List of U.S. state mushrooms

Three U.S. states, Minnesota, Oregon, and Texas, 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] Two other states, Missouri and Washington, have had state mushrooms proposed.

Current state mushrooms
StateSpeciesImageYear of designationRef
MinnesotaMorchella esculenta2010[nb 1][2]
OregonCantharellus formosus1999[3]
TexasChorioactis geaster2021[4]

Proposed state mushrooms
StateSpeciesImageRef
Massachusetts Calvatia gigantea
[5]
MissouriCantharellus lateritius[6][7]
WashingtonTricholoma magnivelare[8]
Tricholoma murrillianum[9]

Notes
  1. Morchella esculenta was chosen as the state mushroom in 1984, but it was not codified until 2010.[1]

References
  1. "Minnesota State Symbols: Minnesota State Mushroom". Minnesota Legislature. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  2. "2010 Minnesota Statutes: 1.149 State Mushroom". Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  3. Springhetti, Jim (October 18, 2008). "Chanterelles pop up, the perfect quarry". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  4. "Texas SCR38: Designating the Texas star mushroom as the official State Mushroom of Texas".
  5. Massachusetts Legislature, 192nd Session. S.2060: An Act designating the “Giant Puffball” fungus as the official mushroom of the Commonwealth
  6. "Second Regular Session, House Bill No. 1781, 93rd General Assembly". Missouri House of Representatives. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  7. "First Regular Session, House Bill No. 910, 94th General Assembly". Missouri House of Representatives. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  8. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/washington-state-official-mushroom
  9. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/10/will-washington-name-a-state-fungi/
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