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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Fungi, Lichen, Algae, and Slime Molds

This guide contains fungi, lichens, algae, and slime molds that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Plums-and-Custard 1
Tricholomopsis rutilans
Hohenbuehelia mastrucata 2
Shoehorn Oyster 3
Hohenbuehelia petaloides
Golden Oyster Mushroom 4
Pleurotus citrinopileatus
Veiled Oyster 5
Pleurotus dryinus
Oyster Mushroom 6
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus populinus 7
Pleurotus pulmonarius 8
Leopard Earthball 9
Scleroderma areolatum
Slimy Spike 10
Gomphidius glutinosus
Rosy Slime Spike 3
Gomphidius subroseus
Pine Spikes 11
Chroogomphus vinicolor
Barrow's Bolete 12
Boletus barrowsii
King Bolete 1
Boletus edulis
Ruby Porcini 3
Boletus rubriceps
Red-capped Scaber Stalk 1
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum insigne 13
Suede Bolete 1
Xerocomus subtomentosus
Chicken Fat Mushroom 14
Suillus americanus
Short-stalked Suillus 12
Suillus brevipes
Dotted-stalked Suillus 15
Suillus granulatus
Western Painted Suillus 16
Suillus lakei
Blue-staining Slippery Jack 17
Suillus tomentosus
Velvet Bolete 18
Suillus variegatus
Rhizopogon rubescens 19
Rhizopogon ochraceorubens 20
False Chanterelle 3
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Dyeball 21
Pisolithus arhizus
red thread 22
Laetisaria fuciformis
Punctularia atropurpurascens 23
Rainbow Chanterelle 16
Cantharellus roseocanus
Wood Hedgehog 24
Hydnum repandum
Terracotta Hedgehog 25
Hydnum rufescens
Smoky polypore 26
Bjerkandera adusta
Dyer's Polypore 27
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Veiled Polypore 28
Cryptoporus volvatus
Brownflesh Bracket 3
Coriolopsis gallica
Northern Cinnabar Polypore 25
Trametes cinnabarina
turkey-tail 29
Trametes versicolor
artist's bracket 30
Ganoderma applanatum
Spring Polypore 31
Lentinus arcularius
Dryad's Saddle 32
Cerioporus squamosus
Red-banded polypores 12
Fomitopsis pinicola
Western Red Belt 33
Fomitopsis schrenkii
Pycnoporellus alboluteus 34
Spongiporus leucospongia 34
White-Pored Chicken of the Woods 35
Laetiporus cincinnatus
Jahnoporus hirtus 36
Winter Russula 3
Russula cremoricolor
Shellfish-scented Russula 3
Russula xerampelina
Short-stemmed Russula 3
Russula brevipes
Green Russula 37
Russula virescens
Green Brittlegill 38
Russula aeruginea
Copper Brittlegill 39
Russula decolorans
Lactarius montanus 3
Lactarius olympianus 40
Purple-staining Bearded Milk Cap 16
Lactarius repraesentaneus
saffron milkcap 41
Lactarius deliciosus
Red-bleeding Milk Cap 3
Lactarius rubrilacteus
Coral tooth fungus 42
Hericium coralloides
Greening Goatsfoot 3
Scutiger ellisii
Albatrellopsis confluens 43
Sheep Polypore 44
Albatrellus ovinus
crown-tipped coral fungus 33
Artomyces pyxidatus
hairy curtain crust 45
Stereum hirsutum
Jelly Tree Ear 46
Auricularia americana
Jelly Ear 47
Auricularia auricula-judae
Toothed Jelly Fungus 48
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
shingled hedgehog 49
Sarcodon imbricatus
Blue Tooth 25
Hydnellum caeruleum
Red-juice Tooth 34
Hydnellum peckii
Sweetgrass Tooth 50
Hydnellum suaveolens
Purple Spindles 51
Alloclavaria purpurea
Pine Bracket 25
Porodaedalea pini
Aspen Bracket 52
Phellinus tremulae
violet-toothed polypore 53
Trichaptum biforme
Giant Lentinus 54
Neolentinus ponderosus
Conifer Mazegill 55
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Lizard's Claw Stinkhorn 56
Lysurus cruciatus
lantern stinkhorn 57
Lysurus mokusin
dune stinkhorn 58
Phallus hadriani
stinkhorn 59
Phallus impudicus
Wrinkly Stinkhorn 60
Phallus rugulosus
dog stinkhorn 61
Mutinus caninus
devil's dipstick 62
Mutinus elegans
red stinkhorn 63
Mutinus ravenelii
cannonball fungus 64
Sphaerobolus stellatus
Ramaria flava 65
Ramaria largentii 66
violet chanterelle 67
Gomphus clavatus
alpine jelly cone 68
Guepiniopsis alpina
Orange Jelly Spot 69
Dacrymyces chrysospermus
Jelly-antler 70
Calocera viscosa
Corn Smut 71
Mycosarcoma maydis

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