Button

The most common type of mushroom in the U.S., button mushrooms are related to cremini and portabellos; the difference is their age. Think of buttons as the youngsters, cremini as a teenager, and portabellos as an adult. For a delicious side dish, sauté button mushrooms in butter and thyme with a splash of white wine.

Crimini

Another form of agaricus bisporus—cremini mushrooms (also known as baby bellas) are just an older version of the button mushroom. Because of their age, they are a bit browner and firmer, which means they're great for soups and stews as they maintain some texture when cooked.

Portabello

A type of agaricus bisporus, the portobello is the oldest variety of the three featured here. While they were once only imported from Italy, they now grow all over the United States. Thanks to their large size and meaty flavor, they can be swapped in for meat on pretty much anything—sandwiches, pizza, pasta sauces, omelettes, and more!

Maitake

The grifola frondosa species is also known as "hen-of-the-woods," "ram's head," and "sheep's head." Popular for centuries in Japanese and Chinese cuisine, the maitake generally grows at the base of oak trees. Add them to pizza or ramen for a hearty meat alternative.

Liberty Cap

Psilocybe, the genus name, means 'smooth head' - a reference to the silkily mooth, scaleless surface of caps of these grassland mushrooms. The specific epitet semilanceata comes from semi- meaning 'half'and -lanceata which means 'spear-shaped'. Some of these little mushrooms do indeed look like spears, although many have wiggly stems uncharacteristic of spear shafts.

B+

The B+ magic mushroom is a Psilocybe cubensis, a species of psychedelic mushroom. It's main active elements are psilocybin and psilocin. The p. cubensis species is the most known psilocybin mushroom. Their status is established because p. cubensis are widely distributed and very easy to cultivate.

Golden Teacher

Psilocybe cubensis Golden Teacher is a strain of magic mushroom that grows in the wild in many parts of the world. It is one of the most popular magic mushrooms in the world. It is a very potent mushroom with a high psilocybin content. The Golden Teacher is a very popular strain of magic mushroom. It is a very potent mushroom with a high psilocybin content.

Laughing Gym

Gymnopilus junonius is a type of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. Commonly known as the spectacular rustgill, this large orange mushroom is typically found growing on tree stumps, logs, or tree bases. Some subspecies of this mushroom contain the neurotoxic oligoisoprenoid gymnopilin.