{
 "title": "Mushroom lookalike pairs with field checks",
 "description": "Dangerous and harmless lookalikes for each guide, the field check that separates them, and whether the lookalike lists the species back. Severity words are the ones printed on each guide page and are not yet uniform across pairs, so read both pages of a pair. This is study material, not an edibility judgement.",
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "attribution": "World Mushroom Foraging (Mushroom Forage Map), https://worldmushroomforaging.org",
 "notice": "A map observation is not an identification. Never eat a wild mushroom based on this data.",
 "notes": "Written by the World Mushroom Foraging field desk with cited sources on each species page. Independent expert review is pending.",
 "snapshot": "2026-09-27",
 "rows": [
  {
   "species_slug": "morel",
   "species_name": "Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "False Morel",
   "lookalike_slug": "false-morel",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "False morels have folded, brain-like lobes and a chambered or cottony interior instead of one clean hollow chamber.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10948192/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58682",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "morel",
   "species_name": "Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "Verpa bohemica",
   "lookalike_slug": "early-false-morel",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Its cap hangs from the very top of the stem like a thimble rather than joining along the lower edge.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10948192/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58682",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "king-bolete",
   "species_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tylopilus felleus develops pink-flushed pores and coarse dark netting; its intense bitterness ruins a meal.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48701",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/king-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "king-bolete",
   "species_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-pored boletes",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Red or orange pores and strong blue staining are a stop sign for beginners, not a feature to dismiss.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48701",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/king-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "rainbow-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Rainbow Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "False Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "false-chanterelle",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca has thin, crowded, blade-like true gills and is orange through the flesh.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/499666",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/rainbow-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "rainbow-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Rainbow Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Omphalotus forms dense clusters on wood and has sharp true gills; chanterelles grow separately from soil.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/499666",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/rainbow-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "rainbow-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Rainbow Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Woolly Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "sickener",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Turbinellus floccosus has a scaly orange vase shape and can cause gastrointestinal illness.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/499666",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/rainbow-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "lobster-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Lobster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Old lobster mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Soft texture, purple discoloration, or a fishy odor indicate deterioration rather than a fresh specimen.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48215 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hypomyces_lactifluorum.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/lobster-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "lobster-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Lobster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Unparasitized Russula or Lactarius",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Without the hard, finely pimpled red-orange crust, the host must be identified on its own merits.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48215 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hypomyces_lactifluorum.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/lobster-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "oyster-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Oyster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Angel Wings",
   "lookalike_slug": "angel-wings",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Pleurocybella porrigens is thinner, stemless, and grows on conifer wood; avoid it.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48494 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/pleurotus_ostreatus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/oyster-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "oyster-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Oyster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns are orange and grow in dense clusters; oyster mushrooms are never bright orange.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48494 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/pleurotus_ostreatus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/oyster-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "oyster-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Oyster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Crepidotus species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "These are often smaller and produce a brown spore print rather than a pale one.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48494 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/pleurotus_ostreatus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/oyster-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shaggy-mane",
   "species_name": "Shaggy Mane",
   "lookalike_name": "Common Inky Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "sickener",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Coprinopsis atramentaria is smooth and gray-brown, without shaggy scales, and can trigger an alcohol reaction.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47392 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_comatus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shaggy-mane"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shaggy-mane",
   "species_name": "Shaggy Mane",
   "lookalike_name": "Green-spored Parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "green-spored-parasol",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "It develops a parasol shape, never dissolves into ink, and produces a green spore print.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47392 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_comatus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shaggy-mane"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shaggy-mane",
   "species_name": "Shaggy Mane",
   "lookalike_name": "Amanita button",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Slice young specimens vertically; any hidden cap, gills, stem, or volva means it is not a shaggy mane.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47392 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/coprinus_comatus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shaggy-mane"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "gem-studded-puffball",
   "species_name": "Gem-studded Puffball",
   "lookalike_name": "Amanita button",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A vertical slice reveals a developing cap, gills, and stem instead of featureless white flesh.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48443",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/gem-studded-puffball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "gem-studded-puffball",
   "species_name": "Gem-studded Puffball",
   "lookalike_name": "Earthball",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Scleroderma species have a tough rind and a firm purple-black interior rather than a homogeneous white center.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48443",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/gem-studded-puffball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "gem-studded-puffball",
   "species_name": "Gem-studded Puffball",
   "lookalike_name": "Mature puffball",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "sickener",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Yellow, olive, or powdery flesh means the specimen is past the edible stage.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48443",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/gem-studded-puffball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "hedgehog-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Hedgehog Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Hydnum species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Smaller or dimpled relatives share the soft underside teeth and are generally treated similarly, though names vary by region.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/hedgehog-mushroom https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48641",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/hedgehog-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "hedgehog-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Hedgehog Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Scaly Hedgehog",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Sarcodon species have large dark scales and can be intensely bitter.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/hedgehog-mushroom https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48641",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/hedgehog-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "hedgehog-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Hedgehog Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Hydnellum species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "These toothed fungi are woody or corky rather than brittle and tender.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/hedgehog-mushroom https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48641",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/hedgehog-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "lions-mane",
   "species_name": "Lion's Mane",
   "lookalike_name": "Bear's Head Tooth",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hericium americanum branches repeatedly before producing long teeth; it is an edible relative.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/ratings/lions-mane https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675414/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49158",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/lions-mane"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "lions-mane",
   "species_name": "Lion's Mane",
   "lookalike_name": "Coral Tooth",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hericium coralloides forms a delicate branching coral with shorter comb-like teeth.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/ratings/lions-mane https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10675414/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49158",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/lions-mane"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fly-agaric",
   "species_name": "Fly Agaric",
   "lookalike_name": "Panther Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "panther-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita pantherina has a brown cap but causes a similar and often stronger poisoning syndrome.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.fda.gov/media/184512/download https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48715",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fly-agaric"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fly-agaric",
   "species_name": "Fly Agaric",
   "lookalike_name": "Rain-washed Amanita",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Rain can remove the white warts, so the ring, white gills, spore print, and basal structure still need examination.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.fda.gov/media/184512/download https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48715",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fly-agaric"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fly-agaric",
   "species_name": "Fly Agaric",
   "lookalike_name": "Russula species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Russulas lack both the skirt-like ring and the structured bulb at the stem base.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.fda.gov/media/184512/download https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48715",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fly-agaric"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "Young Puffball",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Slice vertically; an Amanita button reveals a tiny cap, gills, and stem inside rather than uniform white flesh.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125390",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Agaricus gills mature from pink to chocolate brown and produce a brown spore print; there is no volva.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125390",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "White Parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Dig up the entire base. A buried sack-like volva is the critical Amanita warning.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125390",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-morel",
   "species_name": "False Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "Morel",
   "lookalike_slug": "morel",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "True morels have regular pits and ridges and one clean hollow chamber from cap to base.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470580/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85120",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-morel",
   "species_name": "False Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "Snow Morels",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Other Gyromitra species vary in toxicity and are difficult to separate; regional expert review is needed.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470580/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85120",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-morel",
   "species_name": "False Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "Verpa species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Verpa caps attach only at the top of the stem and hang like a thimble.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470580/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85120",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "chicken-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Chicken of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns have true blade-like gills and separate stems; chicken of the woods has a pore surface and grows as shelves.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53713",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/chicken-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "chicken-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Chicken of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Berkeley's Polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bondarzewia berkeleyi forms a pale tan ground-level rosette rather than vivid orange and yellow shelves.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53713",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/chicken-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "chicken-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Chicken of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Black-staining Polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Meripilus fronds are gray-brown and bruise black, especially along handled edges.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53713",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/chicken-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "golden-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns grow in dense clusters from wood and have sharp, crowded true gills.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47347 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/cantharellus_cibarius.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/golden-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "golden-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "False Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "false-chanterelle",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca has thin, crowded, repeatedly forked gills and softer orange flesh.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47347 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/cantharellus_cibarius.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/golden-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "golden-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Rainbow Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "rainbow-chanterelle",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The western rainbow chanterelle may have a pinkish cap bloom and is associated with western conifers.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47347 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/cantharellus_cibarius.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/golden-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "giant-puffball",
   "species_name": "Giant Puffball",
   "lookalike_name": "Amanita button",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A vertical cut through an Amanita button reveals a developing cap, gills, and stem rather than featureless white flesh.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57692",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/giant-puffball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "giant-puffball",
   "species_name": "Giant Puffball",
   "lookalike_name": "Common Earthball",
   "lookalike_slug": "common-earthball",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Earthballs have a tough patterned rind and soon develop a dense purple-black center.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57692",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/giant-puffball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "giant-puffball",
   "species_name": "Giant Puffball",
   "lookalike_name": "Western Giant Puffball",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Calvatia booniana has a thick outer coat broken into polygonal plates and is a separate western species.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57692",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/giant-puffball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "hen-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Hen of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Black-staining Polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Meripilus fronds rapidly bruise gray to black when rubbed or cut.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53714",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/hen-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "hen-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Hen of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Berkeley's Polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bondarzewia berkeleyi makes fewer, much larger pale cream to tan caps.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53714",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/hen-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "hen-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Hen of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Umbrella Polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Polyporus umbellatus forms many round caps on distinct slender stems rather than overlapping spoon-shaped fronds.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53714",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/hen-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "turkey-tail",
   "species_name": "Turkey Tail",
   "lookalike_name": "False Turkey Tail",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Stereum species have a smooth underside without visible pores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54134",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/turkey-tail"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "turkey-tail",
   "species_name": "Turkey Tail",
   "lookalike_name": "Violet-toothed Polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Trichaptum develops violet tones and tiny teeth or split pores beneath the cap.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54134",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/turkey-tail"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "turkey-tail",
