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• The Morel: Morels belong to the ascomycete grouping of fungi. They are usually found in open scrub, woodland or open ground in late spring. When collecting this fungus, care must be taken to distinguish it from the poisonous False Morel, Gyromitra esculenta.

• 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. Caution must be used, as there are several types of very poisonous (although not usually lethal) lookalikes.

• The Truffle: Tuber magnatum (Piemont white truffle), Tuber aestivum (Summer or St.Jean truffle), Tuber melanosporum (Perigord truffle), Tuber brumale. Truffles belong to the ascomycete grouping of fungi. The truffle fruitbodies develop underground in mycorrhizal association with certain trees e.g. oak, poplar, beech, and hazel. Being difficult to find, trained pigs or dogs are often used to sniff them out for harvesting.

• The Porcini: Boletus edulis, also known as the King Bolete, Cep, and Steinpilz, is renowned for its nutty flavor. It is sought after worldwide, and can be found in a variety of culinary dishes.

• Sulphur shelf: Laetiporous sulphureous. Also known by names such as the "chicken mushroom", "chicken fungus", sulphur shelf is a distinct bracket fungus popular among mushroom hunters.

• Agaricus bisporus : also known as the white mushroomThe white mushroom Agaricus bisporus , also called the common mushroom cultivated mushroom and called champignon de Paris in France, is the most widely cultivated mushroom in the world. Virtually every grocery store in the western world carries this mushr, the most extensively cultivated mushroomA mushroom is an above ground fruiting body (that is, a spore-producing structure) of a fungus, having a shaft and a cap; and by extension, the entire fungus producing the fruiting body of such appearance, the former consisting of a network (called the my in the world, accounting for 38% of the world production of cultivated mushrooms.

• Pleurotus species : The oyster mushroom . Pleurotus mushrooms are the second most important mushrooms in production in the world, 25% of total world production of cultivated mushrooms. Pleurotus mushrooms are world-wide, China is the major producer. Several species can be grown on carbonaceous matter such as straw or newspaper. In the wild they are usually found growing on wood.

• Volvariella volvaceaMushrooms of the genus Volvariella account for 16% of total production of cultivated mushrooms in the world. The Paddy straw mushroom — Volvariella volvacea is well-known as the Paddy straw mushroom cultured in rice straw in the Philippines and Southeast : The 'Paddy straw' mushroom. Volvariella mushrooms account for 16% of total production of cultivated mushrooms in the world.

• Lentinus edodes : also known as shiitake, oak mushroom . Lentinus edodes is largely produced in JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh, ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute and South KoreaThe Republic of Korea (ROK; Korean: Daehan Minguk ( Hangul: ; Hanja: )), commonly known as South Korea is a country in East Asia, covering the southern half of the Korean peninsula. To the north, the Republic of Korea borders North Korea, with which it fo. Lentinus edodes accounts for 10% of world production of cultivated mushrooms.

• Flammulina velutipesFlammulina callistosporioides ''Flammulina elastica ''Flammulina fennae ''Flammulina ferrugineolutea ''Flammulina mediterranea ''Flammulina mexicana ''Flammulina ononidis ''Flammulina populicola ''Flammulina rossica ''Flammulina similis ''Flammulina strat : The "winter mushroom", also known as enokitake in Japan

• Coprinus comatus : The shaggy mane. Must be cooked as soon as possible after harvesting or the caps will deliquesce and turn to ink. Only the fresh young caps and stems are edible as the mature caps will turn black and unappetizing.

• Tree ear fungus : Auricularia polytricha, a type of jelly fungi that is commonly used in Chinese cuisine.

• Snow fungus : Tremella fuciformis, another type of jelly fungi that is commonly used in Chinese cuisine.