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The Fungi of Edgewood, compiled by Bill Freedman

Number

Scientific Name

Common Name

Description

1

Agaricus diminutivus

Diminutive Agaricus

white cap, small scant ring

2

Agaricus xanthoderma

Yellow Skin

white, clumped, stem ends yellow

3

Agrocybe pediades

small, tan, on litter, veil marks

4

Alboleptonia sericella

small, white, pink gills, slender

5

Amanita calyptrata

Coccoli

large orange, white cap, edible

6

Amanita phalloides

Death Cap

green metallic cap, partial skirt at mid-stem, saclike cup at base

7

Amanita vaginita

Grisette

gray cap, thin stem, striae on cap

8

Amanita velosa

Spring Amanita

apricot color, white cap, small

9

Bolbitius vitellinus

Egg-Yolk Fungus

tiny, on grass, yellow, gills black

10

Boletus amygdalinus

poroid, stains blue, large

11

Clitocybe nudum

Blewit

all purple, in rings, edible

12

Cortinarius scaura group

all yellow rusty spores, web-like veil

13

Cortinarius sp.

thin stripe, white/ochre cap

14

Cortinarius sp.

short stem, brown cap

15

Crepidotus mollis

Mottled Crep

small tan brackets on bark

16

Daldinia grandis

Carbon Balls

black hemispheres on bark

17

Entoloma rhodopolium

gray, pink gills and spores

18

Exidia alba

White Jelly

clumps of white jelly on bark

19

Exidia glandulosum

Black Jelly

masses of black jelly on bark

20

Hebeloma crustinilliforma

Poison Pie

pale brown, wet cigarette odor

21

Inocybe sororia

Corn Silk

gray spores, fibrous cracked cap

22

Lactarius alnicola

white with white milk, bitter

23

Lactarius galactorrhea

orange, zonate, golden milk

24

Lepista saeva

on grass, tan center to cap

25

Marasmius sp.

small, brown, on wood chips

26

Mycena sp.

tiny, dry, all pink, on litter

27

Omphalina postii ?

tiny pink, umbilicate, with moss

28

Phellinus gilvus

Oak Conk

velvety brown bracket, hard woods

29

Phylotopsis nidulans

Sewer Gas Mushroom

orange clusters on hardwood

30

Pluteus cervinus

Fawn Mushroom.

tan cap, J-shaped stem, on wood

31

Russula cremicolor

white, cream-colored cap

32

Russula delica

white, low, gills fragile, moderate size

33

Russula domestica

Emetic Fungus

all red, stem white, peppery

34

Schizophyllum commune

Split Gill Fungus

pearly gray, on trees and humans

35

Stereum hirsutum

False Turkey-Tail

small orange brackets, on oak

36

Stropharia ambigua

chocolate gills, cap edge remnants

37

Suillus flavoporus

pores bright yellow, brown cap

38

Suillus lakei

Poor Man’s Peach

peach-like

39

Trametes hirsuta

False Turkey Tail

gray to brown cap, edge unruffled

40

Trametes versicolor

Turkey Tail

colorful thin bracket, zoned

41

Tremella mesenterica

Witch’s Butter

contorted orange, on stereum

 

 

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