A to Z of British Fungi

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Common Name	Scientific Name	Description
Ear Pick Fungus	Auriscalpium vulgare	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 that are up to 3mm long and are greyish in colour....
Earthfan	Thelephora terrestris	A fungus with fan-shaped rosettes or lobes that can form extensive patches, found growing in debris and leaf-litter in broadleaf and coniferous woodland and in short turf on sandy soil close to...
Earthy Powdercap	Cystoderma amianthinum	The cap of this small inedible species is initially domed but flattens with age and sometimes has a wavy edge. The cap surface can have a dusting of fine powdery granules. There is a...
Earthy Powdercap	Cystoderna amianthinum	This fungus has a yellowish-brown to yellowish cap, a dense coating of granules on the cap and stem and may be found either growing alone, scattered, or gregariously,...
ectomycorrhizal	ectomycorrhizal
Egg Shell Slime Mould	Leocarpus fragilis
Egghead Mottlegill	Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus	This species, which grows on animal dung is extremely variable in size from just a few millimetres up to 150mm depending on the amout of nutrients available to it.
Elaphomyces granulatus	Elaphomyces granulatus	Also commonly known as the Deer Truffle it takes its name from the Greek, Elapho- (deer) and Myces (fungus). This fungus is composed of a...
Elastic Oysterling	Panellus mitis	A white or cream, fan or kidney shaped fungus found growing on branches, twigs or logs in coniferous woodland.
Elastic Saddle	Helvella elastica	With their irregularly shaped saddles and pale stems, Helvella elastica fungi are commonly found at the edges of woodland footpaths. When properly cooked they are edible but hardly worth collecting.
Elder Whitewash	Hyphodontia sambuci	A white, chalky fungus that is tightly attached to the substrate and has an appearance similar to matt emulsion paint, on wood of deciduous trees, mainly Elder.
Elfin Saddle	Helvella lacunosa	Helvella lacunosa, the Elfin's Saddle, is rather morbid in its appearance, with both the stem and the cap in shades of leaden grey. This species seems to favour rich soil and burnt ground.
Encoelia furfuracea	Encoelia furfuracea	A small, saucer shaped, tan or hazel coloured fungus found usually densely clustered on living and less frequently on dead hazel trunks and occasionally on dead Alder.
Enteridium lycoperdon	Enteridium lycoperdon	An large, whitish cushion shaped fungus with a rubbery feel that is found on dead wood of both broadleaf and conifers.
Entoloma clypeatum	Entoloma clypeatum	A medium-sized fungus with a brownish cap and pinkish gills, found growing solitary or in small trooping groups on soil under trees and bushes of the Rosaceae family, e.g. Hawthorn, Rose...
Entoloma sepium	Entoloma sepium	A medium sized fungus found growing solitary or in trooping groups on soil under tree, shrubs of the Rosaceous family such as Hawthorn, Cherry and Rosa.
Ergot	Claviceps purpurea
Eucalyptus Deceiver	Laccaria fraterna	Distinguished by having 2-spored basidia (see spore image), spore-size, and by its growing with Eucalyptus species.
European Pear rust	Gymnosporangium sabinae
Exidia plana	Exidia plana	This is a blackish coloured, disc-shaped fungus found growing in broadleaf woodland on dead and rotting logs and also on living trees on wound tissue.
Exidia truncata	Exidia truncata	...
Eyelash Fungus	Scutellinia subhirtella
Eyelash Fungus	Scutellinia umbrarum	A small disc-shaped dull orange fungus that is commonly found growing on bare soil or rotting wood.