Scientific Name: Amanita muscaria

English Name: Fly Agaric

Region: Northern Hemisphere

Location: Woodlands; Underneath Birch, Pine, or Spruce Trees

Poisonous: Yes

Stem Type: White and Flaky

The Fly Agaric is a poisionous mushroom. If you eat one it could cause you to hallucinate, be dizzy, vomit, and other nausea related symptoms, but there aren't many deaths reported from eating them. It is the most widley recognized mushroom and is represented in our culture in many ways, for example in Minecraft. They have an entire species, known as Mooshrooms, which is a cow designed to resemble Fly Agarics. They are decntly large in comparison to other mushrooms.

Scientific Name: Auricularia auricula-judae

English Name: Wood Ear

Region: Asia, Europe, North America, Africa

Location: Woodlands; Older Trees, Shrubs, Rotting Bark

Poisonous: No

Stem Type: Cup-Shaped, Smooth, and Wavy

Used for many things, the wood ear mushroom is a fungus that is smooth and commonly found on rotting peices of wood. People use these mushrooms to cook and they're used medicinally. It can be used to lower cholesterol, protect your liver, and it encourages good gut health They're called wood ears because they grow on wood and look like ears. Obviously. They feel jelly-like, similar to a jellyfish. Compared to other mushrooms, they are small to medium sized.

Scientific Name: Morchella esculenta

English Name: Yellow Morel

Region: Western North America

Location: Forests; Burnsites of Jack, White, and Red Pines

Poisonous: No

Stem Type: Hollow Stem

Yellow Morels are a specific type of morel mushroom. There are other types, but these morels are apart of the "true" morel type. This means that they are edible, while false morels are very poisonus. Even though they are edible, they should not be eaten in large consumption because it could make you feel ill. The differences between the two are pretty obvious, but the biggest one is the stem. True morels have hollow stems and false morels don't.They can grow up to 12 inches in height.

Scientific Name: Mycena interrupta

English Name: Pixie's Parasol

Region: Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Chile

Location: Subtropical Area; On Logs and Mossy Areas

Poisonous: Yes

Stem Type: Thin and Fragile

These bright blue mushrooms are a species of the Mycena genus. They are known for their vibrant color. Most other mushrooms within this genus are brown or grey, and usually edible. This is what makes these blue ones so special. As usual, the more colorful ones are inedible. More often in nature, things that are colorful are unsafe to eat. It's a mushroom that a lot of people look for so they can snap a picture of it. They are decently tiny mushrooms and they are fragile.