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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44 genera
159 species, 3 subspecies and varieties
159 species, 3 subspecies and varieties
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Abortiporus, Acanthophysellum, Acanthophysium, Agaricus, Agrocybe, Albatrellus, Alboleptonia, Albotricha, Aleuria, Aleurocystidiellum, Aleurodiscus, Alloclavaria, Alpova, Amanita, Amaropostia, Amphinema, Ampulloclitocybe, Amylocorticium, Amylocystis, Amylostereum, Annulohypoxylon, Anomoloma, Anomoporia, Anthracobia, Antrodia, Antrodiella, Arcangeliella, Armillaria, Arrhenia, Artomyces, Ascobolus, Ascocoryne, Ascophanus, Ascotremella, Asterodon, Asterophora, Asterostroma, Astraeus, Athelia, Atheniella, Atropellis, Aureoboletus, Auricularia, AuriscalpiumAgaricus altipes – tall stem Agaricus
Agaricus arvensis – horse Agaricus, horse mushroom, prairie mushroom
Agaricus augustus – giant Agaric, horse Agaric, prince Agaricus, the prince
Habitat: Found in particularly in well watered areas under cedars and in disturbed areas, such as campgrounds or along trails or roads.
Habitat: Found in particularly in well watered areas under cedars and in disturbed areas, such as campgrounds or along trails or roads.
Agaricus bernardii – salt-loving Agaricus, salt-loving mushroom
Agaricus bisporus – champignon, button mushroom, commercial mushroom, cultivated mushroom
Agaricus bitorquis – banded Agaric, spring Agaric, urban Agaric, banded Agaricus, spring Agaricus, urban Agaricus, pavement mushroom, sidewalk mushroom, tork
Agaricus campestris – meadow Agaricus, pink bottom, champignon, common field mushroom, hot-bed mushroom, meadow mushroom
Distribution: Worldwide
Habitat: Found in fields or pastures, especially those rich in manure
Distribution: Worldwide
Habitat: Found in fields or pastures, especially those rich in manure
Agaricus comtulus – small slender Agaricus
Agaricus diminutivus – diminutive Agaricus
Agaricus hondensis – felt-ringed Agaricus, felt-ringed mushroom
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.
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 inapertus – mountain gastroid Agaricus
Agaricus micromegethus – anise Agaricus
Agaricus purpurellus – purple Agaricus
Agaricus semotus – wine Agaricus, rosy wood mushroom, yellow-bulbed mushroom
Agaricus silvaticus – red-staining Agaricus, blushing wood mushroom, forest mushroom, red-staining mushroom, scaly wood mushroom, sylvan mushroom
Agaricus silvicola – forest Agaric, sylvan Agaric, woodland Agaricus, woods Agaricus, sylvan mushroom, wood mushroom
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Forests and woodlands
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Forests and woodlands
Agaricus subrutilescens – wine-colored Agaric, wine-colored Agaricus, woolly-stemmed Agaricus, woolly-stem
Agaricus vaporarius – clustered mushroom
Agrocybe pediades – common Agrocybe, hemispheric Agrocybe, common fieldcap
Agrocybe praecox – spring Agrocybe, spring fieldcap
Albatrellus avellaneus
Distribution: Albatrellus avellaneus is a coastal species extending from California northward into Canada.
Habitat: Occur on soil, litter, or wood and is associated with western hemlock and Sitka spruce.
Distribution: Albatrellus avellaneus is a coastal species extending from California northward into Canada.
Habitat: Occur on soil, litter, or wood and is associated with western hemlock and Sitka spruce.
Albatrellus caeruleoporus – blue-pored polypore
Albatrellus dispansus
Habitat: A. dispansus occurs in montane mixed conifer forests, sometimes associated with woody debris or buried wood.
Habitat: A. dispansus occurs in montane mixed conifer forests, sometimes associated with woody debris or buried wood.
Albatrellus ellisii – scaly yellow polypore
Albatrellus flettii – blue knight, blue-capped polypore, Flett's polypore
Albatrellus ovinus – sheep polypore
Aleuria aurantia – great orange elf-cup, orange fairy-cup, orange peel fungus, orange-peel fungus, orange-peel
Distribution: A. aurantia is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.
Spores: spores are ellipsoid, 13--24 x 7.5--10 µm
Distribution: A. aurantia is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere.
Spores: spores are ellipsoid, 13--24 x 7.5--10 µm
Aleurodiscus farlowii
Distribution: Northern North America.
Habitat: On recently-dead twigs of living conifers. Recorded on Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Tsuga canadensis.
Distribution: Northern North America.
Habitat: On recently-dead twigs of living conifers. Recorded on Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Tsuga canadensis.
Amanita aprica – Jan's yellow friend
Habitat: Locally abundant in mixed conifer forests, particularly with Douglas-fir and occasionally occurs with conifers in urban areas.
Habitat: Locally abundant in mixed conifer forests, particularly with Douglas-fir and occasionally occurs with conifers in urban areas.
Amanita augusta – yellow-veiled Amanita, western yellow-veil
Amanita calyptroderma – Ballen's American Caesar, fall coccora
Amanita constricta – constricted grisette
Amanita farinosa – powder-cap Amanita
Amanita novinupta – blusher
Amanita ocreata – death angel, destroying angel
Amanita pachycolea – western grisette
Amanita phalloides – death-cap, deathcap
Amanita porphyria – booted Amanita, gray-veil Amanita, grey veiled Amanita, purple brown Amanita, purplish Amanita
Habitat: Conifer forests
Habitat: Conifer forests
Amanita silvicola – western woodland Amanita
Habitat: It occurs in conifer and mixed woods and has been reported with a variety of tree hosts including alder.
Substrate: Leaf litter and soil
Habitat: It occurs in conifer and mixed woods and has been reported with a variety of tree hosts including alder.
Substrate: Leaf litter and soil
Amanita smithiana – Smith's Amanita
Amanita vaginata – grisette
Amaropostia stiptica
Distribution: Northern hemisphere.
Habitat: Temperate forests.
Substrate: Wood.
Distribution: Northern hemisphere.
Habitat: Temperate forests.
Substrate: Wood.
Ampulloclitocybe clavipes – club-footed Clitocybe, club-foot
Anthracobia melaloma – burn site ochre cup
Antrodia heteromorpha
Distribution: Widespread in coniferous forests. Widespread in northern hemisphere.
Habitat: Coniferous forests.
Substrate: Wood
Distribution: Widespread in coniferous forests. Widespread in northern hemisphere.
Habitat: Coniferous forests.
Substrate: Wood
Armillaria gallica – bulbous honey fungus, honey mushroom
Armillaria nabsnona – honey mushroom
Armillaria sinapina – honey mushroom
Asterophora parasitica – silky piggyback
Astraeus pteridis – bracken earthstar, giant hygroscopic earthstar
Atheniella aurantiidisca – candy-corn mycena
Distribution: Coniferous forests in western North America.
Habitat: Coniferous forests with Pseudotsuga, Tsuga and Pinus.
Substrate: Soil.
Distribution: Coniferous forests in western North America.
Habitat: Coniferous forests with Pseudotsuga, Tsuga and Pinus.
Substrate: Soil.
Auriscalpium vulgare – ear-pick fungus, ear-spoon fungus, pinecone mushroom, pinecone tooth
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.
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.
