1. Presented by Maxine Stone
Shaw Nature Reserve
May 7, 2016
But Are They Edible?
Presented by Maxine Stone

2. This is the most poisonous mushroom you will find in Missouri…

3. Identifying features of the Amanita bisporigera or Destroying Angel
This is a very common, all white mushroom with a flairing to ragged ring on the stalk and a large, sac-like cup around the base.

4. These are both Morels Yellow morel Morchella esculenta Black morel
Morchella elata

5. Morels have ridges and pits:

6. They are hollow inside:

7. Gyromitra caroliniana or False Morel

8. Despite the fact that the False Morel is consumed by many people in Missouri, this mushroom is not a safe edible!
It has a toxin (rocket fuel is made from it) in it that builds up in the body
Deaths have occured

9. Which one is ridged and pitted? The False Morel is more “brain-like”

10. This is a Chanterelle! Cantharellus cibarius

11. There are a few different species of chanterelles
Cantharellus lateritius
Smooth Chanterelle
Cantharellus cibarius
Chanterelle

12. Poisonous look-alike:
Omphalotus olearius or Jack O’Lantern

13. The Jack O’Lantern The Chanterelle has
has sharp gills ridges (or is smooth)

14. This is a Chicken of the Woods (Sulphur Shelf) Laetiporus sulphureus

15. This is also a Chicken of the Woods (Chicken Mushroom) Laetiporus cincinnatus

16. Spoonshaped, layered caps – or fronds

18. This is also a Puffball or Lycoperdon perlatum

19. An edible Puffball should be completely white when cut through and look like marshmallow

20. Poisonous look-alike:
Pigskin Puffball or Scleroderma citrinum

21. This is a Shaggy Mane or Coprinus comatus

22. Note: This mushroom auto-digests itself!

23. This is an Oyster Mushroom or Pleurotus ostreatus

24. This is a Black Trumpet or Craterellus cornucopioides
                                                                           
This is a Black Trumpet or Craterellus cornucopioides

25. This is a Lobster Mushroom or Hypomyces lactifluorum

26. It transforms an otherwise unpalatable mushroom (Lactarius or Russula) into an excellent edible

27. This is a Wood Blewit or Lepista nuda

28. This is a Milky Lactarius Lactarius volemus

29. This is a Bearded Tooth or Hericium erinaceus

30. Remember, every mushroom is edible-
ONCE!

31. Always check with an expert until you are 100% sure