What do most people say for “Name a mushroom”?

The usual first answers are Button mushroom, Portobello and Shiitake. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a mushroom”?

26 in all: 3 on The Tip, 6 Below the Surface, 7 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a mushroom” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Enoki” and the longest is “Chicken of the woods”.

Nature trivia

Name a mushroom

“Name a mushroom” is one of 39 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 26 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Button mushroom
Portobello
Shiitake

One step down

These 6 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Oyster mushroom
Morel
Chanterelle
Porcini
Truffle
Fly agaric

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	6	25
The Deep	7	50
The Abyss	9	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 7 answers starting with D, E, L, M, P, S and W. The Abyss has 9 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

26 answers in total, 14 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Enoki”. Longest: “Chicken of the woods”.
S, P and B are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.

Getting below the surface

Start with S: 5 of the answers begin with it.
Button mushroom, Portobello and Shiitake are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Go local: species from one continent or one ocean are often left out by everybody else.

Play nature trivia now See all 26 answers A–Z

What the words mean

Fungus

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a mushroom”?: The usual first answers are Button mushroom, Portobello and Shiitake. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a mushroom”?: 26 in all: 3 on The Tip, 6 Below the Surface, 7 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a mushroom” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Enoki” and the longest is “Chicken of the woods”.

All 39 nature prompts

How deep does your knowledge go?

Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.

▼ Start today’s iceberg ▼