   "species_name": "Turkey Tail",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Trametes species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Thicker or mostly unbanded relatives may require pore measurements and microscopy.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54134",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/turkey-tail"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "western-matsutake",
   "species_name": "Western Matsutake",
   "lookalike_name": "Amanita smithiana",
   "lookalike_slug": "smiths-amanita",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "This white Amanita may have veil debris and a rooting or club-like base; confusion has caused delayed kidney failure.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/521711",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/western-matsutake"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "western-matsutake",
   "species_name": "Western Matsutake",
   "lookalike_name": "Catathelasma species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "These are similarly dense and ringed but have strongly decurrent gills and a different odor.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/521711",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/western-matsutake"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "western-matsutake",
   "species_name": "Western Matsutake",
   "lookalike_name": "Scaly Tricholoma species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Gray or brown Tricholoma can lack the characteristic firm white flesh and spicy cinnamon-like odor.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/521711",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/western-matsutake"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_slug": "destroying-angel",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Destroying angels retain white gills and white spores and rise from a sack-like volva at the buried base.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7868946/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143563",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/meadow-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Yellow Stainer",
   "lookalike_slug": "yellow-stainer",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Agaricus xanthodermus flashes chrome yellow, especially at the stem base, and often smells phenolic or medicinal.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7868946/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143563",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/meadow-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Green-spored Parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "green-spored-parasol",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Mature specimens develop gray-green gills and leave a green spore print rather than chocolate brown.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7868946/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143563",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/meadow-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "black-trumpet",
   "species_name": "Black Trumpet",
   "lookalike_name": "Devil's Urn",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Urnula craterium is a thicker spring cup with a dark scaly exterior and tough flesh rather than a thin wavy trumpet.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr309.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48607",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/black-trumpet"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "black-trumpet",
   "species_name": "Black Trumpet",
   "lookalike_name": "Pig's Ear",
   "lookalike_slug": "pigs-ear",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Gomphus species are fleshier, often violet or tan, and have a veined, ridged outer surface.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr309.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48607",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/black-trumpet"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "black-trumpet",
   "species_name": "Black Trumpet",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Craterellus species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Regional black trumpets may require geography and microscopy to separate from this Eurasian name.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr309.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48607",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/black-trumpet"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "saffron-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Saffron Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "False Saffron Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactarius deterrimus is associated with spruce and its orange latex reddens before staining green.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155197 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_deliciosus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/saffron-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "saffron-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Saffron Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Woolly Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "woolly-milk-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactarius torminosus has a woolly cap margin, pale to white acrid latex, and birch association.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155197 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_deliciosus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/saffron-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "saffron-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Saffron Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns grow in fused wood-based clusters and do not bleed colored latex when the gills are cut.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155197 https://www.mushroomexpert.com/lactarius_deliciosus.html",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/saffron-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "death-cap",
   "species_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Meadow mushroom gills mature pink to chocolate brown, its spores are brown, and its base has no volva.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10421264/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52135",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/death-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "death-cap",
   "species_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Paddy Straw Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Volvariella also has a volva but develops pink spores and lacks a stem ring; confusion has caused fatal poisonings.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10421264/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52135",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/death-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "death-cap",
   "species_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Green Russula species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Russulas have brittle flesh and no ring or volva, but cap color alone can overlap.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10421264/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52135",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/death-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "green-spored-parasol",
   "species_name": "Green-spored Parasol",
   "lookalike_name": "Shaggy Parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "shaggy-parasol",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chlorophyllum rhacodes has coarser shaggy scales, reddish bruising, and a white spore print, but the group still requires expertise.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117308",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/green-spored-parasol"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "green-spored-parasol",
   "species_name": "Green-spored Parasol",
   "lookalike_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Meadow mushrooms develop pink then chocolate gills and a chocolate-brown print.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117308",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/green-spored-parasol"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "green-spored-parasol",
   "species_name": "Green-spored Parasol",
   "lookalike_name": "Amanita species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Dig the entire stem base to check for a bulb or volva; white-gilled Amanita can overlap when young.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117308",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/green-spored-parasol"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "species_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_name": "Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "golden-chanterelle",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chanterelles arise separately from soil and have blunt fleshy ridges rather than thin blade-like gills.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126831",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/jack-o-lantern"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "species_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_name": "Rainbow Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "rainbow-chanterelle",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Rainbow chanterelles have solid pale flesh and forked ridges and are not fused in dense clusters from wood.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126831",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/jack-o-lantern"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "species_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_name": "Chicken of the Woods",
   "lookalike_slug": "chicken-of-the-woods",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chicken of the woods forms shelves with pores underneath and has no conventional stems or gills.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126831",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/jack-o-lantern"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "species_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_name": "Sheathed Woodtuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "sheathed-woodtuft",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Kuehneromyces mutabilis is dangerously similar and requires expert attention to cap, stem scales, and spore evidence.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/deadly-galerina https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154735",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-galerina"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "species_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_name": "Honey Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "honey-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Honey mushrooms are usually larger with pale spores; mixed clusters can still put a deadly Galerina in the same basket.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/deadly-galerina https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154735",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-galerina"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "species_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_name": "Mica Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "mica-cap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Coprinellus micaceus grows in dense clusters and develops black gills and spores rather than rusty brown ones.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/deadly-galerina https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154735",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-galerina"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-earthball",
   "species_name": "Common Earthball",
   "lookalike_name": "Giant Puffball",
   "lookalike_slug": "giant-puffball",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "An edible-stage puffball has a thinner skin and a completely uniform white interior.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11653814/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55927",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-earthball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-earthball",
   "species_name": "Common Earthball",
   "lookalike_name": "Gem-studded Puffball",
   "lookalike_slug": "gem-studded-puffball",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Gem-studded puffballs have detachable spines and homogeneous white flesh when young.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11653814/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55927",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-earthball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-earthball",
   "species_name": "Common Earthball",
   "lookalike_name": "Amanita button",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A vertical slice reveals a developing cap, gills, and stem inside an Amanita veil.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11653814/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55927",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-earthball"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-ink-cap",
   "species_name": "Common Ink Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Shaggy Mane",
   "lookalike_slug": "shaggy-mane",
   "severity": "toxic-confusion",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Shaggy manes have tall white cylindrical caps covered in lifted scales rather than smooth gray bells.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48521",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-ink-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-ink-cap",
   "species_name": "Common Ink Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Mica Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "mica-cap",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Coprinellus micaceus is smaller, honey brown, and often dusted with glitter-like veil granules when young.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48521",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-ink-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-ink-cap",
   "species_name": "Common Ink Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Ink Caps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Many species blacken or dissolve, and not all share the same alcohol interaction or edibility history.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48521",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-ink-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "rocky-mountain-porcini",
   "species_name": "Rocky Mountain Porcini",
   "lookalike_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "king-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The broad Boletus edulis concept overlaps in form, but geography, host, and DNA separate regional species.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/499696",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/rocky-mountain-porcini"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "rocky-mountain-porcini",
   "species_name": "Rocky Mountain Porcini",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tylopilus felleus develops pinkish pores and dark netting and has intensely bitter flesh.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/499696",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/rocky-mountain-porcini"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "rocky-mountain-porcini",
   "species_name": "Rocky Mountain Porcini",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-pored Boletes",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Red or orange pores and rapid blue staining move the specimen outside this porcini profile.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/499696",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/rocky-mountain-porcini"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "spring-king-bolete",
   "species_name": "Spring King Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "king-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Boletus edulis and related fall-fruiting species are extremely similar; season and region help separate them.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/438025",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/spring-king-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "spring-king-bolete",
   "species_name": "Spring King Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tylopilus species can show pink pores, darker netting, and a bitter taste that ruins a meal.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/438025",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/spring-king-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "spring-king-bolete",
   "species_name": "Spring King Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Blue-staining Boletes",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Rapid blue staining or red pores do not fit the spring king profile and require separate identification.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/438025",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/spring-king-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "aspen-bolete",
   "species_name": "Aspen Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Leccinum species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Host tree, cap color, staining, and microscopic traits separate similar scaber-stalk boletes.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122466",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/aspen-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "aspen-bolete",
   "species_name": "Aspen Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Rocky Mountain Porcini",
   "lookalike_slug": "rocky-mountain-porcini",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Porcini have net-like reticulation on the stem rather than separated dark scabers.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122466",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/aspen-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "aspen-bolete",
   "species_name": "Aspen Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Orange-capped Boletes",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Similar caps occur with birch and other hosts; the aspen association must be documented rather than assumed.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://namyco.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EdiblePoisonousReport20170914.pdf https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122466",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/aspen-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "reishi",
   "species_name": "Hemlock Reishi",
   "lookalike_name": "Artist's Conk",
   "lookalike_slug": "artists-conk",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Artist's conk has a dull, crusty gray-brown top with no varnish and grows for many years.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_tsugae https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63274 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a6e66025-7a87-4cd6-82ef-ec4514b3f8fb",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/reishi"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "reishi",
   "species_name": "Hemlock Reishi",
   "lookalike_name": "Ganoderma curtisii",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A near twin that grows on hardwoods rather than conifers; host wood is the practical field clue.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_tsugae https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63274 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a6e66025-7a87-4cd6-82ef-ec4514b3f8fb",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/reishi"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "reishi",
   "species_name": "Hemlock Reishi",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-belted conks",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fomitopsis shelves have a resinous red band but a hard, hoof-like body and a pale margin that does not look lacquered.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_tsugae https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/mushrooms-pdq https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63274 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a6e66025-7a87-4cd6-82ef-ec4514b3f8fb",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/reishi"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "chaga",
   "species_name": "Chaga",
   "lookalike_name": "Birch burls",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Burls are woody bark swellings with no orange, corky interior.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127021 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f21603ec-2aff-4a27-86c3-bffb8f5a4f2b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/chaga"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "chaga",
   "species_name": "Chaga",
   "lookalike_name": "Tinder Fungus",
   "lookalike_slug": "tinder-fungus",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tinder fungus is a gray, hoof-shaped bracket with a pore surface underneath.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127021 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f21603ec-2aff-4a27-86c3-bffb8f5a4f2b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/chaga"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "chaga",
   "species_name": "Chaga",
