Commercially harvested wild edibles Mushrooms

Commercially harvested wild edible Mushrooms

Some edible mushrooms list are as follow :

Hydnum coralloides. Some species are difficult to cultivate, others (particularly mycorrhizal species) have not yet been successfully cultivated. When in season they can be purchased fresh, and many species are sold dried as well. The following species are commonly harvested from the wild:

Boletus edulis or edible Boletus, native to Europe, known in Italian as Fungo Porcino (plural 'porcini') (Pig mushroom), in German as Steinpilz (Stone mushroom), in Russian as "white mushroom", and in French the cep. Cantharellus cibarius (The chanterelle), The yellow chanterelle is one of the best and most easily recognizable mushrooms, and can be found in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. There are poisonous mushrooms which resemble it, though these can be confidently distinguished if one is familiar with the chanterelle's identifying features.

Clitocybe nuda - Blewit (or Blewitt)

Cortinarius caperatus the Gypsy mushroom (recently moved from genus Rozites)

Craterellus cornucopioides - Trompette du Mort or Horn of Plenty

Grifola frondosa, known in Japan as maitake (also "hen of the woods" or "sheep’s head"); a large, hearty mushroom commonly found on or near stumps and bases of oak trees, and believed to have medicinal properties.

Gyromitra esculenta this "False morel" is prized by the Finns. This mushroom is deadly poisonous if eaten raw, but highly regarded when parbroiled (see below).

Hericium erinaceus, a tooth fungus; also called "lion's mane mushroom."

Hydnum repandum Sweet tooth fungus

Lactarius deliciosus Saffron milk cap - Consumed around the world and prized in Russia

Morchella species, (morel family), morels belong to the ascomycete grouping of fungi. Morchella conica var. deliciosa

Morchella esculenta var. rotunda

Tricholoma matsutake the Matsutake, a mushroom highly prized in Japanese cuisine.

Tuber species, (the truffle), Truffles have long eluded the modern techniques of domestication known as trufficulture. Tuber borchii

Tuber brumale

Tuber indicum - Chinese black truffle

Tuber macrosporum - White truffle

Tuber mesentericum - The Bagnoli truffle

Tuber uncinatum - Black summer truffle

Edible Mushrroms