life of Nature: KNOW WHAT CAN BE EATEN!

[The True Werewolf]

Hi there, I have recently returned from Envirothon in Owego, and it has inspired me to make a thred on edible and non-edible mushrooms and fungi and also many tree names and plant names. I hope this guide proves of some use to you, it sure would me I just ask you to not post down anything yet. If you want to comment about this, just pm me and when I am finished I will get back to you on when you can post down on this thred The catagories down below are all the chapters on this thred that I will be adressing on here followed by any pictures I can possibly find. I hope you enjoy!

-Edible & Good Fungi
-Edible Fungi
-Inedible Fungi
-Poisonous Fungi
-Deadly Fungi
-Hallucinogenic Fungi
-Common Name Search
-Location Search
-Month Search
These catagories are all taken off of Visual Fungi or a sight known as http://www.mushrooms.org.uk/displaysubc ... =edibility. I do not own these and pics are from Google.

Plants and Flowers:
-Annual
-Perennial
-Bulb
-Rose
-Vegetable
-Herb
-Fruit
-Indoor Plant
-Tree
-Shrub
-Vine
-Water Plant
-Height
-Height
These groups are all taken off of this websight: http://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/. I do not own anything.

Trees:
-Common/Scientific, Botanical Latin Names
-Types of Christmas Trees
-deer resistant trees
-Different types of trees
-Tree care, tree help and tree how to
-buy the right trees locally or online
-how to plant a tree
-tree species
These groups are taken off of this websight: http://www.treenames.net/. I do not own anything.

[The True Werewolf]

Agaricus Arvensis: Common Name(s): Horse Mushroom
Edibility: Good
Season: Late Spring - Autumn


Agaricus Campestris: Common Name(s): Field Mushroom
Edibility: Good
Season: Summer - Autumn


Lepista Nuda: Common Name(s): Wood Blewitt
Edibility: Excellent, perfumed smell said to be caused by minute traces of strychnine
Season: Autumn - Early Winter


Macrolepiota Rhacodes: Common Name(s): Shaggy Parasol
Edibility: Excellent but can cause gastric upsets in some
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Pleurotus Ostreatus: Common Name(s): Oyster Mushroom
Edibility: Excellent though tough when old
Season: All year


Sparassis Crispa: Common Name(s): Cauliflower Fungus
Edibility: Very good, needs careful cleaning
Season: Autumn


Clitopilus Prunulus: Common Name(s): The Miller
Edibility: Excellent, beware of similar Clitocybe Dealbata
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Xerocomus Badius: Common Name(s): Bay Bolete
Edibility: Excellent
Season: Summer - Autumn


Boletus Edulis: Common Name(s): Penny Bun, Cep, Porcini, King Bolete
Edibility: Delicious
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Laetiporus Sulphureus: Common Name(s): Chicken of the Woods, Sulphur Polypore
Edibility: Excellent if young enough
Season: Late Spring - Autumn


Hydnum Repandum: Common Name(s): Hedgehog Fungus, Wood Urchin
Edibility: Excellent, requires slow cooking to remove a slight bitterness. I pickle young specimens.
Season: Late Summer - Late Autumn


Cantharellus Infundibuliformis: Common Name(s): Autumn Chanterelle, Yellow legs
Edibility: Good
Season: Autumn


Macrolepiota Procera: Common Name(s): Parasol Mushroom
Edibility: Excellent, best fried in breadcrumbs as gills can be soggy.
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Calocybe Gambosum: Common Name(s): St George's Mushroom
Edibility: Good, floury taste. Very popular on the continent
Season: Spring


Agaricus Augustus: Common Name(s): The Prince
Edibility: Good
Season: Autumn


Agaricus Silvicola: Common Name(s): Wood Mushroom
Edibility: Good
Season: Summer - Autumn


Marasmius Oreades: Common Name(s): Fairy Ring Champignon
Edibility: Good
Season: Spring - Autumn


Macrolepiota Mastoidea: Common Name(s): Slender Parasol
Edibility: Good
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Tuber Aestivum: Common Name(s): Summer Truffle
Edibility: Excellent
Season: Summer - Autumn


Vascellum Pratense: Common Name(s): Meadow Puffball
Edibility: Edible but bland
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Macrolepiota Procera: Common Name(s): Parasol Mushroom
Edibility: Excellent, best fried in breadcrumbs as gills can be soggy.
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Hygrocybe Psittacina: Common Name(s): Parrot Wax Cap
Edibility: Not good, slimy.
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Pleurotus Pulmonarius: Common Name(s): White Oyster
Edibility: Good
Season: Autumn


