Different types of Mushrooms/Fungi There are many different kinds of mushrooms. One of the most common of them are Pleurotus Ostreatus (oyster mushroom), Pleurotus eryngii (King Oyster), Agaricus subrufescens (almond mushroom), hypsizygus ulmarius (white elm mushroom or elm oyster), Hypsizygus tessulatus (shimeji), Coprinus comatus (shaggy mane), Lentinula edodes (shiitake), Hericium erinaceus (Lios’ Mane), and Grifola Frondosa (maitake). Out of these, the most commonly grown are Sporophores which are chiefly in the agaric family (Agaricaeae). These are the kind that grow in your yard-in the grass/forest-outside along the barks of trees. There are over three thousand different types of mushrooms growing in North America alone. Some are very common, but many are found only rarely in special habitats. MyceliaMushroom mycelia may live hundreds of years or die in a few months, depending on the available food supply. As long as nourishment is available and temperature and moistures are suitable, a mycelium will produce a new crop of Sporophores each year during its fruiting season. Fruiting bodies of some mushrooms occur in acs or rings called fairy rings. The myscelium starts from a spore falling in a favorable spot and producing strands (hypahe) that growing all directions, eventually forming a circular mat of underground hyphal threads.PolyporesPolypores usually grow on living or dead trees, sometimes in destructive pests, or in somewhat damp areas. Many of them renew growth each year and thus produce annual growth layers by which their age can be estimated. Examples include the dryad’s saddle, the beefsteak fungus, the sulfur fungus, and species of the genera Fomes and Trametes. Poisonous MushroomsPoisonous mushrooms may be very harmful to your health. This is why can be very important not to pick ordinary mushrooms out of the wild and eat them. Also called toadstool poisoning, toxic, sometimes fatal, effect ...
