swap_horiz Fat Pholiota Alternatives

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Matsutake

Matsutake mushrooms are a prized edible fungi growing in association with pine forests. Their intensely aromatic flavor,...

Luxury Aromatic Asian Wild Foraged

9.2 Excellent

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Maitake

Maitake is a polypore mushroom, primarily found growing in dense clusters around oak trees across Asia, particularly Jap...

Medicinal Asian Autumn Wild Foraged

9.1 Excellent

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Narrow-headed Morel

Morchella angusticeps is a slender-capped morel native to eastern North America, distinguished by its narrow, elongated...

Spring North American Edible Wild Foraged

8.9 Great

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Cyclocybe Cylindracea

Cyclocybe cylindracea (Pioppino) is an edible Mediterranean species cultivated commercially in Italy, growing in cluster...

Mediterranean Edible Wild Foraged Cyclocybe

8.4 Great

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Oregon Black Truffle

Leucangium carthusianum is a black truffle native to the Pacific Northwest, fruiting in autumn and winter beneath Dougla...

Pacific Northwest Earthy Edible Underground

7.9 Good

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White Truffle of Scandinavia

Tuber borchii is a small European white truffle with a mild garlic-like aroma, distributed from Mediterranean regions no...

Mild Scandinavian Edible Underground

7.7 Good

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Blood Milk Cap

Blood Milk Cap (Lactarius sanguifluus) is an edible milk cap of Mediterranean pine forests that exudes distinctive blood...

Mediterranean Edible Wild Foraged Milk Cap

7.7 Good

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Pholiota Adiposa

Pholiota adiposa (Fat Pholiota) is a wood-inhabiting edible cultivated commercially in China and Japan, sold in East Asi...

Asian Cultivated Clustered Golden

7.6 Good

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Pecan Truffle

Tuber lyonii is a North American hypogeous fungus forming mycorrhizal associations with pecan and other hardwoods across...

North American Nutty Edible Underground

7.3 Good

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Umbrella Polypore

Polyporus umbellatus is an edible polypore producing many small caps from a single branching base, found in temperate ha...

Medicinal Asian Earthy Wild Foraged

7.3 Good

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Willamette Black Truffle

Kalapuya brunnea is a black truffle described in 2010 from Oregon's Willamette Valley and named in recognition of the in...

Pacific Northwest Earthy Edible Underground

7.0 Good

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Fried Chicken Mushroom

Fried Chicken Mushroom (Lyophyllum decastes) is a clustered edible fungus of Europe and North America named for its repu...

North American Wild Foraged Clustered Cap And Stem

6.9 Fair

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Himalayan Truffle

The Himalayan truffle (*Tuber indicum*) is an edible fungus native to China, heavily exported worldwide because of its c...

Rare Asian Truffle Wild Foraged

6.8 Fair

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Chinese Black Truffle

The Chinese Black Truffle (Tuber indicum) is an edible fungus native to Asia, widely exported as a more affordable culin...

Mild Asian Truffle Wild Foraged

6.3 Fair

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Floccularia Luteovirens

*Floccularia luteovirens*, formerly classified as *Armillaria luteovirens*, is a yellowish edible mushroom widely distri...

Meadow Yellow Asian Tibetan

6.3 Fair

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Armillaria Tabescens

Armillaria tabescens (Ringless Honey Mushroom) is an edible species of eastern North America and Europe, distinguished f...

North American Autumn Wild Foraged Clustered

6.3 Fair

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Silky Rosegill

Volvariella bombycina, a large edible saprotrophic mushroom found on dead or dying hardwood trees, recognized by its sil...

North American Edible Wild Foraged Cap And Stem

6.3 Fair

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Honey Mushroom

Armillaria mellea, the Honey Mushroom, is an edible fungus famous for producing the largest organism on earth, a massive...

European Autumn Wild Foraged Clustered

6.0 Fair

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Conifer Tuft

Hypholoma capnoides, an edible cluster-forming mushroom growing exclusively on conifer wood stumps, distinguished from t...

Mild North American Wild Foraged Clustered

6.0 Fair

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Honey Fungus

Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) is an edible parasitic wood-decay fungus widespread across Europe and North America tha...

European Sweet Wild Foraged Clustered

5.9 Mediocre