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Lentinula edodes

Lentinula edodes, commonly called shiitake, is a wood-decaying fungus prized for its flavor and nutritional value. Origi...

Medicinal Asian Culinary Edible

9.2 Excellent

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Hericium erinaceus

Hericium erinaceus, commonly called lion’s mane mushroom, is a unique cultivated fungal species. It's notable for potent...

Medicinal Edible Cultivated Tooth Fungus

9.2 Excellent

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Grifola frondosa

Grifola frondosa, commonly known as maitake or hen-of-the-woods, is a polypore mushroom associated with oak trees. It’s...

Medicinal Asian Edible Polypore

9.0 Excellent

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Pleurotus ostreatus

Pleurotus ostreatus, the oyster mushroom, is a widely cultivated edible fungus first commercially grown in Germany durin...

Cosmopolitan Culinary Edible Oyster

8.7 Great

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Cordyceps militaris

A parasitic fungus on insect pupae that is widely cultivated as an accessible substitute for O. sinensis, used in tradit...

Medicinal Asian Immune Support Cultivated

8.5 Great

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Pleurotus eryngii

Pleurotus eryngii, the king trumpet mushroom, is the largest species in the Pleurotus genus and is widely farmed for its...

Mediterranean Gourmet Edible Oyster

8.2 Great

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Flammulina velutipes

Known as enoki, this edible species is widely cultivated in East Asia, where controlled low-light conditions produce the...

Winter Asian Edible Cultivated

8.2 Great

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Tremella fuciformis

Known as snow fungus or silver ear, this jelly fungus is widely cultivated in China for culinary and medicinal use and p...

Asian Edible Jelly Cultivated

8.0 Great

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Auricularia auricula-judae

Known as wood ear or Jew's ear, this edible jelly fungus grows on elder trees in Europe and is one of the most widely cu...

Asian Edible Jelly Cultivated

8.0 Great

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Morchella importuna

Morchella importuna is a recently described morel species, formally recognized in 2012, notable for frequently fruiting...

Spring Asian Edible Morel

7.8 Good

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Pholiota nameko

Nameko, a small amber-colored Japanese mushroom with a characteristic gelatinous coating, widely cultivated in Japan and...

Asian Edible Cultivated Slippery

7.7 Good

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Agaricus blazei

Agaricus blazei is a famous medicinal mushroom, currently known as Agaricus subrufescens, widely cultivated in Japan for...

Medicinal South American Edible Immune Support

7.6 Good

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Pleurotus citrinopileatus

Pleurotus citrinopileatus, the golden oyster mushroom, is an edible fungus native to eastern Russia and northern China,...

Asian Edible Oyster Cultivated

7.4 Good

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Pleurotus pulmonarius

Pleurotus pulmonarius, the Indian oyster mushroom, is an edible fungus widely distributed across the world and favored f...

Cosmopolitan Culinary Edible Oyster

7.3 Good

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Agaricus bisporus

Agaricus bisporus is the widely cultivated white button mushroom, representing over 90% of the mushroom crop grown in th...

Cosmopolitan Culinary Edible Cultivated

7.1 Good

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Pleurotus djamor

Pleurotus djamor, commonly known as the pink oyster mushroom, is a tropical species widely cultivated globally for its r...

Pink Tropical Edible Oyster

6.9 Fair

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Pleurotus cornucopiae

Pleurotus cornucopiae, the branched oyster mushroom, is an edible species native to Europe and notable for its densely c...

European Branching Edible Oyster

6.8 Fair

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Agrocybe aegerita

Black poplar mushroom (pioppino), an edible European species growing on dead hardwood, long prized in Italian cuisine an...

Mediterranean Edible Cultivated Poplar

6.8 Fair

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Stropharia rugosoannulata

The wine cap or king Stropharia, a large edible agaric native to Europe and North America, widely cultivated in garden w...

North American Edible Cultivated Stropharia

6.7 Fair

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Volvariella volvacea

Paddy straw mushroom, one of the most widely cultivated edible fungi in tropical Asia, grown on rice straw in China with...

Tropical Asian Edible Cultivated

6.5 Fair