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White Truffle

The white truffle is a rare, subterranean mushroom prized for its exceptionally potent aroma and flavor. It’s notable as...

Italian Luxury Gourmet Wild Foraged

9.8 Brilliant

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Black Truffle

Black truffles are prized edible fungi that grow underground in association with tree roots, primarily oaks. Native to E...

Luxury European Gourmet Wild Foraged

9.7 Brilliant

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Morel

Morel mushrooms are a sought-after edible fungi known for their honeycomb texture and earthy flavor. They emerge in spri...

Spring Hollow Gourmet North American

9.6 Brilliant

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Maitake

Maitake is a polypore mushroom, primarily found growing in dense clusters around oak trees across Asia, particularly Jap...

Medicinal Asian Autumn Wild Foraged

9.1 Excellent

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Laetiporus Cincinnatus

Laetiporus cincinnatus is an edible bracket fungus commonly referred to as the white-pored chicken of the woods. It is n...

Oak North American Wild Foraged Polypore

8.1 Great

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Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the Woods is a common name for several species of edible bracket fungi, most notably Laetiporus sulphureus. I...

Summer Meaty Wild Foraged Polypore

7.9 Good

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Laetiporus Gilbertsonii

Laetiporus gilbertsonii is a shelf-forming polypore in the chicken-of-the-woods group, occurring primarily in western No...

North American Western Eucalyptus Wild Foraged

7.4 Good

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Umbrella Polypore

The Umbrella Polypore, or Polyporus umbellatus, is a large, edible mushroom characterized by a cluster of small, circula...

Medicinal Asian Earthy Wild Foraged

7.3 Good

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Albatrellus Confluens

Albatrellus confluens is a polypore fungus associated mainly with coniferous forests in Europe and North America. Its cr...

European Conifer Autumn Wild Foraged

6.3 Fair

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Confluent Polypore

Confluent Polypore is the common name for Albatrellus confluens, a terrestrial polypore found on or near the ground rath...

North American Autumn Wild Foraged Polypore

6.3 Fair

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Beefsteak Fungus

Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, is a bracket fungus found mainly on the trunks and stumps of broad-leaved trees, e...

European Sour Wild Foraged Polypore

5.9 Mediocre

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Giant Polypore

The Giant Polypore, Meripilus giganteus, is a large bracket fungus that grows at the bases or on the roots of broad-leav...

European Large Wild Foraged Polypore

5.9 Mediocre

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Berkeley's Polypore

Bondarzewia berkeleyi, commonly known as Berkeley's polypore, is a large wood-decay fungus of eastern and central North...

Large Summer North American Wild Foraged

5.8 Mediocre

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Bondarzewia Montana

Bondarzewia montana is a large polypore that forms overlapping clusters or rosettes near the bases of trees and on woody...

European Alpine Conifer Wild Foraged

5.8 Mediocre

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Dryad's Saddle

Dryad's Saddle is the common name for Cerioporus squamosus, a large polypore fungus found in Europe and North America. I...

European Spring Large Wild Foraged

5.3 Mediocre

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Caterpillar Fungus

Caterpillar fungus commonly refers to Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a parasitic fungus associated with larvae of ghost moths...

Luxury Medicinal Tibetan Parasitic

5.0 Mediocre

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Hemlock Reishi

Hemlock reishi is the common name for Ganoderma tsugae, a polypore fungus that grows primarily on or near eastern hemloc...

Bitter Bracket Medicinal North American

4.9 Poor

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Poria Mushroom

Poria mushroom is the common name for Wolfiporia extensa, a wood-decaying fungus that forms a large underground scleroti...

Medicinal Asian Underground Wild Foraged

4.9 Poor

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Reishi

Reishi is a common name for several woody bracket fungi in the genus Ganoderma, especially species used in East Asian tr...

Bitter Medicinal Asian Polypore

4.1 Poor

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Birch Polypore

Birch polypore, Fomitopsis betulina, is a wood-decay bracket fungus that grows almost exclusively on birch trees. It for...

European Medicinal Wild Foraged Polypore

2.5 Poor