Guide · Species Cards

The mushrooms, recognized from those who actually go there.

Mushroom hunter's cards, not textbook ones: what to look for first, where and when to look for them, and what they can be confused with. Each card is compiled by MushScout and submitted to a mycological association for verification.

  • 7 published cards
  • Under mycological verification

Porcini

Common porcini mushroom

Common porcini mushroom

Boletus edulis Excellent edible (cooked) (Aug) Sep–Nov The classic. Hat hazelnut-chestnut, a little slimy when wet, with white hem when young; white reticulum only at the top to the stem. Open the sheet
Black porcini mushroom (bronzino)

Black porcini mushroom

Boletus aereus Excellent edible (cooked) June–October The darkest and (for many) the best. Hat very dark brown, almost black, bronze, often with lighter marbling. Open the sheet
Pine porcini (red)

Pine Porcini Mushroom

Boletus pinophilus Excellent edible (cooked) May–Jun and September–November The mountain red. Hat brick red / mahogany / wine red, often lumpy; robust. Open the sheet
Summer porcini (reticulated)

Summer porcini mushroom

Boletus reticulatus (= aestivalis) Excellent edible (cooked) May–August New Year's Day. Hat clear, dry, often cracked “mosaic”; lattice on almost the entire stem. Open the sheet

Chanterelles

Chanterelle (rooster)

Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius Excellent edible (cooked) June–October Whole yellow yolk. Under the cap it has no true gills but thick and forked folds that descend on the stem; smell of apricot. Open the sheet

Ovules

Good ovule (royal mushroom)

Good egg

Amanita caesarea Excellent edible (cooked) July–Oct The only Amanita that can be picked. Hat smooth orange-red, yellow lamellae, stem and ring, white sack volva at the base. When young it is a white egg: it should always be cut lengthwise. Open the sheet

Drum sticks

Drum stick (bubbola)

Drum stick

Macrolepiota procera Good edible (cooked, only the cap) Aug–Nov The umbrella of the forest. Hat to parasol with brown scales on light background and dark umbo in the center; tall stem, striped, with double ring that slides. Open the sheet