A to Z of British Fungi

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Common Name	Scientific Name	Description
Fairy Inkcap	Coprinellus disseminatus	Note: need to distinguish from the similar Psathyrella pygmaea (see below) - that has cystidia on gill edge, which the Coprinellus lacks.
Fairy Ring Champignon	Marasmius oreades	A very small and delicate fungus found usually in small trooping groups in braodleaf woodland on the leaves of Oak.
False Chanterelle	Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca	A yellow to orange funnel-like mushroom often resembling the edible and esteemed Chanterelle. Said to be edible but has been known to cause hallicinations. Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca is an Autumn...
False Death Cap	Amanita citrina	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 poisonous Amanita species.
False Morel	Gyromitra esculenta	This fungus has a distinctive, brain-like red-brown cap and is found in coniferous woodland in sandy soils or wood chippings in Spring and Summer.
False Saffron Milkcap	Lactarius deterrimus	This is one of the most brightly coloured of the milkcaps that is found in rings or troops with Spruce in all sorts of locations.
False Turkey Tail	Stereum ostrea	fruit body irregular, semicircular or bracket-like often overlapping.zonate and multircoloured in shades of brown and rust, densely hairy. Fertile lower surface pale buff, smooth. Flesh. thin tough...
Felt Saddle	Helvella macropus	A small greyish cup on a thin stem that grows either solitary or in small troops on soil in broadleaf woodland and occasionally with conifers.
Felted Pinkgill	Entoloma griseocyaneum	A small fungus that has a scaly cap and pink gills and a bluish-grey stem found growing in groups amongst grass in parks and grassland.
Felted Twiglet	Tubaria conspersa	A small, cinnamon-brown fungus that has a cap covered with greyish elar fragments, found growing in trooping groups on soil or wood chips in damp situations.
Field Blewit	Lepista saeva	A medium-sized fungus with a pale browinsh cap and a bluish-lilac stem growing on soil in pastures, parks and grassland in groups or rings..
Field Mushroom	Agaricus campestris	The Field Mushroom, Agaricus campestris, is the most commonly eaten wild mushroom in the British Isles. Meadows grazed by sheep, cattle or horses often produce vast quantities.
Fiery Milkcap	Lactarius pyrogalus	A small to medium sized fungus growing either solitary ot in small groups in soil under Hazel
Firerug Inkcap	Coprinellus domesticus	A tall fungus found in woodland either solitary or in small tropping groups on stumps, logs ot buried wood.
Flaming Scalycap	Pholiota flammans	A medium-sized, bright yellow fungus found growing either solitary or in tufts on conifer stumps or fallen trees.
Flammulaster granulosus	Flammulaster granulosus	A very small and delicate brown fungus that has a bluntly conical cap and is found scattered or in trooping groups on soil among moss and short grass close to trees.
Flammulaster muricatus	Flammulaster muricatus	A small pale brown fungus with a pronounced felty to scaly covering on the cap and stem.
Flat Oysterling	Crepidotus applanatus	A small, tongue-shaped, white fungus found in small overlapping groups on decaying wood.
Fleecy Fibrecap	Inocybe flocculosa	A small brown fungus, with a soft scaly cap found growing on soil either solitary or in trooping groups in bradleaf woodland, favouring Oak.
Fluted Birds Nest	Cyathus striatus	A small browb cup-shaped fungus containing whitish "eggs" at the bottom, found sometimes in dense clusters on soul, twigs and plant debris.
Fly Agaric	Amanita muscaria	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 some confusion and needs to be backed up with a look...
Fool's Conecap	Conocybe filaris	A poisonous fungus that is yellowish-brown in colour and found in grassland, roadsides or on wood chips from Summer till Autumn.
Fool's Funnel	Clitocybe rivulosa	A lethally poisonous fungus with a shallowly depressed whitish-grey cap the grows in trooping rings on grassland, often in sandy soil.
Forked Russula	Russula heterophylla	Medium to large sized Russula witha brownish or greenish cap that can be found growing solitary or in small scattered groups on soil with broadleaf trees.
Fragile Brittlegill	Russula fragilis	A smallish russula with a pale purplish cap and brittle white gill growing solitary or in small troops with coniferous and broadleaf trees.
Fragrant Funnel	Clitocybe fragrans	Cap glattened-convex sometimes slightly depressed, hygrophanous, pale yellowish-brown when wet. whitish-cream when dry with darker centre. margin finely striate. Stem. concolorous with cap....
Freckled Dapperling	Lepiota aspera	This lovely fungus can be found in deciduous woodland, faouring thick undergrowth at the edges of paths, appearing from late Summer until late Autumn. It has a nasty smell and is considered...
Fried Chicken Mushroom	Lyophyllum decastes	Usually found growing in dense clusters in disturbed soil on roadbeds, paths, landscaping areas, or occasionally growing alone or scattered in woods from summer till...
Fringed Hay-Cap	Panaeolus sphinctrinus
Frosty Bonnet	Mycena adscendens	Note 'tiny sugar granules' on pileus surface
Frosty Fibrecap	Inocybe maculata	A smallish, brown agaric that is found growing either solitary or in trooping groups on calcareous soil with Beech.
Frosty Funnel	Clitocybe phyllophila
Frosty Webcap	Cortinarius hemitrichus	This fungus has a grey-brown cap flecked with white veil fragments and a delicate to sharply pointed umbo. The stem in silvery-white becoming brownish and has zoned banding beneath an indistinct...
Funeral Bell	Galerina marginata	This poisonous fungus has toxins similar to that of the poisonous Amanita species. It is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodland and also occasionally in gardens growing on bark...