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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
Lion's Mane Mushroom 11
Hericium erinaceus
The Prince 12
Agaricus augustus
springtime amanita 13
Amanita velosa
Hygrocybe punicea 14
Deathcap 15
Amanita phalloides
Questionable Stropharia 16
Stropharia ambigua
Parrot Mushroom 17
Hygrocybe psittacina
Hygrocybe flavescens 18
Devil's Bolete 19
Boletus satanas
Fairy Fingers 20
Clavaria fragilis
Turkey-tail 19
Trametes versicolor
Pine Spikes 11
Chroogomphus vinicolor
Blewit 21
Clitocybe nuda
Scarlet Waxy Cap 22
Hygrocybe coccinea
Candy Cap 13
Lactarius rubidus
Marasmius plicatulus 23
Bolbitius titubans 24
gilled polypore 25
Lenzites betulina
Coprinellus disseminatus 19
Mica Cap 26
Coprinellus micaceus
bleeding fairy helmet 24
Mycena haematopus
cowboy's handkerchief 19
Hygrophorus eburneus
Western Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom 21
Omphalotus olivascens
Suillus pungens 27
Suillus fuscotomentosus 28
Marasmiellus candidus 29
Meadow Waxcap 13
Hygrocybe pratensis
Agrocybe 30
Cantharellus californicus 31
Dotted-stalked Suillus 32
Suillus granulatus
Gymnopus brassicolens 33
Mock Oyster Mushroom 11
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Coccora 34
Amanita calyptroderma
Red-cracking Bolete 35
Boletus chrysenteron
split-gill mushroom 36
Schizophyllum commune
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis 11
Tremellodendropsis tuberosa 37
Stereum hirsutum 38
Hare's-foot Inkcap 39
Coprinopsis lagopus
Red-cage Fungus 40
Clathrus ruber
Mycena acicula 41
common bonnet 42
Mycena galericulata
Mycena maculata 43
Mycena leptocephala 44
Mycena pura 45
Tremella aurantia 5
Red-banded Polypore 44
Fomitopsis pinicola
Dyer's Polypore 46
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Amanita franchetii 47
Red-juice Tooth 48
Hydnellum peckii
Common Puffball 48
Lycoperdon perlatum
Tremella 7
Black Chanterelle 49
Craterellus cornucopioides
King Bolete 50
Boletus edulis
Boletus zelleri 51
Butter Bolete 52
Boletus appendiculatus
Witch's Hat 53
Hygrocybe conica
Chicken of the Woods 54
Laetiporus sulphureus
Amanita magniverrucata 13
Earth Stars 13
Geastrales
Common Club Coral 55
Clavariadelphus pistillaris
Clavariadelphus occidentalis 21
Bolbitius vitellinus 5
Mycena 19
Honey Mushroom 31
Armillaria mellea
Jack-o'-Lantern Mushroom 56
Omphalotus olearius
Western Giant Puffball 57
Calvatia booniana
Crepidotus mollis 19
Micromphale brassicolens 58
Redlead Roundhead
Leratiomyces ceres
Bird's Nest Fungi 59
Nidulariaceae
Russula silvicola 33
Agrocybe putaminum 60
Agaricus bernardii 61
Polyporus decurrens
Sulphur Shelf 48
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
Entoloma 21
Gilled Mushrooms 62
Agaricales
Trametes 63
Bracket Fungi 64
Polyporaceae
Russula 65
Amanita 66
Gomphidius glutinosus 19
Gomphidius subroseus 48
Lycoperdaceae 67
Coprinopsis 39
Boletus 68
Cortinarius 69
Coral Fungi 70
Ramaria
Hericium

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