Mushroom Look-Alike Comparisons

Commonly confused mushroom pairs compared side by side — cap, gills, stem, spore print and habitat. Confusions involving toxic or deadly species are listed first.

• ⚠Horse Mushroom vs Yellow Stainer
• ⚠Horse Mushroom vs Death Cap
• ⚠Button Mushroom vs Yellow Stainer
• ⚠Button Mushroom vs Death Cap
• ⚠Field Mushroom vs Yellow Stainer
• ⚠Field Mushroom vs Death Cap
• ⚠Field Mushroom vs Destroying Angel
• ⚠Field Mushroom vs Green-spored Parasol
• ⚠Field Mushroom vs Livid Pinkgill
• ⚠Spring Fieldcap vs Deadly Conocybe
• ⚠Caesar's Mushroom vs Jewelled Amanita
• ⚠Caesar's Mushroom vs Fly Agaric
• ⚠False Death Cap vs Death Cap
• ⚠False Death Cap vs The Blusher
• ⚠False Death Cap vs Destroying Angel
• ⚠Tawny Grisette vs Death Cap
• ⚠Jewelled Amanita vs Fly Agaric
• ⚠Jewelled Amanita vs Panther Cap
• ⚠Jewelled Amanita vs The Blusher
• ⚠American Caesar's Mushroom vs Fly Agaric
• ⚠American Caesar's Mushroom vs Death Cap
• ⚠Fly Agaric vs Panther Cap
• ⚠Blushing Bride vs Panther Cap
• ⚠Panther Cap vs The Blusher
• ⚠Death Cap vs Green-spored Parasol
• ⚠Death Cap vs Pear-shaped Puffball
• ⚠Death Cap vs Paddy Straw Mushroom
• ⚠Destroying Angel vs Paddy Straw Mushroom
• ⚠Honey Fungus vs Deadly Webcap
• ⚠Honey Fungus vs Spectacular Rustgill
• ⚠Honey Fungus vs Sulphur Tuft
• ⚠Yellow Fieldcap vs Deadly Conocybe
• ⚠Yellow Fieldcap vs Yellow Houseplant Mushroom
• ⚠Pine Bolete vs Satan's Bolete
• ⚠Summer Cep vs Satan's Bolete
• ⚠St. George's Mushroom vs Livid Pinkgill
• ⚠St. George's Mushroom vs Deadly Fibrecap
• ⚠Giant Puffball vs Common Earthball
• ⚠Golden Chanterelle vs Fool's Webcap
• ⚠Golden Chanterelle vs Deadly Webcap
• ⚠Golden Chanterelle vs Jack O'Lantern Mushroom
• ⚠Pacific Golden Chanterelle vs Jack O'Lantern Mushroom
• ⚠Yellowfoot Chanterelle vs Jack O'Lantern Mushroom
• ⚠Green-spored Parasol vs Shaggy Parasol
• ⚠Green-spored Parasol vs Parasol Mushroom
• ⚠Green-spored Parasol vs Short-stemmed Russula
• ⚠Shaggy Parasol vs Deadly Dapperling
• ⚠Ivory Funnel vs Clouded Funnel
• ⚠Ivory Funnel vs Fairy Ring Mushroom
• ⚠Clouded Funnel vs Livid Pinkgill
• ⚠Deadly Conocybe vs Funeral Bell
• ⚠Deadly Conocybe vs Wavy Cap
• ⚠Mica Cap vs Funeral Bell
• ⚠Fool's Webcap vs Deadly Webcap
• ⚠Fool's Webcap vs Van Duzer's Cortinarius
• ⚠Deadly Webcap vs Van Duzer's Cortinarius
• ⚠Pioppino vs Funeral Bell
• ⚠Enoki vs Funeral Bell
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Green-Staining Gymnopilus
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Brick Cap
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Sheathed Woodtuft
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Shiitake
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Allen's Psilocybe
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Flying Saucer
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Landslide Mushroom
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Wavy Cap
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Teonanácatl
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Blue Ringer
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Philosopher's Stone
• ⚠Funeral Bell vs Golden Trumpet
• ⚠Spectacular Rustgill vs Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus
• ⚠Spectacular Rustgill vs Green-Staining Gymnopilus
• ⚠Spectacular Rustgill vs Jack O'Lantern Mushroom
