Beefsteak fungus
Fistulina hepatica · 肝色牛排菌
Occasional牛排菌科🍽 Reported Edible (Wild)
Reference sources describe this as an edible wild fungus. This guide provides no basis whatsoever for foraging or consumption.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Dark red, tongue-shaped, moist surface, resembling raw liver
- Oozes red juice with meat-like veining when cut; underside pale yellow with fine pores
- Grows at the base of oak and chestnut trunks
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 牛排菌科
- Hymenium
- Pores
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 7–25 cm (overall size)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Base of oak and chestnut
Fun Fact
Slice into it and you'll find marbled flesh oozing red juice — it genuinely looks like a cut of raw beef.
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