Mushrooms Encyclopedia

Ramaria formosa (Beautiful Coral Fungus)

Ramaria formosa, the salmon coral or beautiful clavaria, is an attractive but toxic coral fungus that causes significant gastrointestinal distress when consumed. Its salmon-pink to orange branches with yellow tips...

Ramaria formosa (Beautiful Coral Fungus)

Ramaria formosa, the salmon coral or beautiful clavaria, is an attractive but toxic coral fungus that causes significant gastrointestinal distress when consumed. Its salmon-pink to orange branches with yellow tips...

Amanita vaginata (Grisette)

Amanita vaginata, the grey grisette, is a common, elegant ringless amanita recognized by its gray cap with a prominently striate margin and the characteristic white membranous volva enclosing the stipe...

Amanita vaginata (Grisette)

Amanita vaginata, the grey grisette, is a common, elegant ringless amanita recognized by its gray cap with a prominently striate margin and the characteristic white membranous volva enclosing the stipe...

Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tuft)

Hypholoma fasciculare, the sulphur tuft, is among the most abundant wood-decay fungi in the Northern Hemisphere and one of the most reliably toxic. It grows in dense, spectacular clusters on...

Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tuft)

Hypholoma fasciculare, the sulphur tuft, is among the most abundant wood-decay fungi in the Northern Hemisphere and one of the most reliably toxic. It grows in dense, spectacular clusters on...

Mycena luxaeterna (Eternal Light Mycena)

Mycena luxaeterna is a bioluminescent mushroom discovered in 2010 in the Atlantic Forest of Sao Paulo State, Brazil, notable for producing a continuous green glow from its gelatinous stipe. The...

Mycena luxaeterna (Eternal Light Mycena)

Mycena luxaeterna is a bioluminescent mushroom discovered in 2010 in the Atlantic Forest of Sao Paulo State, Brazil, notable for producing a continuous green glow from its gelatinous stipe. The...

Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball)

Scleroderma citrinum, the common earthball, is a widespread ectomycorrhizal gasteromycete found throughout temperate regions in woodlands, parks, and gardens. Despite its superficial resemblance to edible puffballs, it is mildly toxic...

Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball)

Scleroderma citrinum, the common earthball, is a widespread ectomycorrhizal gasteromycete found throughout temperate regions in woodlands, parks, and gardens. Despite its superficial resemblance to edible puffballs, it is mildly toxic...

Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad's Saddle (Reclassif...

Cerioporus squamosus is the reclassified name for the Dryad's Saddle, a large bracket polypore historically known as Polyporus squamosus, transferred to Cerioporus based on molecular phylogenetic evidence placing it outside...

Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad's Saddle (Reclassif...

Cerioporus squamosus is the reclassified name for the Dryad's Saddle, a large bracket polypore historically known as Polyporus squamosus, transferred to Cerioporus based on molecular phylogenetic evidence placing it outside...