Fungi Gallery

Examples of fungi found in the region

Gilled Fungi ; Boletes; Corals and Clubs; Puffballs; Earth Stars; Birds Nest fungi; Spine fungi; Polypores; Leathers; Resupinates; Jelly fungi; Stinkhorns; Ascomycota.

Gilled Fungi group

Amanita muscaria emerging
Amanita muscaria Fly Agaric
Lepista nuda Wood Blewit
Mycena austrofilipes
Mycena nargan Nargan’s Bonnet
Mycena subgalericulata
Mycena cystidiosa Tall Mycena
Mycena interrupta Pixies parasols
Mycena clarkeana
Mycena epipterygia Yellow legs Mycena
Protostropharia semiglobata on dung
Entoloma viridomarginatum
Macrolepiota clelandii Slender Parasol
Oudemansiella gigaspora gp Rooting Shanks
Psilocybe subaeruginosa Magic Mushroom
Cruentomycena viscidocruenta Ruby Mycena
Hypholoma australe Brick Caps
Omphalotus nidiformis Ghost Fungus
Cortinarius archeri
Cortinarius austrovenetus Green Skinheads
Cortinarius austrocinnabarinus
Lichenomphalia gp. Orange moss fungi
Russula purpuroeflava
Clitocybe semiocculta

Corals and clubs

Ramaria capitata Cauliflower Coral
Ramaria gracilis Slender Coral
Ramaria sp. Salmon Coral Fungus

Puffballs, Earth Stars, Bird’s Nest fungi

Scleroderma areolatum Puffball
Geastrum triplex Earth Star
Crucibulum laeve Bird’s nest fungi

Polypores

Hexagonia vesparia Honeycomb fungus
Rhodofomitopsis lilacinogilva
Trametes versicolor Turkey Tails

Leathers, Resupinates

Stereum hirsutum Hairy Sterium
Aleurodiscus limonosporus
Gloeoporus taxicola

Jelly Fungi

Calocera sinensis Pretty Horn
Tremella fuciformis Jelly Fungus
Tremella mesenterica Yellow Brain fungus
Heterotextus peziziformis Jelly Bells
Heterotextus peziziformis Jelly Bells

Ascomycota

Chlorociboria aeruginascens Green Elf Cap
Pyronema omphalodes Fire Fungus
Pyronema omphalodes Fire Fungus
Aleuria aurantia Orange Peel Fungus
Poronia erici Dung Buttons

All images by Noel Young unless otherwise noted.