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Geastrum pectinatum Pers.
Geastrum pectinatum Pers.
Geastrum pectinatum is a widespread inedible earthstar mushroom found in forests across many continents.
Geastrum triplex Jungh.
Geastrum triplex Jungh.
Geastrum triplex is the largest earthstar mushroom, widely distributed, and has a history of use in traditional medicine.
Geastrum melanocephalum (Czern.) V.J.Stanĕk
Geastrum melanocephalum (Czern.) V.J.Stanĕk
Geastrum melanocephalum is a saprotrophic Eurasian earthstar fungus with a distinctive naked spore mass when mature.
Geastrum michelianum Berk. & Broome
Geastrum michelianum Berk. & Broome
Geastrum triplex is the largest earthstar mushroom, widespread, saprobic, and has uses in traditional medicine.
Myriostoma coliforme (Dicks.) Corda
Myriostoma coliforme (Dicks.) Corda
Myriostoma coliforme is a rare north-temperate puffball-like saprotrophic fungus with rayed fruit bodies that rain-disperse spores.
Ramaria capitata Corner
Ramaria capitata Corner
Ramaria capitata Corner is a widespread, relatively common coral fungus of the Gomphaceae family found in Australia.
Ramaria stricta (Pers.) Quél.
Ramaria stricta (Pers.) Quél.
Ramaria stricta is a common lignicolous coral fungus with a bushy fruit body, distinct anise odor and bitter taste.
Ramaria botrytis (Pers.) Bourdot
Ramaria botrytis (Pers.) Bourdot
Ramaria botrytis is an edible ectomycorrhizal coral fungus, widely distributed across multiple continents with two recognized varieties.
Ramaria rasilispora Marr & D.E.Stuntz
Ramaria rasilispora Marr & D.E.Stuntz
Ramaria rasilispora is a large coral fungus found mostly in North American coniferous forests, with one reported Himalayan population.
Ramaria araiospora Marr & D.E.Stuntz
Ramaria araiospora Marr & D.E.Stuntz
Ramaria araiospora is a probably mycorrhizal coral fungus with red branches, native mostly to North America's Pacific Northwest.
Gomphus clavatus (Pers.) Gray
Gomphus clavatus (Pers.) Gray
Gomphus clavatus is a violet-to-brown gomphoid fungus that forms mycorrhizae in coniferous forests across the Northern Hemisphere.
Phaeoclavulina abietina (Pers.) Giachini
Phaeoclavulina abietina (Pers.) Giachini
Phaeoclavulina abietina is a small inedible branching mushroom that grows in coniferous forest duff in North America and Europe.
Phaeoclavulina myceliosa (Peck) Franchi & M.Marchetti
Phaeoclavulina myceliosa (Peck) Franchi & M.Marchetti
Phaeoclavulina myceliosa is an inedible North American coral fungus found in California mountains.
Turbinellus kauffmanii (A.H.Sm.) Giachini
Turbinellus kauffmanii (A.H.Sm.) Giachini
Turbinellus kauffmanii is a vase-shaped mushroom native to western North America that contains the toxic compound norcaperatic acid.
Turbinellus floccosus (Schwein.) Earle ex Giachini & Castellano
Turbinellus floccosus (Schwein.) Earle ex Giachini & Castellano
Turbinellus floccosus is a vase-shaped mushroom found across North America and Asia, toxic to some people but eaten in regions.
Clavariadelphus pistillaris (L.) Donk
Clavariadelphus pistillaris (L.) Donk
Clavariadelphus pistillaris is a rare edible club mushroom native to Europe and North America that grows in beech forests.
Clavariadelphus truncatus Donk
Clavariadelphus truncatus Donk
Clavariadelphus truncatus Donk is an edible high-elevation mushroom found in coniferous forests that contains potentially anti-tumor clavaric acid.
Clavariadelphus ligula (Schaeff.) Donk
Clavariadelphus ligula (Schaeff.) Donk
Clavariadelphus ligula is a club-shaped fungus that grows on the ground in coniferous forests, with conflicting reports on its edibility.
Beenakia dacostae D.A.Reid
Beenakia dacostae D.A.Reid
Beenakia dacostae is a small toothed fungus found in Australian wet eucalypt forests, currently listed as Near Threatened.
Hydnocristella himantia (Schwein.) R.H.Petersen
Hydnocristella himantia (Schwein.) R.H.Petersen
Hydnocristella himantia is the only species in the monotypic fungal genus Hydnocristella, found in North America.
Gallacea scleroderma (Cooke) Lloyd
Gallacea scleroderma (Cooke) Lloyd
Gallacea scleroderma, the velvet potato fungus, is an endemic New Zealand hypogeous fungus associated with southern beech.
Collybia zonata (Peck) Sacc.
Collybia zonata (Peck) Sacc.
Crinipellis zonata, formerly Collybia zonata, is a small brown saprobic mushroom found across parts of North America, Europe, and South Korea.
Marasmius elegans (Cleland) Grgur.
Marasmius elegans (Cleland) Grgur.
The velvet parachute, Marasmius elegans, is a Marasmiaceae fungus found in Australian eucalypt forests.
Marasmius plicatulus Peck
Marasmius plicatulus Peck
Marasmius plicatulus Peck, the red pinwheel, is the largest North American West Coast Marasmius, not edible, found near oaks or conifers from November to February.
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