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The fried chicken mushroom, Lyophyllum decastes, is an edible agaric that forms dense clusters on soil, along paths, and in other disturbed ground, sometimes where woody material is buried. Its fruiting bodies generally have gray-brown caps, crowded pale gills, and whitish stems that may be fused at...

Hypholoma capnoides, an edible cluster-forming mushroom growing exclusively on conifer wood stumps, distinguished from the bitter poisonous H. fasciculare by its pale smoke-grey gills.

Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) is an edible parasitic wood-decay fungus widespread across Europe and North America that can form enormous clonal colonies and kills a wide range of trees.

Armillaria tabescens (Ringless Honey Mushroom) is an edible species of eastern North America and Europe, distinguished from other honey mushrooms by the complete absence of a stem ring.

Pholiota adiposa, a cluster-forming mushroom on dead hardwood, recognized by its viscid yellow-orange cap densely covered in brown scales, found across Europe and Asia.

Dark Honey Fungus (Armillaria ostoyae) is the species comprising the world's largest known organism by area, a single Oregon clone in Malheur National Forest spanning over 2,385 acres, confirmed in 2000.

Armillaria mellea, the Honey Mushroom, is an edible fungus famous for producing the largest organism on earth, a massive colony discovered in Oregon's Malheur National Forest.

The Sheathed Woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis) is an edible fungus famous for its two-toned cap, though it requires careful identification to avoid the deadly Galerina.

Mycena inclinata is a dense cluster-forming mushroom recognized by its hairy, yellow-brown stem, first validly described by Elias Fries in 1838.