Lookalikes, compared
67 pairs of species in this game that get mistaken for one another, each with both sets of photographs and what the data records about them. The deadlier of the two is listed first.
None of these pages can tell you a mushroom is safe to eat. They exist because knowing which species get confused is interesting, not because a table can settle it.
Agaricus arvensis vs Agaricus campestrisHorse Mushroom vs Field MushroomEdibleAgaricus xanthodermus vs Agaricus arvensisYellow Stainer vs Horse MushroomPoisonousAgaricus xanthodermus vs Agaricus campestrisYellow Stainer vs Field MushroomPoisonousAmanita gemmata vs Amanita muscariaGemmed Amanita vs Fly AgaricPoisonousAmanita gemmata vs Amanita pantherinaGemmed Amanita vs Panther CapPoisonousAmanita muscaria vs Amanita pantherinaFly Agaric vs Panther CapPoisonousAmanita phalloides vs Agaricus arvensisDeath Cap vs Horse MushroomPoisonousAmanita phalloides vs Agaricus campestrisDeath Cap vs Field MushroomPoisonousAmanita phalloides vs Amanita virosaDeath Cap vs Destroying AngelPoisonousAmanita phalloides vs Russula cyanoxanthaDeath Cap vs Charcoal BurnerPoisonousAmanita smithiana vs Tricholoma matsutakeSmith's Amanita vs MatsutakePoisonousAmanita virosa vs Agaricus arvensisDestroying Angel vs Horse MushroomPoisonousAmanita virosa vs Macrolepiota proceraDestroying Angel vs Parasol MushroomPoisonousArmillaria mellea vs Kuehneromyces mutabilisHoney Fungus vs Sheathed WoodtuftEdibleBjerkandera adusta vs Trametes versicolorSmoky Bracket vs Turkey TailInedible / unclearBoletus edulis vs Boletus pinophilusPenny Bun / Porcini vs Pine BoleteEdibleBoletus edulis vs Imleria badiaPenny Bun / Porcini vs Bay BoleteEdibleBoletus edulis vs Leccinum scabrumPenny Bun / Porcini vs Birch BoleteEdibleBoletus pinophilus vs Imleria badiaPine Bolete vs Bay BoleteEdibleCalocera viscosa vs Tremella mesentericaYellow Stagshorn vs Yellow BrainInedible / unclearCantharellus cibarius vs Cantharellus pallensGolden Chanterelle vs Pale ChanterelleEdibleCantharellus cibarius vs Craterellus tubaeformisGolden Chanterelle vs YellowfootEdibleCantharellus cibarius vs Hydnum repandumGolden Chanterelle vs Hedgehog MushroomEdibleChlorophyllum molybdites vs Macrolepiota proceraGreen-spored Parasol vs Parasol MushroomPoisonousChondrostereum purpureum vs Stereum hirsutumSilverleaf Fungus vs Hairy Curtain CrustInedible / unclearClathrus archeri vs Phallus impudicusDevil's Fingers vs Common StinkhornInedible / unclearClitocybe dealbata vs Clitocybe rivulosaIvory Funnel vs Fool's FunnelPoisonousClitocybe dealbata vs Marasmius oreadesIvory Funnel vs Fairy Ring ChampignonPoisonousClitocybe rivulosa vs Marasmius oreadesFool's Funnel vs Fairy Ring ChampignonPoisonousConocybe filaris vs Pholiotina rugosaFool's Conecap vs Wrinkled ConecapPoisonousCortinarius orellanus vs Cortinarius rubellusFool's Webcap vs Deadly WebcapPoisonousCortinarius rubellus vs Cantharellus cibariusDeadly Webcap vs Golden ChanterellePoisonousCraterellus cornucopioides vs Craterellus tubaeformisHorn of Plenty vs YellowfootEdibleEntoloma sinuatum vs Agaricus arvensisLivid Entoloma vs Horse MushroomPoisonousEntoloma sinuatum vs Agaricus campestrisLivid Entoloma vs Field MushroomPoisonousFomes fomentarius vs Fomitopsis betulinaTinder Fungus vs Birch PolyporeInedible / unclearFomes fomentarius vs Ganoderma applanatumTinder Fungus vs Artist's BracketInedible / unclearFomitopsis betulina vs Piptoporus quercinusBirch Polypore vs Oak PolyporeInedible / unclearGalerina marginata vs Armillaria melleaFuneral Bell vs Honey FungusPoisonousGalerina marginata vs Flammulina velutipesFuneral Bell vs Velvet Shank / EnokiPoisonousGalerina marginata vs Kuehneromyces mutabilisFuneral Bell vs Sheathed WoodtuftPoisonousGalerina marginata vs Pholiotina rugosaFuneral Bell vs Wrinkled ConecapPoisonousGanoderma applanatum vs Ganoderma lucidumArtist's Bracket vs Reishi / LingzhiInedible / unclearGyromitra esculenta vs Morchella elataFalse Morel vs Black MorelPoisonousGyromitra esculenta vs Morchella esculentaFalse Morel vs Common MorelPoisonousHypholoma capnoides vs Kuehneromyces mutabilisConifer Tuft vs Sheathed WoodtuftEdibleHypholoma fasciculare vs Armillaria melleaSulphur Tuft vs Honey FungusPoisonousHypholoma fasciculare vs Hypholoma capnoidesSulphur Tuft vs Conifer TuftPoisonousHypholoma fasciculare vs Kuehneromyces mutabilisSulphur Tuft vs Sheathed WoodtuftPoisonousInocybe erubescens vs Agaricus campestrisDeadly Fibrecap vs Field MushroomPoisonousInocybe erubescens vs Marasmius oreadesDeadly Fibrecap vs Fairy Ring ChampignonPoisonousLepiota brunneoincarnata vs Agaricus campestrisDeadly Dapperling vs Field MushroomPoisonousLepiota brunneoincarnata vs Macrolepiota proceraDeadly Dapperling vs Parasol MushroomPoisonousLycoperdon perlatum vs Calvatia giganteaCommon Puffball vs Giant PuffballInedible / unclearMorchella elata vs Morchella esculentaBlack Morel vs Common MorelEdibleMycena pura vs Lepista nudaLilac Bonnet vs Wood BlewitPoisonousOmphalotus olearius vs Cantharellus cibariusJack-o'-Lantern vs Golden ChanterellePoisonousOmphalotus olearius vs Cantharellus pallensJack-o'-Lantern vs Pale ChanterellePoisonousOmphalotus olearius vs Pleurotus ostreatusJack-o'-Lantern vs Oyster MushroomPoisonousPycnoporus cinnabarinus vs Trametes versicolorCinnabar Bracket vs Turkey TailInedible / unclearRamaria formosa vs Calocera viscosaBeautiful Clavaria vs Yellow StagshornPoisonousRubroboletus satanas vs Boletus edulisDevil's Bolete vs Penny Bun / PorciniPoisonousRubroboletus satanas vs Imleria badiaDevil's Bolete vs Bay BoletePoisonousRussula emetica vs Russula cyanoxanthaThe Sickener vs Charcoal BurnerPoisonousScleroderma citrinum vs Calvatia giganteaCommon Earthball vs Giant PuffballPoisonousScleroderma citrinum vs Lycoperdon perlatumCommon Earthball vs Common PuffballPoisonousStereum hirsutum vs Trametes versicolorHairy Curtain Crust vs Turkey TailInedible / unclear
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