What is the scientific name of mushrooms?

Answer 1

There are many. Mushrooms are in the kingdom Fungi. The mushrooms that we eat are part of the phylum Basidomycota. The mushroom itself is called a fruiting body (not to be confused with a fruit, since a mushroom is NOT a plant.)

Answer 2

Ganoderma is the scientific name for "mushrooms."

GenusSpeciesCommonAgaricusarvensisHorse MushroomaugustusThe princebernardiibisporus

brunnescensCommon store mushroom

button mushroom

commercial mushroombitorquis

rodmaniiSpring agaricuscampestrisField or meadow mushroomcrocodilinusCrocodile agaricusfuscofibrillosusBleeding agaricushaemorrhoidariusBleeding agaricusAmanitaphalloidesDeath capArmillariamatsutakeMatsutakemelleaHoney or oak mushroomponderosaAmerican matsutake or pine mushroom,

recently renamed Tricholoma magnivelareAuriculariaauriculaCloud ear mushroom or Judas' earpolytrichaWood ear mushroom,

tree ear, or black fungusBoletusaereusappendiculatusButter boletebadiusBay boletebarrowsiiBarrow's boletebicolorTwo-colored boleteedulisPorcini, cèpe, or king boletemirabilisAdmirable boletepinicolaVariant of B. edulisregiusRegal boletezelleriZeller's boleteBovistavariousPuffballCalbovistavariousPuffballCalvatiagiganteaPuffballCantharelluscibariusGolden chanterelle or egg mushroomcinnabarinusCinnabar-red chanterellelateritiusSmooth chanterellesubalbidusWhite chanterelletubaeformisTrumpet chanterelleChlorophyllummolybdites

morganiGreen-spored parasol mushroomClitocybefragransFragrant clitocybeodoraAnise-scentednudaBlewitClitopilusprunulusSweetbread mushroomCoprinusatramentariusAlcohol inky capcomatusShaggy mane, lawyer's wig, or inky capmicaceusMica capCortinariusarmillatusBracelet cortinariusCraterelluscornucopioidesHorn of plenty, trumpet of death,

or black chanterelleEntolomaabortivumAborted entolomaFlammulinavelutipesEnoki, velvet foot, golden needle,

or winter mushroomGomphusclavatusPig's earGrifola

PolypilusfrondosaHen of the woodsGyromitragigasSnowbank false morelHelvellalacunosaBlack saddle mushroomHericiumcoralloides

caput ursi

americanumCoral hericiumerinaceusBear's head, monkey head, or pom-pomramosumComb tooth mushroomHydnumrepandumHedgehog mushroom or sweet toothumbilicatumBelly-button mushroomHygrophorusrussulaRussula like waxy capLactariusdeliciosusDelicious milky capfragilisCandy capindigoBlue milky caprubrilacteusBleeding milky capLeccinumaurantiacumOrange-capped scaber stalkinsigneAspen scaber stalkmanzanitaeManzanita scaber stalkscaberScaber stalkLentinusedodesShiitake, black forest mushroomLepiota

ChlorophyllummolybditesGreen-spored parasolLepiotaproceraParasol mushroomrhacodesShaggy parasol mushroom

or drumstick mushroomLepista

ClitocybenudaBlewitLycoperdonvariousPuffballMarasmiusoreadesFairy-ring mushroomscorodoniusGarlic marasmiusMorchellaangusticepsMorel or spongeconicaMorel or spongedeliciosaMorel or spongeesculentaMorel or spongePhlogiotishelvelloidesApricot jelly mushroomPholiotanamekoNamekoaurivellaButter mushroomPleurocybellaporrigensAngels' wingsPleurotusostreatusOyster mushroomsajor-cajuOyster mushroomPluteuscervinusFawn mushroomPolypilus

GrifolafrondosaHen of the woodsPolyozellusmultiplexClustered blue chanterellePolyporusumbellatusUmbrella polyporeRamariabotrytisRed-tipped coral mushroomRozitescaperataGypsy mushroom or chicken of the woodsRussulaaerugineaTacky green russulacyanoxanthaCharcoal burnerdelicaShort-stem russulanigricansBlackening russulavescaBare-toothed russulaxerampelinaShellfish-scented russulaSparassiscrispa

radicataCauliflower mushroomStrobilomycesconfusus

floccopusOld man of the woodsStrophariarugosoannulataWine-cap strophariaSuillusbrevipesShort-stalked slippery capgranulatusDotted-stalk suilluspictusPainted suillusTerfeziabouderiBlack kameclaveryiBrown kameTremellafuciformisSnow mushroom, white jelly fungus,

or silver ear mushroomTricholomaflavovirens

equestreMan on horsebackmagnivelarePine mushroom or American matsutakeTuberaestivumSummer trufflegibbosumOregon white trufflemagnatumItalian white trufflemelanosporumFrench black truffletexensisTexas white truffleVolvariellavolvaceaStraw mushroom or paddy straw mushroom

Answer 3

The scientific name for mushrooms is "Basidiomycota" or "Ascomycota," which represent two major groups of fungi that include many different types of mushrooms.