Plants, fungi, and wildlife

Yellow / gray morel

Morchella spp.

Honeycomb cap continuous with the stem, completely hollow. The spring prize — and a deadly lookalike test.

False morel

Gyromitra spp.

Wrinkled brain cap, stuffed stem. Contains gyromitrin, which becomes monomethylhydrazine.

Destroying angel

Amanita bisporigera

Pure white amanita. Cup at the base, ring on the stem. Liver-killing. Looks like a button mushroom if you are careless.

Chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Bright sulfur shelves on trees. Choice edible when young and on hardwood — still try a small bit first.