Top 12 Most Common Mushrooms in Hangzhou
Most Common Mushrooms
1. Xylaria liquidambaris
2. Reishi
The reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is a large shelf fungus that grows as a bracket off the sides of trees, or occasionally as a rosette on the tops of stumps. Its surface is smooth and shiny. Growing wild from warm temperate zones to the subtropics, the reishi is also cultivated on grain and sawdust for commercial use. The mushroom has cultural significance in some Chinese cultures.
3. Orange moss agaric
The uniquely tiny cap of the orange moss agaric (Rickenella fibula) erupts from tufts of moss in dense woodlands. It is easy to overlook this delicate little mushroom, as the cap barely grows to be 1 cm across! They are most commonly seen after spring rain showers and thrive in damp conditions.
4. Split gill
Split gill(Schizophyllum commune) can be found across the globe. Uniquely, it is the only mushroom species known to display the capability to retract by movement. It is considered inedible, although not necessarily toxic. Furthermore, it is not recommended to smell this species, as the spores are capable of sprouting and growing in nasal passages.
5. Lantern stinkhorn
Distinctive even among the outlandish varieties of the stinkhorn family, the lantern stinkhorn (Lysurus mokusin) bursts from the ground with a squared, flat-sided stem that’s ribbed like a churro. Atop this stipe is a hollow claw, like a hand with all its fingertips pressed together. The inside surface of this claw is coated with sticky, stinky goo meant to attract insects that will spread its spores.
6. Phallus rugulosus
7. Stinky squid
Stinky squid is known for the foul-smelling slime that it is coated in during its growing period. This mushroom is easy to spot in woods and urban areas due to its red, elongated arms that resemble a squid’s tentacles, giving the mushroom its name "stinky squid."
8. Foetid parachute
9. Golovinomyces orontii
10. Cerrena zonata
Cerrena zonata appears as a scallop-edged bracket fungus on the sides of dead logs, and can also completely coat the underside in a flat sheet. It causes a white rot, and is distributed around much of the southern hemisphere and East Asia.
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