Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's guide to wild edible mushrooms and fungi. As this recipe site has grown it has become necessary to split out and make more readily accessible various sub-sections of the site. The number of mushroom and fungi described on this site has not grown large enough that they warrant their own page, as well as being described amongst the other wild foods on the site. These pages are an attempt at bringing all links to the fungi described here into one place. To use this guide simply click on the image or the name of the fungus described below. This will take you through to a page describing the mushroom/fungus and which also provides links on this site to recipes describing the means of preparation of that mushroom or fungus.

Mushrooms and fungi refers to the third kingdom of multicellular life (mushrooms are not animals or plants). A fungus (pl.: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and moulds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems.

This page focusses on edible fungal species. Enjoy...

This page is a continuation of the list of Mushroom-based recipes held on the FabulousFusionFood site. If you are specifically looking for this site's list of and guide to edible mushrooms then please go back to the First Page of the Mushroom Recipes entry on this site.