Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungous life forms . Often the kingdom Fungi is a large , spreading mass growing underground or through the forest of a tree , stump or descend log . The mushroom is merely gadget the fungal life pattern sends forth to distribute its spores to broadcast new fungous physical structure . Most mushrooms develop in conjunction with specific forest consideration ; some turn on and around deciduous trees , others on and around conifers , and others require mixed forests .
King Bolete
The King Bolete , also called a cep ( Boletus edulis ) , is a popular edible mushroom cloud pull together for home habit and market in much of the United States . According to the Oregon State University Extension , the King Bolete grows at the base and amongst the roots of coniferous tree trees and is fertile throughout the northwest . However , the King Bolete can be confused with other poisonous variety of the bolete mushroom sept , so mushroom selector should work out caution and be sealed of their recognition of this mushroom . The King Bolete is brown , with a thick prow and heavyset rounded cap , growing to several inches high . Some states need that mushroomers picking King Boletes for sales agreement or grocery store obtain a licence , and of trend landowner ' permission is also required for all mushroom-shaped cloud collection .
Angel Wings
Angel wings ( Pleurocybella porrigens ) is a soft , bright lily-white shelf mushroom which farm abundantly on rot conifer log . According to the Evergreen State College , angel wing are edible with an interesting flavor , and because of their distinct pure blank appearance and circumscribed growing environs , they should be reasonably easily identify by most experienced mushroomers ; however , some fatal poisonings have been report when citizenry with weakened wellness consumed large quantity of angel fender , so work out caution if eat up this mushroom , or simply enjoy its ethereal beauty in the woods .
Witches Butter
The orange tree jelly , or orange witches butter ( Dacrymyces palmatus ) grows in dense clump on decaying conifer woods and can be found in moist winter fern and true pine woods from May through December , according to a Messiah College template to fungi on Sir Henry Joseph Wood . Jelly fungi , like beldam butter , grow into a muggy , wretched look gelatinous mass . A small point of growth connects the witches butter to the inherent tree diagram , and distinctive white cob - web like mycelium ring the point of attachment . Despite the rather unappetizing appearing , beldame butter is a prized edible dainty by many mushroom collectors and is often saute in butter and do with egg and toast .
