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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(Leucoagaricus leucothites)
Habitat: It is a widespread mushroom that occurs mostly in grassy areas, gardens, and other human-influenced habitats, but also occasionally in forests.
(Tricholoma magnivelare)
Distribution: . It occurs throughout much of North America, but is most abundant on the West Coast, usually appearing scattered to gregarious under conifers on nutrient-poor soils such as dune sands.
(Tricholoma magnivelare)
Distribution: . It occurs throughout much of North America, but is most abundant on the West Coast, usually appearing scattered to gregarious under conifers on nutrient-poor soils such as dune sands.
(Tricholoma magnivelare)
Distribution: . It occurs throughout much of North America, but is most abundant on the West Coast, usually appearing scattered to gregarious under conifers on nutrient-poor soils such as dune sands.
(Phaeolus schweinitzii)
Habitat: Terrestrial, at the root of living conifers
(Melanoleuca cognata)
Spores: large spores (7.5--10 x 4.5--6.5 µm)
(Phlebia tremellosa)
Habitat: mainly a fall fungus and occurs on stumps, logs, and woody debris of both hardwoods and conifers
(Coprinellus micaceus)
Habitat: Hardwood stumps, buried roots, and other organic debris.
(Lactarius rubrilacteus)
Habitat: It occurs in a variety of habitats and seems to associate primarily with pines and Douglas-fir, especially in younger stands.
(Lactarius deliciosus)
Distribution: Broad North America and Europe
(Lactarius subflammeus)
Distribution: Coastal
Habitat: Coastal conifer forests
(Lactarius scrobiculatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: common in our conifer forests
(Lactarius rufus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: L. rufus commonly occurs with spruce and pine, often in abundance, for example, near the edge of bogs or in other moist areas where Sitka spruce occurs. It is very common in northern conifer forests around the world.
(Lactarius rufus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: L. rufus commonly occurs with spruce and pine, often in abundance, for example, near the edge of bogs or in other moist areas where Sitka spruce occurs. It is very common in northern conifer forests around the world.
(Lactarius scrobiculatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: common in our conifer forests
(Lactarius pseudomucidus)
Distribution: Broad Western North America
Habitat: L. pseudomucidus is frequently found in coastal and mid-elevation conifer forests, and eastward at least as far as Idaho and southward into California.
(Lactarius olivaceoumbrinus)
(Lactarius fallax)
Habitat: Litter in spruce and mixed conifer forests along the coast and in the interior mountains
(Lactarius occidentalis)
Distribution: Western Northern Hemisphere
Habitat: Occurs with alders
(Lactarius rufus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: L. rufus commonly occurs with spruce and pine, often in abundance, for example, near the edge of bogs or in other moist areas where Sitka spruce occurs. It is very common in northern conifer forests around the world.
(Clitopilus prunulus)
Distribution: Widely distributed in conifer as well as deciduous hardwood forests.
(Heyderia abietis)
Distribution: Uncommon
Habitat: Occurs in scattered groups on conifer needles.
(Tricholomopsis rutilans)
(Verpa conica)
Distribution: It is a widespread but uncommon species that fruits early in the spring in a variety of habitats including montane conifer forests.
(Morchella elata)
Origin: Native
(Verpa bohemica)
Origin: Native
(Verpa bohemica)
Origin: Native
(Verpa conica)
Distribution: It is a widespread but uncommon species that fruits early in the spring in a variety of habitats including montane conifer forests.
(Verpa bohemica)
Origin: Native
(Rickenella fibula)
Distribution: It occurs in mossy forest habitats but also is a common urban mushroom, occurring in small to large groups in mossy lawns of homes, parks, and similar habitats.
(Panaeolus papilionaceus)
(Gymnopilus ventricosus)
Habitat: Rotting logs, snags, or stumps
(Laetiporus conifericola)
Habitat: living trees, logs, stumps, snags, and even utility poles.
(Agaricus campestris)
Distribution: Worldwide
Habitat: Found in fields or pastures, especially those rich in manure
(Macrocystidia cucumis)
Distribution: Usually found in nutrient-rich soils among herbaceous plants in gardens and parks rather than in forests (although it can occur there, usually along trailsides).
(Strobilurus trullisatus)
Distribution: Broad
Substrate: Well rotted Douglas fir cones
Spores: small (3--6 x 1.5--3.5 µm) non-amyloid spores
(Marasmius oreades)
Distribution: The most common species in the PNW, M. oreades, occurs in many parts of the world in lawns, parks, pastures, and other grassy areas, where it often grows in arcs or circles known as fairy rings.
(Pluteus cervinus)
Distribution: Grows on a variety of woody substrates, including sawdust and wood chips, and can be found throughout the year when temperature and moisture are conducive. It often is one of the early spring species at lower elevations.
