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FUNGI (mushrooms, puffballs, bracket fungi, with lichens and allies)
FUNGI (mushrooms, puffballs, bracket fungi, with lichens and allies)
These are the common forest decomposers. The fungi include the familiar "cap and stem" mushrooms to the bracket or shelf fungi, plus more types. Fungi are interesting, valuable, and colorful members of the forest.
The Fungi list is sorted by these:
Mushrooms (gilled mushrooms, boletes, chanterelles and others)
Puffballs and Earthballs
Bracket or Shelf Fungi (and related)
Fingered or stalked Fungi
Jelly Fungi
Stinkhorns
Rust Fungi
Lichens and other Ascomyctes (Sac Fungi and Lichins)
The divisions here are meant to be practical, based partially on the form seen. True Mycologists (those that study fungi) would probably have a cow when they see this list.
Understanding and Using the List
This list is derived from observations posted in the app iNaturalist. The observations here include those iNat classified as “research grade” or “needs id”. Observations in this latter category were not confirmed by others, but were reviewed for this listing. Some of the tentative "needs id" identification were omitted due to conflicting or questionable assignment. As well, any "need id" identifications solely to family or genus level were omitted if there were other exact identifications for species within the group.
The common name is followed by the scientific name in parentheses. In some cases, there may be no common name.
Errors in tabulation, grouping, or links may have occurred - these are a mess of data - the error is mine.
Mushrooms - gilled mushrooms, boletes, chanterelles and others
Research Grade
common name (scientific name)
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American Yellow Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria guessowii)
Appalachian Chanterelle (Cantharellus appalachiensis)
Arkansas Slender Caesar (Amanita arkansana)
aspen oyster mushroom (Pleurotus populinus)
Atkinson's Destroying Angel (Amanita elliptosperma)
Beech Rooter (Oudemansiella furfuracea)
Beveled-cap Bolete (Tylopilus badiceps)
Bird's Nest Fungus (Cyathus)
Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum parvulum)
Black-stalked Marasmius (Tetrapyrgos nigripes)
Bleeding Fairy Helmet (Mycena haematopus)
bolete mould (Hypomyces chrysospermus)
Bouillon Bolete (Lanmaoa pallidorosea)
bristled parachute (Marasmius cohaerens)
Butterball (Suillus weaverae)
Buttery Collybia (Rhodocollybia butyracea)
ceramic parchment (Xylobolus frustulatus)
Chicken Fat Mushroom (Suillus americanus)
clustered bonnet (Mycena inclinata)
collared parachute (Marasmius rotula)
corrugated bolete (Hemileccinum hortonii)
Corrugated-cap Milky (Lactifluus corrugis)
Dingy Twiglet (Simocybe centunculus)
Eastern North American Destroying Angel (Amanita bisporigera)
ebony cup (Pseudoplectania nigrella)
False Caesar's Mushroom (Amanita parcivolvata)
Field Mushrooms and Allies (Agaricus butyreburneus)
Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)
Freckled Dapperling (Echinoderma asperum)
Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata)
Garlic-Odored Death Cap (Amanita suballiacea)
golden-gilled gerronema (Gerronema strombodes)
Gunpowder Amanita (Amanita onusta)
hairy rubber cup (Galiella rufa)
indigo milk cap (Lactarius indigo)
Mouse-pee Pinkgill (Entoloma incanum)
orange mycena (Mycena leaiana)
Orange-yellow Marasmius (Marasmius strictipes)
Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
Pale Brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleanus)
pale oyster (Pleurotus pulmonarius)
Peppery Milkcap (Lactifluus piperatus)
Ravenel's Lepidella (Amanita ravenelii)
reddish brown bitter bolete (Tylopilus rubrobrunneus)
Ringless Honey Mushroom (Desarmillaria caespitosa)
scaly shield (Pluteus petasatus)
Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)
shaggy-stalked bolete (Aureoboletus betula)
Small Chanterelle (Cantharellus minor)
smoky milkcap (Lactarius fumosus)
two-colored bolete (Baorangia bicolor)
violet-gray bolete (Tylopilus violatinctus)
Walnut Mycena (Mycena crocea)
White Dapperling (Leucoagaricus leucothites)
Wolfs Milk (Lycogala)
Yellow Fairy Cups (Calycina citrina)
zoned hairy parachute (Crinipellis zonata)
none (Boletus roodyi)
none (Candolleomyces luteopallidus)
none (Cantharellus flavolateritius)
none (Cortinarius distans)
none (Cortinarius flavifolius)
none (Cystolepiota sistrata)
none (Deconica ovispora)
none (Entoloma griseum)
none (Ganoderma sessile)
