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Compiled by Andrew P. Nelson
Rice Creek Field Station’s varied habitats provide a wealth of possibilities for the mushroom hunter. The list that follows is based on observations made between 2002 and 2005. The spore producing structures of some species reappear in the same area with some consistency year after year. Others appear only when their particular requirements of temperature and moisture are met. A few that grow on wood chips used to mulch landscape plantings and trails may represent one time occurrences that will never be repeated. The current list contains 14 Ascomycetes and 47 Basidiomycetes.
Identifications are consistent with:
- Lincoff, Gary H. 1981. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Alfred A. Knopf, New York
- McKnight, Kent H. and Vera B. McKnight. 1987. A Field Guide to Mushrooms. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Reference has also been made to textbooks on mycology and forest pathology and to images available on the internet.
List of species:
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Ascomycota: |
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Discomycetes |
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Yellow Morel (Morchella esculenta) |
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Thick-stalked False Morel (Gyromitra fastigiata) |
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Woodland Cup (Peziza cf. sylvestris) |
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Eyelash Cup (Scutellinia scutellata) |
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Yellow Fairy Cups (Bisporella citrina) |
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Pyrenomycetes |
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Dutch Elm Disease (Ceratostomella ulmi) |
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Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) |
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Powdery Mildew (Microsphaera sp.) |
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Tar Spot of Maple (Rhytisma acerinum) |
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Black Knot of Cherry (Dibotryon morbosum) |
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Red Cushion Hypoxylon (Hypoxylon fragiforme) |
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Carbon Balls (Daldinia concentrica) |
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Carbon Cushion (Ustulina deusta) |
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Dead Man’s Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha)
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Basidiomycota: |
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Hymenomycetes |
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Witches’ Butter (Tremella mesenterica) |
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White Coral (Ramariopsis kunzei) |
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Red Tree Brain (Peniophora rufa) |
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Bear’s Head Tooth (Hericium coralloides) |
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Comb Tooth (Hericium ramosum) |
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Thick-maze Oak Polypore (Daedalea quercina) |
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Thin-maze Flat Polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa) |
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Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum) |
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Ling Chih (Ganoderma lucidum) |
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Milk-white Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus) |
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Chicken Mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus) |
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Multicolor Gill Polypore (Lenzites betulina) |
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Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) |
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Dryad’s Saddle (Polyporus squamosus) |
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Elegant Polypore (Polyporus varius) |
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Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor) |
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Violet Toothed Polypore (Trichaptum biformis) |
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Meadow Mushroom (Agaricus campestris) |
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Booted Amanita (Amanita cothurnata) |
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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. formosa) |
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Ash-tree Bolete (Boletinellus merulioides) |
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Chicken-fat Suillus (Suillus americanus) |
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Larch Suillus (Suillus grevillei) |
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Alcohol Inky (Coprinus atramentarius) |
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Shaggy Mane (Coprinus conatus) |
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Common Psathyrella (Psathyrella candolleana) |
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White Fiber Head (Inocybe geophylla) |
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Flat Crep (Crepidotus applanatus) |
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Stalkless Paxillus (Paxillus panuoides) |
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Hard’s Stropharia (Stropharia hardii) |
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Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata) |
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Honey Mushroom (Armillariella mellea) |
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Ringless Honey Mushroom (Armillariella tabescens) |
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Pinwheel Marasmius (Marasmius rotula) |
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Common Mycena (Mycena galericulata) |
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Orange Mycena (Mycena leaiana) |
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Rooted Oudemansiella (Oudemansiella radicata) |
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Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) |
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Grey Agaric (Tricholoma terreum) |
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Platterful Mushroom (Tricholomopsis Platyphylla) |
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Gasteromycetes |
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Rounded Earthstar (Geastrum saccatum) |
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Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantean) |
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Gem-studded Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) |
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Pear-shaped Puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme) |
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Splash Cups (Cyathus striatus) |
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Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus) |
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Pigskin Poison Puffball (Scleroderma citrinum) |