   "lookalike_name": "Black knot",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Black knot forms swollen black galls on cherry and plum branches, not on birch trunks.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127021 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f21603ec-2aff-4a27-86c3-bffb8f5a4f2b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/chaga"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wood-ear",
   "species_name": "Jelly Ear",
   "lookalike_name": "Black witch's butter",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Exidia species are black, lumpy, and brain-like rather than cup- or ear-shaped.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1138427 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ee1151d3-0f45-488a-889c-45fa17e4632c",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wood-ear"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wood-ear",
   "species_name": "Jelly Ear",
   "lookalike_name": "Brown cup fungi",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Peziza cups grow on soil or dung and are brittle, not rubbery.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1138427 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ee1151d3-0f45-488a-889c-45fa17e4632c",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wood-ear"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wood-ear",
   "species_name": "Jelly Ear",
   "lookalike_name": "Amber jelly roll",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Exidia recisa forms small amber, top-shaped blobs on willow and alder twigs.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricularia_auricula-judae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1138427 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ee1151d3-0f45-488a-889c-45fa17e4632c",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wood-ear"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "cauliflower-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Cauliflower Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Coral fungi",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Ramaria corals have rounded, upright branches rather than flat, ribbon-like lobes; several cause gastrointestinal upset.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparassis_crispa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63014 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f16841bc-80c9-4953-852b-59ba0aa7aa2d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/cauliflower-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "cauliflower-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Cauliflower Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Hen of the Woods",
   "lookalike_slug": "hen-of-the-woods",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hen of the woods is gray-brown with spoon-shaped fronds and a pore surface underneath.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparassis_crispa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63014 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f16841bc-80c9-4953-852b-59ba0aa7aa2d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/cauliflower-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "cauliflower-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Cauliflower Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Sparassis species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Western and eastern North American cauliflower mushrooms are separate species with similar form.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparassis_crispa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63014 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f16841bc-80c9-4953-852b-59ba0aa7aa2d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/cauliflower-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "indigo-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Indigo Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Silver-blue milky",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactarius paradoxus is grayer with wine-red to purplish latex rather than blue.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_indigo https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1366733 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8001b8f1-297e-45da-b3a3-e76d6cb5ed27",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/indigo-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "indigo-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Indigo Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Blue webcaps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Violet Cortinarius have a cobwebby veil and rusty-brown spores, and no latex.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_indigo https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1366733 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8001b8f1-297e-45da-b3a3-e76d6cb5ed27",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/indigo-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "indigo-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Indigo Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Faded indigo milk caps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Older caps can look silvery; cut the gills to check for blue milk.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_indigo https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1366733 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8001b8f1-297e-45da-b3a3-e76d6cb5ed27",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/indigo-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "dryads-saddle",
   "species_name": "Dryad's Saddle",
   "lookalike_name": "Hexagonal-pored polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Neofavolus alveolaris is smaller and orange with very large hexagonal pores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerioporus_squamosus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/940028 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6ad8d6f3-5d95-40ca-b386-eb25e6477c55",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/dryads-saddle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "dryads-saddle",
   "species_name": "Dryad's Saddle",
   "lookalike_name": "Other scaly polypores",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Few similar shelves combine large angular pores, a black stem base, and a cucumber smell.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerioporus_squamosus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/940028 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6ad8d6f3-5d95-40ca-b386-eb25e6477c55",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/dryads-saddle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "dryads-saddle",
   "species_name": "Dryad's Saddle",
   "lookalike_name": "Chicken of the Woods",
   "lookalike_slug": "chicken-of-the-woods",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chicken of the woods is bright orange and yellow with tiny pores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerioporus_squamosus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/940028 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6ad8d6f3-5d95-40ca-b386-eb25e6477c55",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/dryads-saddle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "beefsteak-fungus",
   "species_name": "Beefsteak Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Chicken of the Woods",
   "lookalike_slug": "chicken-of-the-woods",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chicken of the woods is orange and sulfur yellow with a yellow pore surface.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistulina_hepatica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123897 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/efc9991a-0d13-46cf-a491-f7a3b227639d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/beefsteak-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "beefsteak-fungus",
   "species_name": "Beefsteak Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-belted conks",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fomitopsis shelves are hard and woody, not soft and juicy.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistulina_hepatica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123897 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/efc9991a-0d13-46cf-a491-f7a3b227639d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/beefsteak-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "beefsteak-fungus",
   "species_name": "Beefsteak Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Bleeding polypores",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Few other soft brackets bleed red juice and show marbled flesh.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistulina_hepatica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123897 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/efc9991a-0d13-46cf-a491-f7a3b227639d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/beefsteak-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "candy-cap",
   "species_name": "Candy Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Galerina has rusty-brown spores, a ring zone, and no latex when the gills are cut.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_rubidus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55276 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8de9f881-b2a4-4b44-851b-8e528f790533",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/candy-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "candy-cap",
   "species_name": "Candy Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-hot milk cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactarius rufus releases white, acrid latex rather than watery whey.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_rubidus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55276 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8de9f881-b2a4-4b44-851b-8e528f790533",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/candy-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "candy-cap",
   "species_name": "Candy Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Other small brown milk caps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Similar milk caps lack the maple smell; dry a sample to confirm.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_rubidus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55276 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8de9f881-b2a4-4b44-851b-8e528f790533",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/candy-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pacific-golden-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Pacific Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "False Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "false-chanterelle",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "False chanterelle has thin, crowded, true gills that fork repeatedly and a soft orange cap.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus_formosus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120443 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2fefa0a0-7de3-439b-823d-8f898b561080",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pacific-golden-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pacific-golden-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Pacific Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns grow in clusters from wood and have sharp, true gills.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus_formosus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120443 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2fefa0a0-7de3-439b-823d-8f898b561080",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pacific-golden-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pacific-golden-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Pacific Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Woolly chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Turbinellus floccosus is a scaly, hollow orange vase that causes gastrointestinal illness.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus_formosus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120443 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2fefa0a0-7de3-439b-823d-8f898b561080",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pacific-golden-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "cinnabar-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Cinnabar Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Scarlet Waxcap",
   "lookalike_slug": "scarlet-waxcap",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Waxcaps have thick, waxy, true gills and usually grow in grassland.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus_cinnabarinus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143393 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375ee8f2-6100-43b7-b00a-c45f668b4317",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/cinnabar-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "cinnabar-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Cinnabar Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns are larger, orange, clustered on wood, and have true gills.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus_cinnabarinus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143393 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375ee8f2-6100-43b7-b00a-c45f668b4317",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/cinnabar-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "cinnabar-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "Cinnabar Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Red Russula species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Russulas have brittle white gills and a chalky stem that snaps.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantharellus_cinnabarinus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143393 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375ee8f2-6100-43b7-b00a-c45f668b4317",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/cinnabar-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "yellowfoot",
   "species_name": "Yellowfoot",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Webcap",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-webcap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Deadly webcaps have true rusty-brown gills, a solid stem, and rusty-brown spores; confusion has caused kidney failure.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craterellus_tubaeformis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/350511 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/787095ad-8b56-4838-8bda-94df5cfb547d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/yellowfoot"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "yellowfoot",
   "species_name": "Yellowfoot",
   "lookalike_name": "Golden trumpet",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Craterellus lutescens has a more orange stem and paler, almost smooth underside.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craterellus_tubaeformis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/350511 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/787095ad-8b56-4838-8bda-94df5cfb547d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/yellowfoot"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "yellowfoot",
   "species_name": "Yellowfoot",
   "lookalike_name": "False Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "false-chanterelle",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "False chanterelle has thin, crowded, true orange gills and a solid stem.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craterellus_tubaeformis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/350511 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/787095ad-8b56-4838-8bda-94df5cfb547d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/yellowfoot"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wood-blewit",
   "species_name": "Wood Blewit",
   "lookalike_name": "Violet webcaps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Cortinarius have a cobweb-like veil when young and leave a rusty-brown spore print.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_nuda https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1525548 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1f99f233-58e9-4076-bd90-1d88957e43b8",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wood-blewit"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wood-blewit",
   "species_name": "Wood Blewit",
   "lookalike_name": "Lilac fibrecap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Inocybe species are smaller, fibrous-capped, and drop brown spores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_nuda https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1525548 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1f99f233-58e9-4076-bd90-1d88957e43b8",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wood-blewit"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wood-blewit",
   "species_name": "Wood Blewit",
   "lookalike_name": "Amethyst Deceiver",
   "lookalike_slug": "amethyst-deceiver",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amethyst deceiver is smaller and slender, with thick, widely spaced gills.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_nuda https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1525548 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1f99f233-58e9-4076-bd90-1d88957e43b8",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wood-blewit"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "parasol-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Parasol Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Green-spored Parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "green-spored-parasol",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chlorophyllum molybdites leaves a green spore print and its mature gills turn grayish green.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63401 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e7debfaa-5f72-4425-bb28-9715b9fe73df",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/parasol-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "parasol-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Parasol Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Stinking Dapperling",
   "lookalike_slug": "stinking-dapperling",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Small Lepiota species are under 10 cm; several contain amatoxins.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63401 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e7debfaa-5f72-4425-bb28-9715b9fe73df",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/parasol-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "parasol-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Parasol Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Shaggy Parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "shaggy-parasol",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Shaggy parasol has a smooth stem and flesh that stains orange-red when cut.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63401 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e7debfaa-5f72-4425-bb28-9715b9fe73df",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/parasol-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shaggy-parasol",
   "species_name": "Shaggy Parasol",
   "lookalike_name": "Green-spored Parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "green-spored-parasol",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Its spore print is dull green and its gills turn grayish green with age.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllum_rhacodes https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56535 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b7995269-f6b9-451b-afd1-3455225c502e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shaggy-parasol"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shaggy-parasol",
   "species_name": "Shaggy Parasol",
   "lookalike_name": "Parasol Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "parasol-mushroom",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The true parasol is taller and has a snakeskin-banded stem.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllum_rhacodes https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56535 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b7995269-f6b9-451b-afd1-3455225c502e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shaggy-parasol"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shaggy-parasol",
   "species_name": "Shaggy Parasol",
