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Beginner-friendly species

Cluster of wild Flammulina velutipes (winter mushroom) with bright orange-brown caps and pale gills visible, fruiting on a dark hardwood stump

Enoki

Flammulina filiformis / Flammulina velutipes

Easy 7–14 days Culinary + Medicinal
Two mature king stropharia mushrooms with upturned burgundy caps revealing deep purple-grey gills and the distinctive thick rings on their pale stems, growing in a hardwood woodchip bed

King Stropharia

Stropharia rugosoannulata

5–10 days Culinary + Medicinal
Cluster of lion's mane mushrooms with dense white icicle-like teeth in a wooden farmer's market crate

Lion's Mane

Hericium erinaceus

Easy 7–14 days Culinary + Medicinal

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