Lycerpodon Pyriforme: Common Name(s): Stump Puffball
Edibility: Edible when young and white throughout
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Oudemansiella Radicata: Common Name(s): Rooting Shank
Edibility: Poor
Season: Early Summer - Late Autumn


Macrolepiota Rhacodes: Common Name(s): Shaggy Parasol
Edibility: Excellent but can cause gastric upsets in some
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Amanita Rubescens: Common Name(s): The Blusher
Edibility: Must be cooked
Season: Summer - Autumn


Leccinum Scabrum: Common Name(s): Brown Birch Bolete
Edibility: Average, doesn’t keep well and often maggot infested
Season: Summer - Autumn


Agaricus Silvicola: Common Name(s): Wood Mushroom
Edibility: Good
Season: Summer - Autumn


Polyporus Squamosa: Common Name(s): Dryad's Saddle
Edibility: Edible when young, mediocre
Season: Spring - Summer


Laetiporus Sulphureus: Common Name(s): Chicken of the Woods, Sulphur Polypore
Edibility: Excellent if young enough
Season: Late Spring - Autumn

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Laccaria Amethystea: Common Name(s): Amethyst Deceiver
Edibility: Good for colour
Season: Late Summer - Early Winter


Coprinus Atramentarius: Common Name(s): Common Ink Cap
Edibility: Edible but can cause alarming symptoms if alcohol is consumed at the same time
Season: Early Summer - Autumn


Russula Atropurpurea: Common Name(s): Blackish Purple Russula
Edibility: Must be cooked, mild taste
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Aleuria Auranita: Common Name(s): Orange Peel Fungus
Edibility: Edible
Season: Late Summer - Late Autumn


Auricularia Auricula-judae: Common Name(s): Jews Ear, Judas Ear, Wood Ear
Edibility: Gelatinous, popular in China
Season: All year


Xerocomus Badius: Common Name(s): Bay Bolete
Edibility: Excellent
Season: Summer - Autumn


Suillus Bovinus: Common Name(s): Jersey Cow Bolete
Edibility: Poor, flabby fleshed
Season: Late Autumn


Collybia Butyracea: Common Name(s): Butter Cap
Edibility: Edible but not nice
Season: Autumn - Early Winter


Pluteus Cervinus: Common Name(s): Fawn Shield Cap
Edibility: Not worthwhile
Season: Early Summer - Late Autumn


Russula Claroflava: Common Name(s): Yellow Swamp Russula
Edibility: Good
Season: Spring - Autumn


Coprinus Comatus: Common Name(s): Shaggy Ink Cap, Lawyers Wig
Edibility: Described as good, I wasn't that keen
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Helvella Crispa: Common Name(s): White Helvella
Edibility: Not meant to be very good
Season: Summer - Autumn


Clavulina Cristata: Common Name(s): White Coral Fungus, Crested Coral Fungus
Edibility: Edible
Season: Summer- Late Autumn


Amanita Crocea: Common Name(s): Orange Grisette
Edibility: Must be cooked
Season: Summer - Autumn


Russula Cyanoxantha: Common Name(s): Charcoal Burner
Edibility: Good
Season: Summer to Autumn


Lactarius Deliciosus: Common Name(s): Saffrom Mik Cap
Edibility: Supposed to be good
Season: Summer - Autumn


Lactarius Deterrimus: Common Name(s): False Saffron Milkcap
Edibility: Edible, said to be a poorer version of Lactarius Deliciosus
Season: Summer - Autumn


Collybia Dryophila: Common Name(s): Russet Tough-Shank
Edibility: Bland and thin-fleshed
Season: Late Spring - Late Autumn


Collybia Erythropus: Common Name(s): Wood Woolly-foot
Edibility: Edible but poor
Season: Summer - Autumn


Amanita Excelsa: Common Name(s): Grey Spotted Amanita
Edibility: Worthless
Season: Summer - Autumn


Handkea Excipuliformis: Common Name(s): Pestle Shaped Puffball
Edibility: Young white specimens are edible
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Clitocybe Flaccida: Common Name(s): Tawny Funnel Cap
Edibility: Poor
Season: Summer - Early Winter


Amanita Fulva: Common Name(s): Tawny Grisette
Edibility: Must be cooked
Season: Summer - Autumn


Tricholoma Fulvum: Common Name(s): Birch Knight Cap
Edibility: Poor
Season: Autumn


