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. Click here to contact us if you can help or click on the links below for more information about those we have identified.

Many thanks to the members of the Wild About Britain fungi forum for helping with the identification of many of these fungi.

Fungus
Common Name	Scientific Name
Amethyst Deceiver	*Laccaria amethystea*
Artists' Bracket	*Ganoderma applanatum*
Bay Bolete	*Boletus badius*
Birch Milkcap	*Lactarius tabidus*
Blackening Wax Cap	*Hygrocybe nigrescens*
Blackfoot Polypore	*Polyporus leptocephalus*
Bolete Mould	*Hypomyces chrysospermus*
Brown Birch Bolete	*Leccinum scabrum*
Bulbous Honey Fungus	Armillaria gallica
Butter Cap	*Collybia butyracea*
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*
Deer Shield	*Pluteus cervinus*
Dog's Vomit Slime Mould	*Fuligo septica*
Dotted-stemmed Bolete	*Boletus erythropus*
Eyelash Fungus	Scutellinia sp.
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*
Glutinous Wax Cap	*Hygrocybe glutinipes*
Grey Spotted Amanita	*Amanita excelsa var. spissa*
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
Pale Stagshorn	*Calocera pallidospathulata*
Parasol Mushroom	*Macrolepiota procera*
Parrot Wax Cap	*Hygrocybe psittacina*
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*
Spring Hazel Cup	*Encoelia furfuracea*
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*
Wavy-capped Chanterelle	*Pseudocraterellus undulatus*
Weeping Widow	*Lachrymaria velutina*
White Coral Fungus	*Clavulina cristata*
White Fibrecap	*Inocybe geophylla*
White-Rot Fungus	*Trametes ochracea*
White Saddle	Helvella crispa
Witch's Butter	*Exidia glandulosa*
Wood Blewit	*Lepista nuda*
Wrinkled Club Fungus	*Clavulina sp.*
Yellow Club Fungus	*Clavulinopsis helvola*
Yellow Stainer	*Agaricus xanthodermus*

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