Macrofungi
Covers mushrooms and other non-lichenized fungi that form multicellular fruiting bodies large enough to be seen with the unaided eye.
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80 genera
352 species, 5 subspecies and varieties
352 species, 5 subspecies and varieties
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Pachycudonia, Pachyella, Pachylepyrium, Pachyphloeus, Panaeolina, Panaeolus, Panellus, Panus, Paraeccilia, Parasola, Paxillus, Peniophora, Peniophorella, Perenniporia, Perrotia, Pestalopezia, Pezicula, Peziza, Phaeocollybia, Phaeolepiota, Phaeolus, Phaeomarasmius, Phallus, Phanerochaete, Phellinidium, Phellinopsis, Phellinus, Phellodon, Phellopilus, Phialina, Phlebia, Pholiota, Phylloporia, Phylloporus, Phyllotopsis, Physisporinus, Picipes, Piloderma, Piptoporus, Pirex, Pisolithus, Pithya, Plectania, Pleurocybella, Pleurotus, Plicaria, Plicatura, Plicaturopsis, Pluteus, Podophacidium, Polydesmia, Polyozellus, Polyporoletus, Polyporus, Porodaedalea, Porotheleum, Porphyrellus, Postia, Pouzarella, Protogautieria, Psathyrella, Pseudaleuria, Pseudoarmillariella, Pseudochaete, Pseudociboria, Pseudoclitocybe, Pseudohydnum, Pseudoinonotus, Pseudombrophila, Pseudomerulius, Pseudoomphalina, Pseudoplectania, Pseudotomentella, Psilocybe, Pulvinula, Pycnoporellus, Pycnoporus, Pyrenopeziza, Pyrofomes, PyronemaPanaeolina foenisecii – brown hay-cap, haymaker, brown mottlegill, haymaker's mushroom, mower's mushroom, haymaker's Panaeolus
Panaeolus papilionaceus – petticoat mottlegill
Panaeolus semiovatus – ringed Anellaria, egghead mottlegill, ringed Panaeolus
Panaeolus subbalteatus – belted Panaeolus
Habitat: Occurs on dung (often of horses) or dung-rich soil in gardens or lawns.
Habitat: Occurs on dung (often of horses) or dung-rich soil in gardens or lawns.
Panellus stipticus – bitter oysterling, luminescent Panellus
Parasola plicatilis – Japanese umbrella inky, pleated inky-cap, Japanese parasol
Habitat: Grows in grassy areas and among weedy plants along the edges of woodland trails
Habitat: Grows in grassy areas and among weedy plants along the edges of woodland trails
Paxillus involutus – inrolled pax, roll-rim, brown rollrim
Habitat: P. involutus occurs in natural forest in our region but is not common there. It is much more common and abundant in parks and landscaped areas, where it is typically associated with birches, often along with Leccinum scabrum and Lactarius plumbeus
Habitat: P. involutus occurs in natural forest in our region but is not common there. It is much more common and abundant in parks and landscaped areas, where it is typically associated with birches, often along with Leccinum scabrum and Lactarius plumbeus
Peniophora incarnata – rosy crust
Peniophora rufa – red tree brain
Perenniporia medulla-panis – pancake crust
Peziza badia – bay cup, red-brown cup, pig's ears
Peziza brunneoatra – brown-black cup
Peziza domiciliana – cellar cup, home cup, domestic cup fungus, domicile cup fungus
Peziza praetervisa
Spores: 11--15 x 6--8 µm, ornamented with low warts, and containing two oil drops
Spores: 11--15 x 6--8 µm, ornamented with low warts, and containing two oil drops
Peziza proteana – false Sparassis
Peziza sublilacina – violet cup
Peziza vesiculosa – barnyard cup, bladder cup, blistered cup, common dung cup, small dung cup
Spores: smooth, ellipsoid, 18--24 x 9--14 µm
Spores: smooth, ellipsoid, 18--24 x 9--14 µm
Phaeocollybia attenuata
Distribution: P. attenuata is apparently restricted to the Pacific Coast, being most abundant from B.C. to central Oregon and less abundant in southern Oregon and northern California.
Habitat: P. attenuata often occurs in large troops, especially in lower-elevation spruce-rich forests.