Calocybe Gambosum: Common Name(s): St George's Mushroom
Edibility: Good, floury taste. Very popular on the continent
Season: Spring


Suillus Grevillei: Common Name(s): Larch Bolete
Edibility: Mediocre
Season: Summer - Autumn


Fistulina Hepatica: Common Name(s): Beefsteak Fungus, Oak Tongue
Edibility: Can be bitter
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Russula Heterophylla: Common Name(s): Greasy Green Russula
Edibility: Edible
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Phallus Impudicus: Common Name(s): Stinkhorn
Edibility: Parts meant to be edible. Don’t fancy it much.
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Cantharellus Infundibuliformis: Common Name(s): Autumn Chanterelle, Yellow legs
Edibility: Good
Season: Autumn


Laccaria Laccata: Common Name(s): The Deceiver
Edibility: Average
Season: Summer - Early Winter


Suillus Luteus: Common Name(s): Slippery Jack
Edibility: Considered the best of the Suillus Genus, gluten should be washed off
Season: Autumn


Macrolepiota Mastoidea: Common Name(s): Slender Parasol
Edibility: Good
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Armillaria Mellea: Common Name(s): Honey Fungus
Edibility: Must be well cooked
Season: Summer - Autumn


Coprinus Micaceus: Common Name(s): Glistening Ink Cap
Edibility: Insubstantial but usually in large numbers. Popular in the US
Season: Late Spring - Early Winter


Oudemansiella Mucida: Common Name(s): Porcelain Fungus
Edibility: Poor
Season: Late Summer - Late Autumn


Kuehneromyces Mutabilis: Common Name(s): Changing Pholiota
Edibility: Edible and good
Season: Spring - Early Winter


Hygrocybe Nivea: Common Name(s): Snowy Wax Cap, ivory wax cap
Edibility: Good
Season: Autumn


Lepista Nuda: Common Name(s): Wood Blewitt
Edibility: Excellent, perfumed smell said to be caused by minute traces of strychnine
Season: Autumn - Early Winter


Russula Ochroleuca: Common Name(s): Common Yellow Russula
Edibility: Not very good
Season: Late Summer - Late Autumn


Clitocybe Odora: Common Name(s): Aniseed Mushroom
Edibility: Stong aniseed taste, best used as flavouring
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Coprinus Plicatilis: Common Name(s): Fairy Parasol
Edibility: Insubstantial
Season: Spring - Late Autumn


Lycerpodon Perlatum: Common Name(s): Common Puffball
Edibility: Edible when young
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Bovista Plumbea: Common Name(s): Lead-grey Bovist
Edibility: When young and white
Season: Late Summer - Autumn

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Grifola Umbellata: Common Name(s):
Edibility: I have tried this recently and found it excellent. I just sauted it in butter. It was slightly crispy with a strong mushroom taste.
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Lycerpodon Umbrinum: Common Name(s):
Edibility: Edible when young
Season: Summer - Autumn


Handkea Utriformis: Common Name(s): Mosaic Puffball
Edibility: Edible if white throughout
Season: Summer - Autumn


Amanita [censored]: Common Name(s): Grisette
Edibility: Must be cooked.
Season: Summer - Autumn


Lacrymaria Velutina: Common Name(s): Weeping Widow
Edibility: Edible but said to be bitter
Season: Late Spring - Late Autumn


Flammulina Velutipes: Common Name(s): Velvet Shank
Edibility: Cultivated in Japan as Enoki. It is grown in the dark which products a pure white form which is nearly all stem with an undeveloped cap
Season: Late Autumn - Spring


Leccinum Versipelle: Common Name(s): Orange Birch Bolete
Edibility: Good, blackens during cooking
Season: Summer - Autumn


Russula Violeipes: Common Name(s): Velvet Russula
Edibility: Edible
Season: Later Summer - Autumn

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Amanita Citrina: Common Name(s): False Death Cap
Edibility: Unpleasant taste and smell, easily confused with deadly Amanitas
Season: Summer - Autumn


Amanita Muscaria: Common Name(s): Fly Agaric
Edibility: Poisonous and hallucinogenic, contains muscarine and ibotenic acid
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Ascocoryne Sarcoides: Common Name(s): Purple Jellydisc
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Late Summer - Winter


Calocera Cornea: Common Name(s): Small Stagshorn
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Calocera Viscosa: Common Name(s): Jelly Antler, Stags-horn Fungus
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Autumn


