swap_horiz Umbrella Polypore 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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Summer Cep

The summer cep (Boletus reticulatus) is a European bolete that fruits earlier than Boletus edulis and is equally prized...

European Summer Earthy Wild Foraged

9.0 Excellent

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Shiitake

Shiitake mushrooms are a cultivated fungus belonging to the *Lentinula* species. Originating in East Asia, they are nota...

Medicinal Asian Umami Cultivated

8.8 Great

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Laetiporus Cincinnatus

Laetiporus cincinnatus (White-pored Chicken of the Woods) grows from the base of eastern North American oaks and is dist...

Oak North American Wild Foraged Polypore

8.1 Great

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Chicken of the Woods

The Chicken of the Woods is a bright orange and yellow bracket fungus that grows on decaying trees, notable for its unus...

Summer Meaty Wild Foraged Polypore

7.9 Good

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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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Laetiporus Gilbertsonii

Laetiporus gilbertsonii is a western North American Chicken of the Woods formally described by Burdsall in 1998, frequen...

North American Western Eucalyptus Wild Foraged

7.4 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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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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Spring Agaricus

Spring Agaricus (Agaricus bitorquis) is an edible mushroom notable for fruiting in spring and for pushing through compac...

European Spring Earthy Agaricus

6.5 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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Albatrellus Confluens

Albatrellus confluens is an edible polypore occurring in dense fused clusters in European and North American coniferous...

European Conifer Autumn Wild Foraged

6.3 Fair

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Confluent Polypore

Albatrellus confluens is a terrestrial polypore with salmon-colored fan-shaped caps that commonly fuse together, fruitin...

North American Autumn Wild Foraged Polypore

6.3 Fair

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Beefsteak Fungus

The Beefsteak Fungus is an unusual edible bracket fungus native to the United Kingdom that physically resembles a raw cu...

European Sour Wild Foraged Polypore

5.9 Mediocre

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Poria Mushroom

Wolfiporia extensa, a wood-rotting polypore whose underground sclerotium has been used in traditional Chinese medicine f...

Medicinal Asian Underground Wild Foraged

4.9 Poor

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Reishi

The Reishi is a reddish, woody bracket fungus historically revered in traditional Chinese medicine, and is utilized glob...

Bitter Medicinal Asian Polypore

4.1 Poor

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Turkey Tail

The Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) is a common bracket fungus widely recognized for its colorful, fan-shaped rings, a...

Medicinal Wild Foraged Polypore Trametes

2.5 Poor

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Birch Polypore

The Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina) is an edible bracket fungus found exclusively on birch trees, famously discover...

European Medicinal Wild Foraged Polypore

2.5 Poor