Distribution: P. attenuata is apparently restricted to the Pacific Coast, being most abundant from B.C. to central Oregon and less abundant in southern Oregon and northern California.
Habitat: P. attenuata often occurs in large troops, especially in lower-elevation spruce-rich forests.
Phaeocollybia fallax – pretty Phaeocollybia
Phaeocollybia piceae
Habitat: It is somewhat common in southern B.C., occurring as solitary individuals or groups in old-growth forests with abundant Sitka spruce.
Habitat: It is somewhat common in southern B.C., occurring as solitary individuals or groups in old-growth forests with abundant Sitka spruce.
Phaeocollybia scatesiae – Kit's Phaeocollybia
Phaeolepiota aurea – golden bootleg, gold cup, Alaskan gold, golden false Pholiota
Distribution: Widely distributed
Habitat: Usually found in the north temperate zone in disturbed areas of forests, such as along roadsides.
Distribution: Widely distributed
Habitat: Usually found in the north temperate zone in disturbed areas of forests, such as along roadsides.
Phaeolus schweinitzii – dyer's mazegill, dye polypore, dyer's polypore
Habitat: Terrestrial, at the root of living conifers
Habitat: Terrestrial, at the root of living conifers
Phellinidium sulphurascens – laminated root rot
Distribution: Range of Pseudotsuga, Tsuga and Abies. Northern coniferous forests.
Habitat: Northern coniferous forests.
Substrate: Conifer wood.
Distribution: Range of Pseudotsuga, Tsuga and Abies. Northern coniferous forests.
Habitat: Northern coniferous forests.
Substrate: Conifer wood.
Phellinidium weirii – laminated root rot
Phellinopsis conchata
Distribution: Northern North America, more common east than west.
Habitat: Hardwood forests and woodlands.
Substrate: Hardwoods.
Distribution: Northern North America, more common east than west.
Habitat: Hardwood forests and woodlands.
Substrate: Hardwoods.
Phellinus igniarius – willow bracket, false tinder conk, false tinder polypore, flecked-flesh polypore
Phellinus pomaceus – cushion bracket
Phellinus punctata
Distribution: Widespread in North America.
Habitat: On hardwoods.
Substrate: Wood.
Distribution: Widespread in North America.
Habitat: On hardwoods.
Substrate: Wood.
Phellinus tremulae – aspen bracket
Phellodon atratus – black tooth
Distribution: Confined to the Pacific Coast.
Habitat: Common under Sitka spruce.
Distribution: Confined to the Pacific Coast.
Habitat: Common under Sitka spruce.
Phellodon melaleucus – gray tooth
Phellodon tomentosus – zoned cork Hydnum, zoned Phellodon, woolly tooth
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
Phlebia radiata – wrinkled crust, radiating Phlebia
Phlebia tremellosa – trembling Merulius, jelly rot, gelatinous woodcrust
Habitat: mainly a fall fungus and occurs on stumps, logs, and woody debris of both hardwoods and conifers
Habitat: mainly a fall fungus and occurs on stumps, logs, and woody debris of both hardwoods and conifers
Pholiota astragalina – bitter Pholiota, pinkish-orange Pholiota, conifer scaly-cap
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Occurs widely in the temperate and boreal areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Occurs widely in the temperate and boreal areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Pholiota aurivella – golden Pholiota, golden scaly-cap, golden scalycap
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Northern temperate and boreal forests
Distribution: Broad
Habitat: Northern temperate and boreal forests
Pholiota carbonaria – burnt-ground Pholiota, charcoal scalecap, charcoal scaly-cap
Pholiota flammans – flaming Pholiota, yellow Pholiota, flaming scaly-cap
Pholiota highlandensis – bonfire scaly-cap
Pholiota limonella – lemon-yellow Pholiota
Pholiota populnea – destructive Pholiota, poplar Pholiota
Pholiota spumosa – slender Pholiota
Pholiota squarrosoides – bristly Pholiota
Pholiota subflavida – pointed Pholiota
Pholiota terrestris – ground Pholiota, terrestrial Pholiota
Phylloporus rhodoxanthus – gilled bolete
Picipes badius – black-leg, black-footed polypore
Distribution: Global.
Habitat: Forests and woodlands.
