Miscellaneous Fungus Photos

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  1. Agaricus sp. #1 & Agaricus sp. #2
    A couple of closeup photos of Mendocino County, California Agaricus
    (Photos: © Taylor F. Lockwood)

  2. Amanita caesarea
    This is the Amanita "caesarea" of the Chiricahua Mountains of Southeastern Arizona. It will eventually have its own name, but it is still delicious. Here is a longitudinal section showing the hollow stipe and the thickness of the universal veil.
    (Photos: © Michael Wood)

  3. Amanita polypyramis
    I was not expecting to find mushrooms while hiking through the Chiricahua National Monument on a 95 degree day, but these large, white Amanitas were hard to miss. Note the cream colored gills. A beautiful mushroom!
    (Photos: © Michael Wood)

  4. Amanita virosa
    This is the deadly "Destroying Angel" of the Eastern United States. This picture show the partial veil still covering the gills. Photos taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
    (Photos: © Michael Wood)

  5. Amanitas
    A trio of Amanitas.
    (Photos: © Michael Wood)

  6. Aseroe rubra
    The most common stinkhorn of the Hawaiian Islands. Like all stinkhorns, it attracts flies with a fetid odor. The fungal spores are in the gleba, which the flies eat. The spores are spread both attached to the feet and through the digestive tract of the flies.
    (Photo: © Michael Boom)

  7. Boletus edulis
    Known as 'porcini', 'cepe', 'king bolete', or just plain 'bolete'. Whatever you call it, Boletus edulis is among the finest of all edible mushrooms. In California it fruits in the fall under coastal pine and in the spring and fall under pines in the Sierra Nevada mountains. A red-capped variety (some consider it a separate species) can be very common in the Rocky Mountains. Here is a basket of Boletus edulis from northern New Mexico.
    (Photos: © Michael Wood. Michael Boom, & Karen Killebrew)

  8. Boletus sp.
    From the Olympic Peninsula.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  9. Chrysomphalina aurantiaca, Chrysomphalina aurantiaca
    From Idaho.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  10. Clavariadelphus truncatus
    Taylor F. Lockwood, fungus photographer, looks up from shooting the 'shrooms.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  11. Clitocybe odora, Clitocybe odora, Clitocybe odora
    A beautiful Clitocybe has a fragrant odor similar to anise.
    (Photos: © Michael Wood)

  12. Coltricia perennis
    From the Wallowa-Mitchell National Forest, Oregon.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  13. Cortinarius sp. #1, Cortinarius sp. #2
    There are many beautiful species of Cortinarius, mostly hard to name.
    (Photos: © Michael Wood, © Michael Boom)

  14. Cyttaria sp.
    Cyttaria is a small, southern hemisphere genus of Ascomycetes that are parasitic on Nothofagus ("Southern Beech"). All are edible. These were cultivated.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  15. Daldinia concentrica, Daldinia concentrica, Daldinia concentrica
    Some of the sporocarps are cut to show the concentric rings.
    (Photo: © Mark Steinmetz)

  16. Fistulina hepatica
    Here the "Beefsteak Fungus" oozes "blood". Edible.
    (Photo: © Taylor F. Lockwood)

  17. Gliophorus sp.
    (Photo: © Taylor F. Lockwood)

  18. Gomphus bonarii
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  19. Hydnum repandum
    The genus Hydnum forms its spores on spines instead of gills. These spines (often called "teeth") are typically round in cross section. This photo shows an abnormal fruit body with the teeth flattened. This unusual condition has been found under a single tree in two different years. There is also a very closeup photo.
    (Photos: © Taylor F. Lockwood)

  20. Hygrophorus bakerensis
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  21. Hypomyces lactifluorum
    Known as the lobster mushroom. A closeup.
    (Photos: © Taylor F. Lockwood)

  22. Laetiporus cinncinatus
    The pale "sulphur shelf" of the midwest. It is commonly found on the ground, growing from buried wood or roots.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  23. Leccinum sp.
    One of the many species of Leccinum from the Sierra Nevada mountains.
    (Photo: © Herb Saylor)

  24. Leptonia sp.
    The gills will soon turn pinkish from the maturing spores.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  25. Leocarpus fragilus
    Slime molds are not fungi, but they have been traditionally studied by mycologists.
    (Photo: © Herb Saylor)

  26. Longula texensis
    A secotioid relative of Agaricus.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  27. Lysurus mokusin, Lysurus mokusin, Lysurus mokusin, Lysurus mokusin
    This stinkhorn is uncommon in California.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  28. Macrolepiota procera
    The Parasol is a beautiful mushroom. Too bad it does not grow in California. Here is a closeup of the scaley cap and of the gills and annulus. Pictures taken in Shenadoah National Park in Virginia.
    (Photos: © Michael Wood)

  29. Morchella spp.
    This is what all morel collectors want...a basket full of morels!
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  30. Mystery Fungus, Brown Mysteries
    Or is it a fungus? This photo was taken in Australia. If you have any idea what it is, please me and/or the photographer.
    (Photo: © Taylor F. Lockwood)

  31. Neolectia irregularis
    From the Wallowa-Mitchell National Forest, Oregon.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  32. Pholiota squarrosa
    I have never seen this fungus in coastal California, but I have seen it several times both in the Sierra Nevada mountains and in Great Britain. This photo was taken in Wales in 1996.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood) <;p>
  33. Pseudopithyella miniscula
    Another rare ascomycete. This one is growing on Cypress needles.
    (Photo: © Herb Saylor)

  34. Psilocybe cyanofibrilosa, Psilocybe cyanofibrilosa
    An uncommon Psilocybe species
    (Photos: © Paul Stamets)

  35. Puffball #1 & Puffball #2
    One shot in the grass and another on the hood of my rental car of a puffball. Several were found growing in the grass alongside a road in central Wales in October, 1996. These are big, six to eight inches tall.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  36. Ramaria sandaracina var. chondrobasis
    (Photo: © Herb Saylor)

  37. Ramaria spp.
    From the Olympic Peninsula.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  38. Ramaria sp.
    And a closeup of the same species.
    (Photo: © Michael Boom)

  39. Slime Mold #1, Slime Mold #2, Slime Mold #3, Slime Mold #4, Slime Mold #5, Slime Mold #6, Slime Mold #7
    Slime molds can be very attractive organisms, as these great photos of immature slime molds clearly show.
    (Photos: © Mark Steinmetz)

  40. Slime Mold
    Another imature slime mold.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  41. Slug Mycophagy
    Here is a banana slug munching on a Clavariadelphus occidentalis.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  42. Spathularia sp.
    From Idaho.
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  43. Suillus cavipes
    A mycorrhizal associate of larch (Larix).
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)

  44. Suillus grevillei
    A mycorrhizal associate of larch (Larix).
    (Photo: © Michael Wood)