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Mushroom Guide

Explore woodland fungi through Where’s Wildlife photographs. Compare pores, gills, cups and honeycomb-like caps, with clear notes on how far each identification can go.

Take the Quiz →Try three quick questions or a full round of 16 identified entries. Likely identifications and the related slime mold are shown in the guide but excluded from quiz questions.

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Oyster Mushrooms

Oyster Mushrooms

Pleurotus sp.Gilled mushrooms · North American genusView guide →
Old Man of the Woods

Old Man of the Woods

Strobilomyces sp.Boletes · North American genusView guide →
Likely Fairy Inkcap

Fairy Inkcap

Coprinellus disseminatusGilled mushrooms · Likely IDView guide →
Likely Honey Mushrooms

Honey Mushrooms

Armillaria sp.Gilled mushrooms · Likely IDView guide →
Likely Skull-shaped Puffball

Skull-shaped Puffball

Calvatia craniiformisPuffballs · Likely IDView guide →
Likely Spiny Puffball

Spiny Puffball

Lycoperdon cf. pulcherrimumPuffballs · Likely IDView guide →
Dog Lichen

Dog Lichen

Peltigera sp.Lichens · North American genusView guide →
Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete

Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete

Tylopilus rubrobrunneusBoletes · NativeView guide →
Common Brown Cup

Common Brown Cup

Phylloscypha phyllogenaCup fungi · NativeView guide →
Showy Bolete

Showy Bolete

Suillus spectabilisBoletes · NativeView guide →
Hen of the Woods

Hen of the Woods

Grifola frondosaPolypores · NativeView guide →
Likely Golden Pholiota

Golden Pholiota

Pholiota adiposa groupGilled mushrooms · Likely IDView guide →
Lion’s Mane

Lion’s Mane

Hericium erinaceusToothed fungi · NativeView guide →
Crown-tipped Coral

Crown-tipped Coral

Artomyces pyxidatusClubs & corals · NativeView guide →
Violet Coral

Violet Coral

Clavaria zollingeriClubs & corals · NativeView guide →
Likely Crested Coral

Crested Coral

Clavulina coralloides groupClubs & corals · Likely IDView guide →
Dead Man’s Fingers

Dead Man’s Fingers

Xylaria polymorpha groupClubs & corals · North American groupView guide →
Likely Leaf Pinwheel

Leaf Pinwheel

Marasmius cf. capillarisGilled mushrooms · Likely IDView guide →
Likely Orange Pinwheel

Orange Pinwheel

Marasmius cf. siccusGilled mushrooms · Likely IDView guide →
Likely Hare’s-foot Inkcap

Hare’s-foot Inkcap

Coprinopsis lagopus groupGilled mushrooms · Likely IDView guide →
Scarlet Cup

Scarlet Cup

Sarcoscypha sp.Cup fungi · North American groupView guide →
Likely Tinder Conk

Tinder Conk

Fomes fomentarius groupPolypores · Likely IDView guide →
American Fly Agaric

American Fly Agaric

Amanita chrysoblemaGilled mushrooms · NativeView guide →
Likely Raspberry Slime Mold

Raspberry Slime Mold

Tubifera sp.Slime molds · Likely IDView guide →
Orange Jack-o’-lantern mushrooms

Jack-o’-lantern Mushroom

Omphalotus illudensGilled mushrooms · NativeView guide →
Mutinus stinkhorn

Mutinus Stinkhorns

Mutinus sp.Stinkhorns · Species undeterminedView guide →
Ravenel’s Stinkhorn

Ravenel’s Stinkhorn

Phallus raveneliiStinkhorns · NativeView guide →
Chicken of the Woods

Chicken of the Woods

LaetiporusPolypores · North American speciesView guide →
Devil’s Urn

Devil’s Urn

Urnula crateriumCup fungi · NativeView guide →
True Morels

True Morels

MorchellaMorels · North American speciesView guide →
Golden Oyster Mushroom

Golden Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus citrinopileatusGilled mushrooms · Non-nativeView guide →

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