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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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Coprinopsis 1
Boletus 2
Cortinarius 3
Coral Fungi 4
Ramaria
Hericium
The Sickener 5
Russula emetica
Yellow Feet 6
Cantharellus tubaeformis
Hygrocybe 7
Stropharia
Suillus 8
White Chanterelle 9
Cantharellus subalbidus
Toothed Jelly Fungus
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Upright Coral fungus 10
Ramaria stricta
Lactarius 11
Lactarius alnicola 7
Clavariadelphus 12
Earpick Fungus 13
Auriscalpium vulgare
Hygroscopic Earthstar 14
Astraeus hygrometricus
Clavulinopsis laeticolor 15
White Coral 16
Ramariopsis kunzei
False Turkey-tail 17
Stereum ostrea
black witches' butter 18
Exidia glandulosa
Honey Fungus 19
Armillaria
Calvatia 17
Jewelled Amanita 20
Amanita gemmata
Deer Mushroom 21
Pluteus cervinus
Rhizopogon 12
Deceiver 22
Laccaria laccata
Bitter Bolete 23
Tylopilus felleus
Short-stalked Suillus 7
Suillus brevipes
Sessile Earthstar 24
Geastrum saccatum
Gomphidius oregonensis 15
Sweetbread Mushroom 25
Clitopilus prunulus
Amanita constricta 26
Volvariella speciosa 27
Cyathus 28
Chlorophyllum rachodes 29
Boletus eastwoodiae 30
Rhodocollybia butyracea 31
Fir-Cone Mushroom 15
Strobilurus trullisatus
Tricholoma imbricatum 32
Lactarius rubrilacteus 33
Lichenomphalia umbellifera 34
Panaeolus papilionaceus 12
Gymnopilus sapineus 29
Inocybe geophylla 35
Agaricus californicus 36
Agrocybe pediades 37
Coccora 38
Amanita calyptrata
Gypsy Mushroom 39
Cortinarius caperatus
Rufous candy cap
Lactarius rufulus
Amanita cokeri 40
Common Collybia 41
Gymnopus dryophilus
Boletus erythropus 42
Purple-Spored Puffball 43
Calvatia cyathiformis
Candy cap 44
Lactarius fragilis
Lactarius deliciosus 45
Yellow-latex Milky 46
Lactarius vinaceorufescens
Clitocybe rivulosa 29
Dung Roundhead 47
Stropharia semiglobata
Leucoagaricus leucothites 48
Geastrum fimbriatum 12
Yellow Coral Mushroom 49
Ramaria rasilispora
Boletus flaviporus 13
Lactarius pallescens 50
Boletus regius 51
Bolbitius reticulatus 52
Boletus porosporus 29
Russula albidula 15
Lepiota naucina 53
Pisolithus arhizus 54

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