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Some fun mushroom trivia questions for beginners and experts alike. A bunch of multiple choice questions that span the spectrum of fungi knowledge. Join our online community or our newsletter to get notified every time the trivia is updated with new questions.

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Created on June 28, 2022

Test Your Fungi Knowledge!

How well do you know the fantastic world of fungi?

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Mushroom have been shown to be excellent decomposers of plastic.

False, they basically require starvation of all other elements to be successful.

True, they are also excellent decomposers of oil!

2 / 14

In terms of culinary value, Boletes...

aren't good, with the exception of the infamous Porcini.

are all amazing and edible. A fantastic beginner's mushroom.

are hit or miss, some are choice, some are okay, some are bad, and some are poisonous.

shouldn't be consumed due to a particular toxin that makes people feel sick.

3 / 14

All fungi require oxygen to survive.

True, what doesn't require oxygen?!

False, some species do just fine without it, thank you very much.

4 / 14

The Giant Puffball is the common name of Calvatia gigantea (among other species), for what reason? (Photo shown is not the Giant Puffball)

It's in the same genus as the common puffball.

It's large compared to other puffballs, up to 15cm (6in) wide!

It's large compared to all fungi, up to 150cm (60in) wide!

It's perfectly spherical.

5 / 14

Chicken of the Woods is the common name for Laetiporus sulphureus for what reason? (Picture shown is not Chicken of the Woods)

Tastes like chicken.

Looks like a chicken.

Smells like chicken

Grows where there's a lot of chicken poop.

6 / 14

Turkey Tail is the common name for Trametes Versicolor for what reason? (Picture shown is not Turkey Tail)

Wild turkeys are known for eating it.

The mushroom resembles the tail of the turkey.

It has a turkey-like flavour (like gamey chicken)

It has this uniquely feathery quality to it, like a tail.

7 / 14

A fungi is in the running as the largest organism on Earth, which species is it?

Armillaria ostoyae

Inonotus obliquus

Agaricus bisporus

Calvatia gigantea

8 / 14

Nutritionally speaking, mushrooms are a great source of:

Vitamin B

Vitamin D

Potassium

All the above

9 / 14

What percentage of mushroom fruitbodies are considered to be deadly poisonous?

12%

22%

32%

10 / 14

What of the following is not a type of fungi?

Mycorrhizal

Saprophytic

Parasitic

Slime Molds

Yeasts

11 / 14

Ötzi the iceman (circa 3,250 BCE) contributed to fungi history for what reason?

He died of mushroom poisoning.

He had a tinder polypore in his survival kit.

His corpse contained species never before documented.

Fungi poison was found on the tips of his hunting arrowheads.

12 / 14

The Lobster Mushroom is the common name for Hypomyces lactifluorum for what reason? (Photo shown is not the Lobster mushroom)

It's reddish-orange like a cooked lobster.

It grows in/around bodies of water

It has scales like that of a lobster tail

It's blue-green like an uncooked lobster

13 / 14

Old Man of the Woods is the common name for Strobilomyces Strobilaceus (among other species) for what reason? (Picture shown is not Old Man of the Woods)

It's slimy and always looks to be in a permanent state of decay (very ugly).

Old folk tales describe it as such (for reasons unknown).

It smells and tastes like an old shoe (entirely inedible).

It has the colours of the hair of an older person: grey, black and white.

14 / 14

True or False: Slime molds are considered fungi

True

False

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