Substrate: Wood, usually stumps, logs, and branches on the ground. Can be growing from buried wood.
Distribution: Global.
Habitat: Forests and woodlands.
Substrate: Wood, usually stumps, logs, and branches on the ground. Can be growing from buried wood.
Pisolithus arhizus – dead-man's-foot, dyeball, pea-rock, dye-maker's false puffball, dyemaker's puffball
Plectania harnischii
Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations in Washington; Washington to Oregon, and in Montana, but likely also reaching California, Idaho and British Columbia, Canada.
Habitat: Growing among mosses on woody debris of conifers.
Spores: January-June
Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations in Washington; Washington to Oregon, and in Montana, but likely also reaching California, Idaho and British Columbia, Canada.
Habitat: Growing among mosses on woody debris of conifers.
Spores: January-June
Plectania melastoma – jellylike black urn, black cup fungus
Plectania nannfeldtii – black snowbank cup fungus
Pleurocybella porrigens – angel's-wings
Distribution: Found on conifer (especially hemlock) logs and stumps throughout the PNW, often occurring in large, exquisite, imbricate masses
Distribution: Found on conifer (especially hemlock) logs and stumps throughout the PNW, often occurring in large, exquisite, imbricate masses
Pleurotus dryinus – veiled oyster mushroom, oak oyster, veiled oyster
Habitat: Temperate forests with a hardwood component.
Substrate: Hardwoods, especially oak and maple.
Spores: Early fall.
Habitat: Temperate forests with a hardwood component.
Substrate: Hardwoods, especially oak and maple.
Spores: Early fall.
Pleurotus ostreatus
Distribution: P. ostreatus is a species complex that has representatives in temperate forests worldwide.
Habitat: Forests with deciduous components.
Substrate: Hardwoods, primarily alder and maple.
Spores: Spring, fall.
Distribution: P. ostreatus is a species complex that has representatives in temperate forests worldwide.
Habitat: Forests with deciduous components.
Substrate: Hardwoods, primarily alder and maple.
Spores: Spring, fall.
Pleurotus populinus
Distribution: Montane North America, range of Populus.
Habitat: Montane forests, range of Populus
Substrate: Hardwoods, particularly Populus.
Distribution: Montane North America, range of Populus.
Habitat: Montane forests, range of Populus
Substrate: Hardwoods, particularly Populus.
Pleurotus pulmonarius
Distribution: Northern hemisphere, coniferous forests.
Habitat: Temperate coniferous forests.
Substrate: Conifer wood.
Distribution: Northern hemisphere, coniferous forests.
Habitat: Temperate coniferous forests.
Substrate: Conifer wood.
Plicaria trachycarpa – rough fairy cup
Pluteus cervinus – deer-mushroom, fawn mushroom, fawn-colored mushroom, deer shield
Distribution: Grows on a variety of woody substrates, including sawdust and wood chips, and can be found throughout the year when temperature and moisture are conducive. It often is one of the early spring species at lower elevations.
Distribution: Grows on a variety of woody substrates, including sawdust and wood chips, and can be found throughout the year when temperature and moisture are conducive. It often is one of the early spring species at lower elevations.
Pluteus pellitus – ghost shield
Pluteus petasatus – patrician deer-mushroom
Pluteus romellii – yellow-stemmed Pluteus, goldleaf shield
Pluteus salicinus – willow shield
Pluteus thomsonii – veined shield
Pluteus tomentosulus – small white deer-mushroom
Polyozellus multiplex – black chanterelle, blue chanterelle, blue clustered chanterelle, clustered blue chanterelle
Distribution: Relatively uncommon Western North America, Japan and Korea
Habitat: Old-growth conifer forests
Distribution: Relatively uncommon Western North America, Japan and Korea
Habitat: Old-growth conifer forests
Polyporoletus sylvestris
Distribution: Western North America.
Habitat: Higher-elevation coniferous forests.
Substrate: Soil.
Distribution: Western North America.
Habitat: Higher-elevation coniferous forests.
Substrate: Soil.
Polyporus arcularius – fringed polypore, spring polypore
Polyporus badius – black-leg, black-footed polypore
Polyporus brumalis – winter polypore
Polyporus elegans – black-foot, black-footed polypore, elegant polypore
Polyporus melanopus
Habitat: hardwood and conifer logs, around stumps, and on the ground from a buried sclerotium or wood.