none (Heliomyces decolorans)
none (Hypholoma)
none (Inocybe margaritispora)
none (Lactarius croceus)
none (Lactarius psammicola)
none (Lactarius yazooensis)
none (Laeticutis cristata)
none (Leucoagaricus coerulescens)
none (Macrolepiota macilenta)
none (Marasmius nigrodiscus)
none (Oudemansiella limonispora)
none (Phlegmacium griseocoeruleum)
none (Pseudosperma friabile)
none (Pulveroboletus curtisii)
none (Russula amerorecondita)
none (Russula katarinae)
none (Russula pulverulenta)
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Needs ID
common name (scientific name)
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Bitter Bolete (Tylopilus felleus)
Blue-green Cracking Russula (Russula parvovirescens)
blusher (Amanita rubescens)
Carrot-Footed Lepidella (Amanita daucipes)
clustered clitocybe (Lepista subconnexa)
Coker's amanita (Amanita cokeri)
common bonnet (Mycena galericulata)
Common Funnel (Infundibulicybe gibba)
Common Milkcaps (Lactarius)
Cups (Peziza)
Earthstars (Geastrum)
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom (Megacollybia rodmanii)
Elf Cups (Sarcoscypha)
Frost's Bolete (Exsudoporus frostii)
Green Brittlegill (Russula aeruginea)
hare's foot inkcap (Coprinopsis lagopus)
Honey Mushroom (Armillaria mellea)
lilac bolete (Boletus separans)
milky conecap (Conocybe apala)
Moss Bells (Galerina)
Mottlegills (Panaeolus)
Mulch Fieldcap (Agrocybe putaminum)
Old-man-of-the-woods (Strobilomyces strobilaceus)
Orange Pinwheel (Marasmius siccus)
Ornate-stalked bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes)
Oysterlings (Crepidotus)
Pinkgills (Entoloma)
pinwheels and parachute mushrooms (Marasmius)
pleated inkcap (Parasola plicatilis)
Pleated Pluteus (Pluteus longistriatus)
Purple-and-White Deceiver (Laccaria ochropurpurea)
reddening lepiota (Leucoagaricus americanus)
Redhead Russula (Russula rhodocephala)
ringless honey fungus (Desarmillaria tabescens )
Scalycaps (Pholiota)
Shields (Pluteus)
Slippery Jacks (Suillus)
stalked scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha occidentalis)
Stinking Dapperling (Lepiota cristata)
Stubble Rosegill (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus)
Trainwrecker (Neolentinus lepideus)
Trooping Crumble Cap (Coprinellus disseminatus)
Violet Gray Bolete (Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus)
Viscid Violet Cort (Cortinarius iodes)
weeping widow (Lacrymaria lacrymabunda)
Witch's Hat (Hygrocybe conica)
Woodwaxes (Hygrophorus)
wrinkled psathyrella (Typhrasa gossypina)
Yellow Patches (Amanita flavoconia)
none (Arrhenia)
none (Cantharellus corallinus)
none (Lanmaoa pallidorosea)
none (Lepiota)
none (Leptonia)
none (Leucoagaricus)
none (Leucopaxillus)
none (Mycetinis)
none (Russula flavida)
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Puffballs and Earthballs
Research Grade
common name (scientific name)
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Brain puffball (Calvatia craniiformis)
common earthball (Scleroderma citrinum)
common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
Leopard Earthball (Scleroderma areolatum)
Pear-shaped Puffball (Apioperdon pyriforme)
Purple-spored Puffball (Calvatia cyathiformis)
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Bracket or Shelf Fungi and related
Research Grade
common name (scientific name)
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artist's bracket (Ganoderma applanatum)
Blushing Rosette (Abortiporus biennis)
brown-toothed crust fungus (Hydnoporia olivacea)
chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)
Cracked Cap Polypore (Fulvifomes robiniae)
Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus)
Elegant Polypore (Cerioporus varius)
enveloping crust (Sebacina incrustans)
False Turkeytail (Stereum lobatum)
green cheese polypore (Fomitopsis spraguei)
hen of the woods (Grifola frondosa)
hexagonal-pored polypore (Neofavolus alveolaris)
lion's-mane mushroom (Hericium erinaceus)
Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa)
Mustard Yellow Polypore (Fuscoporia gilva)
none (Irpiciporus mollis)
none (Lentinellus subaustralis)
none (Metuloidea reniformis)
none (Steccherinum nitidum)
none (Stereum ostrea)
none (Trametes aesculi)
none (Tyromyces galactinus)
none (Yuchengia narymica)
oak bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus)
Resinous Polypore (Ischnoderma resinosum)
Rooting Polypore (Polyporus radicatus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor)
Velvet Foot (Flammulina velutipes)
Velvet-footed Tap (Tapinella atrotomentosa)
