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Protoxerula flavo-olivacea (R.H.Petersen & Halling) R.H.Petersen
Physalacriaceae

Protoxerula flavo-olivacea (R.H.Petersen & Halling) R.H.Petersen

Protoxerula flavo-olivacea (R.H.Petersen & Halling) R.H.Petersen

Protoxerula is a monotypic fungal genus containing the single Australian species Protoxerula flavo-olivacea.

Hymenopellis furfuracea (Peck) R.H.Petersen
Physalacriaceae

Hymenopellis furfuracea (Peck) R.H.Petersen

Hymenopellis furfuracea (Peck) R.H.Petersen

Hymenopellis furfuracea is a North American mushroom that grows from dead hardwood tree wood, with whitish flesh and a white spore print.

Oudemansiella canarii (Jungh.) Höhn.
Physalacriaceae

Oudemansiella canarii (Jungh.) Höhn.

Oudemansiella canarii (Jungh.) Höhn.

Oudemansiella canarii is a saprobic white mushroom that grows on decaying wood, found mainly in tropical regions of the Americas and northern Australia.

Oudemansiella australis G.Stev. & G.M.Taylor
Physalacriaceae

Oudemansiella australis G.Stev. & G.M.Taylor

Oudemansiella australis G.Stev. & G.M.Taylor

Oudemansiella australis is a mushroom that grows on rotting wood, found in New Zealand, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.

Hymenopellis radicata (Relhan) R.H.Petersen
Physalacriaceae

Hymenopellis radicata (Relhan) R.H.Petersen

Hymenopellis radicata (Relhan) R.H.Petersen

Hymenopellis radicata is a mushroom with a deeply rooting stem, and its caps are reportedly edible.

Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer
Physalacriaceae

Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer

Flammulina velutipes (Curtis) Singer

Flammulina velutipes, or velvet shank, is an edible saprotrophic fungus found in Europe and North America that grows on hardwoods.

Flammulina populicola Redhead & R.H.Petersen
Physalacriaceae

Flammulina populicola Redhead & R.H.Petersen

Flammulina populicola Redhead & R.H.Petersen

Flammulina populicola is an edible winter mushroom found mainly in northern Europe and North America that grows on poplar wood.

Strobilurus trullisatus (Murrill) Lennox
Physalacriaceae

Strobilurus trullisatus (Murrill) Lennox

Strobilurus trullisatus (Murrill) Lennox

Strobilurus trullisatus is a small mushroom that grows clustered on Douglas-fir cones, with a white cap and white spore print.

Strobilurus tenacellus (Pers.) Singer
Physalacriaceae

Strobilurus tenacellus (Pers.) Singer

Strobilurus tenacellus (Pers.) Singer

Strobilurus tenacellus is a small saprobic fungus that grows on conifer cones in Europe and Asia.

Strobilurus conigenoides (Ellis) Singer
Physalacriaceae

Strobilurus conigenoides (Ellis) Singer

Strobilurus conigenoides (Ellis) Singer

Strobilurus conigenoides is a small fungus usually associated with Magnolia cones, though it has also been found on American sweetgum fruits.

Strobilurus esculentus (Wulfen) Singer
Physalacriaceae

Strobilurus esculentus (Wulfen) Singer

Strobilurus esculentus (Wulfen) Singer

Strobilurus esculentus is a fungus with detailed morphological traits for its cap, gills, spores, and stem.

Cyptotrama asprata (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns
Physalacriaceae

Cyptotrama asprata (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns

Cyptotrama asprata (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns

Cyptotrama asprata is an inedible saprobic mushroom that grows on decaying wood with a pantropical distribution.

Cyptotrama chrysopepla (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Singer
Physalacriaceae

Cyptotrama chrysopepla (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Singer

Cyptotrama chrysopepla (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Singer

Cyptotrama chrysopepla, the golden coincap, is a small bright golden yellow mushroom that grows on wood with unknown edibility.

Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris
Physalacriaceae

Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris

Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris

Cylindrobasidium laeve is a Physalacriaceae fungus used as an active ingredient in mycoherbicide against black wattle in South Africa.

Rhodotus palmatus (Bull.) Maire
Physalacriaceae

Rhodotus palmatus (Bull.) Maire

Rhodotus palmatus (Bull.) Maire

Rhodotus palmatus is a reticulate-capped saprobic mushroom with a circumboreal distribution, edibility listed as unknown or inedible.

Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus (Berk.) R.H.Petersen
Physalacriaceae

Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus (Berk.) R.H.Petersen

Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus (Berk.) R.H.Petersen

Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus is a small orange-capped mushroom found mainly in eastern North America.

Desarmillaria tabescens (Scop.) R.A.Koch & Aime
Physalacriaceae

Desarmillaria tabescens (Scop.) R.A.Koch & Aime

Desarmillaria tabescens (Scop.) R.A.Koch & Aime

Desarmillaria tabescens, the ringless honey mushroom, is a bioluminescent plant pathogenic fungus found in Europe and rare in Japan.

Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.) Gray
Omphalotaceae

Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.) Gray

Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.) Gray

Gymnopus fusipes is a variable wood-associated mushroom that is saprobic, a serious parasite, and spreading to North America.

Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonín & Noordel.
Omphalotaceae

Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonín & Noordel.

Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonín & Noordel.

Gymnopus brassicolens, the cabbage parachute, is an identifiable mushroom found growing in leafy debris in North America and Europe.

Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill
Omphalotaceae

Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill

Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill

Gymnopus dryophilus is a very common, palatable mushroom found in Northern Hemisphere temperate woodlands.

Gymnopus spongiosus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Halling
Omphalotaceae

Gymnopus spongiosus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Halling

Gymnopus spongiosus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Halling

Gymnopus spongiosus, the hairy-stalked collybia, is an inedible mushroom-forming fungus found across the Americas.

Omphalotus olearius (DC.) Singer
Omphalotaceae

Omphalotus olearius (DC.) Singer

Omphalotus olearius (DC.) Singer

Omphalotus olearius, the jack-o'-lantern mushroom, is an orange bioluminescent fungus found mostly in southern European Mediterranean regions.

Omphalotus olivascens H.E.Bigelow, O.K.Mill. & Thiers
Omphalotaceae

Omphalotus olivascens H.E.Bigelow, O.K.Mill. & Thiers

Omphalotus olivascens H.E.Bigelow, O.K.Mill. & Thiers

Omphalotus olivascens, the toxic western jack o'lantern mushroom, is endemic to North America's California Floristic Province.

Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl
Omphalotaceae

Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl

Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl

Omphalotus illudens is a poisonous bioluminescent North American mushroom with toxic compounds studied for experimental cancer treatment.

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