A to Z of British Fungi

Scientific Name	Common Name	Description
	Girdled Webcap
Abortiporus biennis	Blushing Rosette	A white to grey irregularly shaped cap often found fused with other caps at the foot of deciduous and coniferous trees.
Agaricus arvensis	Horse Mushroom	Large to massive agaric often found growing in rings or trooping groups on grassy soil within pastureland. Cap: At first ovate maturing to...
Agaricus augustus	The Prince	Tall sometimes massive agaric. An excellent edible*
Agaricus bitorquis	Spring Agaric	A medium to large Agaric often found in trooping groups on sandy soil, favouring manured sites.
Agaricus bohusii	Agaricus bohusii	A rare fungus in the U.K. with a large, scaly cap, usually growing solitary in woodland or pastures, favouring Ash.
Agaricus campestris	Field Mushroom	The Field Mushroom, Agaricus campestris, is the most commonly eaten wild mushroom in the British Isles. Meadows grazed by sheep, cattle or horses...
Agaricus langei	Scaly Wood Mushroom	The surface of the cap is covered by fibrous, rust brown scales, which is a distinctive feature of this fungi. When cut, the flesh...
Agaricus macrosporus	Agaricus macrosporus	A medium to large fungus that is edible and tasty found, usually growing in groups or rings in meadows and pastureland.
Agaricus moelleri	Inky Mushroom	A carbolic smelling Agaric that grows in both broadleaf woodland and coniferous woodland. Closely related to Agaricus xanthodermus, this mushroom...
Agaricus silvaticus	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Found in small troops on both broadleaf and conifer woods, this edible fungus can be found from Summer till Autumn.
Agaricus silvaticus	Blushing Wood Mushroom	A. silvaticus is one of a group of mushrooms that stain red when bruised or cut, grow in woodland and are often difficult to tell apart.
Agaricus silvicola	Wood Mushroom	With a noticeable aniseed smell and a smooth cap that slowly colours ochre when bruised, Agaricus silvicola is quite easily distinguished from the...
Agaricus silvicola	Agaricus silvicola
Agaricus subfloccosus	Agaricus subfloccosus	Found in mixed woodland. Red staining on cutting floccose cap ring peelable downwards spores 7.5 x 4.5 .
Agaricus urinascens	Macro Mushroom	A large, often massive mushroom found in soil among grass from early Summer until early Autumn.
Agaricus xanthoderma var lepiotoides	Agaricus xanthoderma var lepiotoides
Agaricus xanthodermus	Yellow Stainer	Agaricus xanthodermus, the Yellow Staining Mushroom, can cause serious stomach upsets and so should not be eaten. It can be confused with other...
Agrocybe cylindracea	Poplar Fieldcap	Typically in clusters with willow, this fungus is uncommon in the U.K. and is found mainly in the south.
Agrocybe erebia	Dark Fieldcap	This inedible fungus has a ring on the stem and a consistently brown cap. A few...
Agrocybe praecox	Spring Fieldcap	Agricybe praecox is a variable species that is commonly found in grassland and is difficult to distinguish from others of the same genus. ...
Agrocybe rivulosa	Agrocybe rivulosa	Added to the British list in 2004 and has since been found growing all over the country on piles of woodchips, often in large numbers.
Albugo candida	Albugo candida	A white blister-rust parasitic on a wide range of hosts in the family Brassicaceae; shown here on Shepherd's Purse (Capsella) and Hoary Mustard (...
Aleuria aurantia	Orange Peel Fungus	An unmistakable orange cup or irregular disc which as the common name suggests looks like discarded orange peel.
Allopsalliota geesterani	Allopsalliota geesterani	Monotypic genus with affinities to Agaricus; fruitbody very fleshy, subhypogeous, staining strongly yellow and then purple to almost black.
Amanita ceciliae	Snakeskin Grisette	This is a distinctive, often tall species that has a grey-brown cap that is covered in fleecy grey patches that are seperable. The cap edge...
Amanita citrina	False Death Cap	Amanita citrina, often referred to as the False Death Cap, is an edible fungus; however, care is necessary because it is easily confused with deadly...
Amanita crocea	Orange Grisette	This lovely fungus is distinguished by a thick, white volva, faint zig-zag white-and-orange stem markings, and an absence of veil remnants on the...
Amanita echinocephala	Solitary Amanita	This fungus favours south facing situations on chalk soils, usually with Birch but also with Beech.