Collybia Maculata: Common Name(s): Spotted Tough-Shank
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Summer - Late Autumn


Coprinus Picaceus: Common Name(s): Magpie Ink Cap
Edibility: Sometimes reported as poisonous
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Coriolus Versicolor: Common Name(s): Many-Zoned Polypore
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Daedaleopsis Confragosa: Common Name(s): Blushing Bracket
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Ganoderma Adspersum: Common Name(s): Common Ganoderma
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Ganoderma Applanatum: Common Name(s): Artist's Fungus
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Hygrophoropsis Aurantiaca: Common Name(s): False Chanterelle
Edibility: Mixed reports on this one, some describe as edible some inedible. Has been said to cause hallucinations
Season: Autumn


Hypholoma Fasciculare: Common Name(s): Sulphur Tuft
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Hypoxylon Fragiforme: Common Name(s): Beech Woodwart
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Late Summer - Early Spring


Inonotus Hispidus: Common Name(s): Shaggy Polypore
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Summer, persisting


Sphinctrinus: Common Name(s): Petticoat Fungus
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Late Spring - Autumn


Paxillus Involutus: Common Name(s): Brown Roll-rim
Edibility: Poisonous maybe deadly
Season: Late Summer - Late Autumn


Piptoporus Betulinus: Common Name(s): Birch Polypore, Razor-strop Fungus
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Polyporus Ciliatus: Common Name(s): Fringed Polypore
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Early Spring - Summer


Scleroderma Citrinum: Common Name(s): Common Earthball
Edibility: Slightly poisonous, reportedly used as flavouring
Season: Late Summer - Early Winter


Stereum Hirsutum: Common Name(s): Hairy Stereum
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Stropharia Semiglobata: Common Name(s): Dung Roundhead
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Spring - Late Autumn


Tricholomopsis Rutilans: Common Name(s): Plums and Custard
Edibility: Inedible although as is often the case the Eastern Europeans parboil and eat this mushroom. I havent tried it.
Season: Late Summer - Late Autumn


Xylaria Hypoxylon: Common Name(s): Candle Snuff Fungus
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Pseudotrametes Gibbosa: Common Name(s): Beech Bracket
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Amanita Ceciliae: Common Name(s): Snakeskin Grisette
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Summer - Autumn


Hygrocybe Nigrescens: Common Name(s): Blackening Wax Cap
Edibility: Slightly poisonous
Season: Autumn


Russula Betularum: Common Name(s): Birch Russula
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Summer - Early Autumn


Boletus Erythropus: Common Name(s): Dotted-Stemmed Bolete
Edibility: Can cause stomach upsets, especially raw
Season: Later Summer - Early Autumn


Chlorosplenium Aeruginascens: Common Name(s): Green Wood-cup, Green Stain
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Autumn


Russula Mairei: Common Name(s): Beechwood Sickener
Edibility: Causes vomiting
Season: Autumn


Phaeolus Schweinitzii: Common Name(s): Dye Polypore
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Autumn


Russula Sardonia: Common Name(s): Primrose Russula
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Summer - Autumn


Cortinarius Alboviolaceus: Common Name(s): Silver Violet Web Cap
Edibility: Edibility Unknown
Season: Autumn


Lactarius Quietus: Common Name(s): Oak Milk Cap
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Autumn


Lactarius Torminosus: Common Name(s): Woolly Milk Cap
Edibility: Slightly poisonous, eaten after boiling in eastern europe.
Season: Late Summer - Autumn


Clavulinopsis Helvola: Common Name(s): Yellow Club
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Late Summer - Late Autumn


Psilocybe Semilanceata: Common Name(s): Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap
Edibility: Causes hallucinations
Season: Autumn


Daldinia Concentrica: Common Name(s): King Alfreds Cakes, Cramp Balls
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Enteridium Lycoperdon: Common Name(s):
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Fuligo Septica: Common Name(s): Dog vomit slime mould, Flowers of Tan
Edibility: Inedible but the plasmodium stage is apparently eaten like scrambled eggs in Mexico
Season: All year


Calocera Glossoides: Common Name(s):
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Spring - Autumn


Mucilago Crustacea: Common Name(s):
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Exidia Glandulosa: Common Name(s): Witches Butter
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Lycogala Terrestre: Common Name(s):
Edibility: Inedible
Season: All year


Entoloma Conferendum: Common Name(s):
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Spring - Autumn


Scutellinia Scutellata: Common Name(s): Eyelash Fungus
Edibility: Inedible
Season: Late Spring - Late Autumn