● Species profile

Deadly Galerina

Galerina marginata

Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

⚠ DeadlyEvidence: None

A small, plain brown mushroom on rotting wood, carrying the same amatoxins as the death cap. It grows alongside honey mushrooms and wavy caps and looks like dozens of harmless little brown mushrooms. A rusty brown spore print is the key warning sign.

Shroomer Score#50 of 50 species
1.6
Medicinal Value · 30%1/5
Edibility · 20%1/5
Easy to Identify · 20%2/5
Easy to Grow · 15%1/5
Sustainability · 15%4/5
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