Amanita excelsa var. spissa	Grey Spotted Amanita	A largish, brownish-grey, stout fungus which is very variable, and hard to distinguish when older. It has recently become known as the...
Amanita fulva	Tawny Grisette	Although Amanita fulva, commonly referred to as the Tawny Grisette, is not poisonous it must be well cooked before it may safely be eaten. It is...
Amanita gemmata	Jewelled Amanita	The cap of Amanita gemmata varies in colour from cream to bright yellow and the cap edge is grooved, often with patches of white veil adhering to...
Amanita inopinata	Amanita inopinata	There is great curiosity as to where this strange species could have originated. At present, it seems most likely to have come from New Zealand....
Amanita muscaria	Fly Agaric	Usually instantly recognisable! Unless rain washes the 'spots' the remains of the veil off the cap and turns it more orange - then it can cause...
Amanita pantherina	Panther Cap	While not poisonous, this fungi is psychoactive and contains the same chemicals as Muscaria and Gemmata, and it is the most potent of the three....
Amanita phalloides	Death Cap	An olive/pale green agaric renowned for its deadly effects on humans. This common mushroom is responsible for 90% of cases of fatal mushroom...
Amanita phalloides var. Alba	Amanita phalloides var. alba	A white variation of the Death Cap. Equally as deadly.
Amanita rubescens	The Blusher	A very variable mushroom which is very common in various habitats. Said to be edible after careful parboiling but can apparently cause haemolysis if...
Amanita rubescens var. annulosulphurea	The Blusher	This large fungus grows either singly or in groups in deciduous woodland, especially with Birch, Beech and Oak and in coniferous woodland,...
Amanita strobiliformis	Warted Amanita	This is an often massive fungi that has a creamish white cap covered in thick fragments of veil, very often with veil fragments hanging off...
Amanita submembranacea	Amanita submembranacea	Amanita submembranacea is a medium sized fungus that is strongly olivaceous, initially with a pallid margin. Marginal striations occupy...
Amanita vaginata	Grisette	Unlike many other Amanita species, Amanita vaginata - the Grisette - does not have a ring on its stem. Grisettes are not poisonous , but they are...
Amanita virosa	Destroying Angel	Amanita virosa is a fatally poisonous fungus of damp woodland, especially acidic soil, often growing with Birch and Conifer trees. It can be...
Arcyria denudata	Arcyria denudata	Sporocarps erect...
Arcyria incarnata	Arcyria incarnata	Common on dead wood...
Arcyria nutans	Arcyria nutans	A myxomycete
Armillaria borealis	Armillaria borealis.
Armillaria gallica	Bulbous Honey Fungus	This species usually appear alone, gregariously, or in tufts,...
Armillaria mellea	Honey Fungus	Armillaria mellea is an extremely common fungus of woods, parks and gardens and is parasitic mainly on broadleaved trees, especially Oak and Beech...
Armillaria ostoyae	Dark Honey Fungus	Note the characteristic double layer of darker scales on the collar-like ring. (Main Image supplied by CloudedYellow)
Arrhenia chlorocyanea	Verdigris Navel	A small dark grey heathland agaric with funnel-shaped cap and broad decurrent gills, favouring sandy soil. Cap: At first plano-convex with small...
Arrhenia retiruga	Arrhenia retiruga	Whitish-grey, cup-shaped then expanding, sessile, margin lobed. White spore print.
Arrhenia spathulata	Arrhenia Spathulata	Very small fungi found on a moss over a gravelly or gritty substrate on sunny sheltered banks. Not Common grows late Autumn to early winter. This...
Ascobolus carbonarius	Ascobolus carbonarius
Ascobolus furfuraceus	Ascobolus furfuraceus	The fruit body is only a few hundred microns tall so it can be contained in the low power field of a microsocope. The fruitbody is an apothecium (...
Ascobolus hawaiiensis	Ascobolus hawaiensis	A tiny coprophilous ascomycete. Recorded on sheep and rabbit dung; recognised chiefly by the warty spores and the spore-size (smaller than the...
Ascocoryne cylichnium	Ascocoryne cylichnium	An ascomycete Distinguished from Ascocoryne sarcoides by the more obviously cup-shaped fruiting body and larger spores.
Ascocoryne sarcoides	Purple Jellydisc	A small, pinkish purple, saucer shaped gelatinous fungus on a short stem found growing in broadleaf woodland on dead wood, favouring...
