Senate Bill 571 proposes to designate the hen-of-the-woods (Grifola frondosa) as the official state mushroom of Wisconsin. This bill introduces new legal language by creating section 1.10 (3) (w) of the statutes, which explicitly states that the hen-of-the-woods is the state mushroom.

Additionally, the bill amends section 1.10 (4) of the statutes to include "mushroom" in the list of state symbols that the Wisconsin Blue Book must contain information about. The previous language deleted the word "and" before "herb" and inserted "and mushroom" to ensure that the new designation is included in the official state symbols.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 1.10(4), 1.10