Your pocket field guide to the trail
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Mushrooms and wildflowers of Tennessee, with real photos and honest safety notes.
24 mushrooms · 25 wildflowers
Photo: Bear's Head Tooth, iNaturalist contributor (CC0)
Out on the trail in October
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RareBear's Head Tooth
Hericium americanum
Choice edible
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RareGiant Puffball
Calvatia gigantea
Edible
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Harder to findHen of the Woods
Grifola frondosa
Choice edible
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RareSaccate Earthstar
Geastrum saccatum
Not edible
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RareRuth's Golden Aster
Pityopsis ruthii
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Harder to findCauliflower Mushroom
Sparassis americana
Choice edible
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Harder to findFly Agaric
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii
Poisonous
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CommonLion's Mane
Hericium erinaceus
Choice edible
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RareLobster Mushroom
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Edible
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Harder to findDestroying Angel
Amanita bisporigera
DEADLY
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