   "lookalike_name": "Brown parasol",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chlorophyllum brunneum is stockier with an abrupt bulb and is also known to cause reactions.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllum_rhacodes https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56535 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b7995269-f6b9-451b-afd1-3455225c502e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shaggy-parasol"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "honey-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Honey Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Galerina leaves a rusty-brown spore print; honey mushrooms leave white.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillaria_mellea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55950 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b0553978-e5a3-48f4-95f9-480c4a316d38",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/honey-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "honey-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Honey Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Sulphur Tuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "sulphur-tuft",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Sulphur tuft has greenish-yellow gills and a purple-brown spore print.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillaria_mellea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55950 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b0553978-e5a3-48f4-95f9-480c4a316d38",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/honey-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "honey-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Honey Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns are bright orange throughout and lack a ring.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillaria_mellea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55950 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b0553978-e5a3-48f4-95f9-480c4a316d38",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/honey-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "velvet-shank",
   "species_name": "Velvet Shank",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Galerina has a ring or ring zone and a rusty-brown spore print.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammulina_velutipes https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67594 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7c8efb42-5ed8-4ca0-b2e3-8e496f601393",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/velvet-shank"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "velvet-shank",
   "species_name": "Velvet Shank",
   "lookalike_name": "Sulphur Tuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "sulphur-tuft",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Sulphur tuft has greenish-yellow gills and a purple-brown spore print.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammulina_velutipes https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67594 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7c8efb42-5ed8-4ca0-b2e3-8e496f601393",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/velvet-shank"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "velvet-shank",
   "species_name": "Velvet Shank",
   "lookalike_name": "Sheathed Woodtuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "sheathed-woodtuft",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Woodtuft has a ring and brown spores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammulina_velutipes https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67594 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7c8efb42-5ed8-4ca0-b2e3-8e496f601393",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/velvet-shank"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wine-cap",
   "species_name": "Wine Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Ringed Conecap",
   "lookalike_slug": "ringed-conecap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A small brown lawn and mulch mushroom with rusty-brown spores and amatoxins.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropharia_rugosoannulata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119151 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/295bf9b5-9d23-4f6d-a5da-6b39c9cff21f",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wine-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wine-cap",
   "species_name": "Wine Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Yellow Stainer",
   "lookalike_slug": "yellow-stainer",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Agaricus xanthodermus has free pink-to-brown gills and stains chrome yellow at the base.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropharia_rugosoannulata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119151 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/295bf9b5-9d23-4f6d-a5da-6b39c9cff21f",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wine-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "wine-cap",
   "species_name": "Wine Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Stropharia",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Related species are smaller or have a different cap color and ring.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stropharia_rugosoannulata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119151 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/295bf9b5-9d23-4f6d-a5da-6b39c9cff21f",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/wine-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "bay-bolete",
   "species_name": "Bay Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bitter bolete has pinkish pores, a dark net on the stem, and a very bitter taste.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imleria_badia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510854 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36574c67-f8ab-4073-98ef-99edaa3ae453",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/bay-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "bay-bolete",
   "species_name": "Bay Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "king-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "King bolete has a white net on the stem and pores that do not bruise blue.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imleria_badia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510854 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36574c67-f8ab-4073-98ef-99edaa3ae453",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/bay-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "bay-bolete",
   "species_name": "Bay Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-cracked boletes",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Xerocomellus species are smaller, with cracking caps and red flesh under the cracks.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imleria_badia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510854 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36574c67-f8ab-4073-98ef-99edaa3ae453",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/bay-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "slippery-jack",
   "species_name": "Slippery Jack",
   "lookalike_name": "Weeping bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Suillus granulatus has no ring and beads milky droplets on its pores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_luteus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53488 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cb7566ae-c978-473d-be35-f022d68a182a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/slippery-jack"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "slippery-jack",
   "species_name": "Slippery Jack",
   "lookalike_name": "Peppery bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chalciporus piperatus is small, cinnamon-pored, and hot tasting.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_luteus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53488 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cb7566ae-c978-473d-be35-f022d68a182a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/slippery-jack"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "slippery-jack",
   "species_name": "Slippery Jack",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Suillus",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Many Suillus species share slimy caps; check ring, pores, and host tree.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_luteus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53488 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cb7566ae-c978-473d-be35-f022d68a182a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/slippery-jack"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "old-man-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Old Man of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Strobilomyces confusus",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A close relative with more pointed scales; also edible.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strobilomyces_strobilaceus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/352462 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354ae29c-661c-4fb1-bc76-3ef2b2860a76",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/old-man-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "old-man-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Old Man of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Shaggy Amanita",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Some Amanita have gray warts but always have gills, not pores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strobilomyces_strobilaceus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/352462 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354ae29c-661c-4fb1-bc76-3ef2b2860a76",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/old-man-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "old-man-of-the-woods",
   "species_name": "Old Man of the Woods",
   "lookalike_name": "Scaly tooth fungi",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Sarcodon species have teeth underneath instead of pores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strobilomyces_strobilaceus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/352462 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/354ae29c-661c-4fb1-bc76-3ef2b2860a76",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/old-man-of-the-woods"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pine-bolete",
   "species_name": "Pine Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bitter bolete has pinkish pores, a dark brown net, and a very bitter taste.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_pinophilus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335942 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68d65bbf-1548-4baf-8330-248129bb7d84",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pine-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pine-bolete",
   "species_name": "Pine Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "king-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "King bolete has a paler brown cap and often a different host tree.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_pinophilus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335942 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68d65bbf-1548-4baf-8330-248129bb7d84",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pine-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pine-bolete",
   "species_name": "Pine Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Devil's Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "devils-bolete",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Devil's bolete has red pores and a pale, whitish cap.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_pinophilus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335942 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68d65bbf-1548-4baf-8330-248129bb7d84",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pine-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "summer-bolete",
   "species_name": "Summer Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bitter bolete has a dark brown net and pink pores, and tastes bitter.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_reticulatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/350216 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/00a41b09-acb5-4ff6-b57c-4749107180d3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/summer-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "summer-bolete",
   "species_name": "Summer Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "king-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "King bolete has a net only on the upper stem and a smoother cap.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_reticulatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/350216 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/00a41b09-acb5-4ff6-b57c-4749107180d3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/summer-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "summer-bolete",
   "species_name": "Summer Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Pine Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "pine-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Pine bolete has a darker wine-red cap and grows with conifers.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_reticulatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/350216 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/00a41b09-acb5-4ff6-b57c-4749107180d3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/summer-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "orange-birch-bolete",
   "species_name": "Orange Birch Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Aspen Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "aspen-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Aspen boletes grow with aspen and have their own caution notes.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_versipelle https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343661 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e49a34c0-ec18-4980-9375-6c8b44060b08",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/orange-birch-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "orange-birch-bolete",
   "species_name": "Orange Birch Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-capped scaber stalk",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Leccinum aurantiacum has a redder cap and grows with other hardwoods.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_versipelle https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343661 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e49a34c0-ec18-4980-9375-6c8b44060b08",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/orange-birch-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "orange-birch-bolete",
   "species_name": "Orange Birch Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bitter bolete lacks the black scabers and has pinkish pores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_versipelle https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343661 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e49a34c0-ec18-4980-9375-6c8b44060b08",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/orange-birch-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "brown-birch-bolete",
   "species_name": "Brown Birch Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bitter bolete has pinkish pores and a dark net rather than scabers.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_scabrum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63232 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7b568f59-328d-436f-8dd5-11c998ee1046",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/brown-birch-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "brown-birch-bolete",
   "species_name": "Brown Birch Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Other brown scaber stalks",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Several Leccinum species differ in flesh staining and host tree.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_scabrum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63232 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7b568f59-328d-436f-8dd5-11c998ee1046",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/brown-birch-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "brown-birch-bolete",
   "species_name": "Brown Birch Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bay Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bay-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bay bolete has a streaked stem without scabers and pores bruising blue.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leccinum_scabrum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63232 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7b568f59-328d-436f-8dd5-11c998ee1046",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/brown-birch-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "st-georges-mushroom",
   "species_name": "St George's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Fibrecap",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-fibrecap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Deadly fibrecap has a fibrous, splitting cap, brown spores, and flesh that reddens with age.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calocybe_gambosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/450829 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1f208f56-f99e-4be6-a41d-0ec65df5ea3c",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/st-georges-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "st-georges-mushroom",
   "species_name": "St George's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Livid Pinkgill",
   "lookalike_slug": "livid-pinkgill",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Livid pinkgill drops a pink spore print and its gills turn pink.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calocybe_gambosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/450829 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1f208f56-f99e-4be6-a41d-0ec65df5ea3c",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/st-georges-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "st-georges-mushroom",
   "species_name": "St George's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Fool's Funnel",
   "lookalike_slug": "fools-funnel",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fool's funnel is small with decurrent gills and a frosty cap.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calocybe_gambosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/450829 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1f208f56-f99e-4be6-a41d-0ec65df5ea3c",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/st-georges-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fairy-ring-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Fairy Ring Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Fool's Funnel",
   "lookalike_slug": "fools-funnel",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fool's funnel has crowded, decurrent gills and a frosty white cap.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasmius_oreades https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118240 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6835189b-34e8-49e9-8ffa-c70c783e4069",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fairy-ring-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fairy-ring-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Fairy Ring Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Ringed Conecap",
   "lookalike_slug": "ringed-conecap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Small brown lawn mushrooms with rusty-brown spores can contain amatoxins.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasmius_oreades https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118240 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6835189b-34e8-49e9-8ffa-c70c783e4069",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fairy-ring-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fairy-ring-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Fairy Ring Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Other lawn mushrooms",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Collect only where every specimen has been checked; lawns host many small species.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marasmius_oreades https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118240 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6835189b-34e8-49e9-8ffa-c70c783e4069",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fairy-ring-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "horse-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Horse Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Yellow Stainer",
   "lookalike_slug": "yellow-stainer",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Yellow stainer flashes chrome yellow at the cut stem base and smells of ink or phenol.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_arvensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58699 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8009a08a-c1cc-4668-94df-9e9386d1cca5",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/horse-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "horse-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Horse Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "European Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_slug": "european-destroying-angel",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Destroying angels keep white gills, drop white spores, and have a sac-like volva.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_arvensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58699 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8009a08a-c1cc-4668-94df-9e9386d1cca5",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/horse-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "horse-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Horse Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Meadow mushroom is smaller with bright pink young gills and a thin ring.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_arvensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58699 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8009a08a-c1cc-4668-94df-9e9386d1cca5",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/horse-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "amethyst-deceiver",
