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, also classified as Boletus aestivalis) is an edible mushroom found across Europe. I...

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 is an edible bracket fungus commonly referred to as the white-pored chicken of the woods. It is n...

Oak North American Wild Foraged Polypore

8.1 Great

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Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the Woods is a common name for several species of edible bracket fungi, most notably Laetiporus sulphureus. I...

Summer Meaty Wild Foraged Polypore

7.9 Good

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Oregon Black Truffle

The Oregon black truffle, Leucangium carthusianum, is an edible subterranean fungus native to the Pacific Northwest of N...

Pacific Northwest Earthy Edible Underground

7.9 Good

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Laetiporus Gilbertsonii

Laetiporus gilbertsonii is a shelf-forming polypore in the chicken-of-the-woods group, occurring primarily in western No...

North American Western Eucalyptus Wild Foraged

7.4 Good

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Himalayan Truffle

Tuber indicum, commonly called the Chinese or Asian black truffle, is an edible species of underground-fruiting fungus i...

Rare Asian Truffle Wild Foraged

6.8 Fair

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Spring Agaricus

Spring Agaricus, or Agaricus bitorquis, is an edible saprotrophic mushroom in the genus Agaricus. It is associated with...

European Spring Earthy Agaricus

6.5 Fair

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Chinese Black Truffle

Tuber indicum is a group of closely related Asian truffle lineages commonly known in trade as Chinese black truffles. Th...

Mild Asian Truffle Wild Foraged

6.3 Fair

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Floccularia Luteovirens

Floccularia luteovirens is a yellowish agaric formerly placed in Armillaria and known from high-altitude regions of the...

Meadow Yellow Asian Tibetan

6.3 Fair

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Albatrellus Confluens

Albatrellus confluens is a polypore fungus associated mainly with coniferous forests in Europe and North America. Its cr...

European Conifer Autumn Wild Foraged

6.3 Fair

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Confluent Polypore

Confluent Polypore is the common name for Albatrellus confluens, a terrestrial polypore found on or near the ground rath...

North American Autumn Wild Foraged Polypore

6.3 Fair

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Beefsteak Fungus

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, is a bracket fungus found mainly on the trunks and stumps of broad-leaved trees, e...

European Sour Wild Foraged Polypore

5.9 Mediocre

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Giant Polypore

The Giant Polypore, Meripilus giganteus, is a large bracket fungus that grows at the bases or on the roots of broad-leav...

European Large Wild Foraged Polypore

5.9 Mediocre

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Poria Mushroom

Poria mushroom is the common name for Wolfiporia extensa, a wood-decaying fungus that forms a large underground scleroti...

Medicinal Asian Underground Wild Foraged

4.9 Poor

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Reishi

Reishi is a common name for several woody bracket fungi in the genus Ganoderma, especially species used in East Asian tr...

Bitter Medicinal Asian Polypore

4.1 Poor

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Turkey Tail

Turkey tail, Trametes versicolor, is a widespread, thin bracket fungus that grows in overlapping clusters on dead or dec...

Medicinal Wild Foraged Polypore Trametes

2.5 Poor

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Birch Polypore

Birch polypore, Fomitopsis betulina, is a wood-decay bracket fungus that grows almost exclusively on birch trees. It for...

European Medicinal Wild Foraged Polypore

2.5 Poor