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Strobilomyces strobilaceus, also called Strobilomyces floccopus and commonly known as old man of the woods, [1] is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. It is native to Europe and North America. Fruit bodies are characterized by very soft dark grey to black pyramidal and overlapping scales on the cap surface.
Strobilomyces is a genus of boletes (mushrooms having a spongy mass of pores under the cap). The only well-known European species is the type species S. strobilaceus (also named S. floccopus), known in English as "old man of the woods". Members of the genus can be distinguished by the following characteristics:
Berries (from July), edible raw, dried as a spice or cooked as a jelly [3] Sweet chestnut: Castanea sativa: Throughout Europe and parts of Asia; common in woods and parks: Nuts (October to November). Chestnuts are edible raw or in any other preparation, such as roasted, boiled, stewed or baked. [4] Hazel: Corylus avellana
Edibility is edible but not recommended Entoloma abortivum , commonly known as the aborted entoloma [ 2 ] or shrimp of the woods , is an edible mushroom in the Entolomataceae family of fungi . In Mexico they are called “Totlcoxcatl”, meaning “turkey wattle”, due to its irregular shape. [ 3 ]
Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found throughout much of the world. Some species, especially Laetiporus sulphureus, are commonly known as sulphur shelf, chicken of the woods, the chicken mushroom, or the chicken fungus because it is often described as tasting like and having a texture similar to that of chicken meat.
The species is not edible when raw, needing to be cooked thoroughly. [25] A 100 g (3.5 oz) reference serving of dried fungus provides 1,500 kilojoules (370 kilocalories) of food energy, 10.6 g of protein, 0.2 g of fat, 65 g of carbohydrate, 5.8 g ash, and 0.03% mg of carotene. Fresh mushrooms contain about 90% moisture.
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Botanical illustration. Agaricus silvaticus (or Agaricus sylvaticus), otherwise known as the scaly wood mushroom, blushing wood mushroom, or pinewood mushroom, is a species of mushroom often found in groups in coniferous forests from early summer, or September through to November in Europe, North Africa and North America.