Asterophora lycoperdoides	Powdery Piggyback	This is a small fungus that is found occasionally, though more commonly during wet periods, ...
Aurantiporus fissilis	Aurantiporus fissilis
Auricularia auricula-judae	Jelly Ear	Fruit body 3-8cms across ear shaped, outersuface tan-brown with minute greyish downy hairs, inner surface grey-brown. smooth or often wrinkled and...
Auricularia mesenterica	Tripe Fungus	A greyish-brown, gelatinous fungus found in tiered groups on rotting and dead branches and logs of broadleaf wood, less commonly on living wood....
Auriscalpium vulgare	Ear Pick Fungus	The tiny Earpick fungus has a distinctive kidney shaped hairy reddish brown cap with a pler margin. The underside of the cap has pointed teeth...
Badhamia utricularis	Slime Mould	Myxomycetes - Slime Mould
Baeospora myosura	Conifercone Cap	Smallish tan or brown agaric found inconiferous woodland rooting on buried pine cones and other coniferous debris.
Beltrania querna	Beltrania querna	A 'hyphomycete' which occurs on dead leaves of leathery-leaved tree and shrubs, most commonly on Laurus and Quercus ilex (dead leaves of the...
Bisporella citrina	Lemon Disco	A very small, yellow saucer shaped fungus found densely clustered on the dead wood of deciduous trees.
Bisporella sulfurina	Bisporella sulfurina	Found growing on broadleaf trees, gregarious to clustered, fruiting in association with a pyrenomycete.
Bjerkandera adusta	Smoky Bracket	A small, greyish white bracket often found in dense, overlapping tiers on deciduous wood.
Bjerkandera fumosa	Big Smoky Bracket	Aniseed smell. Note the characteristic thin dark-brown line between trama and the lighter tube layer
Bolbitus tibutans var tibutans	Yellow Fieldcap	A delicate fungus with a sticky yellow oval cap when young but flattens with age, becoming cream coloured with just a hint of yellow remaining in...
Boletus aereus	Boletus aereus	A medium to large sized edible Bolete that favours broadleaf woodland, especially Beech and Oak trees, fruiting from Summer to early...
Boletus badius	Bay Bolete	The Bay Bolete is an edible fungi that has a rounded cap that expands and flattens with age. It can be deep brown, reddish brown or even orange-...
Boletus calopus	Bitter Beech Bolete	Cap smoke or clay-grey-beige or flushed ochraceous with age. Downy at first then smooth. Pores pale lemon yellow to dirty sulhur with age bruising '...
Boletus chrysenteron	Red Cracking Bolete	Medium to large variable bolete, with dull brown cap which cracks showing pinkish flesh, sulphur yellow pores becoming greenish and red streaked stem.
Boletus edulis	Cep or Penny bun	Boletus edulis is found in deciduous and coniferous woodland in Summer and Autumn and can grow to a large size. It has a yellow-brown to dark...
Boletus impolitus	Iodine Bolete	Boletus impolitis is an occasional fungus of deciduous woodland, especially Oak in Southern England. It has a pale ochre to light tan...
Boletus luridiformis	Scarletina Bolete	This fungus is found mainly in deciduous woodland and more rarely with conifers. It has flesh that rapidly turns blue when cut or bruised. The cap...
Boletus luridus	Lurid Bolete	A large bolete found either solitary or in small groups on soil in grassleand or under deciduous trees, usually Oak or Beech.
Boletus porosporus	Sepia Bolete	This small Bolete is found growing singly or in small groups during Autumn in deciduous woodland, especially with Beech, Oak and Hornbeam....
Boletus pruinatus	Matt Bolete	Medium to large bolete with chestnut-brown cap displaying distinctive whitish bloom, yellow pores and reddish tinged stem.
Boletus queletii	Deceiving Bolete	This is a large or massive Bolete found either solitary or in small groups under deciduous trees in calcareous soil.
Boletus radicans	Rooting Bolete	Boletus radicans is found in deciduous woodland growing either singly or in small troops. The cap is bun-shaped, a pale cream to grey colour,...
Boletus rubellus	Ruby Bolete	A small to medium sized infrequent Bolete found either solitary or in small groups under deciduous trees.
Boletus satanus	Devil's Bolete	Boletus satanas is found singly or in small numbers in deciduous woods especially with Oak and Beech, preferably on chalky soil. The suede like...
