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Honey fungus - Armillaria mellea
A parasitic mushrooms that is edible with caution


Herald of winter - Hygrophorus hypothejus
A mushroom appearing during the colder months


Grey spotted Amanita - Amanita excelsa var spissa
An edible mushroom but often confused with poisonous fungi


Grey oyster - Pleurotus ostreatus
A common fungus that can be found from summer to winter


Glistening inkcap - Coprinellus micaceus
A common sight on dead wood and tree stumps


Giant puffball - Calvatia gigantea
A large and easy to identify edible fungus


Giant polypore - Meripilus giganteus
A particularly large, parasitic, edible fungus


Fool's funnel - Clitocybe rivulosa
A deadly poisonous grassland mushroom


Fly agaric - Amanita muscaria
The classic fairy tale mushroom


Field mushroom - Agaricus campestris
Found in pastureland, often in great numbers


Field blewit - Lepista saeva
A grassland mushroom with a deep purple stem


False saffron milkcap - Lactarius detterimus
One of the edible orange milkcaps found with spruce


False deathcap - Amanita citrina
An inedible, possibly mildly toxic, lookalike of the deathcap


Dryad's saddle - Cerioporus squamosus
A large and common bracket fungus


Deceiver - Laccaria lacatta
Variation in form gives this mushroom its name


Deathcap - Amanita phalloides
Considered to be the UK's most poisonous mushroom


Common puffball - Lycoperdon perlatum
A woodland puffball covered in sharp warts


Common earthball - Scleroderma citrinum
This poisonous fungus is a common woodland find


Clouded agaric - Clitocybe nebularis
Consider poisonous by some and edible with caution by others


Chicken of the woods - Laetiporus sulphureus
An easy to spot fungus due to its bright colours


Cauliflower fungus - Sparassis crispa
A distinctive fungus with many folds of ragged flesh


Brown rollrim - Paxillus involutus
A poisonous mushroom that is common in the UK


St George's mushroom - Calocybe gambosa
One of the few edible springtime mushrooms


Brown birch bolete - Leccinum scabrum
One of the most common boletes in the UK
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