swap_horiz Split Gill Alternatives

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Dark Cep

A very dark brown to almost black cap distinguishes the dark cep, Boletus aereus, from several other edible members of t...

European Rich Wild Foraged Bolete

9.25 Excellent

2

Conical Morel

The conical morel, *Morchella elata*, is a highly sought-after European wild mushroom that fruits in spring. Its distinc...

European Spring Wild Foraged Prized

9.15 Excellent

3

American Black Trumpet

The American Black Trumpet, *Craterellus fallax*, is a wild-foraged mushroom belonging to the chanterelle family. It’s n...

North American Smoky Wild Foraged Chanterelle Family

9.05 Excellent

4

White Truffle

The prized Italian white truffle usually refers to Tuber magnatum, an edible fungus that develops underground in associa...

Italian Luxury Gourmet Wild Foraged

9.03 Excellent

5

Summer Cep

Earlier seasonal fruiting helps distinguish the summer cep from Boletus edulis, its close relative in the porcini group....

European Summer Earthy Wild Foraged

8.95 Great

6

Black Truffle

Growing beneath the soil rather than producing an exposed cap, black truffles are edible fungi in the genus Tuber. The n...

Luxury European Gourmet Wild Foraged

8.88 Great

7

Narrow-headed Morel

Native to eastern North America, Morchella angusticeps is a spring-fruiting edible fungus commonly called the narrow-hea...

Spring North American Edible Wild Foraged

8.85 Great

8

Morel

A deeply pitted cap gives morels their familiar honeycomb appearance. These edible fungi belong to the genus Morchella a...

Spring Hollow Gourmet North American

8.79 Great

9

Burn Morel

Associated with burned conifer forests in western North America, Morchella tomentosa is an edible morel often called the...

Spring North American Wild Foraged Post Fire

8.70 Great

10

Porcini

The porcini (Boletus edulis) is a European bolete mushroom prized for its intense umami flavor. Its large size and meaty...

European Gourmet Umami Wild Foraged

8.67 Great

11

White-pored Chicken of the Woods

Laetiporus cincinnatus is a bracket fungus found at the base of oak trees in eastern North America. It is distinguished...

Bracket North American Striking Meaty

8.15 Great

12

Garlic Marasmius

Garlic Marasmius, scientifically named Marasmius scorodonius, is a small edible mushroom distinguished by a pronounced g...

European Tiny Wild Foraged Dried Seasoning

6.95 Fair

13

Curry Milk Cap

Curry Milk Cap is the common name for Lactarius camphoratus, a small milk-cap mushroom associated with European conifero...

European Wild Foraged Curry Scented Milk Cap

6.20 Fair

14

Deer Mushroom

Deer mushroom is the common name for Pluteus cervinus, a wood-decaying mushroom found in many parts of the world. It typ...

Mild Worldwide Wild Foraged Log Growing

5.70 Mediocre

15

Yellow Brain Fungus

Yellow brain fungus is the common name for Tremella mesenterica, a gelatinous yellow to orange fungus found on dead or f...

Worldwide Edible Jelly Wild Foraged

5.65 Mediocre

16

Glistening Ink Cap

Glistening Ink Cap (Coprinellus micaceus) is an edible mushroom with mica-like glistening granules when young, growing i...

Worldwide Wild Foraged Glistening Ink Cap

5.55 Mediocre

17

Orange Peel Fungus

Aleuria aurantia, commonly known as the orange peel fungus, is a bright orange cup fungus that grows on bare or disturbe...

Worldwide Orange Autumn Wild Foraged

5.35 Mediocre

18

Tiger Sawgill

Tiger Sawgill is the common name for Lentinus tigrinus, a wood-decaying mushroom in the Polyporaceae family. Its pale ca...

Bracket North American Wild Foraged Scaly

5.25 Mediocre

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Hemlock Reishi

Hemlock reishi is the common name for Ganoderma tsugae, a polypore fungus that grows primarily on or near eastern hemloc...

Bitter Bracket Medicinal North American

4.90 Poor

20

Scaly Sawgill

Scaly sawgill is the common name for Neolentinus lepideus, a wood-decay basidiomycete formerly widely called Lentinus le...

Bracket North American Firm Wild Foraged

4.65 Poor