33 comparisons
Mushroom look-alikes: how to tell edible from poisonous
Most serious poisonings come from mistaking a familiar mushroom for its poisonous look-alike. Here we compare the pairs that most often end up in the basket together.
- Black morel or False morelDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Blusher or Panther capDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Common morel or False morelDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Common puffball or Death capDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Fairy ring champignon or Fool's funnelPoisonous high risk of confusion
- Field mushroom or Death capDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Field mushroom or Destroying angelDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Green brittlegill or Death capDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Honey fungus or Funeral bellDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Honey fungus or Sulphur tuftPoisonous high risk of confusion
- Parasol mushroom or Deadly dapperlingDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Parasol mushroom or Death capDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Parasol mushroom or Panther capDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Saffron milkcap or Brown roll-rimPoisonous high risk of confusion
- Saffron milkcap or Woolly milkcapPoisonous high risk of confusion
- Sheathed woodtuft or Funeral bellDeadly poisonous high risk of confusion
- Common puffball or Common earthballPoisonous medium risk
- False saffron milkcap or Woolly milkcapPoisonous medium risk
- Field mushroom or Yellow stainerPoisonous medium risk
- Gypsy mushroom or Deadly fibrecapDeadly poisonous medium risk
- Gypsy mushroom or Fool's webcapDeadly poisonous medium risk
- Parasol mushroom or Shaggy parasolPoisonous medium risk
- Scarletina bolete or Devil's boletePoisonous medium risk
- Sheathed woodtuft or Sulphur tuftPoisonous medium risk
- Sooty head or Tiger tricholomaPoisonous medium risk
- Wood blewit or Fool's webcapDeadly poisonous medium risk
- Cornflower bolete or Devil's boletePoisonous low risk
- Field mushroom or Deadly fibrecapDeadly poisonous low risk
- Giant puffball or Common earthballPoisonous low risk
- Giant puffball or Death capDeadly poisonous low risk
- Gypsy mushroom or Death capDeadly poisonous low risk
- Porcini or Devil's boletePoisonous low risk
- Sooty head or Yellow knightPoisonous low risk
Safety rule
Never eat a mushroom identified only from a website, a photo or an app. Show any doubtful specimen to a certified mushroom inspector at the sanepid (state sanitary inspection); in season the advice points are free. Do not give wild-picked mushrooms to children.
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