Top 20 Edible Mushrooms Popular in Ibiza

1. Bloody milk cap

Bloody milk cap (Lactarius sanguifluus) has a distinctive appearance with its pale exterior but a deep blood-red interior, for which it is named. This mushroom can be found in pine forests where it grows in a mycorrhizal relationship with the trees. Bloody milk cap is known to accumulate large quantities of toxic heavy metals.

2. Blushing beard truffle

3. Meadow mushroom

The meadow mushroom grows in meadows and pastures around the world—especially those rich in manure—when the weather is warm and wet. They are known to appear in “fairy ring” shapes. Originally identified in Europe, it is possible that North American specimens identified as meadow mushrooms may genetically belong to other species.

4. The princess

5. Yellow false truffle

The yellow false truffle (Rhizopogon luteolus) may be vaguely truffle-like in appearance, but it's easy to distinguish this species from true truffles. The large and lumpy fruiting body of the yellow false truffle is usually exposed, sitting atop soil or leaf litter, whereas true truffles are almost always buried underground. The yellow false truffle has a spongey white body, much like a puffball, and a subdued yellow exterior. The species is not considered to be edible.

6. Lurid bolete

Once considered a member of the Boletus genus, the lurid bolete is a mushroom that is best avoided. Inexperienced mushroom hunters could easily confuse it with the severely poisonous European species Satan's bolete (Rubroboletus satanas) or its North American cousin Rubroboletus eastwoodiae. When cut, the stem of this bolete goes dark blue. Its smell is a bit sour.

7. Pale bolete

8. Blewit

The blewit mushroom grows in fallen leaves in autumn and winter, sometimes appearing in ‘fairy ring’ circles. It can be used to make a green dye when chopped and boiled in an iron pot. The scientific name, Lepista nuda, derives from Latin words meaning “bare goblet,” a reference to the shape and texture of the mushroom.

9. Yellow morel

The yellow morel (Morchella esculenta) is one of the most iconic and sought-after species of edible mushrooms. It is often one of the first species that novice mushroom gatherers will hunt for. Yellow morels have elongated caps that are "honeycombed", being filled with roughly polygonal holes. Splitting them down the middle reveals them to be hollow on the inside, a key feature that distinguishes them from toxic false morels. Experts recommend cooking or boiling this mushroom before consumption, as raw morels may cause an upset stomach.

10. Truffle

11. Vinegar cup

The vinegar cup (Helvella acetabulum) forms fruitbodies in the shape of vases or chalices with deeply convex caps. Its distinguishing feature is the way the stem’s ribs extend all the way up the sides of the “cup,” in some specimens resembling the folds of cabbage leaves. Common name aside, it is not considered edible.

12. Button mushroom

Most of the mushrooms sold in supermarkets in the US are cultivated forms of the button mushroom. The white variants are sold as "button mushrooms", the brown as "cremini" or "baby bellas", and full-grown caps as "portobellas." They occur quite infrequently in the wild, in grassy fields around the Northern Hemisphere.

13. Blue band brittlegill

14. Saffron ringless amanita

The saffron ringless amanita displays a orange-hued head. This coloring and the lack of a veil around its cap have given the fungus its name, saffron ringless amanita. This mushroom can be found in European hardwood forests from summer to fall. It has a sweet scent and, depending on location, can grow either in small or large groups.

15. Sordid blewit

The sordid blewit is a beautiful and attractive mushroom of the northern temperate zones around the world. The flesh is pink or purple when young, and it turns brownish as the mushroom matures. It forms so-called fairy rings. Although the sordid blewit is easily identified, inexperienced mushroom hunters can confuse it for certain Clitocybe species.

16. Hare's ear

Hare's ear is a fungus most commonly associated with beech forests. Finding them is made easier by their habit of appearing right along the edges of woodland footpaths. The specific epithet, onotica, translates from Greek to mean "Donkey ear," which is another common name for the Hare's ear fungus.

17. Torq

The torq (Agaricus bitorquis) is a white-capped agaric that bears a resemblance to, and is closely related to, the commonly-eaten button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). This hardy, generalist species does well even in urban environments - their white fruiting bodies can be seen poking up through woodchips, mulch, sidewalk cracks, and even asphalt.

18. Orange peel fungus

The aptly-titled orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) forms fruitbodies that strongly resemble peeled-off rinds of oranges. The species has an irregular folded shape and boasts a bright orange hue. Orange peel fungus usually grows directly out of soil and can be found across temperate regions of North America, Europe, and a few parts of Chile.

19. Red cracking bolete

The red cracking bolete mushroom is considered difficult to accurately identify, due to its similarity in many ways to others of its genus. It seems to occur only rarely around the northern hemisphere, but it may have been misclassified in some sources. In spite of the name, the surface of the red cracking bolete's cap only rarely appears "cracked."

20. Copper spike

A European fungus, the copper spike is is visually almost indistinguishable from its North American counterpart - Chroogomphus ochraceus, although molecular studies have shown that these two are different species. Its cap becomes slimy when wet, hence the common name. The cap color is highly variable and it can range from yellowish, to orange, purplish, reddish, and brown.

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