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Common edible mushrooms of Alabama

Under Construction, We're shifting identification information into blog-posts at the bottom

Here we'll detail some of the more common and fairly easy to identify edible mushrooms of Alabama and the Southeast. While this list is nowhere near exhaustive we will be avoiding those edible mushrooms that aren't known for being good, growing in number sufficient for a meal, or easily mistaken for a toxic look-a-like. Each section will provide detailed identification characteristics that are critical for positive identification and safe consumption of wild-foraged mushrooms. Remember that if you aren't 100% in your identification to a minimum of genus level, you shouldn't eat it. You should use sources outside of this page for confirmation, this is just a guide! Also remember that almost all wild-foraged mushrooms require cooking to break down the chitin that make up the organism's cell walls (otherwise you're on a collision course for the toilet). For more information on general edibility and edibility testing follow the button below.

Edibility basics and testing

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Terrestrial

These species will be found growing from the Earth

Sparassis

Cauliflower mushrooms including S. americana and spathulata

Lepista

Wood Blewits and similar

Morchella

The Morels


Boletes

This wide range of genera will have pores on the underside of the cap. They will usually be terrestrial in growth and have a wide range of flavors and textures to pique your culinary interests.

Aureoboletus

Brilliant yellow-pored boletes

Harrya chromapes

Yellow-foot

Strobilomyces

The old-man of the woods

Boletellus

Pineapple bolete

Hemioporus

The shaggy stalked bolete


Wood growing

These species will be found growing on wood

Pleurotus

The Oysters

Pluteus

Deer Mushrooms


Hericium

Lion's mane, Bear's tooth, these common names refer to the species of Hericium


Birds and polypores

Photo by Tim Pfitzer

Bondarzewia

Berkely's polypore

Photo by Tim Pfitzer

Grifola frondosa

Hen of the woods

Photo by Brian Boatwright

Cladomeris umbellata

Umbrella polypore

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