Boletus subtomentosus	Suede Bolete	Boletus subtomentosus is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodland on all soil types but prefers an acid soil. As it's common name suggests...
Bovista nigrescens	Black Bovist	An uncommon puffball growing in pastures and meadows during Summer and Autumn but persisting in an old, dried out state for many months.
Buchwaldoboletus lignicola	Wood Bolete	A rare Boletus that grows on Conifer substrates. This species exhibits a gelatinous cuticle and decurrent pores, both unusual features of...
Bulbillomyces farinosus	Bulbillomyces farinosus
Bulgaria inquinans	Black Bulgar	Fruit body 1-4cms across. rubbery globose , the margins tightly inrolled when young, brownish, the exterior scurty, later expanding and then...
Byssomerulius corium	Netted Crust	A whitish, small bracket like fungus that grows on the branches of deciduous trees.
Calloria neglecta	Calloria neglecta	Tiny red-orange discs found clustered on the dead stalks of Stinging Nettle plants.
Calocera cornea	Small Stagshorn	A bright yellow to orange coloured fungus that appears as small gelatinous fingers growing on old wood. They are usually single fingers but are...
Calocera pallidospathulata	Pale Stagshorn	Yellow fungus with gelatinous fruit bodies that grow, densely crowded on dead or rotting branches, stumps and twigs of broadleaf and coniferous...
Calocera viscosa	Yellow Stagshorn	Calocera viscosa is, as its name suggests, very greasy and therefore, in texture if not general appearance, unlike the true coral fungi. It is...
Calocybe carnea	Pink Domecap	This small and edible fungus is found in small troops on grassland, meadows and roadside verges. The domed cap is smooth and pale pink ...
Calocybe gambosa	St George's Mushroom	Appearing in April, Calocybe gambosa has the common name St George's Mushroom. It is a good edible species, distinguished from other pale species of...
Calvatia gigantea	Giant Puffball	An easily recognised fungus by it's often massive size. Generally round and white with irregular lobes and a thick leathery skin, which is easily...
Candelariella reflexa	Candelariella reflexa
Cantharellus cibarius	Chanterelle	The cap is yellow, depressed in the middle with a wavy margin and the underside is an apricot - yellow colour and strongly wrinkled with the...

Scientific Name	Common Name	Description
	Girdled Webcap
Abortiporus biennis	Blushing Rosette	A white to grey irregularly shaped cap often found fused with other caps at the foot of deciduous and coniferous trees.
Agaricus arvensis	Horse Mushroom	Large to massive agaric often found growing in rings or trooping groups on grassy soil within pastureland. Cap: At first ovate maturing to...
Agaricus augustus	The Prince	Tall sometimes massive agaric. An excellent edible*
Agaricus bitorquis	Spring Agaric	A medium to large Agaric often found in trooping groups on sandy soil, favouring manured sites.
Agaricus bohusii	Agaricus bohusii	A rare fungus in the U.K. with a large, scaly cap, usually growing solitary in woodland or pastures, favouring Ash.
Agaricus campestris	Field Mushroom	The Field Mushroom, Agaricus campestris, is the most commonly eaten wild mushroom in the British Isles. Meadows grazed by sheep, cattle or horses...
Agaricus langei	Scaly Wood Mushroom	The surface of the cap is covered by fibrous, rust brown scales, which is a distinctive feature of this fungi. When cut, the flesh...
Agaricus macrosporus	Agaricus macrosporus	A medium to large fungus that is edible and tasty found, usually growing in groups or rings in meadows and pastureland.
Agaricus moelleri	Inky Mushroom	A carbolic smelling Agaric that grows in both broadleaf woodland and coniferous woodland. Closely related to Agaricus xanthodermus, this mushroom...
Agaricus silvaticus	Blushing Wood Mushroom	Found in small troops on both broadleaf and conifer woods, this edible fungus can be found from Summer till Autumn.
Agaricus silvaticus	Blushing Wood Mushroom	A. silvaticus is one of a group of mushrooms that stain red when bruised or cut, grow in woodland and are often difficult to tell apart.
Agaricus silvicola	Wood Mushroom	With a noticeable aniseed smell and a smooth cap that slowly colours ochre when bruised, Agaricus silvicola is quite easily distinguished from the...
Agaricus silvicola	Agaricus silvicola
Agaricus subfloccosus	Agaricus subfloccosus	Found in mixed woodland. Red staining on cutting floccose cap ring peelable downwards spores 7.5 x 4.5 .