violet-toothed polypore (Trichaptum biforme)
White-pored Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus cincinnatus)
Willow Bracket (Phellinus igniarius)
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Needs ID
common name (scientific name)
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Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
bicolored bracket (Gloeoporus dichrous)
Black-staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei)
Blue Cheese Polypore (Cyanosporus caesius)
Cinnabar Bracket (Trametes sanguinea)
Common Fiber Vase (Thelephora terrestris)
Mossy Maze Polypore (Cerrena unicolor)
none (Resupinatus alboniger)
none (Stereum lobatum)
none (Thelephora vialis)
Orange Polypore (Aurantiporus croceus)
Purplepore Bracket (Trichaptum abietinum)
shelf fungi (Polyporales)
silky parchment (Stereum striatum)
Smoky polypore (Bjerkandera adusta)
Spring Polypore (Lentinus arcularius)
White Cheese Polypore (Tyromyces chioneus)
Wood ear fungi (Auricularia)
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Fingered or stalked Fungi
Research Grade
common name (scientific name)
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ashen coral (Tremellodendropsis tuberosa)
Coral Fungi (Ramaria)
crown-tipped coral fungus (Artomyces pyxidatus)
jellied false coral fungus (Sebacina schweinitzii)
White green-algae coral (Multiclavula mucida)
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Needs ID
common name (scientific name)
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antler and spindle fungi (Clavariaceae)
Fairy Fingers (Clavaria fragilis)
many-forked cladonia (Cladonia furcata)
none (Lentoramaria)
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Jelly Fungus
Research Grade
common name (scientific name)
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Black Witches' Butter (Exidia glandulosa)
Orange Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces chrysospermus)
Warlock's Butter (Exidia nigricans)
white jelly fungus (Ductifera pululahuana)
witch's butter (Tremella mesenterica)
Wood Ear (or Tree Ear) Fungus (Auricularia angiospermarum)
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Needs ID
common name (scientific name)
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Fan-shaped Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces spathularia)
Jelly Spot Fungus (Dacrymyces stillatus)
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Rust Fungi
Needs ID
common name (scientific name)
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Allium Rust (Puccinia allii)
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Lichens and other Ascomyctes
Research Grade
common name (scientific name)
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Brittle Cinder (Kretzschmaria deusta)
Cedar-apple rust (Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae)
Common Script Lichen (Graphis scripta)
dead man's fingers (Xylaria polymorpha)
Honeydew Eater (Scorias spongiosa)
none (Passalora chionea)
Red Dock Spot (Ramularia rubella)
Rock Dimple Lichen (Gyalecta jenensis)
rosette lichen (Physcia millegrana)
Sac Fungi and Lichens (Beauveria)
splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)
woolly woodwart (Lasiosphaeria ovina)
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Needs ID
common name (scientific name)
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Aesculus leaf blotch (Phyllosticta sphaeropsoidea)
Common Button Lichen (Buellia erubescens)
Common Lichens (Lecanoromycetes)
Jelly Lichens (Enchylium)
none (Arthopyrenia degelii)
none (Chromelosporium )
none (Daldinia)
none (Hypomyces)
none (Xylaria cornu-damae)
orange hobnail canker (Endothia gyrosa)
pelt lichens (Peltigera)
pixie cup and reindeer lichens (Cladonia)
powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum)
Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)
rough speckled shield lichen (Punctelia rudecta)
Ruffle Lichens (Parmotrema)
Sulphur Firedot (Gyalolechia flavovirescens)
sunburst lichens, firedots, and allies (Teloschistaceae)
Sunken Disk Lichens (Aspicilia)
Tattered Jellyskin Lichen (Scytinium lichenoides)
typical shield lichens (Parmelioideae)
Wart Lichens (Verrucaria)
wreath lichens (Phaeophyscia)
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Stinkhorns
Research Grade
common name (scientific name)
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red stinkhorn (Mutinus ravenelii)
rounded earthstar (Geastrum saccatum)
Wrinkly Stinkhorn (Phallus rugulosus)
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