Welcome to Mushroom World

Step into the fascinating world of mushrooms with Mushroom World - your go-to resource for fungi information. Our site is a comprehensive resource offering information and stunning images of mushrooms mainly found in Europe and North America.

Since there are thousands of known species of mushrooms, we have tried to limit those we list to the most common ones. New species are also continuously added to the site.

So come on in and explore the wonders of mushrooms with us. We hope you find our site informative, inspiring, and a valuable resource on your journey of mushroom discovery.

Below is an overview of the main features and functionalities of our site.

Browse the database

You can browse the database from the alphabetical list or search the database based on mushroom names or properties.

Help identify a mushroom

If you know the characteristics of a mushroom but need help identifying it, try using our mushroom identification helper. It is a tool designed to assist you in identifying mushrooms that you may come across.

If this site cannot help you, we recommend mushroomobserver.org, a community site for mushroom identification. There are also many Facebook groups for mushroom identification, like the public Mushroom Identification group.

Identification Quiz

We have also created a quiz where you can test your fungi identification knowledge. You can repeat the quiz as many times as you want, each time with new questions.

Upload mushroom pictures

If you have pictures of mushrooms you would like to have included on our site, please use the upload form to upload these files and we will see if we can include them.

Today's Mushroom

Today's mushroom is Amanita regalis (Royal Fly Agaric). It grows in Europe.

Dimensions: Cap 5-10 cm diameter, stem 6-12 cm tall * 1.5-2.5 cm thick

Description: Amanita regalis, commonly known as the Royal Fly Agaric, is a medium to large agaric with a brown, fleshy cap featuring patches. It has white gills, a ring, and a basal bulb. This mushroom typically grows solitarily or scattered on the forest floor in mixed woods.

Cap initially egg-shaped, then becomes convex and eventually flattens out. It is smooth and slightly greasy in damp conditions, and is glossy brown. The cap usually retains irregular whitish-grey fragments of the universal veil. The flesh is white firm and medium. Gills crowded close together, free from attachment to the stem, and white with a creamy yellow tinge. Stem white, smooth, lined above the ring. The ring is large white and fairly firm, superior. Spore print white.

Microscopic Features: The spores are broadly ellipsoidal, measuring 8-10 μm in length and 6-7 μm in width. They are inamyloid.

Amanita regalis on the www.first-nature.com web site.

This site contains no information about the edibility or toxicity of the mushroom.

If you are interested in this mushroom, look it up in our database. You can find more detailed pictures there.

Many mushrooms are poisonous and some are lethally poisonous. It can be very difficult to distinguish between an edible and a poisonous mushroom. Because of that, we strongly advise against consuming wild mushrooms, and this site does not contain any information about the edibility or toxicity of mushrooms.

Although efforts have been made to ensure accuracy on this website, the information may contain errors and omissions. Therefore, the information presented here is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as any basis for consuming any plants or mushrooms.