Agaricus urinascens	Macro Mushroom	A large, often massive mushroom found in soil among grass from early Summer until early Autumn.
Agaricus xanthoderma var lepiotoides	Agaricus xanthoderma var lepiotoides
Agaricus xanthodermus	Yellow Stainer	Agaricus xanthodermus, the Yellow Staining Mushroom, can cause serious stomach upsets and so should not be eaten. It can be confused with other...
Agrocybe cylindracea	Poplar Fieldcap	Typically in clusters with willow, this fungus is uncommon in the U.K. and is found mainly in the south.
Agrocybe erebia	Dark Fieldcap	This inedible fungus has a ring on the stem and a consistently brown cap. A few...
Agrocybe praecox	Spring Fieldcap	Agricybe praecox is a variable species that is commonly found in grassland and is difficult to distinguish from others of the same genus. ...
Agrocybe rivulosa	Agrocybe rivulosa	Added to the British list in 2004 and has since been found growing all over the country on piles of woodchips, often in large numbers.
Albugo candida	Albugo candida	A white blister-rust parasitic on a wide range of hosts in the family Brassicaceae; shown here on Shepherd's Purse (Capsella) and Hoary Mustard (...
Aleuria aurantia	Orange Peel Fungus	An unmistakable orange cup or irregular disc which as the common name suggests looks like discarded orange peel.
Allopsalliota geesterani	Allopsalliota geesterani	Monotypic genus with affinities to Agaricus; fruitbody very fleshy, subhypogeous, staining strongly yellow and then purple to almost black.
Amanita ceciliae	Snakeskin Grisette	This is a distinctive, often tall species that has a grey-brown cap that is covered in fleecy grey patches that are seperable. The cap edge...
Amanita citrina	False Death Cap	Amanita citrina, often referred to as the False Death Cap, is an edible fungus; however, care is necessary because it is easily confused with deadly...
Amanita crocea	Orange Grisette	This lovely fungus is distinguished by a thick, white volva, faint zig-zag white-and-orange stem markings, and an absence of veil remnants on the...
Amanita echinocephala	Solitary Amanita	This fungus favours south facing situations on chalk soils, usually with Birch but also with Beech.
Amanita excelsa var. spissa	Grey Spotted Amanita	A largish, brownish-grey, stout fungus which is very variable, and hard to distinguish when older. It has recently become known as the...
Amanita fulva	Tawny Grisette	Although Amanita fulva, commonly referred to as the Tawny Grisette, is not poisonous it must be well cooked before it may safely be eaten. It is...
Amanita gemmata	Jewelled Amanita	The cap of Amanita gemmata varies in colour from cream to bright yellow and the cap edge is grooved, often with patches of white veil adhering to...
Amanita inopinata	Amanita inopinata	There is great curiosity as to where this strange species could have originated. At present, it seems most likely to have come from New Zealand....
Amanita muscaria	Fly Agaric	Usually instantly recognisable! Unless rain washes the 'spots' the remains of the veil off the cap and turns it more orange - then it can cause...
Amanita pantherina	Panther Cap	While not poisonous, this fungi is psychoactive and contains the same chemicals as Muscaria and Gemmata, and it is the most potent of the three....
Amanita phalloides	Death Cap	An olive/pale green agaric renowned for its deadly effects on humans. This common mushroom is responsible for 90% of cases of fatal mushroom...
Amanita phalloides var. Alba	Amanita phalloides var. alba	A white variation of the Death Cap. Equally as deadly.
Amanita rubescens	The Blusher	A very variable mushroom which is very common in various habitats. Said to be edible after careful parboiling but can apparently cause haemolysis if...
Amanita rubescens var. annulosulphurea	The Blusher	This large fungus grows either singly or in groups in deciduous woodland, especially with Birch, Beech and Oak and in coniferous woodland,...
Amanita strobiliformis	Warted Amanita	This is an often massive fungi that has a creamish white cap covered in thick fragments of veil, very often with veil fragments hanging off...
Amanita submembranacea	Amanita submembranacea	Amanita submembranacea is a medium sized fungus that is strongly olivaceous, initially with a pallid margin. Marginal striations occupy...
Amanita vaginata	Grisette	Unlike many other Amanita species, Amanita vaginata - the Grisette - does not have a ring on its stem. Grisettes are not poisonous , but they are...
