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Omphalotus nidiformis (Berk.) O.K.Mill.
Omphalotus nidiformis (Berk.) O.K.Mill.
Omphalotus nidiformis, the bioluminescent ghost fungus, is a toxic wood-rotting fungus found primarily in southern Australia.
Omphalotus mexicanus Guzmán & V.Mora
Omphalotus mexicanus Guzmán & V.Mora
Omphalotus mexicanus is a dark blue-yellow tinted gilled toxic mushroom found in Mexican and Central American highlands.
Omphalotus subilludens (Murrill) H.E.Bigelow
Omphalotus subilludens (Murrill) H.E.Bigelow
Omphalotus subilludens is a bioluminescent saprobic mushroom found in the southern US and Mexico that is often mistaken for edible chanterelles and may cause poisoning.
Rhodocollybia butyracea (Bull.) Lennox
Rhodocollybia butyracea (Bull.) Lennox
Rhodocollybia butyracea is a saprobic mushroom widely distributed across North America that grows on conifer or hardwood litter.
Rhodocollybia maculata (Alb. & Schwein.) Singer
Rhodocollybia maculata (Alb. & Schwein.) Singer
Rhodocollybia maculata is a spotted mushroom widespread in North America that grows in decomposing conifer duff.
Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler
Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler
Lentinula edodes, or shiitake, is a widely cultivated edible East Asian mushroom with culinary uses and rare allergic risks.
Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler
Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler
Lentinula boryana is an edible Omphalotaceae fungus found in subtropical Americas, and is the type species of genus Lentinula.
Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G.Stev.) Pegler
Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G.Stev.) Pegler
Lentinula novae-zelandiae, or New Zealand shiitake, is an endemic edible cultivated fungus from New Zealand.
Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H.Petersen
Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H.Petersen
Lentinula raphanica is an edible Lentinula mushroom from American subtropics, eaten by several Indigenous groups in South America.
Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler
Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler
Lentinula lateritia is an Omphalotaceae agaric fungus found in Southeast Asia and Australasia (not New Zealand), first described 1881 and reclassified 1983.
Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin
Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin
Mycetinis scorodonius is a small garlic-scented mushroom that mostly grows on dead plant debris across multiple continents.
Mycetinis opacus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin
Mycetinis opacus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin
Mycetinis opacus is a small agaric fungus found in eastern North America and rarely Japan, growing on dead woody debris.
Mycetinis alliaceus (Jacq.) Earle ex A.W.Wilson & Desjardin
Mycetinis alliaceus (Jacq.) Earle ex A.W.Wilson & Desjardin
Mycetinis alliaceus is a garlic-scented mushroom found in European beech woods from early summer to autumn.
Anthracophyllum archeri (Berk.) Pegler
Anthracophyllum archeri (Berk.) Pegler
Anthracophyllum archeri is a saprotrophic fungus found in Australia, New Zealand, and nearby Pacific islands that grows on dead angiosperm wood.
Collybiopsis biformis (Peck) R.H.Petersen
Collybiopsis biformis (Peck) R.H.Petersen
Collybiopsis biformis is a North American agaric fungus in Omphalotaceae, named for its two distinct cap shapes.
Collybiopsis confluens (Pers.) R.H.Petersen
Collybiopsis confluens (Pers.) R.H.Petersen
Collybiopsis confluens, the clustered toughshank, is an inedible Holarctic mushroom growing in forests, often on copper beech wood.
Collybiopsis peronata (Bolton) R.H.Petersen
Collybiopsis peronata (Bolton) R.H.Petersen
Collybiopsis peronata is a saprobic mushroom common in Europe, reported from America and Japan, with distinct microscopic features.
Connopus acervatus (Fr.) K.W.Hughes, Mather & R.H.Petersen
Connopus acervatus (Fr.) K.W.Hughes, Mather & R.H.Petersen
Connopus acervatus is the only species of the monotypic fungal genus Connopus, found growing in clusters on rotting wood in North America and Europe, and it is inedible.
Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar
Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar
Chondrostereum purpureum is a widespread fungus that is a pathogen of many mostly deciduous temperate trees, growing on dead and living wood.
Baeospora myosura (Fr.) Singer
Baeospora myosura (Fr.) Singer
Baeospora myosura, the conifercone cap, is a common fungus that grows on decaying conifer cones in North America and Europe.
Resupinatus applicatus (Batsch) Gray
Resupinatus applicatus (Batsch) Gray
Resupinatus applicatus is a small saprobic fungus that grows on decaying wood, distributed across North America, Europe, and Australia.
Clitocybula azurea Singer
Clitocybula azurea Singer
Clitocybula azurea is a native Central and South American mushroom species in genus Clitocybula, sister to C. familia.
Panellus longinquus (Berk.) Singer
Panellus longinquus (Berk.) Singer
Panellus longinquus is a saprotrophic wood-decaying fungus found across temperate regions of multiple continents.
Atheniella adonis (Bull.) Redhead, Moncalvo, Vilgalys, Desjardin & B.A.Perry
Atheniella adonis (Bull.) Redhead, Moncalvo, Vilgalys, Desjardin & B.A.Perry
Atheniella adonis is a small mushroom found across Europe, western North America, and northeast China, that grows mostly in conifer forests.
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