Articles & Miscellany

Kaminski, P. (2003) Introduction to Mushroom Photography
Kellner, H. (2003) The mushroom drawings of Heidi Kellner (illustrations)
Kuo, M. (Feb 2003) The evolution of a great-big headache
Kuo, M. (Sep 2003) Mushroom Taxonomy: The Big Picture
Kuo, M. (Nov 2003) Reactions to Iron Salts among the Chanterelles
Kuo, M. (Jan 2005) Taxonomy in Transition: The Russulaceae
Kuo, M. (Feb 2005) Taxonomy in Transition: The Strophariaceae
Kuo, M. (Feb 2005) Ecology, Shmeecology
Kuo, M. (Mar 2005) What, If Anything, Is a Gilled Mushroom?
Kuo, M. (Mar 2006) Identifying Morels with Morphology
Kuo, M. (Mar 2007) Mushrooming in the Age of DNA
Miller, H. (2003) Morel Mushroom Monitoring in a Colorado Burn Area
Moore, J. D. (2003) The mushroom drawings of John David Moore (illustrations)
Tulloss, R. E. (2008) Lying on My Back in the Assunpink (poem)

Artomyces

Ascomycetes

Aseröe  

Asterophora  

Auricularia

Auriscalpium

Austroboletus  

Bartlett, Rex

Tremella foliacea

Basidiomycetes

Beefsteak Morel

Beefsteak Polypore

Bibliography

Bird's Nest Fungi  

Key to the Nidulariaceae in North America.

Bisporella

Black Knot of Cherry

Common name for Apiosporina morbosa.

Black Trumpets

Blewit

Common name for Clitocybe/Lepista nuda.

Bolbitius

B. aleuriatus = B. reticulatus
B. expansus - see B. vitellinus
B. fragilis - see B. vitellinus
B. titubans - see B. vitellinus
B. variicolor - see B. vitellinus

Boletales  

The boletes. Key goes to genus; subsequent keys go to species.

Boletellus  

B. chrysenteroides - see B. pseudochrysenteroides
B. intermedius - see B. pseudochrysenteroides

Boletes

Mushrooms in the Boletales.

Boletinellus

Boletinellus merulioides is a former name for Gyrodon merulioides.

Boletinus

Former genus name for several boletes now placed elsewhere in the Boletales, including Gyrodon merulioides and Suillus pictus

B. aestivalis - see Boletus sp. 01
B. affinis = Xanthoconium affine
B. alutaceus - see B. pallidus
B. caespitosus = B. innixus
B. calopus - see B. inedulis
B. carminiporus - see B. luridus
B. erythropus - see B. subvelutipes
B. fraternus - see B. campestris
B. glabellus - see B. inedulis
B. longicurvipes = Leccinum longicurvipes
B. nobilissimus - see B. atkinsonii
B. piperatus = Chalciporus piperatus
B. pseudo-olivaceus - see B. subvelutipes
B. purpureofuscus = Xanthoc. purpureum
B. rainisii - see B. pulverulentus
B. retipes - see B. ornatipes
B. rhodosanguineus - see B. luridus
B. roseipes - see B. inedulis
B. roseobadius - see B. subvelutipes
B. rubripes - see B. inedulis
B. rufocinnamomeus - see B. subvelutipes
B. separans = Xanthoconium separans
B. subglabripes = Leccinum subglabripes
B. subluridellus - see B. subvelutipes
B. tenax - see B. illudens
B. truncatus - see B. chrysenteron
B. vinaceobasis - see B. luridus
B. viridiflavus - see B. auriporus

Bondarzewia  

Bulgaria

B. rufa = Galiella rufa

Button Mushroom

Common name for Agaricus bisporus.

Callistosporium

Calocybe

Calostoma

Calvatia

Camarophyllus

See Hygrophorus and Hygrocybe, below.

Camarops

Cantharellus  

C. ignicolor = Craterellus ignicolor
C. infundibuliformis = Cr. tubaeformis
C. lutescens = Craterellus aurora
C. tubaeformis = Craterellus tubaeformis
C. xanthopus = Craterellus aurora

Reactions to Iron Salts among the Chanterelles.

Cantharellus/Craterellus Clade

Catathelasma  

C. imperialis = C. imperiale
C. ventricosa = C. ventricosum

Cauliflower Mushroom

Common name for Sparassis crispa.

