Omphalotaceae

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Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.) Gray

Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.) Gray

Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.) Gray

Gymnopus fusipes is a variable wood-associated mushroom that is saprobic, a serious parasite, and spreading to North America.

Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonín & Noordel.

Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonín & Noordel.

Gymnopus brassicolens (Romagn.) Antonín & Noordel.

Gymnopus brassicolens, the cabbage parachute, is an identifiable mushroom found growing in leafy debris in North America and Europe.

Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill

Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill

Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill

Gymnopus dryophilus is a very common, palatable mushroom found in Northern Hemisphere temperate woodlands.

Gymnopus spongiosus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Halling

Gymnopus spongiosus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Halling

Gymnopus spongiosus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Halling

Gymnopus spongiosus, the hairy-stalked collybia, is an inedible mushroom-forming fungus found across the Americas.

Omphalotus olearius (DC.) Singer

Omphalotus olearius (DC.) Singer

Omphalotus olearius (DC.) Singer

Omphalotus olearius, the jack-o'-lantern mushroom, is an orange bioluminescent fungus found mostly in southern European Mediterranean regions.

Omphalotus olivascens H.E.Bigelow, O.K.Mill. & Thiers

Omphalotus olivascens H.E.Bigelow, O.K.Mill. & Thiers

Omphalotus olivascens H.E.Bigelow, O.K.Mill. & Thiers

Omphalotus olivascens, the toxic western jack o'lantern mushroom, is endemic to North America's California Floristic Province.

Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl

Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl

Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl

Omphalotus illudens is a poisonous bioluminescent North American mushroom with toxic compounds studied for experimental cancer treatment.

Omphalotus nidiformis (Berk.) O.K.Mill.

Omphalotus nidiformis (Berk.) O.K.Mill.

Omphalotus nidiformis (Berk.) O.K.Mill.

Omphalotus nidiformis, the bioluminescent ghost fungus, is a toxic wood-rotting fungus found primarily in southern Australia.

Omphalotus mexicanus Guzmán & V.Mora

Omphalotus mexicanus Guzmán & V.Mora

Omphalotus mexicanus Guzmán & V.Mora

Omphalotus mexicanus is a dark blue-yellow tinted gilled toxic mushroom found in Mexican and Central American highlands.

Omphalotus subilludens (Murrill) H.E.Bigelow

Omphalotus subilludens (Murrill) H.E.Bigelow

Omphalotus subilludens (Murrill) H.E.Bigelow

Omphalotus subilludens is a bioluminescent saprobic mushroom found in the southern US and Mexico that is often mistaken for edible chanterelles and may cause poisoning.

Rhodocollybia butyracea (Bull.) Lennox

Rhodocollybia butyracea (Bull.) Lennox

Rhodocollybia butyracea (Bull.) Lennox

Rhodocollybia butyracea is a saprobic mushroom widely distributed across North America that grows on conifer or hardwood litter.

Rhodocollybia maculata (Alb. & Schwein.) Singer

Rhodocollybia maculata (Alb. & Schwein.) Singer

Rhodocollybia maculata (Alb. & Schwein.) Singer

Rhodocollybia maculata is a spotted mushroom widespread in North America that grows in decomposing conifer duff.

Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler

Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler

Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler

Lentinula edodes, or shiitake, is a widely cultivated edible East Asian mushroom with culinary uses and rare allergic risks.

Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler

Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler

Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler

Lentinula boryana is an edible Omphalotaceae fungus found in subtropical Americas, and is the type species of genus Lentinula.

Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G.Stev.) Pegler

Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G.Stev.) Pegler

Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G.Stev.) Pegler

Lentinula novae-zelandiae, or New Zealand shiitake, is an endemic edible cultivated fungus from New Zealand.

Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H.Petersen

Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H.Petersen

Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H.Petersen

Lentinula raphanica is an edible Lentinula mushroom from American subtropics, eaten by several Indigenous groups in South America.

Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler

Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler

Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler

Lentinula lateritia is an Omphalotaceae agaric fungus found in Southeast Asia and Australasia (not New Zealand), first described 1881 and reclassified 1983.

Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis scorodonius is a small garlic-scented mushroom that mostly grows on dead plant debris across multiple continents.

Mycetinis opacus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis opacus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis opacus (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis opacus is a small agaric fungus found in eastern North America and rarely Japan, growing on dead woody debris.

Mycetinis alliaceus (Jacq.) Earle ex A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis alliaceus (Jacq.) Earle ex A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis alliaceus (Jacq.) Earle ex A.W.Wilson & Desjardin

Mycetinis alliaceus is a garlic-scented mushroom found in European beech woods from early summer to autumn.

Anthracophyllum archeri (Berk.) Pegler

Anthracophyllum archeri (Berk.) Pegler

Anthracophyllum archeri (Berk.) Pegler

Anthracophyllum archeri is a saprotrophic fungus found in Australia, New Zealand, and nearby Pacific islands that grows on dead angiosperm wood.

Collybiopsis biformis (Peck) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis biformis (Peck) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis biformis (Peck) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis biformis is a North American agaric fungus in Omphalotaceae, named for its two distinct cap shapes.

Collybiopsis confluens (Pers.) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis confluens (Pers.) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis confluens (Pers.) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis confluens, the clustered toughshank, is an inedible Holarctic mushroom growing in forests, often on copper beech wood.

Collybiopsis peronata (Bolton) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis peronata (Bolton) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis peronata (Bolton) R.H.Petersen

Collybiopsis peronata is a saprobic mushroom common in Europe, reported from America and Japan, with distinct microscopic features.

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