Fungus - Mushrooms and Toadstools

We have found many different kinds of fungus in the garden, especially during the autumn and winter months. However, they are proving very difficult to identify. We would appreciate your help in correcting any errors in those we have identified and please take a look at the gallery below which are those we have yet to identify. Click here to contact us if you can help or click on the links below for more information about those we have identified.

Fungus
Common Name	Scientific Name
Amethyst Deceiver	*Laccaria amethystea*
Artists' Bracket	*Ganoderma applanatum*
Bay Bolete	*Boletus badius*
Beech Bark Spot	Diatrype disciformis
Birch Milkcap	*Lactarius tabidus*
Blackening Wax Cap	*Hygrocybe nigrescens*
Brown Birch Bolete	*Leccinum scabrum*
Candle Snuff Fungus	*Xylaria hypoxylon*
Clouded Agaric	Clitocybe nebularis
Clustered Brittlestem	*Psathyrella multipedata*
Collared Earthstar	*Geastrum triplex*
Common Earth-ball	*Scleroderma citrinum*
Common Funnel Cap	*Clitocybe gibba*
Common Puffball	*Lycoperdon perlatum*
Dog's Vomit Slime Mould	*Fuligo septica*
Dotted-stemmed Bolete	*Boletus erythropus*
Fairies' Bonnets	*Coprinus disseminatus*
Fairy Ring Mushroom	Marasmius Oreades
False Death Cap	*Amanita citrina*
Fly Agaric	*Amanita muscaria*
Freckled Dapperling	*Lepiota aspera*
Fried Chicken Mushroom	*Lyophyllum decastes*
Giant Polypore	*Meripilus giganteus*
Glistening Ink Cap	*Coprinus micaceus*
Hairy Stereum	Stereum hirsutum
Hare's Foot Ink Cap	*Coprinus lagopus*
Haymaker's Mushroom	*Panaeolina foenisecii*
Hen of the Woods	*Grifola frondosa*
Honey Fungus	Armillaria mellea
Horse Mushroom	*Agaricus arvensis*
Iodine Bonnet	*Mycena filopes*
Inky Mushroom	*Agaricus moelleri*
Jew's Ear	*Auricularia auricula-judae*
King Alfred's Cakes	*Daldinia concentrica*
Larch Bolete	*Suillus grevillei*
Lilac Bell Cap	*Mycena pura*
Lilac Fibrecap	*Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina*
Orange Peel Fungus	*Aleuria aurantia*
Palamino Cup	Peziza repanda
Parasol Mushroom	*Macrolepiota procera*
Peppery Milkcap	*Lactarius piperatus*
Phellinus tuberculosus	*Phellinus tuberculosus*
Primrose Brittlegill	*Russula sardonia*
Purple Jelly Fungus	Ascocoryne sarcoides
Red Cracked Boletus	*Boletus chrysenteron*
Rufous Milkcap	*Lactarius rufus*
Russula Amara	*Russula Amara*
Semifree Morel	*Mitrophora semilibera*
Shaggy Ink Cap	*Coprinus comatus*
St George's Day Mushroom	*Calocybe gambosa*
Stinkhorn	*Phallus impudicus*
Stinking Parasol	*Lepiota cristata*
Sulphur Tuft	*Hypholoma fasiculare*
The Blusher	*Amanita rubescens*
The Deceiver	*Laccaria laccata*
The Prince	*Agaricus augustus*
The Sickener	*Russula emetica*
Trooping Funnel	Clitocybe geotropa
Turkey Tail	*Coriolus versicolor*
Twig Parachute	*Marasmiellus ramealis*
Upright Coral Fungus	*Ramaria stricta*
Weeping Widow	*Lachrymaria velutina*
White Fibrecap	*Inocybe geophylla*
White Saddle	Helvella crispa
Witch's Butter	*Exidia glandulosa*
Wrinkled Club Fungus	*Clavulina sp.*
Yellow Club Fungus	*Clavulinopsis helvola*
Yellow Stainer	*Agaricus xanthodermus*

Lichen & Algae

Trentepohlia Algae

Can you help identify these? If so, please contact us. Thank you.


Fungus 1a	Fungus 1b



Fungus 5	Fungus 6


Fungus 9a	Fungus 9b


Fungus 11a	Fungus 11b


Fungus 13	Fungus 15


Fungus 16


Fungus 19a	Fungus 19b


Fungus 23
growing on stump (oak or beech)

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