Hebeloma

Helvella  

Hen of the Woods

Common name for Grifola frondosa.

Herbarium

The MushroomExpert.Com Herbarium holds many mushroom collections from across North America.

Hericium  

H. ramosum = H. coralloides

Heterobasidion

Hohenbuehelia  

H. geogenia = H. petaloides

Honey Mushroom

Common name for Armillaria mellea and other species of Armillaria.

Horse Mushroom

Common name for Agaricus arvensis.

Humaria

Hydnellum  

H. fasciatum = H. concrescens
H. parvum - see H. concrescens
H. queletii = H. concrescens
H. scrobiculatum - see H. concrescens
H. velutinum - see H. spongiosipes
H. vespertilio = H. concrescens
H. zonatum = H. concrescens

Hydnum

H. imbricatum = Sarcodon imbricatus

Hydropoid Mushroom Clade

Hygrocybe

H. acutoconica = H. persistens
H. boreale = H. virginea
H. chlorophana - see H. flavescens
H. constans = H. persistens
H. langei = H. persistens
H. nivea = H. virginea
H. rickenii = H. persistens
H. ruber - see H. cuspidata
H. subminitula - see H. minitula

See also Hesler & Smith's 1963 Monograph of Hygrophorus.

Hygrophoroid/Omphalinoid
Group

Hygrophoropsis

Synonymy with Hygrocybe not listed (see above)

See also Hesler & Smith's 1963 Monograph of Hygrophorus.

Hymenoscyphus

Hypholoma  

H. aurantiaca = Stropharia aurantiaca

Hypomyces

See also the USDA's Hypomyces Web Site.

Hypsizygus

Ileodictyon

Illinois Boletes  

Key developed by Andrew Methven.

Imperfect Fungi

See Laccaria ochropurpurea.

Indian Pipes

Common name for a plant--Monotropa uniflora--that is often mistaken for a fungus.

Infundibulicybe

Inky Cap

Common name for Coprinus atramentarius, or for the genus Coprinus generally.

Inocybe  

I casimiri = I. leptophylla
I. fastigiata = I. rimosa
I. frumentacea - see I. adaequata
I. jurana = I. adaequata
I. lanuginosa - see I. leptophylla
I. lilacina = I. geophylla var. lilacina
I. rhodiola = I. adaequata
I. sororia - see I. rimosa

Inonotus

Irpex

Ischnoderma

I. benzoinum = I. resinosum

Jack O'Lantern Mushroom

Common name for Omphalotus illudens and related species.

Jafnea

J. fusicarpa - see J. semitosta

Jelly Ear

Common name for Auricularia auricula.

Jelly Fungi

Links to species pages; list of sources for jelly fungus identification.

Journal, Keeping

Information on describing collections in a mushroom journal.

Keys

This site's keys begin with the Key to Major Groups of Mushrooms.

King Bolete

Kuehneromyces

Treated in Pholiota.

K. mutabilis = Pholiota mutabilis
K. rostratus = Pholiota veris

Kuo, Michael

All pages at MushroomExpert.Com are written by Michael Kuo unless otherwise noted.

Laccaria  

L. amethystea = L. amethystina
L. maritima - see L. trullisata

See also Greg Mueller's Laccaria Site.

Lacrymaria

Lactarius  

L. alnicola - see L. payettensis
L. aquifluus = L. helvus
L. aurantiacus - see L. luculentus
L. cocosiolens - see L. glyciosmus
L. corrugis - see L. volemus
L. deterrimus - see L. deliciosus
L. distans = L. hygrophoroides
L. fallax - see L. lignyotus
L. marylandicus = L. subplinthogalus
L. nitidus = L. hepaticus
L. subflammeus - see L. luculentus
L. tomentoso-marginatus - see L. deceptivus

See also Hesler & Smith's 1979 Monograph.

Laetiporus

L. gilbertsonii - see L. sulphureus
L. huroniensis - see L. sulphureus

Langermannia

L. gigantea = Calvatia gigantea

Lawn Mower's Mushroom

Common name for Panaeolus foenisecii.

Lawn Mushrooms

Mushrooms commonly occurring in yards and gardens.

Leccinum    

L. aurantiacum
L. barrowsii
L. carpini ~= L. pseudoscabrum
L. clavatum
L. fallax
L. fibrillosum
L. flavostipitatum
L. griseum ~= L. pseudoscabrum
L. idahoense
L. piceinum
L. ponderosum
L. roseoscabrum
L. rubropunctum
L. solheimii
L. subalpinum
L. subfulvum
For additional synonymy see the Taxonomic Digest.

