Identifying Edible and Poisonous Wild Mushrooms
There are roughly 15,000 types of wild fungi in the UK. Our guide aims to help you identify the best to eat and the most important ones not to pick.
Never rely on one source for mushroom identification, and never eat anything unless you are 100% sure it is edible. We will not be held responsible for the use of the information in this guide.
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| Photo | Sort by common name : Common Name | Sort by scientific name : Scientific Name | Type | Start | End |
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Penny Bun | Boletus edulis |
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Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
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Parasol | Macrolepiota procera |
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Season Start : Jun | Season End : Sep |
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Wood Blewit | Lepista nuda |
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Season Start : Oct | Season End : Feb |
|
Chicken Of The Woods | Laetiporus sulphureus |
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Season Start : May | Season End : Aug |
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Trooping Funnel | Clitocybe / Infundibulicybe geotropa |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Chanterelle | Cantharellus cibarius |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
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Winter Chanterelle | Craterellus tubaeformis |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
Hedgehog Fungus | Hydnum repandum |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Wood Cauliflower | Sparassis crispa |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Charcoal Burner | Russula cyanoxantha |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
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St. George's Mushroom | Calocybe gambosa |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : May |
|
The Deceiver | Laccaria laccata |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
|
Amethyst Deceiver | Laccaria amethystina |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
|
Field Mushroom | Agaricus campestris |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
|
Inky Mushroom | Agaricus moelleri |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Oct |
|
Oyster Mushroom | Pleurotus ostreatus |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Bay Bolete | Boletus / Imleria badia |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Common Morel | Morchella vulgaris |
|
Season Start : Mar | Season End : May |
|
Truffles | Tuber aestivum |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Fairy Ring Champignons | Marasmius oreades |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : Nov |
|
Shaggy Inkcap | Coprinus comatus |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : Nov |
|
Shaggy Parasol | Chlorophyllum rhacodes |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Horn Of Plenty | Craterellus cornucopioides |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Giant Puffball | Calvatia gigantea |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Sep |
|
Tawny Grisette | Amanita fulva |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Oct |
|
Yellow Swamp Brittlegill | Russula claroflava |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
The Prince | Agaricus augustus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Horse Mushroom | Agaricus arvensis |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Oct |
|
Purple Brittlegill | Russula undulata |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Rooting Bolete | Boletus / Caloboletus radicans |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Honey Fungus | Armillaria mellea |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Nov |
|
Jelly Ears | Auricularia auricula-judae |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
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Orange Birch Bolete | Boletus / Leccinum versipelle |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Scarlet Waxcap | Hygrocybe coccinea |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Saffron Milkcap | Lactarius deliciosus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Blushing Wood Mushroom | Agaricus sylvaticus |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
|
Beefsteak Fungus | Fistulina hepatica |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Common Puffball | Lycoperdon perlatum |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Meadow Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Cuphophyllus pratensis |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Velvet Shank | Flammulina velutipes |
|
Season Start : Dec | Season End : Apr |
|
Deathcap | Amanita phalloides |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Devil's Bolete | Boletus / Rubroboletus satanas |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Oct |
|
Destroying Angel | Amanita virosa |
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Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Panthercap | Amanita pantherina |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Jewelled Amanita | Amanita gemmata |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
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The Sickener | Russula emetica |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
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Beechwood Sickener | Russula nobilis |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Fool's Funnel | Clitocybe rivulosa |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Woolly Milkcap | Lactarius torminosus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Bearded Milkcap | Lactarius pubescens |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Brown Rollrim | Paxillus involutus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
White Fibrecap | Inocybe geophylla |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Sulphur Tuft | Hypholoma fasciculare |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Yellow Stainer | Agaricus xanthodermus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Blue Roundhead | Stropharia caerulea |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
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Magpie Inkcap | Coprinopsis picacea |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Macro Mushroom | Agaricus crocodilinus |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
|
Wood Mushroom | Agaricus sylvicola |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Fly Agaric | Amanita muscaria |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
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The Blusher | Amanita rubescens |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
|
Ochre Brittlegill | Russula ochroleuca |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Greencracked Brittlegill | Russula virescens |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
False Chanterelle | Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Red Cracking Bolete | Boletus / Xerocomellus chrysenteron |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Earthballs | Scleroderma spp. |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Powdery Brittlegill | Russula parazurea |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
