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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:
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 ]
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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.
Numerous field guides on mushrooms are available and recommended to help distinguish between safe and edible mushrooms, and the many poisonous or inedible species. A common mushroom identification technique is the spore print , in which a mushroom is placed on a surface and spores are allowed to fall underneath.
Collybia nuda, commonly known as the blewit [2] or wood blewit [3] [4] and previously described as Lepista nuda and Clitocybe nuda, is an edible mushroom native to Europe and North America. Described by Pierre Bulliard in 1790, it was also known as Tricholoma nudum for many years.