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6 Characteristics to avoid poisonous mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest

Click a characteristic to see poisonous mushrooms in the PNW that share it

Poisonous Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest

Beginners should avoid these 6 characteristics to steer clear of poisonous mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest while learning how to properly identify mushrooms that are safe to eat.

1. Growing on ground with whitish, blade-like gills

Lepiota castanea
Amanita_ocreata

Destroying Angel

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Lepiota_castanea

Petite Parasol

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Agaricus deardorffensis

Flat-Topped Agaricus

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Gills pinkish young, darken with age

Amanita smithiana

Smith's Amanita

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Inocybe geophylla

White Fiber Cap

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Gills darken with age

Amanita Phalloides

Death Cap

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Paxillus_involutus

Poison Pax

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Amanita muscaria

Fly Agaric

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Chlorophyllum molybdites

Green Spored Parasol

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Gills turn greenish with age

Inocybe whitei

Blushing Fiber Cap

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Gills darken with age

Lepiota subincarnata

Deadly Parasol

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Agaricus_hondensis

Felt-Ringed Agaricus

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Gills pinken with age

Amanita pantherinoides

Western Panther

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Hebeloma velutipes

Velvet Foot Hebeloma

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Gills darken with age

Russula emetica

Sickener Russula

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Chlorophyllum molybdites

2. Yellow/orange with blade-like gills

Hypholoma fasciculare

Sulphur Tuft

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Wanted poster on white background_edited

Cartilage-Top Fibrecap

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Omphalotus olivascens mushrooms

Jack O'Lantern

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3. Little brown caps

Galerina_marginata

Deadly Galerina

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Conocybe_rugosa

Deadly Conocybe

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4. Lobbed or brain-like caps

Cudonia circinans mushroom

Cudonia circinans

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Gyromitra esculenta mushroom

False Morel

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5. Pores that are or stain reddish

Boletus_pulcherrimus

Often called Satan's Bolete

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Hapalopilus rutilans mushrooms

Cinnamon Bracket

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6. Black center

Scleroderma bovista

Potato Earthball

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