A - Z of Common Names


Amethyst Deceiver Laccaria amethystina
Apricot Club Clavulinopsis luteoalba
Artists' Bracket Ganoderma applanatum
Banded Mottlegill Agaricus subbalteatus = Panaeolus subbalteatus
Bay Polypore Polyporus durus = P. badius
Beech bark spot Diatrype disciformis
Beech Jellydisc Neobulgaria pura
Beech woodwart Hypoxylon fragiforme
Beechleaf Bonnet Mycena capilaris
Beechmast Candlsnuff Xylaria carpophila
Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica
Birch Brittlegill  Russula betularum
Birch Knight Tricholoma fulvum
Birch Milkcap Lactarius tabidus
Bitter Bracket Postia stiptica
Black Bulgar Bulgaria inquinans
Blackening Waxcap Hygrocybe nigrescens
Blusher Amanita rubescens
Blushing Bracket  Daedaleopsis confragosa
Bog Beacon Mitrula paludosa
Bog Bell Galerina paludosa
Bonfire Scalycap Pholiotta highlandensis
Bonnet Mycena Mycena galericulafa
Brown Birch Bolete Leccinum scabrum
Brown Cone Head Conocybe tenera
Brown Rollrim Paxillus involutus
Candlesnuff Fungus, Stags Horn Xylaria hypoxlon
Charcoal Burner Russula cyanoxantha
Chestnut Dapperling Lepiota castanea
Chicken of the Woods Laeitiporus sulphureous
Clouded Agaric, Clouded Funnel Clitocybe nemoralis
Coconut-scented Milk Cap Lactarius glyciasmus
Collared Mosscap Mycena swartzii = Rickinella swartzii
Common Eyelash Scutellinia scutellata
Common Ink Cap Coprinus atramentarius
Common Jellyspot Dacrymyces chrysospermus
Common Morel Morchella esculenta
Common name ? Diatrypella quercina
Common name ? Hypoxylon fraxinophilum = H. intermedium
Common name ? Inocybe praetervisa
Common name ? Psathyrella obtusata
Common name ? Sphaeria intermedia = Hypoxylon intermedium
Common puffball Lycoperdon perlatum
Conecap Conocybe subovalis
Conifer Disco Lachnellula subtilissima
Conifer Mazegill Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Conifercone Cap Baeospora myosura
Coral-spot Fungus Nectria cinnabarina
Cream Pinkgill Entoloma sericellum = Leptonia sericella
Crystal Brain Exidia nucleata
Dead Man's Fingers Xylaria polymorpha
Deceiver, or waxy laccaria Laccaria laccata
Dog Sick Slime Mould Mucilago crustaceae
Downy milk cap Lactarius pubescens
Drumstick Truffleclub Cordyceps canadensis = Elaphocordyceps capitata
Dryad's Saddle, Pheasant's back Polyporus squamosus
Earth Ball Scleroderma citrinum
Earthfan Thelephora terrestris
Elder Whitewash Hyphodontia sambuci
Fairy Ring Champignon Marasmius oreades
False champignon or fool's funnel Clitocybe rivulosa
False Death cap Amanita citrina
False Morel Gyromitra esculenta
Field Blewit Lepista saeva
Fir Disco Pithya vulgaris
Flat Oysterling Crepidotus applanatus
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria
Fragile Russula Russula fragilis
Glistening Inkcap Coprinus micaceus
Golden Waxcap Hygrocybe chlorophana
Grey milkcap Lactarius vietus
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta= Coriolus hirsutus
Hairy Stereum, Hairy Curtain Crust ? Stereum hirsutum
Hare's Foot Inkcap Coprinus lagopus
Holly Speckle Trochila ilicina
Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius
Japanese umbrella inky Coprinus plicafilis
Jelly babies Leotia lubrica
jelly fungus Calocera glossoides
Jews Ear Hirneola auricula-judae
King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica
Larch Canker Lachnellula willkommii
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa
Meadow Waxcap Hygrocybe pratensis
Mica cap, shiny cap, glistening inky cap Caprinus micaceus
Mottled Bolete Leccinum varicolor
Olive oysterling Panellus serotinus
Orange Jelly Fungus Dacryomyces stillatus
Orange Mosscap Mycena fibula = Rickenella fibula
Orange Mosscap Rickenella fibula = Mycena fibula
Orange Peel Fungus Aleuria aurantia
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotis ostreatus
Oysterling Crepidotus variabilis
Pale Oyster Pleurotus pulmonarius
Parrot Waxcap Hygrocybe psittacina
Poison Pie (Genus) Hebeloma crustuliniforme
Poison Pie (Genus) Hebeloma pusillum
Powdery mildew Microsphaeria trifolis
Powdery mildew fungus, plant pathogen Sphaerotheca fusca
Puff Ball (slime mould ?) Lycogala terestre
Purple Brittlegill Russula atropurpurea
Purple jelly Disc Ascocoryne sarcoides
Purple Swamp Brittlegill Russula nitida
Purplepore Bracket Hirschioporus abietinus = Trichaptum abietinum
Purplepore Bracket Trichaptum abietinum = Hirschioporus abietinus
Razorstrop Fungi or Birch Polypore Piptoporus betulinus
Red Cracking Bolete Boletus chrysenteron
Rufous Milkcap Loctarius rufus
Rust Melampsora euphorbiae
Rust Puccinia bistorta
Scarlet Caterpillarclub Cordyceps militaris
Scarlet Elfcup Sarcoscypha austriaca
Scented Hebeloma Hebeloma sacchariolens
Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea
shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig Coprinus comatus
Shaggy Scalycap  Pholiotta squarrosa
Sheathed Woodtuft or Velvet Toughshank Kuenheromyces mutabilis
Shield Pinkgill Entoloma clypeatum
Slender Brittlegill Russula gracillima
Slime mould Leocarpus fragilis
Small Stagshorn Calocera cornea
Southern Bracket Ganoderma australe
Stinkhorn Phallus impudicus
Stump Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme
Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare
Sycamore Tar Spot Rhytisma acerinum
Tawny Funnel Clitocybe flaccida = Lepista flaccida
The Retro Inky Coprinus domestcus
Torn Fibrecap Inocybe lacera
Tree Ear or Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae
Tripe Fungus Auricularia mesenterica
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor
Variable Brittlegill Russula versicolor
Veiny cup fungus, or the cup morel Disciofis venosa
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes
Velvet Toughshank or Sheathed Woodtuft  Kuenheromyces mutabilis
Verdigris agaric Stropharia aeruginosa
Violet coral or the magenta coral Clavaria zollingeri
White Brain Fungus Xylaria carpophila
White Brain Fungus Exidia thuretiana
White Fibrecap Inocybe geophylla
White Saddles  Helvella crispa
Witches' Butter Exidia glandulos = Exidia plana
Wolf's Milk (A Slime mould) Lycogala epidendron
Wood Blewit Lepista nuda
Wrinkled Crust Phlebia radiata
Yellow Brain Fungus Tremella lutescens
Yellow Club Clavulinopsis helvola
Yellow Cow-pat  Bolbitius vitellinus