Identifying Edible and Poisonous Wild Mushrooms
There are roughly 15,000 types of wild fungi in the UK. Our guide aims to help you identify the best to eat and the most important ones not to pick.
Never rely on one source for mushroom identification, and never eat anything unless you are 100% sure it is edible. We will not be held responsible for the use of the information in this guide.
Use our seasonal filters to see what you might be able to pick right now. Better yet, why not try one of our foraging courses?
To identify a mushroom from specific characteristics please use our search
| Photo | Sort by common name : Common Name | Sort by scientific name : Scientific Name | Type | Start | End |
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Rooting Bolete | Boletus / Caloboletus radicans |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
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Blue Roundhead | Stropharia caerulea |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
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Dog Stinkhorn | Mutinus caninus |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
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False Deathcap | Amanita citrina var. citrina |
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Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
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Plums and Custard | Tricholomopsis rutilans |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Weeping Widow | Lacrymaria lacrymabunda |
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Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
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Bitter Beech Bolete | Boletus / Caloboletus calopus |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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White False Death Cap | Amanita citrina var. alba |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Bitter Bolete | Boletus / Tylopilus felleus |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
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Dyer's Mazegill | Phaeolus schweinitzii |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
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Golden Scalycap | Pholiota aurivella |
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Season Start : Apr | Season End : Dec |
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Bruising Webcap | Cortinarius / Thaxterogaster purpurascens |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Slimy Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Gliophorus irrigatus |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Dec |
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Parrot Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Gliophorus psittacinus |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Dec |
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Jubilee Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Gliophorus reginae |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
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Dusky Puffball | Lycoperdon nigrescens |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Sep |
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Common Rustgill | Gymnopilus penetrans |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
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Yellow False Truffle | Rhizopogon luteolus |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Wrinkled Peach | Rhodotus palmatus |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Giant Funnel | Aspropaxillus giganteus |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Blackening Waxcap | Hygrocybe conica |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Shaggy Scalycap | Pholiota squarrosa |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Fleecy Milkcap | Lactifluus vellereus |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Jelly Tooth | Pseudohydnum gelatinosum |
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Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
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King Alfred's Cakes | Daldinia concentrica |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Liberty Cap | Psilocybe semilanceata |
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Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
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Woodland Inkcap | Coprinellus silvaticus |
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Season Start : Sep | Season End : Nov |
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Blushing Bracket | Daedaleopsis confragosa |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Hoof Fungus | Fomes fomentarius |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Oak Polypore | Buglossoporus quercinus |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
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Smoky Bracket | Bjerkandera adusta |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Turkey Tail | Trametes versicolor |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Spotted Toughshank | Rhodocollybia maculata |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Crimped Gill | Plicaturopsis crispa |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Fragrant Funnel | Clitocybe fragrans |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
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Egghead Mottlegill | Panaeolus semiovatus |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Black Bulgar | Bulgaria inquinans |
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Season Start : Sep | Season End : Mar |
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Spectacular Rustgill | Gymnopilus junonius |
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Season Start : May | Season End : Dec |
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Splitgill | Schizophyllum commune |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Poplar Bell | Schizophyllum amplum |
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Season Start : Sep | Season End : Nov |
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Tripe Fungus | Auricularia mesenterica |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Birch Woodwart | Jackrogersella multiformis |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Cucumber Cap | Macrocystidia cucumis |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Dec |
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Silverleaf Fungus | Chondrostereum purpureum |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Cedarwood Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Cuphophyllus russocoriaceus |
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Season Start : Nov | Season End : Feb |
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Blushing Rosette | Abortiporus biennis |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Hairy Curtain Crust | Stereum hirsutum |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Oak Mazegill | Daedalea quercina |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Root Rot | Heterobasidion annosum |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Red-Belted Bracket | Fomitopsis pinicola |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Yellow Stagshorn | Calocera viscosa |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Shaggy Bracket | Inonotus hispidus |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Spindle Toughshank | Gymnopus fusipes |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
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Dead Man's Fingers | Xylaria polymorpha |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Lilac Oysterling | Panus conchatus |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Devil's Fingers | Clathrus archeri |
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Season Start : Jun | Season End : Sep |
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Brown Mottlegill | Panaeolina foenisecii |
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Season Start : Apr | Season End : Dec |
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Whitelaced Shank | Megacollybia platyphylla |
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Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
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Alder Bracket | Xanthoporia radiata |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Least Stinking Brittlegill | Russula subfoetens |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
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Beech Woodwart | Hypoxylon fragiforme |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Candlesnuff Fungus | Xylaria hypoxylon |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Yellow Brain | Tremella mesenterica |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Artist's Bracket | Ganoderma applanatum |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Birch Mazegill | Trametes betulina |
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Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Collared Earthstar | Geastrum michelianum |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |