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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
Boletes 7
Boletaceae
Fly Agaric 8
Amanita muscaria
Sulphur Tuft 9
Hypholoma fasciculare
Lion's Mane Mushroom 10
Hericium erinaceus
The Prince 11
Agaricus augustus
springtime amanita 12
Amanita velosa
Hygrocybe punicea 13
Deathcap 14
Amanita phalloides
Questionable Stropharia 15
Stropharia ambigua
Parrot Mushroom 16
Hygrocybe psittacina
Hygrocybe flavescens 17
Devil's Bolete 18
Boletus satanas
Fairy Fingers 19
Clavaria fragilis
Turkey-tail 18
Trametes versicolor
Pine Spikes 10
Chroogomphus vinicolor
Blewit 20
Clitocybe nuda
Scarlet Waxy Cap 21
Hygrocybe coccinea
Candy Cap 12
Lactarius rubidus
Marasmius plicatulus 22
Bolbitius titubans 23
gilled polypore 24
Lenzites betulina
Coprinellus disseminatus 18
Mica Cap 25
Coprinellus micaceus
bleeding fairy helmet 23
Mycena haematopus
cowboy's handkerchief 18
Hygrophorus eburneus
Western Jack-o'-lantern Mushroom 20
Omphalotus olivascens
Suillus pungens 26
Suillus fuscotomentosus 27
Marasmiellus candidus 28
Meadow Waxcap 12
Hygrocybe pratensis
Agrocybe 29
Cantharellus californicus 30
Dotted-stalked Suillus 31
Suillus granulatus
Gymnopus brassicolens 32
Mock Oyster Mushroom 10
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Coccora 33
Amanita calyptroderma
Red-cracking Bolete 34
Boletus chrysenteron
split-gill mushroom 35
Schizophyllum commune
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis 10
Tremellodendropsis tuberosa 36
Stereum hirsutum 37
Hare's-foot Inkcap 38
Coprinopsis lagopus
Red-cage Fungus 39
Clathrus ruber
Mycena acicula 40
common bonnet 41
Mycena galericulata
Mycena maculata 42
Mycena leptocephala 43
Mycena pura 44
Red-banded Polypore 43
Fomitopsis pinicola
Dyer's Polypore 45
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Amanita franchetii 46
Red-juice Tooth 47
Hydnellum peckii
Common Puffball 47
Lycoperdon perlatum
Black Chanterelle 48
Craterellus cornucopioides
King Bolete 49
Boletus edulis
Boletus zelleri 50
Butter Bolete 51
Boletus appendiculatus
Witch's Hat 52
Hygrocybe conica
Chicken of the Woods 53
Laetiporus sulphureus
Amanita magniverrucata 12
Earth Stars 12
Geastrales
Common Club Coral 54
Clavariadelphus pistillaris
Clavariadelphus occidentalis 20
Bolbitius vitellinus 5
Mycena 18
Honey Mushroom 30
Armillaria mellea
Jack-o'-Lantern Mushroom 55
Omphalotus olearius
Western Giant Puffball 56
Calvatia booniana
Crepidotus mollis 18
Micromphale brassicolens 57
Redlead Roundhead
Leratiomyces ceres
Bird's Nest Fungi 58
Nidulariaceae
Russula silvicola 32
Agrocybe putaminum 59
Agaricus bernardii 60
Polyporus decurrens
Sulphur Shelf 47
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
Entoloma 20
Gilled Mushrooms 61
Agaricales
Trametes 62
Bracket Fungi 63
Polyporaceae
Russula 64
Amanita 65
Gomphidius glutinosus 18
Gomphidius subroseus 47
Lycoperdaceae 66
Coprinopsis 38
Boletus 67
Cortinarius 68
Coral Fungi 69
Ramaria
Hericium
The Sickener 70
Russula emetica
Yellow Feet 71
Cantharellus tubaeformis
Hygrocybe 10

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