Caulorhiza

Cerrena

Chalciporus

Chamaeota

C. mammillata = Pluteus mammillatus
C. sphaerospora = Pluteus mammillatus

Chamonixia

Chanterelle

Common name for Cantharellus cibarius and closely related species of Cantharellus.

Cheilymenia

Chemical Reactions

Discusses the use of ammonia, KOH, and iron salts in mushroom identification.

Chicken of the Woods

Common name for Laetiporus sulphureus, Laetiporus cincinnatus, Laetiporus conifericola, and other Laetiporus species.

Chlorociboria

Chlorophyllum

Christiansenia

C. mycetophila = Syzygospora mycetophila.

Chroogomphus  

C. rutilus ~ = C. ochraceus.

Clathrus  

C. americanus = C. crispus
C. archeri - see Aseröe rubra
C. bicolumnatus - see C. columnatus
C. cancellatus = C. ruber

Clavaria

C. atkinsoniana - see C. vermicularis
C. fusiformis = Clavulinopsis fusiformis
C. kunzei = Ramariopsis kunzei
C. pulchra = Clavulinopsis laeticolor
C. rubicundula = C. fumosa

Clavariadelphus

C. pistillaris - see C. americanus

Clavicorona

C. pyxidata = Artomyces pyxidatus

Clavulina

Clavulinopsis

Climacodon  

Clitocyboid Mushrooms

C. alba = C. robusta
C. albirhiza - see C. eccentrica
C. candida - see C. gigantea
C. epichysium = Omphalina epichysium
C. flaccida - see C. inversa
C. geotropa - see C. maxima
C. gilva - see C. inversa
C. splendens - see C. inversa

Clitopilus

C. orcellus = C. prunulus var. orcellus

Clubs and Corals

Links to species pages; list of sources for club and coral identification.

Collecting Mushrooms for Study

Methods & techniques for collecting mushrooms for study.

Collybia

Key to Collybia sensu stricto (the 3 species still officially in Collybia)

C. cookei - see C. cirrhata
C. dryophila = Gymnopus dryophilus
C. luxurians = Gymnopus luxurians
C. maculata = Rhodocollybia maculata
C. racemosa = Dendrocollybia racemosa
C. radicata = Xerula radicata
C. subnuda = Gymnopus subnudus
C. spongiosa = Gymnopus spongiosus
C. subsulphurea - see G. dryophilus
C. velutipes = Flammulina velutipes

Collybia Jelly - see Syzygospora mycetophila

Collybioid Mushrooms
  

Key to Collybia, What Used to Be Collybia, and Mushrooms Kind of Like What Used to Be Collybias, in North America. Genera treated: Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollybia, Tricholomopsis, Melanoleuca, Flammulina, Calocybe, Crinipellis, Clitocybula, Callistosporium, Megacollybia, Xerula, and some of the larger species of Marasmius.

Coltricia

C. cinnamomea
C. montagnei

C. perennis - see C. cinnamomea

Colus

C. muelleri - see C. hirudinosus
C. pusillus - see C. hirudinosus

Conocybe

C. crispa - see C. albipes
C. lactea = C. albipes

Contributors

Information about the site's regular contributors.

Coprinellus  

Coprinoid Mushrooms
    

acuminatus - see Cpsis. atramentaria
colosseus - see C. comatus
ebulbosus = Cpsis. variegata
lagopides - see Cpsis. lagopus
radians - see Cplls. domesticus
quadrifidus = Cpsis. variegata
truncorum - see Cplls. micaceus

Coprinopsis  

Coprinus  

For many species formerly known as Coprinus species, see "Coprinoid Mushrooms," above.

Cordyceps

C. militaris
C. ophioglossoides

Key to Puffball-Parasitizing Species  (Bug-parasitizing species not treated)

Cortinarius

C. alboviolaceus
C. armillatus
C. bolaris
C. caperatus
C. corrugatus
C. cotoneus
C. croceus
C. distans
C. hesleri
C. iodes
C. malicorius
C. phoeniceus
C. pingue
C. rubripes
C. semisanguineus
C. subpulchrifolius
C. trivialis
C. vanduzerensis

C. bulliardii - see C. rubripes
C. californicus - see C. hesleri
C. cinnabarinus - see C. hesleri
C. cinnamomeus - see C. croceus
C. clandestinus - see C. cotoneus
C. collinitus - see C. trivialis
C. croceifolius = C. malicorius
C. croceofolius = C. malicorius
C. haematochelis - see C. armillatus
C. heliotropicus = C. iodes
C. incognitus = C. croceus
C. iodeoides - see C. iodes
C. marylandensis - see C. hesleri

Craterellus  

C. fallax = C. cornucopioides
C. konradii = C. cornucopioides
C. sinuosus - see C. calyculus
C. subundulatus - see C. calyculus

See also Cantharellus/Craterellus Clade.

