Five U.S. states, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, and Utah, have officially declared a state mushroom. Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010. [1] Five other states, Missouri, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York, [2] [3] [4] have had state mushrooms proposed.
State | Species | Image | Year of designation | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
California | Cantharellus californicus | 2023 | [5] | |
Minnesota | Morchella esculenta | 2010 [nb 1] | [6] | |
Oregon | Cantharellus formosus | 1999 | [7] | |
Texas | Chorioactis geaster | 2021 | [8] | |
Utah | Boletus edulis | 2023 | [9] |
State | Species | Image | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Massachusetts | Calvatia gigantea | [10] | |
Missouri | Cantharellus lateritius | [11] [12] | |
New York | Lactarius peckii | [13] | |
Vermont |
Hericium americanum Bear's head tooth fungus |
[4] | |
Washington | Tricholoma magnivelare | [14] | |
Tricholoma murrillianum | [15] |
Five U.S. states, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, and Utah, have officially declared a state mushroom. Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010. [1] Five other states, Missouri, Washington, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York, [2] [3] [4] have had state mushrooms proposed.
State | Species | Image | Year of designation | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
California | Cantharellus californicus | 2023 | [5] | |
Minnesota | Morchella esculenta | 2010 [nb 1] | [6] | |
Oregon | Cantharellus formosus | 1999 | [7] | |
Texas | Chorioactis geaster | 2021 | [8] | |
Utah | Boletus edulis | 2023 | [9] |
State | Species | Image | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Massachusetts | Calvatia gigantea | [10] | |
Missouri | Cantharellus lateritius | [11] [12] | |
New York | Lactarius peckii | [13] | |
Vermont |
Hericium americanum Bear's head tooth fungus |
[4] | |
Washington | Tricholoma magnivelare | [14] | |
Tricholoma murrillianum | [15] |