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  1. 5. A national park located in Maine.
  2. 6. A national park in South Dakota that is also the name of a Halsey album from 2015.
  3. 9. A type of mushroom that is yellow-orangish (kinda like turmeric) and described as having a peppery taste.
  4. 12. A type of wild mushroom. They’re often sautéed before using in a recipe. They look kinda like a brain, but mushroom-shaped (?)
  5. 14. These mushrooms have an unusual crunchy texture and mild flavor. They get their name from their propensity to grow in fallen _____ trees in East Asia (mostly Japan).
  6. 15. A national park located in Missouri.
  7. 17. A national park located in North Dakota named after a US president.
  8. 20. A mushroom type commonly used in fancy French or Italian cuisine. Their name means Piglet in Italian.
  9. 24. Puffball A type of mushroom that absorbs flavor like tofu and is large and white.
  10. 25. A type of mushroom that has a delicate texture that shreds easily.
  11. 26. A national park that is also the name of a TV show that had Lainey Wilson as a guest star.
  12. 27. It is a national park in California and is part of the nickname of a Looney Tunes character that uses the word “varmint” a lot.
  13. 28. America’s largest national park
Down
  1. 1. Thin, white, stringy a mushroom often used in Japanese cuisine.
  2. 2. A national park located in Texas.
  3. 3. A national park in North Carolina and Tennessee. “Only you can stop wildfires”
  4. 4. Mane Used in health supplements, supposed benefits include protection from dementia, anxiety relief, and anti-inflammatory properties. Name is also one of Mufasa’s (yes, from the Disney movie) characteristics.
  5. 7. A national park which is also a Fall Out Boy song name from their album “Save Rock and Roll”.
  6. 8. AKA Sweet Tooth mushrooms, they do well sautéed and in soups. The name is the same animal as Sonic.
  7. 10. Rainier A national park located in Washington that Kayla has told us she wants to visit. It’s located south of Seattle.
  8. 11. A LARGE national park located in Texas.
  9. 13. Lake A national park located in Oregon. It’s home to the deepest lake in the US and 7th deepest in the world.
  10. 16. Ear A type of mushroom that’s a dark-to-light brown fungi that looks like a small crinkled ear.
  11. 18. A mushroom found mostly in Italy, France, and the Pacific Northwest. You can train dogs and pigs to find them.
  12. 19. The type of mushroom they use as a pizza topping (normal ones, not fancy pizzas) and for risotto.
  13. 21. Oyster A type of mushroom commonly used as a pulled pork meat substitute. Available at H Mart.
  14. 22. A Japanese native mushroom that only grows in the wild. They’ve failed to be domesticated and sold for as much as $80 per shroom. Not a hallucinogenic.
  15. 23. They have a parasitic fungus called Hypomyces Lactifluorom that turns them red and affects the flavor that many describe as being like _____. “Livin’ like Larry”