Amanita virosa	Destroying Angel	Amanita virosa is a fatally poisonous fungus of damp woodland, especially acidic soil, often growing with Birch and Conifer trees. It can be...
Arcyria denudata	Arcyria denudata	Sporocarps erect...
Arcyria incarnata	Arcyria incarnata	Common on dead wood...
Arcyria nutans	Arcyria nutans	A myxomycete
Armillaria borealis	Armillaria borealis.
Armillaria gallica	Bulbous Honey Fungus	This species usually appear alone, gregariously, or in tufts,...
Armillaria mellea	Honey Fungus	Armillaria mellea is an extremely common fungus of woods, parks and gardens and is parasitic mainly on broadleaved trees, especially Oak and Beech...
Armillaria ostoyae	Dark Honey Fungus	Note the characteristic double layer of darker scales on the collar-like ring. (Main Image supplied by CloudedYellow)
Arrhenia chlorocyanea	Verdigris Navel	A small dark grey heathland agaric with funnel-shaped cap and broad decurrent gills, favouring sandy soil. Cap: At first plano-convex with small...
Arrhenia retiruga	Arrhenia retiruga	Whitish-grey, cup-shaped then expanding, sessile, margin lobed. White spore print.
Arrhenia spathulata	Arrhenia Spathulata	Very small fungi found on a moss over a gravelly or gritty substrate on sunny sheltered banks. Not Common grows late Autumn to early winter. This...
Ascobolus carbonarius	Ascobolus carbonarius
Ascobolus furfuraceus	Ascobolus furfuraceus	The fruit body is only a few hundred microns tall so it can be contained in the low power field of a microsocope. The fruitbody is an apothecium (...
Ascobolus hawaiiensis	Ascobolus hawaiensis	A tiny coprophilous ascomycete. Recorded on sheep and rabbit dung; recognised chiefly by the warty spores and the spore-size (smaller than the...
Ascocoryne cylichnium	Ascocoryne cylichnium	An ascomycete Distinguished from Ascocoryne sarcoides by the more obviously cup-shaped fruiting body and larger spores.
Ascocoryne sarcoides	Purple Jellydisc	A small, pinkish purple, saucer shaped gelatinous fungus on a short stem found growing in broadleaf woodland on dead wood, favouring...
Asterophora lycoperdoides	Powdery Piggyback	This is a small fungus that is found occasionally, though more commonly during wet periods, ...
Aurantiporus fissilis	Aurantiporus fissilis
Auricularia auricula-judae	Jelly Ear	Fruit body 3-8cms across ear shaped, outersuface tan-brown with minute greyish downy hairs, inner surface grey-brown. smooth or often wrinkled and...
Auricularia mesenterica	Tripe Fungus	A greyish-brown, gelatinous fungus found in tiered groups on rotting and dead branches and logs of broadleaf wood, less commonly on living wood....
Auriscalpium vulgare	Ear Pick Fungus	The tiny Earpick fungus has a distinctive kidney shaped hairy reddish brown cap with a pler margin. The underside of the cap has pointed teeth...
Badhamia utricularis	Slime Mould	Myxomycetes - Slime Mould
Baeospora myosura	Conifercone Cap	Smallish tan or brown agaric found inconiferous woodland rooting on buried pine cones and other coniferous debris.
Beltrania querna	Beltrania querna	A 'hyphomycete' which occurs on dead leaves of leathery-leaved tree and shrubs, most commonly on Laurus and Quercus ilex (dead leaves of the...
Bisporella citrina	Lemon Disco	A very small, yellow saucer shaped fungus found densely clustered on the dead wood of deciduous trees.
Bisporella sulfurina	Bisporella sulfurina	Found growing on broadleaf trees, gregarious to clustered, fruiting in association with a pyrenomycete.
Bjerkandera adusta	Smoky Bracket	A small, greyish white bracket often found in dense, overlapping tiers on deciduous wood.
Bjerkandera fumosa	Big Smoky Bracket	Aniseed smell. Note the characteristic thin dark-brown line between trama and the lighter tube layer
Bolbitus tibutans var tibutans	Yellow Fieldcap	A delicate fungus with a sticky yellow oval cap when young but flattens with age, becoming cream coloured with just a hint of yellow remaining in...
Boletus aereus	Boletus aereus	A medium to large sized edible Bolete that favours broadleaf woodland, especially Beech and Oak trees, fruiting from Summer to early...