   "species_name": "Amethyst Deceiver",
   "lookalike_name": "Lilac bonnet",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Mycena pura smells of radish and has crowded gills; it contains muscarine.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccaria_amethystina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55899 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0ad58924-b5b0-4ec9-bab3-a0210a44ed9d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/amethyst-deceiver"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "amethyst-deceiver",
   "species_name": "Amethyst Deceiver",
   "lookalike_name": "Lilac fibrecap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Inocybe species have silky, fibrous caps and brown spores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccaria_amethystina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55899 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0ad58924-b5b0-4ec9-bab3-a0210a44ed9d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/amethyst-deceiver"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "amethyst-deceiver",
   "species_name": "Amethyst Deceiver",
   "lookalike_name": "Violet webcaps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Cortinarius have a cobwebby veil and rusty-brown spores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccaria_amethystina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55899 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0ad58924-b5b0-4ec9-bab3-a0210a44ed9d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/amethyst-deceiver"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "blusher",
   "species_name": "The Blusher",
   "lookalike_name": "Panther Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "panther-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Panther cap never reddens, has pure white warts, and has a rimmed bulb.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_rubescens https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1678242 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40adbeff-d230-4ec3-8a23-0be186a5c09b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/blusher"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "blusher",
   "species_name": "The Blusher",
   "lookalike_name": "Gray spotted amanita",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita excelsa has grayer caps and does not blush.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_rubescens https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1678242 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40adbeff-d230-4ec3-8a23-0be186a5c09b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/blusher"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "blusher",
   "species_name": "The Blusher",
   "lookalike_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "death-cap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Any Amanita confusion is dangerous; death caps lack warts and have a sac-like volva.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_rubescens https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1678242 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40adbeff-d230-4ec3-8a23-0be186a5c09b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/blusher"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "caesars-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Caesar's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Fly Agaric",
   "lookalike_slug": "fly-agaric",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fly agaric has white gills, white stem, and white warts on a red cap.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_caesarea https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204588 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31069065-a2ec-45a2-8dff-c6e08a9af76d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/caesars-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "caesars-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Caesar's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "death-cap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Death cap eggs show white internal gills when cut; Caesar's eggs show yellow.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_caesarea https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204588 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31069065-a2ec-45a2-8dff-c6e08a9af76d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/caesars-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "caesars-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Caesar's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "American Caesar's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "american-caesars-mushroom",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A related North American species with a striate cap margin.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_caesarea https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204588 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31069065-a2ec-45a2-8dff-c6e08a9af76d",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/caesars-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "american-caesars-mushroom",
   "species_name": "American Caesar's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Fly Agaric",
   "lookalike_slug": "fly-agaric",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fly agaric and its yellow forms have white gills and warts.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_jacksonii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204589 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0a588063-856e-43a2-9e60-900134155d29",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/american-caesars-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "american-caesars-mushroom",
   "species_name": "American Caesar's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Yellow patches",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita flavoconia is small and yellow with yellow warts.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_jacksonii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204589 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0a588063-856e-43a2-9e60-900134155d29",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/american-caesars-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "american-caesars-mushroom",
   "species_name": "American Caesar's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "death-cap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Unopened eggs of deadly Amanita look similar; cut and check the colors.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_jacksonii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204589 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0a588063-856e-43a2-9e60-900134155d29",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/american-caesars-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "charcoal-burner",
   "species_name": "Charcoal Burner",
   "lookalike_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "death-cap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Death cap has a ring and a sac-like volva and never has brittle Russula flesh.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_cyanoxantha https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194437 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/657b8332-0e5f-462f-8586-ebd840f3f2d2",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/charcoal-burner"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "charcoal-burner",
   "species_name": "Charcoal Burner",
   "lookalike_name": "The Sickener",
   "lookalike_slug": "the-sickener",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The sickener is scarlet and intensely acrid.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_cyanoxantha https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194437 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/657b8332-0e5f-462f-8586-ebd840f3f2d2",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/charcoal-burner"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "charcoal-burner",
   "species_name": "Charcoal Burner",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Russula",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Many Russula overlap in color; taste, spore color, and gill texture help separate them.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_cyanoxantha https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194437 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/657b8332-0e5f-462f-8586-ebd840f3f2d2",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/charcoal-burner"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shrimp-russula",
   "species_name": "Shrimp Russula",
   "lookalike_name": "The Sickener",
   "lookalike_slug": "the-sickener",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The sickener is scarlet with white gills and a burning taste.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_xerampelina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154875 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110fbc34-5308-4827-a9c8-9ec201ea2018",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shrimp-russula"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shrimp-russula",
   "species_name": "Shrimp Russula",
   "lookalike_name": "Other red Russula",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Many red Russulas are acrid; test a tiny piece and spit it out.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_xerampelina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154875 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110fbc34-5308-4827-a9c8-9ec201ea2018",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shrimp-russula"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "shrimp-russula",
   "species_name": "Shrimp Russula",
   "lookalike_name": "Charcoal Burner",
   "lookalike_slug": "charcoal-burner",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Charcoal burner has flexible gills and mixed violet-green colors.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_xerampelina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154875 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110fbc34-5308-4827-a9c8-9ec201ea2018",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/shrimp-russula"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "weeping-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Weeping Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Woolly Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "woolly-milk-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Woolly milk cap is pinkish with a bearded margin and acrid latex.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactifluus_volemus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1366740 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4b88b6e0-d810-40a9-8fce-16a4ed64aa17",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/weeping-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "weeping-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Weeping Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Corrugated milk cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactifluus corrugis has a wrinkled cap and is also edible.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactifluus_volemus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1366740 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4b88b6e0-d810-40a9-8fce-16a4ed64aa17",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/weeping-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "weeping-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Weeping Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-hot milk cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactarius rufus has sparse, very acrid latex.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactifluus_volemus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1366740 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4b88b6e0-d810-40a9-8fce-16a4ed64aa17",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/weeping-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pigs-ear",
   "species_name": "Pig's Ear",
   "lookalike_name": "Woolly chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Turbinellus floccosus is orange with coarse scales and a hollow vase.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphus_clavatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54121 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70dcac4d-d42b-4992-ae43-77673d135eb7",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pigs-ear"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pigs-ear",
   "species_name": "Pig's Ear",
   "lookalike_name": "Black Trumpet",
   "lookalike_slug": "black-trumpet",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Black trumpet is thin, hollow, and charcoal gray.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphus_clavatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54121 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70dcac4d-d42b-4992-ae43-77673d135eb7",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pigs-ear"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "pigs-ear",
   "species_name": "Pig's Ear",
   "lookalike_name": "Violet corals",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Coral fungi branch upward and lack the flat-topped cap.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphus_clavatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54121 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70dcac4d-d42b-4992-ae43-77673d135eb7",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/pigs-ear"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "coral-tooth",
   "species_name": "Coral Tooth Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Bear's head tooth",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hericium americanum has longer spines in clusters at branch tips.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_coralloides https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49162 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cf0aa7eb-9c2c-479d-9604-9a8c1e414055",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/coral-tooth"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "coral-tooth",
   "species_name": "Coral Tooth Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Lion's Mane",
   "lookalike_slug": "lions-mane",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lion's mane is a single unbranched clump of long spines.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_coralloides https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49162 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cf0aa7eb-9c2c-479d-9604-9a8c1e414055",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/coral-tooth"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "coral-tooth",
   "species_name": "Coral Tooth Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Coral fungi",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Ramaria and Clavulina branch upward from soil and have no spines.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_coralloides https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49162 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/cf0aa7eb-9c2c-479d-9604-9a8c1e414055",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/coral-tooth"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "golden-oyster",
   "species_name": "Golden Oyster",
   "lookalike_name": "Sulphur Tuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "sulphur-tuft",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Sulphur tuft has greenish-yellow gills that are not decurrent, and purple-brown spores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus_citrinopileatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504060 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ebfac478-ff3d-424b-91ad-827ae7a1c753",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/golden-oyster"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "golden-oyster",
   "species_name": "Golden Oyster",
   "lookalike_name": "Oyster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "oyster-mushroom",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Other oysters are gray, white, or brown.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus_citrinopileatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504060 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ebfac478-ff3d-424b-91ad-827ae7a1c753",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/golden-oyster"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "golden-oyster",
   "species_name": "Golden Oyster",
   "lookalike_name": "Golden Pholiota",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Pholiota species are scaly and drop brown spores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus_citrinopileatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504060 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ebfac478-ff3d-424b-91ad-827ae7a1c753",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/golden-oyster"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "mica-cap",
   "species_name": "Mica Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Galerina has a ring zone and rusty-brown spores, and does not dissolve into ink.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinellus_micaceus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56318 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2b314877-b293-4611-bbeb-959081aac4d3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/mica-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "mica-cap",
   "species_name": "Mica Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Brittlestems",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Psathyrella are brown-spored and lack glittering granules.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinellus_micaceus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56318 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2b314877-b293-4611-bbeb-959081aac4d3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/mica-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "mica-cap",
   "species_name": "Mica Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Common Ink Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "common-ink-cap",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Common ink cap is larger and gray and causes illness with alcohol.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprinellus_micaceus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56318 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2b314877-b293-4611-bbeb-959081aac4d3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/mica-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "aborted-entoloma",
   "species_name": "Aborted Entoloma",
   "lookalike_name": "Livid Pinkgill",
   "lookalike_slug": "livid-pinkgill",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Gilled Entoloma species include toxic ones; do not eat the gilled form without expert help.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma_abortivum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70222 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/c9d5a35b-6b56-43fc-b235-bd67f690e3e4",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/aborted-entoloma"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "aborted-entoloma",
   "species_name": "Aborted Entoloma",
   "lookalike_name": "Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_slug": "destroying-angel",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita eggs show a cap and gills in outline when cut.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma_abortivum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70222 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/c9d5a35b-6b56-43fc-b235-bd67f690e3e4",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/aborted-entoloma"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "aborted-entoloma",
   "species_name": "Aborted Entoloma",
   "lookalike_name": "Puffballs",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Puffballs are round with smooth skin and uniform white interior.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma_abortivum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70222 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/c9d5a35b-6b56-43fc-b235-bd67f690e3e4",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/aborted-entoloma"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "sheathed-woodtuft",
   "species_name": "Sheathed Woodtuft",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Galerina has a silky, fibrous stem below the ring rather than shaggy scales; the difference is subtle.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuehneromyces_mutabilis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153033 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4dd74e73-6425-4014-8007-b914d382d3f3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/sheathed-woodtuft"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "sheathed-woodtuft",
   "species_name": "Sheathed Woodtuft",
   "lookalike_name": "Honey Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "honey-mushroom",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Honey mushrooms drop white spores and have black bootlace strands.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuehneromyces_mutabilis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153033 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4dd74e73-6425-4014-8007-b914d382d3f3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/sheathed-woodtuft"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "sheathed-woodtuft",
