Articles & Miscellany

Hallock, R. M. (2008) The Taste of Mushrooms
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  

A betula = Heimioporus betula

Baeospora

Bartlett, Rex

Tremella foliacea

Basidiomycetes

Battarrea

B. laciniata - see B. phalloides
B. stevenii = B. phalloides

Bibliography

Bird's Nest Fungi  

Key to the Nidulariaceae in North America.

Bisporella

Bjerkandera

Black Knot of Cherry

Common name for Apiosporina morbosa.

Black Trumpets

Blewit

Common name for Clitocybe/Lepista nuda.

Blumenavia

Bolbitius

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

Boletales  

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

Boletellus  

B. intermedius - see B. pseudochrysenteroides

Boletes

Mushrooms in the Boletales.

B. aestivalis - see Boletus cf. reticulatus
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. griseus = Retiboletus griseus
B. longicurvipes = Leccinum longicurvipes
B. nobilissimus - see B. atkinsonii
B. ornatipes = Retiboletus ornatipes
B. pinicola - see B. cf. pinophilus
B. piperatus = Chalciporus piperatus
B. pseudo-olivaceus - see B. subvelutipes
B. purpureofuscus = Xanthoc. purpureum
B. rainisii - see B. pulverulentus
B. retipes - see Retiboletus 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. subgraveolens - see B. vermiculosus
B. subluridellus - see B. subvelutipes
B. tenax - see B. illudens
B. truncatus - see B. chrysenteron
B. vermiculosoides - see B. vermiculosus
B. vinaceobasis - see B. luridus
B. viridiflavus - see B. auriporus

Key to 12 Boletus edulis-like Boletes  

Bondarzewia  

Bovista

Bulgaria

B. rufa = Galiella rufa

Button Mushroom

Common name for Agaricus bisporus.

Callistosporium

Calocera

Calocybe

Calostoma

Calvatia

Camarophyllus

See Hygrophorus and Hygrocybe, below.

Camarops

Cantharellus  

C. friesii - see C. cibarius
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.

Chrysomphalina

Clathrus  

C. americanus = C. crispus
C. bicolumnatus - see C. columnatus
C. cancellatus = C. ruber
C. cibarius = Ileodictyon cibarium

Clavaria

C. amethystina - see Clavaria zollingeri
C. atkinsoniana - see C. vermicularis
C. aurantiocinnabarina = Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina
C. fusiformis = Clavulinopsis fusiformis
C. kunzei = Ramariopsis kunzei
C. pulchra = Clavulinopsis laeticolor
C. purpurea = Alloclavaria purpurea
C. rubicundula = C. fumosa

Clavariadelphus

C. pistillaris - see C. americanus

Clavicorona

C. pyxidata = Artomyces pyxidatus

Clavulina

C. amethystina - see C. amethystinoides
C. coralloides = C. cristata

Clavulinopsis

Climacodon

Clitocyboid Mushrooms

C. alba = C. robusta
C. albirhiza - see C. eccentrica
C. candida - see C. gigantea
C. coniferophila - see C. flavidella
C. densifolia - see C. subconnexa
C. epichysium = Omphalina epichysium
C. fasciculata - see C. subconnexa
C. flaccida - see C. inversa
C. geotropa - see C. maxima
C. gilva - see C. inversa
C. pinophila - see C. flavidella
C. splendens - see C. inversa
C. subcanescens - see C. flavidella
C. sublutea - see C. glutiniceps
C. thujana - see C. glutiniceps
C. variabilis - see C. hygrophoroides

Clitocybula

C. familia - see C. abundans
C. oculus - see C. abundans

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  

For many former species of Collybia, please see collybioid mushrooms.

