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Fungi of Central Texas

A guide to some common fungi observed in central Texas and nearby areas.

common puffball 1
Lycoperdon perlatum
False Turkey-Tail 2
Stereum ostrea
hare's foot inkcap 3
Coprinopsis lagopus
Magpie Inkcap 4
Coprinopsis picacea
milky conecap 5
Conocybe apala
Lycoperdon curtisii 6
Peeling Puffball 5
Lycoperdon marginatum
Fragile Dapperling 7
Leucocoprinus fragilissimus
Magic Mushroom 8
Psilocybe cubensis
Lysurus periphragmoides
summer oyster mushroom 8
Pleurotus pulmonarius
Oyster Mushroom 9
Pleurotus ostreatus
snow fungus 10
Tremella fuciformis
dune stinkhorn 11
Phallus hadriani
southern jack-o'-lantern 12
Omphalotus subilludens
green-spored parasol 13
Chlorophyllum molybdites
devil's dipstick 14
Mutinus elegans
Scaly Rustgill 15
Gymnopilus sapineus
splitgill mushroom 16
Schizophyllum commune
Lysurus periphragmoides
Favolus brasiliensis 17
Spring Polypore 18
Lentinus arcularius
club-like tuning fork 19
Calocera cornea
Laetiporus persicinus 20
Mustard Yellow Polypore 21
Fuscoporia gilva
Ganoderma sessile 22
oak bracket 23
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
Cracked Cap Polypore 24
Fulvifomes robiniae
turkey-tail 25
Trametes versicolor
Black-stalked Marasmius 26
Tetrapyrgos nigripes
Ruby Bolete 27
Hortiboletus rubellus
Hairy Hexagonia 28
Hexagonia hydnoides
onion-stalk parasol 29
Leucocoprinus cepistipes
Fomitiporia texana
Trametes cubensis 30
Trametes villosa 31
Beech Rooter 32
Oudemansiella furfuracea
Corn-silk Fiberhead 5
Pseudosperma sororium
Shoehorn Oyster 5
Hohenbuehelia petaloides
Milk-white Toothed Polypore 33
Irpex lacteus
common earthball 34
Scleroderma citrinum
Ochre Bracket 35
Trametes ochracea
Deer Mushroom 36
Pluteus cervinus
Dyer's Polypore 37
Phaeolus schweinitzii
rounded earthstar 38
Geastrum saccatum
Helicogloea compressa 39
Ochropsora ariae 40
yellow trumpetbush gall rust 41
Prospodium transformans
juniper-apple rust 42
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
Poison ivy rust 43
Pileolaria brevipes
Oxalis rust 44
Puccinia oxalidis
Puccinia purpurea 45
Rosy Brown Waxy Cap 5
Hygrophorus roseobrunneus
Cherry-Red Waxy Cap 5
Hygrocybe laetissima
Candy Apple Waxy Cap 46
Hygrocybe cuspidata
Golden Waxy Cap 47
Hygrocybe flavescens
Resupinatus alboniger 48
Heimiomyces tenuipes 49
Black-stalked Marasmius 26
Tetrapyrgos nigripes
fairy ring marasmius 50
Marasmius oreades
rosy parachute 51
Marasmius pulcherripes
Orange Pinwheel 52
Marasmius siccus
Honey Mushroom 53
Armillaria mellea
Beech Rooter 32
Oudemansiella furfuracea
Hymenopellis sinapicolor 54
rooting shank 55
Oudemansiella radicata
Ringless Honey Mushroom 56
Desarmillaria caespitosa
Shiitake 57
Lentinula edodes
Fairy Parachutes 58
Marasmiellus candidus
Cabbage Parachute 5
Gymnopus brassicolens
Oak-loving Gymnopus 5
Gymnopus dryophilus
Eastern American jack-o'-lantern 33
Omphalotus illudens
southern jack-o'-lantern 12
Omphalotus subilludens
Banded Mottlegill 5
Panaeolus cinctulus
Blue Meanies 8
Panaeolus cyanescens
Mower's Mushroom 8
Panaeolus foenisecii
Petticoat Mottlegill 59
Panaeolus papilionaceus
Panaeolus subbalteatus 8
Sandy Stilt-puffball 60
Battarrea phalloides
Freckled Dapperling 16
Echinoderma asperum
Stinking Dapperling 61
Lepiota cristata
Lepiota rubrotinctoides 62
field bird's nest fungus 63
Cyathus olla
dung-loving bird's nest fungus 64
Cyathus stercoreus
fluted bird's nest fungus 65
Cyathus striatus
Flat Crep 66
Crepidotus applanatus
Common Fieldcap 67
Agrocybe pediades
Deconica merdaria 68
Magic Mushroom 8
Psilocybe cubensis
Magic blue gym 69
Gymnopilus aeruginosus
scale-like rustgill 70
Gymnopilus lepidotus
Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus 34
Gymnopilus luteofolius
Gymnopilus luteoviridis 7
Scaly Rustgill 15
Gymnopilus sapineus
Spectacular Rustgill 71
Gymnopilus junonius
reddening lepiota 72
Leucoagaricus americanus
White Dapperling 73
Leucoagaricus leucothites
ruby dapperling 74
Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus
California Agaricus 5
Agaricus californicus
Agaricus pocillator 8

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