   "species_name": "Sheathed Woodtuft",
   "lookalike_name": "Sulphur Tuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "sulphur-tuft",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Sulphur tuft has yellow caps, greenish gills, and purple-brown spores.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuehneromyces_mutabilis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153033 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4dd74e73-6425-4014-8007-b914d382d3f3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/sheathed-woodtuft"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "matsutake",
   "species_name": "Matsutake",
   "lookalike_name": "Smith's Amanita",
   "lookalike_slug": "smiths-amanita",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Smith's amanita has a rooting, scaly base and a bleach-like smell; it damages the kidneys.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_matsutake https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62486 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2fd24402-3b5b-4b8f-961b-2fba614ae8e2",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/matsutake"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "matsutake",
   "species_name": "Matsutake",
   "lookalike_name": "Western Matsutake",
   "lookalike_slug": "western-matsutake",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The western North American relative, Tricholoma murrillianum.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_matsutake https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62486 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2fd24402-3b5b-4b8f-961b-2fba614ae8e2",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/matsutake"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "matsutake",
   "species_name": "Matsutake",
   "lookalike_name": "Tricholoma focale",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Similar ringed Tricholoma lack the spicy smell and taste bitter.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_matsutake https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62486 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2fd24402-3b5b-4b8f-961b-2fba614ae8e2",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/matsutake"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "llao-llao",
   "species_name": "Llao Llao",
   "lookalike_name": "Darwin's fungus",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Cyttaria darwinii is similar and also traditionally eaten.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyttaria_hariotii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/802830 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e31a36bf-e698-4cf2-8ecd-f3495490bbb3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/llao-llao"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "llao-llao",
   "species_name": "Llao Llao",
   "lookalike_name": "Empty galls",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Old woody galls remain after fruiting and are not food.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyttaria_hariotii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/802830 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e31a36bf-e698-4cf2-8ecd-f3495490bbb3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/llao-llao"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "llao-llao",
   "species_name": "Llao Llao",
   "lookalike_name": "Other orange fungi",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Any orange ball on the ground rather than attached to a beech gall needs other identification.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyttaria_hariotii https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/802830 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/e31a36bf-e698-4cf2-8ecd-f3495490bbb3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/llao-llao"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deer-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Deer Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Livid Pinkgill",
   "lookalike_slug": "livid-pinkgill",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Entoloma have attached gills and grow on soil.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluteus_cervinus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1617451 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/441b3bb3-dffc-435e-8a75-1de40aa57ed7",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deer-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deer-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Deer Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Amanita",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita drop white spores and have a volva or ring.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluteus_cervinus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1617451 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/441b3bb3-dffc-435e-8a75-1de40aa57ed7",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deer-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deer-mushroom",
   "species_name": "Deer Mushroom",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Pluteus",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Several Pluteus look similar; a few are psychoactive.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluteus_cervinus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1617451 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/441b3bb3-dffc-435e-8a75-1de40aa57ed7",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deer-mushroom"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "crown-tipped-coral",
   "species_name": "Crown-tipped Coral",
   "lookalike_name": "Ramaria corals",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Ramaria grow from soil and several are laxative.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artomyces_pyxidatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334704 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8063df04-214d-4d5f-bbef-672b76d2ca1a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/crown-tipped-coral"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "crown-tipped-coral",
   "species_name": "Crown-tipped Coral",
   "lookalike_name": "Coral Tooth Fungus",
   "lookalike_slug": "coral-tooth",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Coral tooth has hanging spines rather than upright tips.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artomyces_pyxidatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334704 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8063df04-214d-4d5f-bbef-672b76d2ca1a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/crown-tipped-coral"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "crown-tipped-coral",
   "species_name": "Crown-tipped Coral",
   "lookalike_name": "Clavulina corals",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Clavulina are white, grow on soil, and have fringed tips.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artomyces_pyxidatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334704 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8063df04-214d-4d5f-bbef-672b76d2ca1a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/crown-tipped-coral"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "panther-cap",
   "species_name": "Panther Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "The Blusher",
   "lookalike_slug": "blusher",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Blusher flesh and bruises turn pinkish red; panther cap flesh stays white.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_pantherina https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48418 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4eac0bd1-b39b-4a84-af34-2777d3c5f664",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/panther-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "panther-cap",
   "species_name": "Panther Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Gray spotted amanita",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita excelsa has grayish warts and a non-striate margin.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_pantherina https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48418 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4eac0bd1-b39b-4a84-af34-2777d3c5f664",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/panther-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "panther-cap",
   "species_name": "Panther Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Fly Agaric",
   "lookalike_slug": "fly-agaric",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Faded fly agarics can look brown; both are poisonous.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_pantherina https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48418 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4eac0bd1-b39b-4a84-af34-2777d3c5f664",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/panther-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "european-destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "European Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "Horse Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "horse-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Agaricus have gills that turn pink to brown and no volva.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_virosa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58685 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a521c790-cde8-4bdf-a8fe-2f897df57b6b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/european-destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "european-destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "European Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "Puffballs",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Cut every white button vertically; Amanita eggs show gills and a cap outline.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_virosa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58685 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a521c790-cde8-4bdf-a8fe-2f897df57b6b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/european-destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "european-destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "European Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "St George's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "st-georges-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "St George's mushroom fruits in spring and has no ring or volva.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_virosa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58685 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a521c790-cde8-4bdf-a8fe-2f897df57b6b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/european-destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "western-destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "Western Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Agaricus have pink to brown gills and brown spores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_ocreata https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67356 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1d6a933c-7703-46ba-ac39-8dc66e3c355e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/western-destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "western-destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "Western Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "Springtime amanita",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita velosa fruits at the same time; its edibility does not justify the risk.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_ocreata https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67356 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1d6a933c-7703-46ba-ac39-8dc66e3c355e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/western-destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "western-destroying-angel",
   "species_name": "Western Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_name": "Puffballs",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Cut every white button vertically to rule out an Amanita egg.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_ocreata https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67356 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1d6a933c-7703-46ba-ac39-8dc66e3c355e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/western-destroying-angel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "smiths-amanita",
   "species_name": "Smith's Amanita",
   "lookalike_name": "Western Matsutake",
   "lookalike_slug": "western-matsutake",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Matsutake has a spicy odor, a sheathing ring, and no scaly, rooting base.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_smithiana https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62485 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a5131666-6850-4d67-9413-4783f568a2af",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/smiths-amanita"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "smiths-amanita",
   "species_name": "Smith's Amanita",
   "lookalike_name": "Matsutake",
   "lookalike_slug": "matsutake",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The Asian and European matsutake shares the same field test: odor and stem base.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_smithiana https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62485 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a5131666-6850-4d67-9413-4783f568a2af",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/smiths-amanita"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "smiths-amanita",
   "species_name": "Smith's Amanita",
   "lookalike_name": "Catathelasma",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Catathelasma is larger and has a double ring and decurrent gills.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_smithiana https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62485 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a5131666-6850-4d67-9413-4783f568a2af",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/smiths-amanita"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-death-cap",
   "species_name": "False Death Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "death-cap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Death cap has a loose, sac-like volva rather than a rimmed bulb, and lacks the potato smell.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_citrina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63271 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4f95ef9f-dd8f-49fa-a96e-3915255fbbfd",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-death-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-death-cap",
   "species_name": "False Death Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "European Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_slug": "european-destroying-angel",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Pure white Amanita with a shaggy stem and sac volva.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_citrina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63271 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4f95ef9f-dd8f-49fa-a96e-3915255fbbfd",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-death-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-death-cap",
   "species_name": "False Death Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Panther Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "panther-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Panther cap is brown with white warts.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_citrina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63271 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4f95ef9f-dd8f-49fa-a96e-3915255fbbfd",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-death-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "sulphur-tuft",
   "species_name": "Sulphur Tuft",
   "lookalike_name": "Honey Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "honey-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Honey mushrooms have white gills and white spores.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypholoma_fasciculare https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48767 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/eb9a554b-9b5f-479b-918d-a7ba8d072b1b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/sulphur-tuft"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "sulphur-tuft",
   "species_name": "Sulphur Tuft",
   "lookalike_name": "Conifer tuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hypholoma capnoides has gray gills and grows on conifers.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypholoma_fasciculare https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48767 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/eb9a554b-9b5f-479b-918d-a7ba8d072b1b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/sulphur-tuft"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "sulphur-tuft",
   "species_name": "Sulphur Tuft",
   "lookalike_name": "Sheathed Woodtuft",
   "lookalike_slug": "sheathed-woodtuft",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Woodtuft has brown gills and a scaly stem below a ring.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypholoma_fasciculare https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48767 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/eb9a554b-9b5f-479b-918d-a7ba8d072b1b",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/sulphur-tuft"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fools-funnel",
   "species_name": "Fool's Funnel",
   "lookalike_name": "Fairy Ring Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "fairy-ring-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fairy ring mushroom has well-spaced gills that barely touch the stem, and a tan cap.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_rivulosa https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1525557 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0b69fa21-f239-4e8d-9a25-0bd8897b6583",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fools-funnel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fools-funnel",
   "species_name": "Fool's Funnel",
   "lookalike_name": "The miller",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Clitopilus prunulus smells of meal and has pink spores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_rivulosa https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1525557 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0b69fa21-f239-4e8d-9a25-0bd8897b6583",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fools-funnel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fools-funnel",
   "species_name": "Fool's Funnel",
   "lookalike_name": "St George's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "st-georges-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "St George's mushroom is larger, stockier, and fruits in spring.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitocybe_rivulosa https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1525557 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/0b69fa21-f239-4e8d-9a25-0bd8897b6583",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fools-funnel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-webcap",
   "species_name": "Deadly Webcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Yellowfoot",
   "lookalike_slug": "yellowfoot",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Yellowfoot has blunt ridges and a hollow stem; foragers seeking it have eaten deadly webcaps.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_rubellus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/500053 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/c88913ea-3604-431a-b67b-9dc3bc22543a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-webcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-webcap",
   "species_name": "Deadly Webcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "golden-chanterelle",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chanterelles have blunt, forked ridges and pale spores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_rubellus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/500053 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/c88913ea-3604-431a-b67b-9dc3bc22543a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-webcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-webcap",
   "species_name": "Deadly Webcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Cortinarius",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Many webcaps look alike; none should be eaten.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_rubellus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/500053 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/c88913ea-3604-431a-b67b-9dc3bc22543a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-webcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fools-webcap",
   "species_name": "Fool's Webcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "golden-chanterelle",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chanterelles have blunt, forked ridges and pale spores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_orellanus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337849 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2408f1cf-3681-47c6-bd32-bf2a1b4974cb",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fools-webcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fools-webcap",
