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Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref.
Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref.
Heterobasidion annosum is a conifer-infecting bracket fungus endemic to the US, introduced to Italy, and is inedible.
Heterobasidion occidentale Otrosina & Garbel.
Heterobasidion occidentale Otrosina & Garbel.
Heterobasidion occidentale is a North American root rot fungus that infects many tree species, causing damaging forest disease.
Heterobasidion irregulare Garbel. & Otrosina
Heterobasidion irregulare Garbel. & Otrosina
Heterobasidion irregulare is a tree root-rotting pathogenic fungus that causes major damage to conifer plantations in North America and introduced Italy.
Echinodontium tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh.
Echinodontium tinctorium (Ellis & Everh.) Ellis & Everh.
Echinodontium tinctorium is an inedible fungus with gray spines, historically used by Indigenous peoples as pigment and skin care.
Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quél.
Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quél.
Auricularia auricula-judae, Jelly Ear, is a European wood-growing fungus with recorded culinary and historical medicinal uses.
Auricularia americana Parmasto & I.Parmasto ex Audet, Boulet & Sirard
Auricularia americana Parmasto & I.Parmasto ex Audet, Boulet & Sirard
Auricularia americana is a wood-rotting ear-shaped fungus found in North America, China, and the Russian Far East.
Auricularia angiospermarum Y.C.Dai, F.Wu & D.W.Li
Auricularia angiospermarum Y.C.Dai, F.Wu & D.W.Li
Auricularia angiospermarum is a wood-rotting ear-shaped jelly fungus found on broadleaf dead wood in North America.
Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers.
Auricularia mesenterica (Dicks.) Pers.
Auricularia mesenterica is a bracket fungus found across Europe and Central Asia, with reported edibility and potential medicinal properties.
Auricularia cornea Ehrenb.
Auricularia cornea Ehrenb.
Auricularia cornea is a gelatinous wood-growing fungus, with traditional Chinese medicine claims for human health benefits.
Auricularia nigricans (Sw.) Birkebak, Looney & Sánchez-García
Auricularia nigricans (Sw.) Birkebak, Looney & Sánchez-García
Auricularia nigricans is an ear-shaped wood-rotting fungus distributed across the Americas, growing on dead broadleaf tree wood.
Auricularia fuscosuccinea (Mont.) Henn.
Auricularia fuscosuccinea (Mont.) Henn.
Auricularia fuscosuccinea is an Auriculariales fungus first described in 1842 and moved to Auricularia in 1893.
Exidia glandulosa (Bull.) Fr.
Exidia glandulosa (Bull.) Fr.
Exidia glandulosa is a dark gelatinous wood-rotting fungus that grows on broadleaf tree dead branches, with unclear distribution outside Europe.
Exidia nigricans (With.) P.Roberts
Exidia nigricans (With.) P.Roberts
Exidia nigricans is a dark, gelatinous Northern Hemisphere wood-rotting fungus that fruits mostly in autumn and winter.
Exidia saccharina Fr.
Exidia saccharina Fr.
Exidia saccharina Fr. is a gelatinous fungus that grows on dead conifers across Europe, northern Asia, and North America.
Exidia thuretiana (Lév.) Fr.
Exidia thuretiana (Lév.) Fr.
Exidia thuretiana is an inedible gelatinous wood-rotting fungus that grows on dead broadleaf branches across the Northern Hemisphere.
Exidia pithya (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr.
Exidia pithya (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr.
Exidia pithya is a gelatinous wood-rotting fungus found on dead conifer branches across continental Europe.
Exidia recisa (Ditmar) Fr.
Exidia recisa (Ditmar) Fr.
Exidia recisa is a wood-rotting gelatinous fungus that grows mostly on dead willow twigs, widespread in Europe and confirmed present in North America.
Exidia repanda Fr.
Exidia repanda Fr.
Exidia repanda Fr. is a wood-rotting gelatinous fungus that grows on dead birch, found in Europe, North America, and Japan.
Exidiopsis effusa (Bref. ex Sacc.) Möller
Exidiopsis effusa (Bref. ex Sacc.) Möller
Exidiopsis effusa is a fungus in the Auriculariaceae family, the type species of Exidiopsis, linked to hair ice formation on dead wood.
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Scop.) P.Karst.
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Scop.) P.Karst.
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum, the jelly tooth, is an edible fungus found on dead conifer wood in Europe and northern Asia.
Guepinia helvelloides (DC.) Fr.
Guepinia helvelloides (DC.) Fr.
Guepinia helvelloides is a saprobic fungus that grows from buried wood, is edible but bland, and is found across many temperate regions.
Myxarium nucleatum Wallr.
Myxarium nucleatum Wallr.
Myxarium nucleatum is a gelatinous fungus that grows on dead wood, found across multiple continents and hosts a specific parasitic fungus.
Hydnellum caeruleum (Hornem.) P.Karst.
Hydnellum caeruleum (Hornem.) P.Karst.
Hydnellum caeruleum is a blue-staining stalked-tooth ectomycorrhizal fungus native to temperate North America, Europe, and Asia.
Hydnellum aurantiacum (Batsch) P.Karst.
Hydnellum aurantiacum (Batsch) P.Karst.
Hydnellum aurantiacum is an inedible tooth fungus found growing on the ground in conifer and mixed woods across multiple continents.
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