• ⚠Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus vs Green-Staining Gymnopilus
• ⚠False Morel vs Black Morel
• ⚠False Morel vs Common Morel
• ⚠False Morel vs Early Morel
• ⚠False Chanterelle vs Jack O'Lantern Mushroom
• ⚠Sulphur Tuft vs Brick Cap
• ⚠Sulphur Tuft vs Sheathed Woodtuft
• ⚠Sulphur Tuft vs Wavy Cap
• ⚠Green-Staining Inocybe vs Deadly Fibrecap
• ⚠Green-Staining Inocybe vs Liberty Cap
• ⚠Saffron Milk Cap vs Woolly Milk Cap
• ⚠Chicken of the Woods vs Jack O'Lantern Mushroom
• ⚠Deadly Dapperling vs Stinking Dapperling
• ⚠Deadly Dapperling vs Parasol Mushroom
• ⚠Stinking Dapperling vs Yellow Houseplant Mushroom
• ⚠Stinking Dapperling vs Parasol Mushroom
• ⚠Common Puffball vs Common Earthball
• ⚠Pear-shaped Puffball vs Common Earthball
• ⚠Blue Meanies vs Golden Teacher
• ⚠Dyeball vs Common Earthball
• ⚠Poison Fire Coral vs Pink-tipped Coral
• ⚠Allen's Psilocybe vs Wavy Cap
• ⚠Allen's Psilocybe vs Blue Ringer
• ⚠Flying Saucer vs Wavy Cap
• ⚠Flying Saucer vs Blue Ringer
• ⚠Landslide Mushroom vs Golden Teacher
• ⚠Landslide Mushroom vs Teonanácatl
• ⚠Golden Teacher vs Teonanácatl
• ⚠Golden Teacher vs Liberty Cap
• ⚠Wavy Cap vs Blue Ringer
• ⚠Teonanácatl vs Liberty Cap
• ⚠Teonanácatl vs Philosopher's Stone
• ⚠Liberty Cap vs Philosopher's Stone
• ⚠Green-cracking Russula vs Yellow Knight
• Horse Mushroom vs Field Mushroom
• Button Mushroom vs Field Mushroom
• Field Mushroom vs Wine Cap
• Caesar's Mushroom vs American Caesar's Mushroom
• Blushing Bride vs The Blusher
• Honey Fungus vs Brick Cap
• Wood Ear vs Witch's Butter
• Porcini vs Pine Bolete
• Porcini vs Summer Cep
• Porcini vs Bay Bolete
• Porcini vs Weeping Bolete
• Porcini vs Bitter Bolete
• Porcini vs Red-cracking Bolete
• Pine Bolete vs Bitter Bolete
• Summer Cep vs Bitter Bolete
• Giant Puffball vs Dyeball
• Golden Chanterelle vs Cinnabar Chanterelle
• Golden Chanterelle vs Pacific Golden Chanterelle
• Golden Chanterelle vs False Chanterelle
• Pacific Golden Chanterelle vs False Chanterelle
• Yellowfoot Chanterelle vs Trumpet Chanterelle
• Yellowfoot Chanterelle vs False Chanterelle
• Dryad's Saddle vs Birch Polypore
• Dryad's Saddle vs Hen of the Woods
• Dryad's Saddle vs Chicken of the Woods
• Red Cage Stinkhorn vs Dune Stinkhorn
• Clouded Funnel vs Wood Blewit
• Wood Blewit vs Amethyst Deceiver
• Wood Blewit vs Field Blewit
• Mica Cap vs Common Ink Cap
• Mica Cap vs Shaggy Mane
• Common Ink Cap vs Shaggy Mane
• Common Ink Cap vs Magpie Inkcap
• Shaggy Mane vs Magpie Inkcap
• Scarlet Caterpillar Club vs Caterpillar Fungus
• Trumpet Chanterelle vs False Chanterelle
• Pioppino vs Sheathed Woodtuft
• Beefsteak Fungus vs Chicken of the Woods
• Birch Polypore vs Chaga
• Lemon Waxcap vs Scarlet Waxcap
• Hen of the Woods vs Chicken of the Woods
• Hen of the Woods vs Cauliflower Mushroom
• Coral Tooth Fungus vs Lion's Mane
• Brick Cap vs Wine Cap
• Bay Bolete vs Bitter Bolete
• Bay Bolete vs Red-cracking Bolete
• Amethyst Deceiver vs The Deceiver
• Indigo Milk Cap vs Charcoal Burner
• Common Puffball vs Pear-shaped Puffball
• Black Morel vs Common Morel
• Black Morel vs Early Morel
• Common Morel vs Early Morel
• Common Bonnet vs Bleeding Mycena
• Dune Stinkhorn vs Common Stinkhorn
• Oyster Mushroom vs Summer Oyster
• Cauliflower Mushroom vs Snow Fungus
• Hairy Curtain Crust vs Turkey Tail
• Summer Truffle vs Bianchetto Truffle
• Bianchetto Truffle vs White Truffle
• Bianchetto Truffle vs Black Truffle