Crepidotus

Crinipellis

Crucibulum  

Cryptoporus

Cudonia

C. lutea - see C. circinans

Cup Fungi  

Definition and discussion; partial key; links to species pages; list of references for cup fungus identification.

Cyathus  

Cystoderma

C. jasonis - see C. amianthinum
C. terreii = C. cinnabarinum

Daedalea

D. confragosa = Daedaleopsis confragosa

Daedaleopsis

D. ambigua = Trametes elegans

Dead Man's Fingers

Death Cap

Common name for the deadly Amanita phalloides.

Deer Mushroom

Common name for Pluteus cervinus.

Dendrocollybia

Dentinum

D. repandum = Hydnum repandum

Dermocybe

= Cortinarius, above.

Describing Mushrooms

Keeping a Journal & Creating Written Descriptions
Interpreting Written Descriptions

Destroying Angel

Common name for the deadly Amanita bisporigera.

Devil's Urn

Common name for Urnula craterium.

Dictyophora

Former genus name for species now placed in the genus Phallus, including Phallus duplicatus and Phallus indusiatus.

Discina

Disciotis

Disclaimer

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Drying Mushrooms

Preserving Mushrooms for Study
Alternative Drying Methods

Ductifera

Edibility

Disclaimer
Eating Wild Mushrooms
Mushroom Toxins
Meixner Test for Amatoxins

Enoki

The cultivated, commercially marketed version of Flammulina velutipes.

Entoloma & Satellite Genera

E. cucullatum = E. vernum
E. cuspidatum = E. murraii
E. grayanum - see E. griseum
E. madidum = E. bloxami
E. tortuosum = E. vernum
R. popinalis - see R. mundula

Errata
for Mushroom Publications

Text corrections for How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms (Smith, Smith & Weber, 1979), How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus IV: Keys to Families and Genera (Stuntz, 1973), and The Boletes of North America: A Compendium (Both, 1993).

Evolution

Kuo, M. (Feb 2003) The evolution of a great-big headache
Kuo, M. (Jan 2005) Taxonomy in Transition: The Russulaceae
Kuo, M. (Feb 2005) Taxonomy in Transition: The Strophariaceae
Kuo, M. (Mar 2005) What, If Anything, Is a Gilled Mushroom?

Exidia

E. alba = Duct. pululahuana

Eyelash Cup

Fairy Rings

False Morels

Common name for species of Gyromitra.

False Morel Project

Homepage and Introduction
Project Data

Favolus

F. alveolaris = Polyporus alveolaris

Field Guides

Recommendations, discussion, strategies for using.

Fistulina

F. pallida = F. radicata

Flammulaster

Flammulina  

Floccularia  

F. luteovirens - see F. straminea

Fly Agaric

Common name for Amanita muscaria. See also Amanita muscaria var. formosa.

Fuligo

(Slime Mold)

Fuscoboletinus

Former genus name for mushrooms now placed in Suillus.

Galerina

G. autumnalis = G. marginata

Galiella

Ganoderma

G. annularis - see G. applanatum
G. brownii - see G. applanatum
G. curtisii - see G. lucidum
G. oregonense - see G. lucidum

Garden Mushrooms

Mushrooms commonly occurring in yards and gardens.

Gastrocybe

Geastrum

Geho, Tim

Aseröe rubra

Geoglossum

Gerronema

Gilled Bolete

Common name for species in the Phylloporus rhodoxanthus cluster. See also the Key to Phylloporus.

Glossary of Mycological Terms

Brief definitions and illustrations of some of the technical terms used at this site.

Gomphidius  

Gomphus  

Grifola

G. umbellata = Polyporus umbellatus

Grisette

Common name for species in the Amanita vaginata cluster.

Gymnopilus

G. penetrans - see G. sapineus
G. spectabilis = G. junonius
G. ventricosus - see G. junonius

Gymnopus  

Gymnosporangium

Gyrodon

Gyromitra  

G. fastigiata = G. brunnea
G. gigas = G. korfii + G. montana

See also Mushroom Toxins.

Gyroporus