Mushrooms (fungi), it seems, are neither animals nor plants, but something else again! As many of us know, the wide variety of mushrooms available can add greatly to the variety of our cuisine. But beware – some nasty fungi are lurking among the good ones! Do you know the tasty from the yucky? The healthful from the downright toxic? Take this quiz and find out ? Don’t forget to click on an emotion when you’re done!
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Agaricus bisporus (common mushroom) is…
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungus)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Lepiota castanea (chestnut dapperling)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Rubroboletus satanas (Satan’s bolete)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Auricularia auricula-judae (Jew’s ear, wood ear)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Entoloma rhodopolium (wood pinkgill)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Agaricus xanthodermus (yellow-stainer)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Agaricus augustus (the prince)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Coprinus comatus (shaggy ink cap)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Amanita caesarea (Caesar’s mushroom)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Boletus edulis (penny bun or cep)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Cantharellus (Chanterelle)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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Amanita phalloides (death cap)
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Edible
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Poisonous
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I only know 2 types button and oyster. We have grown oyster at home
Are they easy to grow? There is a wild type (Boletus) that grows in the lawn of my garden, which I eat all the time throughout autumn!
Not exactly easy but one can try with a bit of patience.
May be what we see in our garden sometimes could be edible but not knowing what they are we will not risk tasting them.
I would never take a chance with mushrooms! For many years I admired those ones growing in my garden, but just last year I brought them to an expert who told me they were good – and they are very tasty! Can you see this photo:
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That look weird to me. Is that what you eat? (lol)
Oh yes, these ones are good. And they grow again and again every few days on the grass 🙂
I am learning about wild mushrooms and some of those I still would not eat.
Me too, Andria! I am very cautious about mushrooms 🙂
Mushroom is a testy….
Iam a fan of a mushroom…like a tasty….
I got 8 out of 13 and this is a great topic for a quiz
Thank you for playing the quiz, LaJenna 🙂
9/13 was my result. Thought I’d do better as I used to hunt for mushrooms before. But this quiz had mushrooms I’ve never heard of or come across in the woods.
Nothing wrong with 9, but i know it’s frustrating when you don’t do as well as you expect. Take some comfort from the fact that my sample of mushrooms was too small to be representative, although I did try to include mostly varieties not confined to Europe 🙂
Nine is not that bad. 🙂
Most of these mushrooms are known here in our place..especially those edible. I got 11/13.
Well done, Cassy! And thank you for playing ☺
Good Norman quiz – just a question if I would spend 9/13
Sorry, Lado, I’m not grasping what you’re saying ?
Norman 4 I missed it – I thought if those mushrooms could not survive
Ten of Thirteen. The orange and yellows confused me, those I guessed just on color and was wrong.
I would rather think they are bad and not eat them than to think they are good and die. Never eat anything in nature that you aren’t 100% sure of. Did you ever see the movie Into the Wild? He made one of these so called bad mistakes.
No I don’t think I did. But my memory is so bad that doesn’t at all mean I didn’t! I totally agree. Mushrooms are something I’m hyper-cautious about. I know lots of wild foods, but my knowledge just doesn’t extend into the fungal kingdom!
Same here, the only mushrooms I will eat in the wild are Morals, and theyre look alike dangerous ones don’t really look alike to me. Best to err on the side of caution.
‘The movie is a true story about a 20 something guy that decided to live in the wilds of Alaska, and thinking he knew a plant but it had a look alike dangerous variety which killed him. Sad story.
Hey you did well with 10, just the same 🙂
I got 6. Where’s my prize?
Here is it – two inches of clear white space:
Think what you might have won if you’d got 100% correct 😉
Fun quiz! I got 10 out of 13 I actually shouldn’t have missed those 3
Very nice result, Gina! You are a mushroom princess – I can tell! 😀
Got 7 correct guesses, nice and cool quiz
Well done, Sheryl, and thanks for playing 🙂
got 8 out of 13 right!
You passed, Edith! Thanks fr playing 🙂
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See that little ‘report’ button over on the right? Guess what it’s for 😉
Well done, and funny. It is indeed what that little button is for.
8 out of 13, I love mushrooms and I got correct the ones I know 🙂
That’s the most important! Thanks for playing, Nela 🙂
Got 7/13..nice quiz..now I know which mushrooms are edible and which are toxic…Good job Norman 🙂
Well, take someone who knows mushrooms with you when you go picking! Thanks for playing 🙂
Dont know much about mushrooms
thanks for post dear
6/13. Amazed that so many are edible; they looked toxic to me. I did see a woman in Nepal with a bowlful of colourful fungi, and worried that some or all were dangerous. Every country has it’s own kinds, I think… here in Australia a few years ago, an Asian Chef and his mates died after they’d eaten a fungus that wasn’t what they thought it was.
So. Educational. Thank you. ( I still wouldn’t touch them.)
That seems to be the general danger: mistaken identity because of misleading resemblances. I went on a one-day course a few autumns ago, learning to identify the good and evil wild fungi in our woodlands, but I still wouldn’t trust myself 🙂
Got 9 out of 13. 😉 Thanks for sharing! 😉
Nice score, Aries! Thanks for playing ☺
9/13 right. better luck next time
5…Im pretty sure that some of the poisonous mushrooms are edible. I used to eat them when I was a kid..number 7 is an edible one..
Well, all mushrooms are ‘edible’ in the sense that you can eat them – but you may regret it! The main reason for mushroom poisoning is the fact that many poisonous varieties resemble edible types, and the one you singled out, Agaricus xanthodermus (yellow stainer) is notorious in this regard. For this reason it is responsible for more cases of poisoning than any other mushroom in the UK. Although reactions vary from person to person, most people will suffer severe gastric upset for 24 hours or more after eating that one 🙂 See http://www.mushroomdiary.co.uk/2010/08/horse-and-field-mushroom-imposter-the-yellow-stainer/
Or to quote Terry Pratchett: “All fungi are edible, but some only once.”
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I got 7 out of 13 correct….I am not really a fan of mushrooms, so I don’t know much about them!
Well you earned a pass, regardless! Thanks for playing, Mom 🙂
9/13 right. Some of the poisonous ones look dangerously edible!
Yes, some of them look absolutely gorgeous!
9/13 – I really hope that nobody voted for “death cap” as being edible!
Here’s hoping!! Nice score, John 🙂
8/13 I didn’t do very well, but I don’t like mushrooms anyway, haha.
Oh I love mushrooms! But when hunting them in the wild I like to have a more knowledgeable companion 🙂
10/13. That was interesting. The names of these mushrooms were a hint to explain whether they were poisonous or edible. Great learning quiz Norman! 🙂
You are right! I only looked at the photos; that was a big mistake!
Yes! “Death cap” is a bit of a giveaway, for example 🙂 Great score, Deb!
You got 7 out of 13 right!
Not so bad but I can poison myself. That’s why I rely on those in the store.
I am also very cautious about wild mushrooms. There are a couple of types I know, but if I am unsure… 🙂
Got 8 correct, never knew so many mushrooms were out there!
There are many many more, Carol. I could have made a 100-question quiz if I wanted 🙂 Thanks for playing!