   "species_name": "Fool's Webcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Webcap",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-webcap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "A close relative of conifer forests, equally dangerous.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_orellanus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337849 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2408f1cf-3681-47c6-bd32-bf2a1b4974cb",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fools-webcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "fools-webcap",
   "species_name": "Fool's Webcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Cortinarius",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Brown to orange webcaps should never be eaten.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius_orellanus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337849 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2408f1cf-3681-47c6-bd32-bf2a1b4974cb",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/fools-webcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "brown-roll-rim",
   "species_name": "Brown Roll-rim",
   "lookalike_name": "Milk caps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactarius species release latex when cut.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillus_involutus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55941 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ffe1c846-5652-4cd2-976d-7b2a326ee389",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/brown-roll-rim"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "brown-roll-rim",
   "species_name": "Brown Roll-rim",
   "lookalike_name": "Velvet roll-rim",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tapinella atrotomentosa has a black velvety stem and grows on conifer stumps.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillus_involutus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55941 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ffe1c846-5652-4cd2-976d-7b2a326ee389",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/brown-roll-rim"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "brown-roll-rim",
   "species_name": "Brown Roll-rim",
   "lookalike_name": "Saffron Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "saffron-milk-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Saffron milk cap has orange latex and green staining.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillus_involutus https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55941 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ffe1c846-5652-4cd2-976d-7b2a326ee389",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/brown-roll-rim"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "devils-bolete",
   "species_name": "Devil's Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Lurid boletes",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Suillellus luridus and Neoboletus species also have red pores; several are eaten only after thorough cooking.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/544554 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42fce745-151c-4c93-a405-235d4185a7e0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/devils-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "devils-bolete",
   "species_name": "Devil's Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Other red-pored boletes",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus and relatives share red pores and bluing.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/544554 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42fce745-151c-4c93-a405-235d4185a7e0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/devils-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "devils-bolete",
   "species_name": "Devil's Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "king-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "King bolete has white to yellow pores and a white net.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus_satanas https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/544554 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42fce745-151c-4c93-a405-235d4185a7e0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/devils-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "species_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "King Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "king-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "King bolete has a white net and white to yellow pores.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus_felleus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63489 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4974c9c6-901b-416c-bd3e-8a846cc392aa",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/bitter-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "species_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Bay Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "bay-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Bay bolete pores bruise blue and its stem is streaked.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus_felleus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63489 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4974c9c6-901b-416c-bd3e-8a846cc392aa",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/bitter-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "bitter-bolete",
   "species_name": "Bitter Bolete",
   "lookalike_name": "Summer Bolete",
   "lookalike_slug": "summer-bolete",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Summer bolete has a pale net and is not bitter.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus_felleus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63489 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4974c9c6-901b-416c-bd3e-8a846cc392aa",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/bitter-bolete"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "the-sickener",
   "species_name": "The Sickener",
   "lookalike_name": "Beechwood sickener",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Russula nobilis grows with beech and is also acrid.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_emetica https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49449 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121707f8-9f32-41ac-b71d-0b0bd76d1a00",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/the-sickener"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "the-sickener",
   "species_name": "The Sickener",
   "lookalike_name": "Shrimp Russula",
   "lookalike_slug": "shrimp-russula",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Shrimp russula has a fishy smell, yellowish gills, and bruises brown.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_emetica https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49449 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121707f8-9f32-41ac-b71d-0b0bd76d1a00",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/the-sickener"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "the-sickener",
   "species_name": "The Sickener",
   "lookalike_name": "Other red Russula",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Taste a tiny piece and spit it out; acrid red Russulas should be left.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_emetica https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49449 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121707f8-9f32-41ac-b71d-0b0bd76d1a00",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/the-sickener"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "woolly-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Woolly Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Saffron Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "saffron-milk-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Saffron milk cap has orange latex and stains green.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_torminosus https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/351313 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a13da487-91d5-4c3c-9299-8917227b2ea5",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/woolly-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "woolly-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Woolly Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Downy milk cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lactarius pubescens is paler and also acrid.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_torminosus https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/351313 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a13da487-91d5-4c3c-9299-8917227b2ea5",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/woolly-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "woolly-milk-cap",
   "species_name": "Woolly Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_name": "Weeping Milk Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "weeping-milk-cap",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Weeping milk cap is orange-brown and velvety with mild latex.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_torminosus https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/351313 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/a13da487-91d5-4c3c-9299-8917227b2ea5",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/woolly-milk-cap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "yellow-stainer",
   "species_name": "Yellow Stainer",
   "lookalike_name": "Meadow Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "meadow-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Meadow mushroom does not stain yellow and smells pleasant.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_xanthodermus https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118394 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1815c2f1-ec4a-425d-ac5a-9af2c16af0d0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/yellow-stainer"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "yellow-stainer",
   "species_name": "Yellow Stainer",
   "lookalike_name": "Horse Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "horse-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Horse mushroom yellows slowly and smells of aniseed.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_xanthodermus https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118394 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1815c2f1-ec4a-425d-ac5a-9af2c16af0d0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/yellow-stainer"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "yellow-stainer",
   "species_name": "Yellow Stainer",
   "lookalike_name": "Destroying Angel",
   "lookalike_slug": "destroying-angel",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Destroying angels have white gills and a volva.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_xanthodermus https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118394 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1815c2f1-ec4a-425d-ac5a-9af2c16af0d0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/yellow-stainer"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "False Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "golden-chanterelle",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "True chanterelles have blunt, shallow ridges and solid, stringy white flesh.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63538 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f3a5dc73-e8e0-4f33-938d-22bfdca8fb18",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "False Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Jack-o'-lantern",
   "lookalike_slug": "jack-o-lantern",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns grow in clusters on wood.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63538 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f3a5dc73-e8e0-4f33-938d-22bfdca8fb18",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "false-chanterelle",
   "species_name": "False Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_name": "Pacific Golden Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "pacific-golden-chanterelle",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Pacific golden chanterelle has blunt, pinkish ridges.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrophoropsis_aurantiaca https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63538 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f3a5dc73-e8e0-4f33-938d-22bfdca8fb18",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/false-chanterelle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "ghost-fungus",
   "species_name": "Ghost Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Oyster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "oyster-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Oysters lack the glow and the dark central tones of ghost fungus.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalotus_nidiformis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155166 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b126d6c8-1ae2-4fbd-844a-c802a56720c0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/ghost-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "ghost-fungus",
   "species_name": "Ghost Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Angel Wings",
   "lookalike_slug": "angel-wings",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Angel wings are thin, pure white, and grow on conifer wood.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalotus_nidiformis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155166 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b126d6c8-1ae2-4fbd-844a-c802a56720c0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/ghost-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "ghost-fungus",
   "species_name": "Ghost Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Other Omphalotus",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Jack-o'-lanterns elsewhere belong to the same poisonous genus.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalotus_nidiformis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155166 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/b126d6c8-1ae2-4fbd-844a-c802a56720c0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/ghost-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "stinking-dapperling",
   "species_name": "Stinking Dapperling",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly dapperlings",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Lepiota brunneoincarnata and relatives contain amatoxins and look similar.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepiota_cristata https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58694 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1b04a15e-2cc7-4824-a8ee-049ae9b9b4b9",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/stinking-dapperling"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "stinking-dapperling",
   "species_name": "Stinking Dapperling",
   "lookalike_name": "Parasol Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "parasol-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Parasols are far larger with a snakeskin stem.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepiota_cristata https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58694 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1b04a15e-2cc7-4824-a8ee-049ae9b9b4b9",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/stinking-dapperling"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "stinking-dapperling",
   "species_name": "Stinking Dapperling",
   "lookalike_name": "Fairy Ring Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "fairy-ring-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fairy ring mushroom has no scales and widely spaced gills.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepiota_cristata https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58694 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1b04a15e-2cc7-4824-a8ee-049ae9b9b4b9",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/stinking-dapperling"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-fibrecap",
   "species_name": "Deadly Fibrecap",
   "lookalike_name": "St George's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "st-georges-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "St George's mushroom has a smooth cap, white spores, a mealy smell, and does not redden.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inocybe_erubescens https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1112491 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ef05757a-039a-41e8-a215-764938e1050e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-fibrecap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-fibrecap",
   "species_name": "Deadly Fibrecap",
   "lookalike_name": "The miller",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The miller smells of meal and has pink spores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inocybe_erubescens https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1112491 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ef05757a-039a-41e8-a215-764938e1050e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-fibrecap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "deadly-fibrecap",
   "species_name": "Deadly Fibrecap",
   "lookalike_name": "Other fibrecaps",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Most Inocybe contain muscarine; none are suitable for eating.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inocybe_erubescens https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1112491 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ef05757a-039a-41e8-a215-764938e1050e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/deadly-fibrecap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "ringed-conecap",
   "species_name": "Ringed Conecap",
   "lookalike_name": "Psilocybe species",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "People seeking psychoactive mushrooms have eaten conecaps; Psilocybe spores are purple-brown.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholiotina_rugosa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/877494 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92c649c0-0d3a-4bfc-90d5-89a24aa7d8b6",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/ringed-conecap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "ringed-conecap",
   "species_name": "Ringed Conecap",
   "lookalike_name": "Fairy Ring Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "fairy-ring-mushroom",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fairy ring mushrooms have white spores and tough stems.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholiotina_rugosa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/877494 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92c649c0-0d3a-4bfc-90d5-89a24aa7d8b6",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/ringed-conecap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "ringed-conecap",
   "species_name": "Ringed Conecap",
   "lookalike_name": "Deadly Galerina",
   "lookalike_slug": "deadly-galerina",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Galerina also contains amatoxins and has rusty-brown spores.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholiotina_rugosa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/877494 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92c649c0-0d3a-4bfc-90d5-89a24aa7d8b6",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/ringed-conecap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "livid-pinkgill",
   "species_name": "Livid Pinkgill",
   "lookalike_name": "St George's Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "st-georges-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "St George's mushroom drops white spores and fruits in spring.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma_sinuatum https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510199 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1788fa91-90eb-492b-9b37-bfaca3560ab4",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/livid-pinkgill"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "livid-pinkgill",
   "species_name": "Livid Pinkgill",
   "lookalike_name": "Clouded agaric",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Clitocybe nebularis is gray with white spores and decurrent gills.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma_sinuatum https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510199 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1788fa91-90eb-492b-9b37-bfaca3560ab4",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/livid-pinkgill"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "livid-pinkgill",
   "species_name": "Livid Pinkgill",
   "lookalike_name": "The miller",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "The miller is smaller with decurrent gills.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma_sinuatum https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4057534/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/510199 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1788fa91-90eb-492b-9b37-bfaca3560ab4",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/livid-pinkgill"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "man-on-horseback",
   "species_name": "Man on Horseback",
   "lookalike_name": "Sulphur knight",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tricholoma sulphureum smells strongly of coal gas.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_equestre https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118215 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/fa7a6224-b4ba-4f9a-9b45-99f52ec323b0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/man-on-horseback"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "man-on-horseback",
