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Original - Morphological characteristics of the caps of mushroom, such as those illustrated in the above chart, are essential for correct mushroom identification. Reason High quality, informative diagram used in mushroom hunting for over three years. Large size, well illustrated and self-explanatory to the extent that a novice suddenly has the ...
Agaricus bisporus, one of the most widely cultivated and consumed mushrooms Ferula mushroom in Bingöl, Turkey. This is an edible type of mushroom. Mushrooms are used extensively in cooking, in many cuisines (notably Chinese, Korean, European, and Japanese). Humans have valued them as food since antiquity. [32]
Pleurotus eryngii (also known as king trumpet mushroom, French horn mushroom, eryngi, king oyster mushroom, king brown mushroom, boletus of the steppes [Note 1], trumpet royale, aliʻi oyster) is an edible mushroom native to Mediterranean regions of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, but also grown in many parts of Asia.
Most genera in the family produce fruit bodies which have typical mushroom morphology, with caps and stems. Others form false truffles . It also includes a single corticioid genus; Byssoporia .
Pleurotus tuber-regium, the king tuber mushroom, is an edible gilled fungus native to the tropics, including Africa, Asia, and Australasia. [1] It has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding and phylogenetically removed from other species of Pleurotus .
Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi is a mushroom field and identification guide by American mycologist David Arora, published in 1979 and republished in 1986. [1] All That the Rain Promises and More…:
The English word fungus is directly adopted from the Latin fungus (mushroom), used in the writings of Horace and Pliny. [10] This in turn is derived from the Greek word sphongos (σφόγγος 'sponge'), which refers to the macroscopic structures and morphology of mushrooms and molds; [11] the root is also used in other languages, such as the German Schwamm ('sponge') and Schimmel ('mold').
The common name for Hypsizygus ulmarius is the elm oyster mushroom. The genus contains the species H. tessellatus , one of the shimeji mushrooms in Japanese cuisine. The ITS DNA barcode of these morphospecies are close enough to be considered the same species.