The 14 Types of Mushroom — And Why They Exist

The white button, cremini and portobello sitting side by side in every supermarket are the same species, sold at three different prices. Meanwhile, a kilogram of black truffle can cost more than a phone, and nobody on Earth can grow one inside a building. This is every mushroom worth knowing, broken down one variety at a time: where each one comes from, how it grows, what it is used for, and why it exists. From the 1926 Pennsylvania mutation that turned America's mushrooms white, to the oyster mushroom that hunts microscopic worms, to the Japanese matsutake harvest that fell from 12,000 tons to under 100, and the one relationship that decides which mushrooms can be farmed at all. Chapters 0:00 Three mushrooms, one species 0:46 White Button 1:41 Cremini 2:26 Portobello 3:34 Shiitake 4:30 Enoki 5:23 Oyster Mushroom 6:16 King Oyster 7:02 Maitake 7:54 Lion's Mane 8:48 Chanterelle 9:33 Porcini 10:24 Morel 11:22 Matsutake 12:20 Black Truffle 13:26 Why some mushrooms can't be farmed Every kind of food and drink, broken down variety by variety — what each one is, where it came from, and what makes it different from the rest. Every video on this channel is edited by a human video editor. Subscribe for the next product broken down the same way. mushrooms #foodexplained #everykindof