Prompt 2 of 7
Name a type of mushroom
54 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Honey mushroom— An Oregon colony spanning three square miles may be Earth's largest organism.
- Huitlacoche— Corn smut to farmers, a delicacy priced above corn in Mexico.
85 ptsDeep Cut32 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Beefsteak fungus
- Black trumpet
- Blewit
- Bolete
- Caesar's mushroom
- Cauliflower mushroom
- Chaga
- Destroying angel
- Dryad's saddle
- Fairy ring mushroom
- False morel
- Field mushroom
- Hedgehog mushroom
- Jack-o'-lantern mushroom
- Liberty cap
- Lobster mushroom
- Matsutake
- Milk cap
- Nameko
- Parasol mushroom
- Pioppino
- Russula
- Shaggy mane
- Shimeji
- Slippery jack
- Snow fungus
- St. George's mushroom
- Stinkhorn
- Straw mushroom
- Turkey tail
- Wine cap
- Wood ear
60 ptsRare12 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Chanterelle
- Chicken of the woods
- Cordyceps— It turns ants into zombies that spread its spores.
- Death cap— Australia's beef wellington murder trial made it world news.
- Enoki
- King oyster
- Lion's mane
- Maitake
- Morel
- Porcini
- Puffball
- Reishi
30 ptsSchooler5 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Cremini
- Oyster mushroom
- Psilocybin mushroom— It counts, and no, we do not know a guy.
- Shiitake
- Truffle— Technically a buried fungus, but the specialty aisle wins this ruling.
15 ptsToo Clever1 answer
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Fly agaric— Mario's power-up and the mushroom emoji, in one red cap.
10 ptsPlankton2 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Button mushroom
- Portobello