(Pluteus cervinus)
Distribution: Grows on a variety of woody substrates, including sawdust and wood chips, and can be found throughout the year when temperature and moisture are conducive. It often is one of the early spring species at lower elevations.
(Agaricus hondensis)
Habitat: Occurs primarily in forests, seems to be restricted to the Pacific Coast, and is more common in California than it is in the PNW.
(Agaricus campestris)
Distribution: Worldwide
Habitat: Found in fields or pastures, especially those rich in manure
(Lyophyllum decastes)
Distribution: Occurs in large dense clusters and is rather common, occurring primarily in disturbed areas such as campgrounds and along roadsides and trailsides in conifer forests.
Spores: broadly ellipsoid to nearly globose, 5--7 x 5--6.5 µm
(Cortinarius caperatus)
Distribution: Common in certain years in the PNW, but becomes less abundant inland and to the south
(Armillaria ostoyae)
Habitat: Under conifers
(Agaricus campestris)
Distribution: Worldwide
Habitat: Found in fields or pastures, especially those rich in manure
(Gymnopus dryophilus)
Spores: whitish to pale yellow, smooth, and do not react in Melzer’s reagent
(Hypomyces lactifluorum)
Distribution: Broad Broad
Substrate: Hypomyces lactifluorum, the lobster mushroom, grows in the tissue of certain russulas and lactariuses in the PNW, especially R. brevipes, and turns the host mushroom into a dense mass of mummified tissue.
(Leccinum manzanitae)
Habitat: Associated with Arbutus and Arctostaphylos.
Substrate: Soil.
(Agaricus campestris)
Distribution: Worldwide
Habitat: Found in fields or pastures, especially those rich in manure
(Tricholoma magnivelare)
Distribution: . It occurs throughout much of North America, but is most abundant on the West Coast, usually appearing scattered to gregarious under conifers on nutrient-poor soils such as dune sands.
(Auriscalpium vulgare)
Habitat: Auriscalpium vulgare is found primarily on (often buried) Douglas-fir cones in the PNW. Elsewhere it can often be found on the cones of pine or occasionally spruce.
(Russula xerampelina)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Variety of forest types
(Verpa conica)
Distribution: It is a widespread but uncommon species that fruits early in the spring in a variety of habitats including montane conifer forests.
(Gyromitra montana)
Distribution: Occurs in early summer, often near melting snowbanks.
(Baeospora myosura)
Substrate: Spruce and Douglas fir cones
Spores: (3--4.5 x 2--3 µm) weakly amyloid spores
(Clitopilus prunulus)
Distribution: Widely distributed in conifer as well as deciduous hardwood forests.
(Agaricus silvicola)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Forests and woodlands
(Pleurotus dryinus)
Habitat: Temperate forests with a hardwood component.
Substrate: Hardwoods, especially oak and maple.
Spores: Early fall.
(Strobilurus occidentalis)
(Pseudohydnum gelatinosum)
(Agaricus silvicola)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Forests and woodlands
(Mycena haematopus)
Substrate: The fruitbodies grow in groups, often in loose clusters, on both hardwood and conifer logs and can get quite large (for a mycena).
Spores: spores are broadly ellipsoid, 7--12 x 4--7 µm
(Myxomphalia maura)
Substrate: M. maura occurs on charred earth or burned wood under conifers or in fire pits, appearing from early summer late into fall.
Spores: white, smooth to roughened, and amyloid
(Atheniella aurantiidisca)
Distribution: Coniferous forests in western North America.
Habitat: Coniferous forests with Pseudotsuga, Tsuga and Pinus.
Substrate: Soil.
(Mycena strobilinoides)
Distribution: It occurs less commonly elsewhere in northern North America and also in Europe. M. strobilinoides seems to be most common at mid-elevations in the mountains, often in association with pines.
(Mycena overholtsii)
Distribution: M. overholtsii apparently is restricted to the mountains of western North America. M. overholtsii appears in the mountains in late spring to early summer on wet rotting stumps and logs recently exposed by, or still partially covered with, melting snow.
Spores: spores measure 5--8 x 3.5--4 µm, and the sometimes hard-to-see cheilocystidia are smooth, slender, and cylindrical or sometimes a bit club-shaped
(Mycena strobilinoides)
Distribution: It occurs less commonly elsewhere in northern North America and also in Europe. M. strobilinoides seems to be most common at mid-elevations in the mountains, often in association with pines.
(Mycena maculata)
Distribution: M. maculata grows in groups or clusters on wood of both hardwoods and conifers in North America and Europe, mostly on conifers in the PNW.
Spores: spores are ellipsoid, 7--10 x 4--6 µm, and, although not conspicuous, the cheilocystidia are of varied shape and often bear projections
(Mycena citrinomarginata)
Distribution: Wide variety of habitats, including under trees in forests and parks, among fallen leaves, in the midst of mosses, on rotting tree bark, and in city-dwellers’ lawns.
Spores: 8--12 x 4--5.5 µm