Wednesday, 15 February 2012

A to Z of British Fungi

List by Scientific Name
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Common Namesort icon Scientific Name Primary Image Description
Calloria neglecta Calloria neglecta

Tiny red-orange discs found clustered on the dead stalks of Stinging Nettle plants.

Candelariella reflexa Candelariella reflexa
Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon

Xylaria hypoxylon, commonly called either the Candle-snuff Fungus or the Stag's Horn Fungus, appears throughout the year, but it is particularly...

Catinella olivacea Catinella olivacea
Cauliflower Fungus Sparassis crispa

The entire fruit body of the Cauliflower fungus is reminiscent of a coarse bath sponge and mature specimens can be huge and weight several pounds...

Cellar Cup Peziza cerea

A pale-brown cup shaped, medium-sized inedible fungus found growing solitary or in small troops in woodland on buried rotting wood and other...

Cep or Penny bun Boletus edulis

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...

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

A small fungus found growing in rosettes on the bark of fallen trees and branches in general.

Ceratiomyxo fruticulosa var. arbuscula Ceratiomyxo fruticulosa var. arbuscula (2)
Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma Spore shown in Cotton Blue
Chanterelle Cantharellus cibarius

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...

Charcoal Burner Russula cyanoxantha

Only two or three Russulas have gills that are flexible and the Charcoal Burner is one of them. To confirm identity, test with Iron...

Charcoal Cup Peziza echinospora Habitat: burnt beech stump Cap: cup shaped, brown colour inside, slimy...
Cheilymenia fimicola Cheilymenia fimicola

A common, small cup or disc shaped orange fungus that is frequently found in meadows and pastures growing om animal manure.

Cheilymenia stercorea Cheilymenia stercorea Small orange-red conical, sessile cup fungi, densley clustered and hairy. *Inedible*
Cheilymenia theleboloides Cheilymenia theleboloides
Chestnut Dapperling Lepiota castanea

A smallish fungus that is also one of the deadliest. It contains toxins similar to that of the Death Cap and causes kidney and liver damage.

Chicken of the Woods Laetiporus sulphureus

This fungus is bright yellow when fresh and forms large, tiered clusters of fan-shaped fruitbodies. This is one of the most spectacular and...

Chlorophyllum olivieri Chlorophyllum olivieri

This fungus  is possibly a common species normally misidentified as Macrolepiota rhacodes. Reported to be edible but may cause stomach upsets...

Choiromyces meandriformis Choiromyces meandriformia
Ciboria amentacea Ciboria amentacea

A cup shaped fungus found on the male catkins of Alder, Hazel and Willow.

Ciboria batschiana Ciboria batschiana

A small cup shaped or flat fungus found growing on old acorns in broadleaf woodland under Oak during Autumn..

Ciboria caucus Ciboria caucus

An ascomycte. Occurs on fallen male alder or willow catkins Microscopy inset: note the bluing at the tips of the asci in Melzer's solution

Ciboria coryli Ciboria coryli
Cinnamon Bracket Hapalopilus nidulans Sherwood Forest (Birklands) 7 June 2008 ID confirmed by Kew, and specimens retained in herbarium collection.
Cinnamon Navel Omphalina pyxidata

A small fungus with a funnel-shaped cap, found growing in troops on soil among grass and moss, usually on sandy soils, less commonly calcareous....

Cinnamon Porecrust Phellinus ferreus Deciduous wood, especial hazel.
Cinnamon-brown Cushion Phellinus punctatus
Clavulinopsis luteoalba Clavulinopsis luteoalba

A small club-shaped yellow fungus that grows either solitary or in groups on soil in short grassland.

Clitocybe amarescens Clitocybe amarescens
Clitocybe costata Clitocybe costata
Clitocybe metachroa Clitocybe metachroa Smallish buff or tan agaric with darker center and greyish white, decurrent gills.
Clitocybe odora Clitocybe odora

Young specimens are a pale blue colour fading to light grey as they age.

Clitocybe phaeophthalma Clitocybe phaeophthalma
Clitocybe sinopica Clitocybe sinopica

A small rare species of fungus witha bright, reddish-brown cap that may be found in small troops around the edges and clearings in coniferous...

Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nebularis

This is a variable blue-grey, mid-grey to even yellowish fungus, appearing in troops and rings, often in large numbers fairly late in...

Clustered Bonnet Mycena inclinata

This species grows in dense clumps on dead stumps and logs of broadleaf trees and occasionally on standing trees..

Clustered Toughshank Collybia confluena

This species of fungus is found in dense clumps in deciduous and coniferous woodland and it's aromatic smell helps in identification.

Coconut Milkcap Lactarius glyciosmus Really does taste of coconut. Mild initailly becoming a little hotter with age
Collared Earthstar Geastrum triplex

This is one of the largest and most common of the Earthstars and can be found in deciduous woods, hedgerows and sand dunes. The young fruitbody is...

Collared Mosscap Rickenella swartzii

A small and delicate fungus with a flattened or funnel-shaped cap that is found growing in troops in grasslands, usually with moss.

Collared Parachute Marasmius rotula

A very small and delicate agaric with a cap reminiscent of a parachute, found in mixed woodland, often along the sides of paths.

Collybia ocior Collybia ocior

A small fungus with a tan or dark brown cap found growing on rotting stums, bark and litter in woodland.

Colpoma quercinum Colpoma quercinum A tar-spot fungus (Order: Rhytismatales) very common on dead attached oak twigs, though often found in an old 'effete' state.
Common Bonnet Mycena galericulata Look for the inter-veining between the gills
Common Cavalier Melanoleuca polioleuca

A smallish brown fungus commonly found growing in woodland and pastures from late Summer till late Autumn.

Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum

A yellowish, rounded and hard scaly fungus that is attached to the substrate by thin threads in small troops on bare, usually sandy soil or among...

