Macrofungi
Covers mushrooms and other non-lichenized fungi that form multicellular fruiting bodies large enough to be seen with the unaided eye.
Common names beginning with H:
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hairy earth tongue, halos, handkerchief, hare's-ear, hat, hawk-wing, hay-cap, haymaker, head, Hebeloma, hedgehog, helmet, Helvella, hen-of-the-woods, herald-of-winter, Hericium, hollow-foot, honey, hood, horn-of-plenty, Hydnellum, Hydnum, hydnum, Hydnum, HypomycesBlue halos (Psilocybe cyanescens)
Description: Tacky, wavy, brown cap, fading to yellowish, with brownish gills and whitish stalk; bruising blue.
Habitat: Several to many, in coniferous mulch
Spores: September-November
Description: Tacky, wavy, brown cap, fading to yellowish, with brownish gills and whitish stalk; bruising blue.
Habitat: Several to many, in coniferous mulch
Spores: September-November
Hawk-wing (Sarcodon imbricatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Veiled Hebeloma (Hebeloma mesophaeum)
Veiled Hebeloma (Hebeloma strophosum)
Bitter hedgehog (Sarcodon scabrosus)
Distribution: Common in PNW
Habitat: S. scabrosus occurs in conifer forests in the PNW, especially in second-growth stands of western hemlock and Douglas-fir with a salal understory.
Distribution: Common in PNW
Habitat: S. scabrosus occurs in conifer forests in the PNW, especially in second-growth stands of western hemlock and Douglas-fir with a salal understory.
Depressed hedgehog (Hydnum umbilicatum)
Robust hedgehog (Sarcodon calvatus)
Scaly hedgehog (Sarcodon imbricatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Shingled hedgehog (Sarcodon imbricatus)
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: S. imbricatus is commonly found in the conifer forests of the PNW and in either conifer or mixed forests in the rest of North America and much of Europe.
Spreading hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)
Wood hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)
Fluted black Helvella (Helvella vespertina)
Fluted white Helvella (Helvella crispa)
Slender-stalked Helvella (Helvella elastica)
Distribution: H. elastica occurs in summer and fall in both conifer and hardwood forests.
Distribution: H. elastica occurs in summer and fall in both conifer and hardwood forests.
Smooth-stalked Helvella (Helvella elastica)
Distribution: H. elastica occurs in summer and fall in both conifer and hardwood forests.
Distribution: H. elastica occurs in summer and fall in both conifer and hardwood forests.
White Helvella (Helvella crispa)
Unbranched Hericium (Hericium erinaceus)
Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea)
Description: Grows in dense clusters with convex caps, which become umbonate to slightly depressed. The cap surface is pale yellow-olive to orange-brown, darker at the center, with small, ale to dark brown scales. The gills are decurrent and cream. The stem is cream at the top, becoming dark brown at the base, with a conspicuous ring, often edged in deep yellow.
Habitat: woodlands, parklands, and gardens
Substrate: trunks, stumps, or roots
Description: Grows in dense clusters with convex caps, which become umbonate to slightly depressed. The cap surface is pale yellow-olive to orange-brown, darker at the center, with small, ale to dark brown scales. The gills are decurrent and cream. The stem is cream at the top, becoming dark brown at the base, with a conspicuous ring, often edged in deep yellow.
Habitat: woodlands, parklands, and gardens
Substrate: trunks, stumps, or roots
Horn-of-plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides)
Description: thin-flashed caps that are funnel or trumpet shaped and hollow (deeply incurved margin). Surface has a texture of felt to scrufy-scaly. Coloration is gray-brown to black and continues from the cap to the hollow stem. The stipe is smooth to slightly wrinkled, brown to gray or same as cap, with decurrent wrinkles.
Habitat: In mossy woodland
Substrate: grows upon the ground
Description: thin-flashed caps that are funnel or trumpet shaped and hollow (deeply incurved margin). Surface has a texture of felt to scrufy-scaly. Coloration is gray-brown to black and continues from the cap to the hollow stem. The stipe is smooth to slightly wrinkled, brown to gray or same as cap, with decurrent wrinkles.
Habitat: In mossy woodland
Substrate: grows upon the ground
Rough Hydnellum (Hydnellum scrobiculatum)
Sweet-smelling Hydnellum (Hydnellum suaveolens)
Scaber Hydnum (Sarcodon scabrosus)
Distribution: Common in PNW
Habitat: S. scabrosus occurs in conifer forests in the PNW, especially in second-growth stands of western hemlock and Douglas-fir with a salal understory.
Distribution: Common in PNW
Habitat: S. scabrosus occurs in conifer forests in the PNW, especially in second-growth stands of western hemlock and Douglas-fir with a salal understory.
Zoned cork Hydnum (Phellodon tomentosus)
Distribution: Common in PNW and occur elsewhere in the northern U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Habitat: Conifer forests
Distribution: Common in PNW and occur elsewhere in the northern U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Habitat: Conifer forests
