Assembly Bill 698 proposes to designate the hen-of-the-woods (Grifola frondosa) as the official state mushroom of Wisconsin. The bill introduces new legal language to create 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 cover. This amendment replaces the previous language that only included various other state symbols, thereby expanding the scope of the information included in the Wisconsin Blue Book to encompass the newly designated state mushroom.

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