The Collection
FUNGI FILES
One dossier per mushroom. Crack one open for how the species behaves, how it’s grown, what to do with it in a pan, and what the research does — and doesn’t — actually show. Some files are still being compiled; the rest are yours now.
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File 001
Natural cluster of blue oyster mushrooms photographed with raking side light on a dark backdrop, showing the blue-grey bloom on young caps and the overlapping shelf habit.
File 001
Available nowBlue Oyster
Pleurotus ostreatus
Slate-blue young caps, fast wood decay, and a kitchen favourite.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
- Research
File 002
Single mature lion's mane fruit body on a dark backdrop, side lit to catch every icicle-like spine.
File 002
Available nowLion's Mane
Hericium erinaceus
No gills — just a cascade of teeth, and a texture cooks adore.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Research
File 003
Three king oysters standing upright, one sliced into thick medallions to show the dense white flesh.
File 003
Available nowKing Oyster
Pleurotus eryngii
The oyster that skipped frilly and went straight to thick, meaty stem.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
File 004
Dense shelf of pearl oysters growing from a filter-patch bag, three-quarter angle showing gills running down the stem.
File 004
Available nowPearl Oyster
Pleurotus ostreatus
The oyster everyone pictures — and the one that shares a name with File 001.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
File 005
Vivid pink oyster cluster backlit so the thin caps glow, dark background for contrast.
File 005
Available nowPink Oyster
Pleurotus djamor
Startling flamingo pink, warm-weather habits, and in a hurry to grow.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
File 006
Golden oyster bouquet from above, showing the branching stem structure beneath the yellow caps.
File 006
Available nowGolden Oyster
Pleurotus citrinopileatus
Bouquets of egg-yolk yellow caps on slender stems.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
File 007
Tight chestnut mushroom cluster with the characteristic shiny, slightly scaly caps, close focus on cap texture.
File 007
Available nowChestnut Mushroom
Pholiota adiposa
A tiny woodland village of brown caps — firm, crisp, and worth the patience.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
File 008
Bundle of cultivated white enoki in a collared container, side lit to show the long even stems.
File 008
Available nowEnoki
Flammulina filiformis
The mushroom world's greatest before-and-after photo — and a food-safety lesson.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
File 009
Mature shiitake on a sawdust block, showing the cracked cap surface and pale gills.
File 009
Available nowShiitake
Lentinula edodes
Deep umami, hardwood patience, and a block that browns before it fruits.
- Culinary
- Cultivation
- Ecology
- Research
File 010
Mature reishi bracket with deep red-brown varnished cap and white growing margin, photographed against a dark backdrop with soft side light.
File 010
Coming soonReishi
Ganoderma lingzhi
The shiny red-lacquered bracket of legend — a broad common name wrapped around a genuinely tangled Ganoderma family tree.
- Cultivation
- Ecology
- Research
File 011
Overlapping turkey tail brackets on a fallen log, top-down angle showing the concentric colour zones and fine velvety texture.
File 011
Coming soonTurkey Tail
Trametes versicolor
The forest's most convincing fanned-out tail feathers — thin, zoned, everywhere, and the star of a lot of very careful research.
- Ecology
- Research