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Stump Puffball | Lycoperdon / Apioperdon pyriforme |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Porcelain Fungus | Mucidula mucida |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Birch Polypore | Fomitopsis betulina |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Common Inkcap | Coprinopsis atramentaria |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : Nov |
|
Field Blewit | Lepista personata |
|
Season Start : Oct | Season End : Jan |
|
Glistening Inkcap | Coprinellus micaceus |
|
Season Start : Mar | Season End : Dec |
|
Scarlet Elfcup | Sarcoscypha austriaca |
|
Season Start : Dec | Season End : Apr |
|
Pavement Mushroom | Agaricus bitorquis |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Oct |
|
Dryad's Saddle | Cerioporus squamosus |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Aug |
|
Grey Spotted Amanita | Amanita excelsa |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Lilac Fibrecap | Inocybe lilacina |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Black Morel | Morchella importuna |
|
Season Start : Mar | Season End : May |
|
Clouded Funnel | Clitocybe nebularis |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Dog Stinkhorn | Mutinus caninus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
False Deathcap | Amanita citrina var. citrina |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Nov |
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Brown Birch Bolete | Boletus / Leccinum scabrum |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Rosy Bonnet | Mycena rosea |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
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Plums and Custard | Tricholomopsis rutilans |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Stinkhorn | Phallus impudicus |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
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Bovine Bolete | Boletus / Suillus bovinus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Tawny Funnel | Paralepista flaccida |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Weeping Widow | Lacrymaria lacrymabunda |
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Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
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Oak Bolete | Boletus / Butyriboletus appendiculatus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Bitter Beech Bolete | Boletus / Caloboletus calopus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Geranium Brittlegill | Russula fellea |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Larch Bolete | Boletus / Suillus grevillei |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Giant Polypore | Meripilus giganteus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
White False Death Cap | Amanita citrina var. alba |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Lurid Bolete | Boletus / Suillellus luridus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Scarletina Bolete | Boletus / Neoboletus praestigiator |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Peppery Bolete | Boletus / Chalciporus piperatus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Lilac Bonnet | Mycena pura |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Bronze Bolete | Boletus aereus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Crimson Waxcap | Hygrocybe punicea |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Snowy Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Cuphophyllus virgineus |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
The Goblet | Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis |
|
Season Start : Oct | Season End : Jan |
|
Bitter Bolete | Boletus / Tylopilus felleus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Ruby Bolete | Boletus / Hortiboletus rubellus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Chestnut Bolete | Boletus / Gyroporus castaneus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Medusa Mushroom | Agaricus bohusii |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Semifree Morel | Morchella semilibera |
|
Season Start : Mar | Season End : Apr |
|
Summer Bolete | Boletus reticulatus |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Aug |
|
Ascot Hat | Boletus / Hortiboletus bubalinus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
The Miller | Clitopilus prunulus |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
|
Scaly Wood Mushroom | Agaricus langei |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Oct |
|
Orange Grisette | Amanita crocea |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Vermillion Waxcap | Hygrocybe miniata |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Hen of the Woods | Grifola frondosa |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Poplar Fieldcap | Cyclocybe cylindracea |
|
Season Start : Jan | Season End : Dec |
|
Terracotta Hedgehog | Hydnum rufescens |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Orange Bolete | Boletus / Leccinum aurantiacum |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Common Bonnet | Mycena galericulata |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Dyer's Mazegill | Phaeolus schweinitzii |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Morel | Morchella esculenta |
|
Season Start : Mar | Season End : May |
|
Golden Scalycap | Pholiota aurivella |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : Dec |
|
False Morel | Gyromitra esculenta |
|
Season Start : Mar | Season End : May |
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Orange Peel Fungus | Aleuria aurantia |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
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Deadly Fibrecap | Inosperma erubescens |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Sep |
|
Stinking Dapperling | Lepiota cristata |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Mosaic Puffball | Lycoperdon utriforme |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Elfin Saddle | Helvella lacunosa |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Nov |
|
Butter Cap | Rhodocollybia butyracea |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Dec |
|
White Saddle | Helvella crispa |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
False Saffron Milkcap | Lactarius deterrimus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Grey Knight | Tricholoma terreum |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Freckled Dapperling | Echinoderma asperum |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Bruising Webcap | Cortinarius / Thaxterogaster purpurascens |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Slimy Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Gliophorus irrigatus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Dec |
|
Pink Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Porpolomopsis calyptriformis |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
Parrot Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Gliophorus psittacinus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Dec |
|
Jubilee Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Gliophorus reginae |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
Golden Waxcap | Hygrocybe chlorophana |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
Curry Milkcap | Lactarius camphoratus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Dusky Puffball | Lycoperdon nigrescens |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Sep |
|
Common Rustgill | Gymnopilus penetrans |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
