Agaricaceae
27 genera
137 species
4 subspecies and varieties
137 species
4 subspecies and varieties
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Agaricus, Battarrea, Bovista, Calbovista, Calvatia, Chlamydopus, Chlorophyllum, Coprinus, Crucibulum, Cyathus, Cystoderma, Cystodermella, Cystolepiota, Disciseda, Floccularia, Gymnopus, Lepiota, Leucoagaricus, Leucocoprinus, Lycoperdon, Melanophyllum, Montagnea, Nidula, Nidularia, Phaeolepiota, Tulostoma, VascellumAgaricus 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
Battarrea phalloides – desert drumstick, flatcap stalked puffball, scaly-stalked puffball, sandy stiltball
Bovista plumbea – grey puffball, lead-colored puffball, tumbling puffball, tumble-ball
Calvatia booniana – Boone's puffball, western giant puffball
Habitat: Sagebrush steppe and open, grassy areas
Habitat: Sagebrush steppe and open, grassy areas
Calvatia cyathiformis – purple-spored puffball, vase puffball
Calvatia gigantea – giant puffball
Calvatia sculpta – sculptured puffball, Sierran puffball
Calvatia subcretacea – small warted mountain puffball
Coprinus comatus – shaggy inkcap, lawyer's-wig, shaggy-mane
Crucibulum laeve – common bird's nest fungus, yellow bird's nest fungus, common birds' nest, white-egg bird's nest
Cyathus stercoreus – splash-cup bird's-nest, dung-loving bird's-nest fungus, dung bird's nest
Cyathus striatus – fluted bird's-nest, streaked bird's-nest, splash cups, ribbed splashcup
Habitat: It can be common in gardens where woody materials have been added to the planting beds.
Substrate: Cyathus striatus occurs in a number of different habitats on decaying plant materials such as wood chips, small branches, and needles.
Habitat: It can be common in gardens where woody materials have been added to the planting beds.
Substrate: Cyathus striatus occurs in a number of different habitats on decaying plant materials such as wood chips, small branches, and needles.
Cystoderma fallax – conifer Cystoderma
Distribution: Only in North America
Habitat: It occurs in a variety of habitats, including conifer, mixed, and hardwood forests on litter, humus, rotting wood, and in mosses.
Distribution: Only in North America
Habitat: It occurs in a variety of habitats, including conifer, mixed, and hardwood forests on litter, humus, rotting wood, and in mosses.
Floccularia luteovirens – scaly yellow Armillaria, shaggy-stem
Gymnopus acervatus – clustered Collybia, conifer toughshank
Habitat: Conifer forests
Substrate: Rotting logs and stumps, other woody debris
Habitat: Conifer forests
Substrate: Rotting logs and stumps, other woody debris
Gymnopus confluens – tufted Collybia, clustered toughshank
Distribution: Mixed woods with heavy litter accumulations
Distribution: Mixed woods with heavy litter accumulations
Gymnopus dryophilus – common Collybia, oak Collybia, June mushroom, russet toughshank
Spores: whitish to pale yellow, smooth, and do not react in Melzer’s reagent
Spores: whitish to pale yellow, smooth, and do not react in Melzer’s reagent
Gymnopus luxurians
Distribution: It occurs in a variety of urban and suburban habitats including flower beds with wood chips and in lawns around the roots of trees. It can appear in summer, when few other species are fruiting, if sufficient moisture is available, such as from yard-watering.
Distribution: It occurs in a variety of urban and suburban habitats including flower beds with wood chips and in lawns around the roots of trees. It can appear in summer, when few other species are fruiting, if sufficient moisture is available, such as from yard-watering.
Gymnopus perforans – stinking parachute
Gymnopus peronatus – wood woolly-foot
Distribution: G. peronatus is a widespread and often extremely abundant species at lower elevations in the PNW, occurring in mixed woods on leaf litter and woody debris.
Spores: long and narrow and the edges of the gills have long, slender cheilocystidia
Distribution: G. peronatus is a widespread and often extremely abundant species at lower elevations in the PNW, occurring in mixed woods on leaf litter and woody debris.
Spores: long and narrow and the edges of the gills have long, slender cheilocystidia
Lepiota alba – small white parasol
Lepiota clypeolaria – shield dapperling, shaggy-stalked parasol
Lepiota cristata – crested dapperling, stinking dapperling, brown-eyed parasol, stinking parasol
Lepiota flammeotincta – flaming parasol
Lepiota magnispora – yellowfoot dapperling
Leucoagaricus leucothites – white dapperling, smooth parasol, woman-on-motorcycle
Habitat: It is a widespread mushroom that occurs mostly in grassy areas, gardens, and other human-influenced habitats, but also occasionally in forests.
Habitat: It is a widespread mushroom that occurs mostly in grassy areas, gardens, and other human-influenced habitats, but also occasionally in forests.
Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus – red-eyed parasol, red-tinged parasol
Habitat: Very common and conspicuous in coastal and lower elevation forests.
Habitat: Very common and conspicuous in coastal and lower elevation forests.
Leucocoprinus brebissonii – skullcap dapperling
Distribution: Common
Habitat: woodland
Spores: Most abundant in summer
Distribution: Common
Habitat: woodland
Spores: Most abundant in summer
Leucocoprinus cepistipes – onion-stalk parasol
Lycoperdon dermoxanthum – dwarf puffball, small tumbling puffball
Lycoperdon molle – smooth puffball, soft puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum – warted puff-ball, gem puffball, gem-studded puffball, devil's snuffbox
Habitat: L. perlatum can be found in disturbed sites, such as forest roadsides, from late summer through fall whenever there is sufficient moisture.
Habitat: L. perlatum can be found in disturbed sites, such as forest roadsides, from late summer through fall whenever there is sufficient moisture.
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum – beautiful puffball
Melanophyllum haematospermum – red-gilled Agaricus, redspored dapperling
Habitat: Found in a variety of habitats including forests, green houses, and manure piles
Habitat: Found in a variety of habitats including forests, green houses, and manure piles
Nidula niveotomentosa – white barrel bird's nest
Phaeolepiota aurea – golden bootleg, gold cup, Alaskan gold, golden false Pholiota
Distribution: Widely distributed
Habitat: Usually found in the north temperate zone in disturbed areas of forests, such as along roadsides.
Distribution: Widely distributed
Habitat: Usually found in the north temperate zone in disturbed areas of forests, such as along roadsides.