Collybia Jelly - see Syzygospora mycetophila

Collybioid Mushrooms
  

Genera treated: Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollybia, Tricholomopsis, 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. hirudinosus - see C. pusillus
C. muelleri = C. pusillus

Conocybe

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

Connopus  

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)

Coriolopsis

C. gallica

Cortinarius

C. alboviolaceus
C. anomalus  
C. armillatus
C. azureus  
C. bolaris
C. caesiocanescens  
C. caperatus
C. collinitus  
C. corrugatus
C. croceus
C. distans
C. elegantio-montanus  
C. glaucopus  
C. "hesleri"
C. infractus  
C. iodeoides  
C. iodes
C. malicorius
C. "marylandensis"  
C. mucosus  
C. multiformis  
C. olearioides  
C. ophiopus  
C. phoeniceus var. occid.
C. pingue
C. privignoides  
C. rubripes
C. semisanguineus
C. species 01  
C. species 02  
C. subpulchrifolius
C. torvus  
C. trivialis
C. vanduzerensis
C. vibratilis  
C. violaceus  

C. amarus - see C. vibratilis
C. armeniacus - see C. privignoides
C. bulliardii - see C. rubripes
C. caerulescens - see C. species 02
C. cinnabarinus - see C. hesleri
C. cinnamomeus - see C. croceus
C. clandestinus - see C. cotoneus
C. croceifolius = C. malicorius
C. croceofolius = C. malicorius
C. cylindripes - see C. collinitus
C. elegantioides - see C. elegantio-montanus
C. elegantior - see C. elegantio-montanus
C. fulgens - see C. olearioides
C. fulmineus - see C. olearioides
C. haematochelis - see C. armillatus
C. heliotropicus - see C. iodes
C. hercynicus - see C. violaceus
C. hinnuleus - see C. distans
C. incognitus = C. croceus
C. moënne-loccozii - see C. species 02
C. muscigenus - see C. collinitus
C. pulchrifolius - see C. subpulchrifolius
C. rimosus - see C. subpulchrifolius
C. rufoalbus - see C. ophiopus
C. simulans - see C. anomalus
C. subfulgens = C. olearioides
C. velicopia - see C. species 02
C. vulpinus - see C. ophiopus

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

C. appalachiensis = C. crocophyllus
C. aureifolius = C. crocophyllus
C. distortus = C. crocophyllus
C. dorsalis = C. crocophyllus
C. fulvifibrillosus = C. crocophyllus
C. nephrodes = C. crocophyllus
C. subaureifolius = C. crocophyllus
C. subnidulans = C. crocophyllus

Crinipellis

C. hirticeps - see C. zonata
C. maxima - see C. zonata
C. piceae - see C. setipes

Crucibulum  

Crust Fungi

Definition and discussion; links to species pages; list of references for crust fungus identification.

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

Deer Mushroom

Common name for Pluteus cervinus.

Dentinum

D. repandum = Hydnum repandum

Describing Mushrooms

Keeping a Journal & Creating Written Descriptions
Interpreting Written Descriptions

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

Drying Mushrooms

Preserving Mushrooms for Study
Alternative Drying Methods

Ductifera

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.

Favolus

F. alveolaris = Polyporus alveolaris

Fistulina

F. pallida = Pseudofistulina radicata
F. radicata = Pseudofistulina radicata

Flammulaster

Flammulina  

Floccularia  

F. luteovirens - see F. straminea

Fomes

F. subrosea = Fomitopsis cajanderi

Fomitopsis

F. subrosea = F. cajanderi

Fuligo

(Slime Mold)

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

Gastrocybe

Geastrum

G. badium = G. elegans
G. fimbriatum - see G. saccatum
G. indicum = G. triplex
G. umbilicatum = G. elegans

Geoglossum

Gerronema

Gloeophyllum

Gloeoporus

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

Gymnopilus

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

Gymnopus  

G. acervatus = Connopus acervatus
G. brunneolus - see G. dryophilus

Gymnosporangium

Gyrodon

Gyromitra  

G. ambigua - see G. infula
G. fastigiata = G. brunnea
G. gigas = G. korfii + G. montana

Gyroporus