Yellow False Truffle | Rhizopogon luteolus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Wrinkled Peach | Rhodotus palmatus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Giant Funnel | Aspropaxillus giganteus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Blackening Waxcap | Hygrocybe conica |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Grisettes | Amanita sect. Vaginatae |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Slippery Jack | Boletus / Suillus luteus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Sep |
|
White Domecap | Leucocybe connata |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Funeral Bell | Galerina marginata |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Scarlet Caterpillarclub | Cordyceps militaris |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Shaggy Scalycap | Pholiota squarrosa |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Sepia Bolete | Boletus / Xerocomellus porosporus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Fleecy Milkcap | Lactifluus vellereus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Heath Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Gliophorus laetus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
Jelly Tooth | Pseudohydnum gelatinosum |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
King Alfred's Cakes | Daldinia concentrica |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Pine Bolete | Boletus pinophilus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Liberty Cap | Psilocybe semilanceata |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Woodland Inkcap | Coprinellus silvaticus |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Nov |
|
Slender Parasol | Macrolepiota mastoidea |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Splendid Waxcap | Hygrocybe splendidissima |
|
Season Start : Oct | Season End : Dec |
|
Blushing Bracket | Daedaleopsis confragosa |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Hoof Fungus | Fomes fomentarius |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Oak Polypore | Buglossoporus quercinus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Oct |
|
Smoky Bracket | Bjerkandera adusta |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Turkey Tail | Trametes versicolor |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Cinnamon Bracket | Hapalopilus rutilans |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Sep |
|
Spotted Toughshank | Rhodocollybia maculata |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Silky Rosegill | Volvariella bombycina |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Sheathed Woodtuft | Kuehneromyces mutabilis |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Pale Oyster | Pleurotus pulmonarius |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Blackening Brittlegill | Russula nigricans |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Deer Shield | Pluteus cervinus |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : Nov |
|
Deadly Webcap | Cortinarius rubellus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Fenugreek Milkcap | Lactarius helvus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Clustered Domecap | Lyophyllum decastes |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Frosted Chanterelle | Cantharellus pallens |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
|
Snakeskin Grisette | Amanita ceciliae |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Amethyst Chanterelle | Cantharellus amethysteus |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Oct |
|
Aniseed Funnel | Clitocybe odora |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Spring Fieldcap | Agrocybe praecox |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : Sep |
|
Lion's Mane | Hericium erinaceus |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Oct |
|
White Dapperling | Leucoagaricus leucothites |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Slate Bolete | Boletus / Leccinum duriusculum |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Oct |
|
Poison Pie | Heboloma crustuliniforme |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Stubble Rosegill | Volvopluteus gloiocephalus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Yellow Foot Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Cuphophyllus flavipes |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Dec |
|
Rooting Shank | Hymenopellis radicata |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Nov |
|
Pestle Puffball | Lycoperdon excipuliforme |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Crimped Gill | Plicaturopsis crispa |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Fragrant Funnel | Clitocybe fragrans |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Dec |
|
Egghead Mottlegill | Panaeolus semiovatus |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Black Bulgar | Bulgaria inquinans |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Mar |
|
Spectacular Rustgill | Gymnopilus junonius |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Dec |
|
Splitgill | Schizophyllum commune |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Poplar Bell | Schizophyllum amplum |
|
Season Start : Sep | Season End : Nov |
|
Tripe Fungus | Auricularia mesenterica |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Birch Woodwart | Jackrogersella multiformis |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Almond mushroom | Agaricus subrufescens |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Sep |
|
Golden Bootleg | Phaeolepiota aurea |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Oct |
|
Warted Amanita | Amanita strobiliformis |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Cucumber Cap | Macrocystidia cucumis |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Tuberous Polypore | Polyporus tuberaster |
|
Season Start : May | Season End : Oct |
|
Silverleaf Fungus | Chondrostereum purpureum |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Cedarwood Waxcap | Hygrocybe / Cuphophyllus russocoriaceus |
|
Season Start : Nov | Season End : Feb |
|
Blushing Rosette | Abortiporus biennis |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Suede Bolete | Boletus / Xerocomus subtomentosus |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Sep |
|
Hairy Curtain Crust | Stereum hirsutum |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Oak Mazegill | Daedalea quercina |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Root Rot | Heterobasidion annosum |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Red-Belted Bracket | Fomitopsis pinicola |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Yellow Stagshorn | Calocera viscosa |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Aspen Bolete | Boletus / Leccinum albostipitatum |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Shaggy Bracket | Inonotus hispidus |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Old Man of the Woods | Boletus / Strobilomyces strobilaceus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Thimble Morel | Verpa conica |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : May |
|
Velvet Bolete | Boletus / Suillus variegatus |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Nov |
|
Spindle Toughshank | Gymnopus fusipes |
|
Season Start : Jul | Season End : Oct |
|
Dead Man's Fingers | Xylaria polymorpha |
|
Season Start : All Year | Season End : All Year |
|
Lilac Oysterling | Panus conchatus |
|
Season Start : Aug | Season End : Nov |
|
Devil's Fingers | Clathrus archeri |
|
Season Start : Jun | Season End : Sep |
|
Brown Mottlegill | Panaeolina foenisecii |
|
Season Start : Apr | Season End : Dec |