Jacob Christian Schäffer, alternatively Jakob, (31 May 1718 – 5 January 1790) was a German dean, professor, botanist, mycologist, entomologist, ornithologist...

Fistulina hepatica, commonly known as the beefsteak fungus, beefsteak polypore, poor man’s steak, ox tongue, or tongue mushroom, is an unusual bracket...

Ramaria flava, is a yellow coral mushroom found in Europe. Also known by its local name changle it is also native to temperate areas of southern Chile...

Hypholoma lateritium, sometimes called brick cap, chestnut mushroom, cinnamon cap, brick top, red woodlover or kuritake, is a fungal species in the genus...

Sarcodon squamosus is a species of basidiomycete fungus in the genus Sarcodon. It is an edible mushroom that was previously regarded as a subspecies of...

Conocybe tenera, commonly known as the brown dunce cap or common cone head, is a widely distributed member of the genus Conocybe. This mushroom is the...

Conocybe is a genus of mushrooms with Conocybe tenera as the type species and at least 243 other species. There are at least 50 different species in North...

refers to the colour of the cap (described as "rehfarbig" in Jacob Christian Schäffer's original 1774 description). The cap ranges from 3-15 cm in diameter...

Ramaria pallida is a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae. It is found in North America. Fungorum qui in Bavaria et Palatinatu circa Ratisbonam nascuntur...

Tricholomopsis rutilans, commonly known as plums and custard, or red-haired agaric, is a species of gilled mushroom found across Europe and North America...

popularly collected. The summer cep was formally described by Jacob Christian Schäffer as Boletus reticulatus in 1774, which took precedence over B. aestivalis...

current name, Agaricus silvaticus, in 1774 by the early mycologist Jacob Christian Schäffer. At that time most gilled mushrooms were all grouped under the...

Crepidotus mollis, commonly known as the peeling oysterling, soft slipper, jelly crep, or flabby crepidotus, is a species of mushroom. Its edibility is...

Coprinopsis cinerea is a species of mushroom in the family Psathyrellaceae. Commonly known as the gray shag, it is edible, but must be used promptly after...

Russula cyanoxantha, commonly known as the charcoal burner or variegated russula, is a basidiomycete mushroom. It can be confused for a number of other...

Gliophorus psittacinus, commonly known as the parrot toadstool or parrot waxcap, is a colourful mushroom that is a member of the genus Gliophorus, found...

Kuehneromyces mutabilis (synonym: Pholiota mutabilis), commonly known as the sheathed woodtuft, is an edible mushroom that grows in clumps on tree stumps...

fungus of the genus Agaricus. It was described as Agaricus arvensis by Jacob Christian Schaeffer in 1774, and given numerous binomial descriptions since....

species was first described from Bavaria in 1774 by German polymath Jacob Christian Schäffer, who named it Agaricus conicus. Paul Kummer transferred it to the...

Russula olivacea is an edible and non-poisonous Russula mushroom found mostly in groups from June in deciduous and coniferous forests, mainly under spruce...

described as Agaricus terreus by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1762, and as Agaricus myomyces by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1794. It was given...

Macrolepiota excoriata is a mushroom in the family Agaricaceae. The height is 5 to 15 cm (2.0 to 5.9 in). The color of the mushroom is white to cream....

The species was first described in 1774 by German naturalist Jacob Christian Schäffer as Agaricus bombycinus. Throughout its taxonomical history, it...

The species was first described in 1774 by German mycologist Jacob Christian Schäffer as Agaricus vaccinus. According to MycoBank, synonyms include August...

Albatrellus cristatus is a species of fungus in the family Albatrellaceae. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows singly or in...

species was first described scientifically by German polymath Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774 as Boletus appendiculatus. American Charles Horton Peck...

was first described as Agaricus coccineus by German mycologist Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774, before being transferred to the genus Hygrophorus by Elias...

family. First described scientifically as Agaricus rutilus by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774, it was transferred to the genus Chroogomphus in 1964 by...

and possibly North America. Amanita fulva was first described by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1774. Historically, both the tawny grisette and the grisette...

from consuming any quantity of the mushroom. German naturalist Jacob Christian Schäffer described this species in 1774. Lucien Quélet transferred it to...