Common Eyelash Scutellinia scutella

A small, scarlet orange disc shaped fungus that is found often densely clustered on rotten wood or woody debris with moss.

Common Funnel Clitocybe gibba

The Common Funnel Cap is common and widespread but is easily confused with other funnel shaped fungi that are poisonous.

Common Inkcap Coprinopsis atramentaria

This fungus has an egg-shaped, grey to grey-brown cap with a red-brown centre. The cap surface is smooth and ridged  and the stem is silvery...

Common Jellyspot Dacrymyces stillatus

A small yellowish-orange, gelatinous, cushion-shaped fungus commonly found growing in dense groups on the rotting wood of deciduous and coniferous...

Common Porecrust Schizophyllum commune

A small greyish, fan-shaped fungus that is attached to stumps, dead wood and sawn timber and also on silage, often emerging through...

Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum

Smallish, white or dull brown, rounded structure on a pedastal.

Common Rustgill Gymnopilus penetrana

This fungus grows singly or in numbers on fallen wood debris of coniferous trees but sometimes broadleaf trees. The cap is an orange-brown colour...

Common Stump Brittlestem Psathyrella piluliformis
Conical Brittlestem Psathyrella conopilus
Conifer Blueing Bracket Postia caesia
Conifer Disco Lachnellula subtilissima

A very small disc shaped, yellowish-orange disc or cup found clustered on the dead twigs of Fir, or infrequently on Pine and Spruce.

Conifer Mazegill Gloeophyllum sepiarium

A dark-brown, thinnish, fan-shaped bracket found often clustered on dead wood of conifers and occasionally on broadleaf trees.

Conifer Tuft Hypholoma capnoides Clumber Park 5th May 2008 on Conifer stump
Conifercone Cap Baeospora myosura

Smallish tan or brown agaric found inconiferous woodland rooting on buried pine cones and other coniferous debris.

Conocybe aporos Conocybe aporos Favours calcareous soil. Typically a spring species.
Conocybe lactea Conocybe lactea

A small fungus with a conical cap and long stem found growing in grassland, sand dunes and roadside verges.

Conocybe pubescens Conocybe pubescens

A small, frail agaric found either solitary or in small trooping groups on well manured soil or dung in or close t0 coniferous woodland.

Conocybe tenera Conocybe tenera

A small and fragile fungus with a brownish-yellow cap commonly found on soil in grass ar the edges of woodland.

Coprinopsis radiata Coprinopsis radiata

A small and delicate egg-shaped fungus found either solitary or in groups on horse manure.

Coprinus auricomus Coprinus auricomus
Coprinus cinereus Coprinus cinereus

A small fungus found growing on rotting or manured straw.

Coprinus cordisporus Coprinus cordisporus A tiny dung-inhabiting fungus; the spore shape is characteristic.
Coprinus lagopides Coprinus lagopides

A tallish off white fungus found scattered in groups or solitary on soil or charred wood.

Coprinus radians Coprinus radians
Coprinus species Coprinus species
Coprinus sterquilinus Coprinus sterquilinus

Found growing solitary or clustered in meadows and pastures with manure, preferable horse dung.

Coprobia granulata Coprobia granulata

A small orangish coloured, disc-shaped fungus that is commonly found throughout the year growing on cow manure.

Coral Fungus Ramaria botrytis

A medium-sized clay-brown or coral-pink fungus with a densely branched fruiting body similar in appearance to a small cauliflower found growing...

Coral Spot Nectria cinnabarina
Cordyceps gracilis Cordyceps gracilis
Cortinarius acutus Cortinarius acutus
Cortinarius psammocephalus Cortinarius psammocephalus
Cortinarius semisanguineus Cortinarius semisanguineus

An olive to ochre Cortinarius with blood red gills. Usually growing with Pinus and Betula.

Crab Brittlegill Russula xerampelina

This fungus is one of several closely related Russula species that all smell of crabmeat and can only be identified microscopically or by...

Cramp Balls or King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica

These are hard, black or greyish-brown balls that are encrusted on dead wood, preferring Ash and Beech but can appear on a varieyt of wood.

Crazed Cap Dermoloma cuneifolium

This poisonous species is found on unimproved grassland, either singly or in small troops. The cap is light to dark grey when young, later...

Crepidotus cesatii Crepidotus cesatii

A kidney-shaped or shell-shaped fungus with a smooth to finely downy surface, lobed, margin often notched, whitish to...

Crepidotus epibryus Crepidotus epibryus

A very small, kidney shaped, whitish fungus found growing on leaves, twigs and other debris in woodland.

Crested Coral Clavulina coralloides

This fungus forms small clumps similar to marine coral and is pure white to pale cream in colour with the branches having pointed, divided tips....

Crimson Waxcap Hygrocybe punicea

This rare large waxcap is found in unimproed pasture, lawns and churchyards from late Summer to early Winter.

Crocicreas cyathoideum var.cyathoideum Crocicreas cyathoideum var.cyathoideum On stem of an old umbillifer
Crystal Brain Exidia nucleata Tends to have small calcium crystals in the context but this is not diagnostic - spore size need to distinguish from Exidia thuretiana
Cumminsiella mirabilissima Cumminsiella mirabilissima A parasitic rust fungus which attacks Mahonia species; it is common on Oregon Grape - Mahonia aquifolium and has also been reported to occur on M....
Curry Milk Cap Lactarius camphoratus

A small fungus with a smell reminiscent of curry and gills that exude milk, found solitary or in large scattered groups in coniferous woodland,...

Cylindrobasidium laeve Cylindrobasidium laeve

A whitish, encrusting fruitbody thar is very tightly attached to dead wood in broadleaf and coniferous woodland but preferring cut surfaces.

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