   "species_name": "Man on Horseback",
   "lookalike_name": "Aspen knight",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tricholoma frondosae grows with aspen and is closely related.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_equestre https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118215 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/fa7a6224-b4ba-4f9a-9b45-99f52ec323b0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/man-on-horseback"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "man-on-horseback",
   "species_name": "Man on Horseback",
   "lookalike_name": "Other yellow Tricholoma",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Several yellow knights overlap in appearance.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_equestre https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118215 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/fa7a6224-b4ba-4f9a-9b45-99f52ec323b0",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/man-on-horseback"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "early-false-morel",
   "species_name": "Early False Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "Morel",
   "lookalike_slug": "morel",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "True morels are hollow throughout and their caps join the stem at the lower edge.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verpa_bohemica https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126131 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1d2b5d96-b615-4173-afd0-4810f2b8204e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/early-false-morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "early-false-morel",
   "species_name": "Early False Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "Half-free morel",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Morchella punctipes caps attach halfway down and the stem is hollow.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verpa_bohemica https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126131 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1d2b5d96-b615-4173-afd0-4810f2b8204e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/early-false-morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "early-false-morel",
   "species_name": "Early False Morel",
   "lookalike_name": "False Morel",
   "lookalike_slug": "false-morel",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Gyromitra has brain-like lobes and a chambered interior.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verpa_bohemica https://namyco.org/interests/toxicology/mushroom-poisoning-syndromes/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126131 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1d2b5d96-b615-4173-afd0-4810f2b8204e",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/early-false-morel"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "white-saddle",
   "species_name": "White Saddle",
   "lookalike_name": "Black elfin saddle",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Helvella lacunosa is gray to black with the same ribbed stem.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvella_crispa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470580/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49208 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/908bdfa4-faac-43cc-9e64-f11d181d50dd",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/white-saddle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "white-saddle",
   "species_name": "White Saddle",
   "lookalike_name": "False Morel",
   "lookalike_slug": "false-morel",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Gyromitra has a brain-like reddish-brown cap.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvella_crispa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470580/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49208 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/908bdfa4-faac-43cc-9e64-f11d181d50dd",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/white-saddle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "white-saddle",
   "species_name": "White Saddle",
   "lookalike_name": "Early False Morel",
   "lookalike_slug": "early-false-morel",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Verpa has a wrinkled thimble cap on a smooth stem.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvella_crispa https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470580/ https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49208 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/908bdfa4-faac-43cc-9e64-f11d181d50dd",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/white-saddle"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "angel-wings",
   "species_name": "Angel Wings",
   "lookalike_name": "Oyster Mushroom",
   "lookalike_slug": "oyster-mushroom",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Oysters are thicker, often gray or brown, and grow on hardwood.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurocybella_porrigens https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48509 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96d19c8f-d1e8-42c7-83dc-6a88b52fdf14",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/angel-wings"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "angel-wings",
   "species_name": "Angel Wings",
   "lookalike_name": "Ghost Fungus",
   "lookalike_slug": "ghost-fungus",
   "severity": "toxic",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Ghost fungus is thicker, glows, and grows in Australia.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurocybella_porrigens https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48509 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96d19c8f-d1e8-42c7-83dc-6a88b52fdf14",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/angel-wings"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "angel-wings",
   "species_name": "Angel Wings",
   "lookalike_name": "Crepidotus",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Crepidotus are small and drop brown spores.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurocybella_porrigens https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48509 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96d19c8f-d1e8-42c7-83dc-6a88b52fdf14",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/angel-wings"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "artists-conk",
   "species_name": "Artist's Conk",
   "lookalike_name": "Hemlock Reishi",
   "lookalike_slug": "reishi",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Reishi has a glossy, varnished cap.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_applanatum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48473 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48086462-27ed-42ae-ab5d-5a33ed182223",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/artists-conk"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "artists-conk",
   "species_name": "Artist's Conk",
   "lookalike_name": "Tinder Fungus",
   "lookalike_slug": "tinder-fungus",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tinder fungus is hoof-shaped and gray with a brown pore surface.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_applanatum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48473 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48086462-27ed-42ae-ab5d-5a33ed182223",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/artists-conk"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "artists-conk",
   "species_name": "Artist's Conk",
   "lookalike_name": "Red-belted conks",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Fomitopsis have a resinous red band near the edge.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma_applanatum https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48473 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48086462-27ed-42ae-ab5d-5a33ed182223",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/artists-conk"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "birch-polypore",
   "species_name": "Birch Polypore",
   "lookalike_name": "Tinder Fungus",
   "lookalike_slug": "tinder-fungus",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Tinder fungus is gray, hoof-shaped, and hard.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitopsis_betulina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/775410 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f0e666aa-a3a8-458c-9c9d-1aa3b88b7227",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/birch-polypore"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "birch-polypore",
   "species_name": "Birch Polypore",
   "lookalike_name": "Chaga",
   "lookalike_slug": "chaga",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Chaga is a black, cracked canker, not a bracket.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitopsis_betulina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/775410 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f0e666aa-a3a8-458c-9c9d-1aa3b88b7227",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/birch-polypore"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "birch-polypore",
   "species_name": "Birch Polypore",
   "lookalike_name": "Other white brackets",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Few white brackets have the rolled margin and birch-only habit.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitopsis_betulina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/775410 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/f0e666aa-a3a8-458c-9c9d-1aa3b88b7227",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/birch-polypore"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "tinder-fungus",
   "species_name": "Tinder Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Artist's Conk",
   "lookalike_slug": "artists-conk",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Artist's conk has a flat shape and a white pore surface that bruises brown.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomentarius https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127510 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ff2eab74-3632-49f0-b56a-d65effd05e59",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/tinder-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "tinder-fungus",
   "species_name": "Tinder Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Willow bracket",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Phellinus igniarius is darker, cracked, and very hard.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomentarius https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127510 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ff2eab74-3632-49f0-b56a-d65effd05e59",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/tinder-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "tinder-fungus",
   "species_name": "Tinder Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Birch Polypore",
   "lookalike_slug": "birch-polypore",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Birch polypore is smooth, white, and soft by comparison.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomes_fomentarius https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127510 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ff2eab74-3632-49f0-b56a-d65effd05e59",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/tinder-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "scarlet-elf-cup",
   "species_name": "Scarlet Elf Cup",
   "lookalike_name": "Stalked scarlet cups",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Sarcoscypha austriaca and S. dudleyi differ microscopically and are the common species in North America.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoscypha_coccinea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49134 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3c4cdd3a-61fe-4109-8d9b-e40bd8da4ba3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/scarlet-elf-cup"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "scarlet-elf-cup",
   "species_name": "Scarlet Elf Cup",
   "lookalike_name": "Orange Peel Fungus",
   "lookalike_slug": "orange-peel-fungus",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Orange peel fungus is orange and grows on bare soil.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoscypha_coccinea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49134 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3c4cdd3a-61fe-4109-8d9b-e40bd8da4ba3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/scarlet-elf-cup"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "scarlet-elf-cup",
   "species_name": "Scarlet Elf Cup",
   "lookalike_name": "Eyelash cup",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Scutellinia is tiny, orange-red, and fringed with dark hairs.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoscypha_coccinea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49134 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3c4cdd3a-61fe-4109-8d9b-e40bd8da4ba3",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/scarlet-elf-cup"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "orange-peel-fungus",
   "species_name": "Orange Peel Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Scarlet Elf Cup",
   "lookalike_slug": "scarlet-elf-cup",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Scarlet elf cup is red and grows on sticks.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleuria_aurantia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48716 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355d1c60-acac-462d-9c04-efc802b75540",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/orange-peel-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "orange-peel-fungus",
   "species_name": "Orange Peel Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Spring orange peel",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Caloscypha fulgens stains blue-green when bruised.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleuria_aurantia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48716 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355d1c60-acac-462d-9c04-efc802b75540",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/orange-peel-fungus"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "orange-peel-fungus",
   "species_name": "Orange Peel Fungus",
   "lookalike_name": "Eyelash cup",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Scutellinia is tiny and fringed with dark hairs.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleuria_aurantia https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48716 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/355d1c60-acac-462d-9c04-efc802b75540",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/orange-peel-fungus"
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   "species_slug": "common-stinkhorn",
   "species_name": "Common Stinkhorn",
   "lookalike_name": "Death Cap",
   "lookalike_slug": "death-cap",
   "severity": "deadly",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Amanita eggs show a cap and gills in outline when cut; stinkhorn eggs show jelly and a spongy core.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_impudicus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54594 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57ac929b-d1b0-4720-a545-551149b4fcde",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-stinkhorn"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-stinkhorn",
   "species_name": "Common Stinkhorn",
   "lookalike_name": "Dog stinkhorn",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Mutinus caninus is slender with an orange tip.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_impudicus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54594 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57ac929b-d1b0-4720-a545-551149b4fcde",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-stinkhorn"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "common-stinkhorn",
   "species_name": "Common Stinkhorn",
   "lookalike_name": "Puffballs",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "caution",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Puffballs have uniform white flesh inside, without jelly.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus_impudicus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54594 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/57ac929b-d1b0-4720-a545-551149b4fcde",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/common-stinkhorn"
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  {
   "species_slug": "collared-earthstar",
   "species_name": "Collared Earthstar",
   "lookalike_name": "Barometer earthstar",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Astraeus rays open when wet and close when dry.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geastrum_triplex https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63076 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7506c2c6-5d32-41d0-aeee-bb950b050aed",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/collared-earthstar"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "collared-earthstar",
   "species_name": "Collared Earthstar",
   "lookalike_name": "Other earthstars",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Several Geastrum differ in the pore and collar.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geastrum_triplex https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63076 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7506c2c6-5d32-41d0-aeee-bb950b050aed",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/collared-earthstar"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "collared-earthstar",
   "species_name": "Collared Earthstar",
   "lookalike_name": "Puffballs",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Puffballs lack the star-shaped rays.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geastrum_triplex https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63076 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7506c2c6-5d32-41d0-aeee-bb950b050aed",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/collared-earthstar"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "scarlet-waxcap",
   "species_name": "Scarlet Waxcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Crimson waxcap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hygrocybe punicea is larger with a dry, fibrous stem.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrocybe_coccinea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55245 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1363238d-cf8b-4732-94c5-db7dafdcea7a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/scarlet-waxcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "scarlet-waxcap",
   "species_name": "Scarlet Waxcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Blackening waxcap",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Hygrocybe conica turns black with age or handling.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrocybe_coccinea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55245 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1363238d-cf8b-4732-94c5-db7dafdcea7a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/scarlet-waxcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "scarlet-waxcap",
   "species_name": "Scarlet Waxcap",
   "lookalike_name": "Cinnabar Chanterelle",
   "lookalike_slug": "cinnabar-chanterelle",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Cinnabar chanterelles grow in woods and have blunt ridges.",
   "listed_back": true,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygrocybe_coccinea https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55245 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1363238d-cf8b-4732-94c5-db7dafdcea7a",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/scarlet-waxcap"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "witches-butter",
   "species_name": "Witches' Butter",
   "lookalike_name": "Orange jelly spot",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Dacrymyces chrysospermus grows on conifer wood and has a white attachment point.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella_mesenterica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48529 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4738cbae-79c7-42f5-93b1-6e91fca3f1ca",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/witches-butter"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "witches-butter",
   "species_name": "Witches' Butter",
   "lookalike_name": "Black witch's butter",
   "lookalike_slug": "",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Exidia glandulosa is black.",
   "listed_back": "",
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella_mesenterica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48529 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4738cbae-79c7-42f5-93b1-6e91fca3f1ca",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/witches-butter"
  },
  {
   "species_slug": "witches-butter",
   "species_name": "Witches' Butter",
   "lookalike_name": "Wood Ear",
   "lookalike_slug": "wood-ear",
   "severity": "harmless",
   "how_to_tell_apart": "Wood ear is brown and ear-shaped.",
   "listed_back": false,
   "sources": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella_mesenterica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48529 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4738cbae-79c7-42f5-93b1-6e91fca3f1ca",
   "page_url": "https://worldmushroomforaging.org/learn/species/witches-butter"
  }
 ]
}