Lentaria

L. byssiseda - see L. micheneri
L. patouillardii = L. micheneri

Lentinellus

L. omphalodes = L. micheneri
L. subaustralis - see L. micheneri
L. vulpinus - see L. ursinus

Lentinus

L. conchatus = Panus conchatus
L. rudis = Panus rudis
L. strigosus = Panus rudis
L. torulosus = Panus conchatus

Lenzites

Leotia

Lepiota & Satellite Genera

L. acutesquamosa = L. aspera
L. americana = La. americanus
L. cepaestipes = Lc. cepaestipes
L. friesii = L. aspera
L. lutea = Lc. birnbaumii
L. molybdites = C. molybdites
L. naucina = La. naucinus
L. procera = M. procera
L. rachodes = C. rhacodes
L. rhacodes = C. rhacodes
L. rubrotincta = La. rubrotinctus
L. virescens - see L. caerulescens
L. viridiflavoides - see L. caerulescens

See also The Lepiotoid Clade.

Lepiotoid Mushroom Clade

Lepista

Leptonia

See Entoloma, above.

Leratiomyces    

L. magnivelaris - see L. percevalii

Leucoagaricus

L. leucothites = L. naucinus

Leucocoprinus

L. cepistipes = L. cepaestipes
L. fragilissimus - see L. birnbaumii

Leucopaxillus    

L. amarus = L. gentianeus
L. cerealis = L. albissimus
L. paradoxus - see L. albiformis

Limacella    

Links

Lobster Mushroom

Common name for mushrooms attacked by Hypomyces lactifluorum, a fungal parasite.

Lycogala

(Slime Mold)

Lycoperdon

L. curtisii = Vascellum curtisii
L. echinatum - see L. pulcherrimum
L. gemmatum = L. perlatum
L. oblongisporum = Bovista longispora
L. pyriforme = Morganella pyriformis
L. wrightii = Vascellum curtisii

Lyophyllum

L. connatum - see L. decastes
L. loricatum - see L. decastes

Lysurus    

Macrocybe

Macrocystidia

Macrolepiota

Marasmiellus

Marasmius    

M. elongatipes = M. pyrrhocephalus
M. longipes = Rhzms. pyrrhocephalus
M. pyrrhocephalus = R. pyrrhocephalus

Matsutake

Common name for Tricholoma magnivelare and related species.

Meadow Mushroom

Common name for Agaricus campestris.

Megacollybia

Meixner Test

Performing the Mexiner test to determine the presense of deadly amatoxins.

Melanoleuca    

M. strictipes - see M. evenosa
M. stridula - see M. angelesiana
M. subalpina - see M. evenosa

Meripilus

M. giganteus - see M. sumstinei

Merulius

Former genus name for species now included in Phlebia, below.

Methven, Andrew

Key to Illinois Boletes

Meyers, Ron

Amanita populiphila, Amanita thiersii, Calvatia craniiformis, Calvatia cyathiformis, Calvatia rubroflava, Chamaeota sphaerospora, Clitocybe nuda, Coltricia montagnei, Cortinarius distans, Hypsizygus ulmarius, Hypsizygus tessellatus, Lycoperdon pulcherrimum, Lysurus cruciatus, Lysurus mokusin: The Lantern Stinkhorn, Lysurus periphragmoides.

Microscopes, Using

Introduction
Equipment
Viewing and Measuring Spores
Creating a Section to Study
Basidia and Cystidia
The Gill Tissue
The Cap Surface
The Stem Surface
Clamp Connections
Working with Dried Material
Working with Ascomycetes

Microstoma

Milky Caps

Common name for species in the genus Lactarius. See also Hesler & Smith's 1979 Key to Lactarius.

Miller, Holly

Morel Mushroom Monitoring in a Colorado Burn Area

Monotropa uniflora

A plant, commonly known as "Indian Pipes," that is often mistaken for a fungus.

Morchellaceae  

The true morels and the verpas. Key to the species in North America. Disciotis venosa is treated separately.

Morchella  

M. conica - see Black Morels
M. crassipes - see Discussion
M. deliciosa - see Deliciosa Morels
M. elata - see Black Morels
M. semilibera - see Half-Free Morels

Morel Data Collection
Project

Summary of Preliminary Results
MDCP Taxa
Project Data
Identifying Morels with Morphology

Morel Hunting

Colorado Burn Site Study - Article by H. Miller
Key to Morels
Key to False Morels
Identifying Morels with Morphology

Morganella

Mutinus    

See also Phallaceae & Clathraceae and Phallales.

Mycena

M. alcalina - see M. leptocephala
M. fibula = Rickenella fibula
M. inclinata - see M. galericulata
M. meliigena = M. corticola

See also Smith's 1947 Monograph.

Mycenastrum

Mycorrhaphium    

M. adustulum - see M. adustum

Mycotrophs    

Key to 25 mushroom-eating mushrooms and fungi.

Myxomycetes

Slime molds: A brief treatment of the slime mold life cycle, links, and photos.