Macrofungi

Covers mushrooms and other non-lichenized fungi that form multicellular fruiting bodies large enough to be seen with the unaided eye.

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Common names beginning with H:
Variable hairy earth tongue (Trichoglossum variabile)
Origin: Native
Blue halos (Psilocybe cyanescens)
Description: Tacky, wavy, brown cap, fading to yellowish, with brownish gills and whitish stalk; bruising blue.
Habitat: Several to many, in coniferous mulch
Spores: September-November
Cowboy's handkerchief (Hygrophorus eburneus)
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere
Hare's-ear (Otidea onotica)
Witch's hat (Hygrocybe conica)
Distribution: Broad
Hawk-wing (Sarcodon imbricatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Brown hay-cap (Panaeolina foenisecii)
Haymaker (Panaeolina foenisecii)
Sheep's head (Grifola frondosa)
Dark-centered Hebeloma (Hebeloma mesophaeum)
Veiled Hebeloma (Hebeloma mesophaeum)
Veiled Hebeloma (Hebeloma strophosum)
Bearded hedgehog (Hericium erinaceus)
Bitter hedgehog (Sarcodon scabrosus)
Distribution: Common in PNW
Habitat: S. scabrosus occurs in conifer forests in the PNW, especially in second-growth stands of western hemlock and Douglas-fir with a salal understory.
Depressed hedgehog (Hydnum umbilicatum)
Robust hedgehog (Sarcodon calvatus)
Scaly hedgehog (Sarcodon imbricatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Shingled hedgehog (Sarcodon imbricatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Spreading hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)
Wood hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)
Little helmet (Coprinellus disseminatus)
Black Helvella (Helvella vespertina)
Fluted black Helvella (Helvella vespertina)
Fluted white Helvella (Helvella crispa)
Slender-stalked Helvella (Helvella elastica)
Distribution: H. elastica occurs in summer and fall in both conifer and hardwood forests.
Smooth-stalked Helvella (Helvella elastica)
Distribution: H. elastica occurs in summer and fall in both conifer and hardwood forests.
White Helvella (Helvella crispa)
Hen-of-the-woods (Grifola frondosa)
Herald-of-winter (Hygrophorus hypothejus)
Habitat: Pine forest
Lion's mane Hericium (Hericium erinaceus)
Unbranched Hericium (Hericium erinaceus)
Hollow-foot (Suillus cavipes)
Habitat: associated with larch when it occurs in the PNW.
Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea)
Description: Grows in dense clusters with convex caps, which become umbonate to slightly depressed. The cap surface is pale yellow-olive to orange-brown, darker at the center, with small, ale to dark brown scales. The gills are decurrent and cream. The stem is cream at the top, becoming dark brown at the base, with a conspicuous ring, often edged in deep yellow.
Habitat: woodlands, parklands, and gardens
Substrate: trunks, stumps, or roots
Scarlet hood (Hygrocybe coccinea)
Horn-of-plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides)
Description: thin-flashed caps that are funnel or trumpet shaped and hollow (deeply incurved margin). Surface has a texture of felt to scrufy-scaly. Coloration is gray-brown to black and continues from the cap to the hollow stem. The stipe is smooth to slightly wrinkled, brown to gray or same as cap, with decurrent wrinkles.
Habitat: In mossy woodland
Substrate: grows upon the ground
Bleeding Hydnellum (Hydnellum peckii)
Blue-gray Hydnellum (Hydnellum caeruleum)
Distribution: Broad
Bluish Hydnellum (Hydnellum caeruleum)
Distribution: Broad
Orange Hydnellum (Hydnellum aurantiacum)
Distribution: Broad
Rough Hydnellum (Hydnellum scrobiculatum)
Sweet-smelling Hydnellum (Hydnellum suaveolens)
Cracked Hydnum (Sarcodon rimosus)
Grayish white hydnum (Bankera fuligineoalba)
Scaber Hydnum (Sarcodon scabrosus)
Distribution: Common in PNW
Habitat: S. scabrosus occurs in conifer forests in the PNW, especially in second-growth stands of western hemlock and Douglas-fir with a salal understory.
Zoned cork Hydnum (Phellodon tomentosus)
Distribution: Common in PNW and occur elsewhere in the northern U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Habitat: Conifer forests
Yellow-green Hypomyces (Hypomyces luteovirens)