Boletus badius	Bay Bolete	The Bay Bolete is an edible fungi that has a rounded cap that expands and flattens with age. It can be deep brown, reddish brown or even orange-...
Boletus calopus	Bitter Beech Bolete	Cap smoke or clay-grey-beige or flushed ochraceous with age. Downy at first then smooth. Pores pale lemon yellow to dirty sulhur with age bruising '...
Boletus chrysenteron	Red Cracking Bolete	Medium to large variable bolete, with dull brown cap which cracks showing pinkish flesh, sulphur yellow pores becoming greenish and red streaked stem.
Boletus edulis	Cep or Penny bun	Boletus edulis is found in deciduous and coniferous woodland in Summer and Autumn and can grow to a large size. It has a yellow-brown to dark...
Boletus impolitus	Iodine Bolete	Boletus impolitis is an occasional fungus of deciduous woodland, especially Oak in Southern England. It has a pale ochre to light tan...
Boletus luridiformis	Scarletina Bolete	This fungus is found mainly in deciduous woodland and more rarely with conifers. It has flesh that rapidly turns blue when cut or bruised. The cap...
Boletus luridus	Lurid Bolete	A large bolete found either solitary or in small groups on soil in grassleand or under deciduous trees, usually Oak or Beech.
Boletus porosporus	Sepia Bolete	This small Bolete is found growing singly or in small groups during Autumn in deciduous woodland, especially with Beech, Oak and Hornbeam....
Boletus pruinatus	Matt Bolete	Medium to large bolete with chestnut-brown cap displaying distinctive whitish bloom, yellow pores and reddish tinged stem.
Boletus queletii	Deceiving Bolete	This is a large or massive Bolete found either solitary or in small groups under deciduous trees in calcareous soil.
Boletus radicans	Rooting Bolete	Boletus radicans is found in deciduous woodland growing either singly or in small troops. The cap is bun-shaped, a pale cream to grey colour,...
Boletus rubellus	Ruby Bolete	A small to medium sized infrequent Bolete found either solitary or in small groups under deciduous trees.
Boletus satanus	Devil's Bolete	Boletus satanas is found singly or in small numbers in deciduous woods especially with Oak and Beech, preferably on chalky soil. The suede like...
Boletus subtomentosus	Suede Bolete	Boletus subtomentosus is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodland on all soil types but prefers an acid soil. As it's common name suggests...
Bovista nigrescens	Black Bovist	An uncommon puffball growing in pastures and meadows during Summer and Autumn but persisting in an old, dried out state for many months.
Buchwaldoboletus lignicola	Wood Bolete	A rare Boletus that grows on Conifer substrates. This species exhibits a gelatinous cuticle and decurrent pores, both unusual features of...
Bulbillomyces farinosus	Bulbillomyces farinosus
Bulgaria inquinans	Black Bulgar	Fruit body 1-4cms across. rubbery globose , the margins tightly inrolled when young, brownish, the exterior scurty, later expanding and then...
Byssomerulius corium	Netted Crust	A whitish, small bracket like fungus that grows on the branches of deciduous trees.
Calloria neglecta	Calloria neglecta	Tiny red-orange discs found clustered on the dead stalks of Stinging Nettle plants.
Calocera cornea	Small Stagshorn	A bright yellow to orange coloured fungus that appears as small gelatinous fingers growing on old wood. They are usually single fingers but are...
Calocera pallidospathulata	Pale Stagshorn	Yellow fungus with gelatinous fruit bodies that grow, densely crowded on dead or rotting branches, stumps and twigs of broadleaf and coniferous...
Calocera viscosa	Yellow Stagshorn	Calocera viscosa is, as its name suggests, very greasy and therefore, in texture if not general appearance, unlike the true coral fungi. It is...
Calocybe carnea	Pink Domecap	This small and edible fungus is found in small troops on grassland, meadows and roadside verges. The domed cap is smooth and pale pink ...
Calocybe gambosa	St George's Mushroom	Appearing in April, Calocybe gambosa has the common name St George's Mushroom. It is a good edible species, distinguished from other pale species of...
Calvatia gigantea	Giant Puffball	An easily recognised fungus by it's often massive size. Generally round and white with irregular lobes and a thick leathery skin, which is easily...
Candelariella reflexa	Candelariella reflexa
Cantharellus cibarius	Chanterelle	The cap is yellow, depressed in the middle with a wavy margin and the underside is an apricot - yellow colour and strongly wrinkled with the...

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