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Calvatia cyathiformis (Bosc) Morgan
Calvatia cyathiformis (Bosc) Morgan
Calvatia cyathiformis is a puffball found in Australian grasslands, edible when young before spores darken.
Bovista plumbea Pers.
Bovista plumbea Pers.
Bovista plumbea Pers. is a puffball fungus found in Western Europe and California, with young fruiting bodies that can be cooked.
Bovista pila Berk. & M.A.Curtis
Bovista pila Berk. & M.A.Curtis
Bovista pila is a puffball species widely distributed in North America, edible young, and used for traditional and organic medicinal purposes.
Calbovista subsculpta Morse ex M.T.Seidl
Calbovista subsculpta Morse ex M.T.Seidl
Calbovista subsculpta is a common edible mountain puffball found in western North American mountain ranges.
Mycenastrum corium (Guers.) Desv.
Mycenastrum corium (Guers.) Desv.
Mycenastrum corium is a widely distributed puffball fungus that is edible when young, with some recognized infraspecific taxa.
Apioperdon pyriforme (Schaeff.) Vizzini
Apioperdon pyriforme (Schaeff.) Vizzini
Apioperdon pyriforme, the pear-shaped puffball, is a wood-rotting puffball fungus found in Europe and western North America.
Cortinarius iodes Berk. & M.A.Curtis, 1853
Cortinarius iodes Berk. & M.A.Curtis, 1853
Cortinarius iodes is a purple-capped mushroom not recommended for consumption, found across multiple continents.
Phlegmacium subfoetidum (A.H.Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat.
Phlegmacium subfoetidum (A.H.Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat.
Phlegmacium subfoetidum is a mushroom found in the North American Pacific Northwest with unknown edibility that is not recommended for consumption.
Phlegmacium ponderosum (A.H.Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat.
Phlegmacium ponderosum (A.H.Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat.
Phlegmacium ponderosum is a large cortinariacean mushroom of the western US, with unknown edibility that is not recommended for eating.
Phlegmacium triumphans (Fr.) A.Blytt
Phlegmacium triumphans (Fr.) A.Blytt
Phlegmacium triumphans is a mycorrhizal mushroom that associates with birch trees, found across Europe, Asia, and northeastern North America.
Phlegmacium subolivascens (A.H.Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat.
Phlegmacium subolivascens (A.H.Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat.
Phlegmacium subolivascens is a mushroom found in dry Pacific Northwest conifer forests with characteristic cap, stipe and spore color traits.
Cortinarius austrovenetus Cleland
Cortinarius austrovenetus Cleland
Cortinarius austrovenetus is a Australian cortinariaceous mushroom found mainly in eastern Australian eucalypt forests.
Cortinarius flexipes (Pers.) Fr.
Cortinarius flexipes (Pers.) Fr.
Cortinarius flexipes is an inedible fungus with a Pelargonium scent and specific morphological features.
Cortinarius ohlone Bojantchev
Cortinarius ohlone Bojantchev
Cortinarius ohlone is a basidiomycete mushroom found in California, USA, formally described as new to science in 2013.
Cortinarius traganus (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius traganus (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius traganus is a violet-aging mushroom that grows in coniferous forests across the Northern Hemisphere temperate zone.
Cortinarius alboviolaceus (Pers.) Zawadzki
Cortinarius alboviolaceus (Pers.) Zawadzki
Cortinarius alboviolaceus is a mushroom that starts lilac, yellows to whitish-gray with age, has indistinct odor and taste.
Cortinarius evernius (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius evernius (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius evernius is a brownish mushroom of coniferous forests and swamps with unknown, unsafe edibility.
Cortinarius pholideus (Lilj.) Fr.
Cortinarius pholideus (Lilj.) Fr.
Cortinarius pholideus is an inedible fungus found in parts of Europe and North America.
Cortinarius armillatus (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius armillatus (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius armillatus is a webcap mushroom that grows under birches in North America and Europe, with variable edibility and uses for dyeing.
Phlegmacium glaucopus (Schaeff.) Wünsche
Phlegmacium glaucopus (Schaeff.) Wünsche
Phlegmacium glaucopus is a mycorrhizal fungus found in North American and European forests, with unusual hydrophobic mycorrhizae.
Cortinarius anomalus (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius anomalus (Fr.) Fr.
Cortinarius anomalus is an inedible mushroom common across Northern Hemisphere temperate woodlands, with distinct violet-tinged young gills.
Cortinarius salor Fr.
Cortinarius salor Fr.
Cortinarius salor is a basidiomycete mushroom found across Eurasia, western North America, and New Guinea, with blue-lilac young fruiting bodies.
Cortinarius rotundisporus Cleland & Cheel
Cortinarius rotundisporus Cleland & Cheel
Cortinarius rotundisporus is a mushroom found in Australia and New Zealand that grows in association with certain trees.
Cortinarius archeri Berk.
Cortinarius archeri Berk.
Cortinarius archeri Berk. is a common violet-capped mycorrhizal webcap species native to southern Australia and recorded in New Zealand.
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