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Higher Fungi of the San Francisco Bay Area

Includes counties of: Contra Costa, Alameda, Marin, San Francisco and Sonoma.

Made for a class at UC Berkeley, therefor I am not an expert, so all feedback is welcome! Not an exhaustive list but includes relatively common things an everyday hiker could pick out and ID.
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Chanterelle 1
Cantharellus cibarius
Shaggy Mane 2
Coprinus comatus
Panthercap 3
Amanita pantherina
Artist's Bracket 4
Ganoderma applanatum
Ganoderma 5
Oyster Mushroom 6
Pleurotus ostreatus
Witch's Butter 7
Tremella mesenterica
Boletes 8
Boletaceae
Fly Agaric 9
Amanita muscaria
Sulphur Tuft 10
Hypholoma fasciculare
Ascocoryne sarcoides 11
Scarlet cup 10
Sarcoscypha coccinea
Lion's Mane Mushroom 12
Hericium erinaceus
Fluted Black Elfin Saddle 13
Helvella lacunosa
The Prince 14
Agaricus augustus
springtime amanita 15
Amanita velosa
Hygrocybe punicea 16
Deathcap 17
Amanita phalloides
Questionable Stropharia 18
Stropharia ambigua
Parrot Mushroom 19
Hygrocybe psittacina
Hygrocybe flavescens 20
Devil's Bolete 21
Boletus satanas
Fairy Fingers 22
Clavaria fragilis
Turkey-tail 21
Trametes versicolor
Pine Spikes 12
Chroogomphus vinicolor
Blewit 23
Clitocybe nuda
Scarlet Waxy Cap 24
Hygrocybe coccinea
Candlesnuff Fungus 21
Xylaria hypoxylon
Candy Cap 15
Lactarius rubidus
Marasmius plicatulus 25
Bolbitius titubans 26
gilled polypore 27
Lenzites betulina
Coprinellus disseminatus 21
Mica Cap 28
Coprinellus micaceus
bleeding fairy helmet 26
Mycena haematopus
cowboy's handkerchief 21
Hygrophorus eburneus
Western Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom 23
Omphalotus olivascens
Suillus pungens 29
Suillus fuscotomentosus 30
Marasmiellus candidus 31
Meadow Waxcap 15
Hygrocybe pratensis
Agrocybe 32
Cantharellus californicus 33
Puccinia evadens 15
Dotted-stalked Suillus 34
Suillus granulatus
Gymnopus brassicolens 35
Mock Oyster Mushroom 12
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Coccora 36
Amanita calyptroderma
Red-cracking Bolete 37
Boletus chrysenteron
split-gill mushroom 38
Schizophyllum commune
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis 12
Tremellodendropsis tuberosa 39
Stereum hirsutum 40
Hare's-foot Inkcap 41
Coprinopsis lagopus
Red-cage Fungus 42
Clathrus ruber
Mycena acicula 43
common bonnet 44
Mycena galericulata
Mycena maculata 45
Mycena leptocephala 46
Mycena pura 47
Tremella aurantia 5
Red-banded Polypore 46
Fomitopsis pinicola
Dyer's Polypore 48
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Amanita franchetii 49
Red-juice Tooth 50
Hydnellum peckii
Common Puffball 50
Lycoperdon perlatum
Tremella 7
Black Chanterelle 51
Craterellus cornucopioides
King Bolete 52
Boletus edulis
Boletus zelleri 53
Butter Bolete 54
Boletus appendiculatus
Witch's Hat 55
Hygrocybe conica
Chicken of the Woods 56
Laetiporus sulphureus
Amanita magniverrucata 15
Earth Stars 15
Geastrales
Common Club Coral 57
Clavariadelphus pistillaris
Clavariadelphus occidentalis 23
Bolbitius vitellinus 5
Mycena 21
Honey Mushroom 33
Armillaria mellea
Jack-o'-Lantern Mushroom 58
Omphalotus olearius
Western Giant Puffball 59
Calvatia booniana
Crepidotus mollis 21
Micromphale brassicolens 60
Redlead Roundhead
Leratiomyces ceres
Bird's Nest Fungi 61
Nidulariaceae
Russula silvicola 35
Agrocybe putaminum 62
Agaricus bernardii 63
Polyporus decurrens
Sulphur Shelf 50
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
Entoloma 23
Gilled Mushrooms 64
Agaricales
Trametes 65
Bracket Fungi 66
Polyporaceae
Russula 67
Amanita 68
Gomphidius glutinosus 21
Gomphidius subroseus 50
Lycoperdaceae 69

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