Protected Fungi in the UK
Below is the DEFRA list of protected Fungi in the UK as of the 11th December 2013.
Please take care when picking any fungi, lichen or plant to make sure you know what it is first. Otherwise you may well be picking from one of the rare protected species.
We will endevour to add photos to this list to help you as and when they are made available to us
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Taxonomy | England | Scotland | Wales | N Ireland |
| Amanita friabilis | Fragile Amanita | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Armillaria ectypa | Marsh Honey Fungus | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Bankera fuligineoalba | Drab Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Battarrea phalloides | Sandy Stilt Puffball | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Boletopsis perplexa | Black Falsebolete | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Boletus immutatus | Constant Bolete | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Boletus pseudoregius | The Pretender | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Boletus regius | Royal Bolete | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Boletus rhodopurpureus | Oldrose Bolete | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Boletus torosus | Brawny Bolete | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Bovista paludosa | Fen Puffball | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Calocybe onychina | Lilac Domecap | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Cantharellus friesii | Orange Chanterelle | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Cantharellus melanoxeros | Blackening Chanterelle | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Chlorencoelia versiformis | Flea’s Ear | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Chrysomyxa pirolata | Wintergreen Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Clavaria purpurea | Purple Spindles | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Cotylidia pannosa | Woolly Rosette | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Entoloma bloxamii | Big Blue Pinkgill | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Geastrum berkeleyi | Berkeley’s Earthstar | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Geastrum corollinum | Weathered Earthstar | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Geastrum elegans | Elegant Earthstar | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Geastrum minimum | Tiny Earthstar | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Geoglossum atropurpureum | Dark-purple Earthtongue | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Gomphus clavatus | Pig’s Ear | fungus (non lichenised) | N | N | N | N |
| Hericium coralloides | Coral Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Hericium erinaceus | Bearded Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Hohenbuehelia culmicola | Marram Oyster | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Hydnellum aurantiacum | Orange Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | Y |
| Hydnellum caeruleum | Blue Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Hydnellum concrescens | Zoned Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Hydnellum ferrugineum | Mealy Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Hydnellum peckii | Devil’s Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Hydnellum scrobiculatum | Ridged Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Hydnellum spongiosipes | Velvet Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Hygrocybe spadicea | Date-coloured Waxcap | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Hygrophorus pudorinus | Rosy Woodwax | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Hypocreopsis lichenoides | Willow Gloves | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Hypocreopsis rhododendri | Hazel Gloves | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Lyophyllum favrei | Gilded Domecap | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Microglossum olivaceum | Earth-tongue | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Mycena renati | Beautiful Bonnet | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Myriostoma coliforme | Pepper Pot | fungus (non lichenised) | N | N | N | N |
| Nyssopsora echinata | Spignel Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Phellodon confluens | Fused Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Phellodon melaleucus | Grey Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Phellodon niger | Black Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Phellodon tomentosus | Woolly Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Pholiota astragalina | Conifer Scalycap | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | U | N | N |
| Phylloporus pelletieri | Golden Gilled Bolete | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Piptoporus quercinus | Oak Polypore | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Podoscypha multizonata | Zoned Rosette | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Poronia punctata | Nail Fungus | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Psathyrella caput-medusae | Medusa Brittlestem | fungus (non lichenised) | U | Y | U | N |
| Puccinia clintonii | Lousewort Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | Y |
| Puccinia physospermi | Bladder-seed Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Puccinia scorzonerae | Scorzonera Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Puccinia septentrionalis | Alpine Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Puccinia thesii | Bastard-toadflax Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Sarcodon glaucopus | Greenfoot Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Sarcodon scabrosus | Bitter Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Sarcodon squamosus | Scaly Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | Y | N | N |
| Sarcodontia crocea | Orchard Tooth | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Sarcosphaera coronaria | Violet Crowncup | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Stephanospora caroticola | Carroty False Truffle | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Stropharia hornemannii | Conifer Roundhead | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Tephrocybe osmophora | Sweet Greyling | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Tracya hydrocharidis | Frogbit Smut | fungus (non lichenised) | U | N | U | U |
| Tremella moriformis | Mulberry Brain | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
| Tremellodendropsis tuberosa | Ashen Coral | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Tricholoma colossus | Giant Knight | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Tricholoma robustum | Robust Knight | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Tulostoma melanocyclum | Scaly Stalkball | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Tulostoma niveum | Stalked Puffball | fungus (non lichenised) | N | Y | N | N |
| Urocystis colchici | Colchicum Smut | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | Y | N |
| Urocystis primulicola | Bird’s-eye Primrose Smut | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | U | N | N |
| Uromyces gentianae | Felwort Rust | fungus (non lichenised) | Y | N | N | N |