Habitat: hardwood and conifer logs, around stumps, and on the ground from a buried sclerotium or wood.
Polyporus squamosus – pheasant's back polypore, scaly polypore, dryad's saddle
Polyporus tuberaster – stone fungus, tuberous polypore, Canadian tuckahoe
Polyporus umbellatus – umbrella polypore
Porodaedalea gilbertsonii – pine conk, red ring rot
Distribution: Western North America
Habitat: Coniferous forests with Pseudotsuga menziesii.
Substrate: Wood
Distribution: Western North America
Habitat: Coniferous forests with Pseudotsuga menziesii.
Substrate: Wood
Porodaedalea pini
Habitat: P. pini is widespread in conifer forests where it causes white-rot of heartwood.
Habitat: P. pini is widespread in conifer forests where it causes white-rot of heartwood.
Porphyrellus porphyrosporus – dark bolete, dusky bolete
Distribution: Widespread but not abundant.
Habitat: P. porphyrosporus occurs in coastal and low elevation conifer forests.
Distribution: Widespread but not abundant.
Habitat: P. porphyrosporus occurs in coastal and low elevation conifer forests.
Postia caesia – blue cheese polypore
Distribution: Northern hemisphere.
Habitat: Forests and woodlands.
Substrate: Wood.
Distribution: Northern hemisphere.
Habitat: Forests and woodlands.
Substrate: Wood.
Psathyrella candolleana
Habitat: It is found around stumps or in grassy areas in the vicinity of buried roots of hardwood trees.
Habitat: It is found around stumps or in grassy areas in the vicinity of buried roots of hardwood trees.
Psathyrella caput-medusae – medusa brittlestem
Psathyrella carbonicola – charcoal Psathyrella
Psathyrella gracilis
Habitat: Found in wood chips in landscaped areas and in natural settings under hardwoods such as alder and cottonwood.
Habitat: Found in wood chips in landscaped areas and in natural settings under hardwoods such as alder and cottonwood.
Psathyrella incerta – dubious Psathyrella
Psathyrella longistriata – ringed Psathyrella
Habitat: Occurs in mixed forests, often ones containing alder.
Habitat: Occurs in mixed forests, often ones containing alder.
Psathyrella piluliformis – common stump brittlestem, clustered Psathyrella
Distribution: It is common throughout the U.S., including the PNW
Distribution: It is common throughout the U.S., including the PNW
Psathyrella spadicea – chestnut brittlestem, date-colored Psathyrella
Psathyrella spadiceogrisea – spring brittlestem
Psathyrella subnuda – smooth-capped Psathyrella
Pseudaleuria quinaultiana
Distribution: So far, only found in Washington and Oregon
Spores: smooth ellipsoid spores (15.5--21.5 x 7.5--10.5 µm
Distribution: So far, only found in Washington and Oregon
Spores: smooth ellipsoid spores (15.5--21.5 x 7.5--10.5 µm
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum – toothed jelly fungus, toothed jelly, white jelly mushroom, jelly false tooth, jelly tooth, toothjelly
Psilocybe baeocystis – baeos, potent psilocybe, knobby tops
Description: Sticky, conical, brown cap with brownish gills and off-white stalk; bruising blue.
Habitat: Scattered to numerous, in wood chips, on decayed wood, and decaying moss.
Spores: September-November
Description: Sticky, conical, brown cap with brownish gills and off-white stalk; bruising blue.
Habitat: Scattered to numerous, in wood chips, on decayed wood, and decaying moss.
Spores: September-November
Psilocybe coprophila – meadow muffin mushroom
Description: Sticky, brownish cap with brown gills and yellowish-brown stalk
Habitat: Singled to numerous, on horse or cow dung.
Spores: June-October
Description: Sticky, brownish cap with brown gills and yellowish-brown stalk
Habitat: Singled to numerous, on horse or cow dung.
Spores: June-October
Psilocybe cyanescens – blueleg brownie, cyans, blue halos, blueing psilocybe, potent psilocybe, wavy-capped psilocybe
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
Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa – blue-haired psilocybe, rhododendron psilocybe
Psilocybe inquilina – grass rotting psilocybe
Psilocybe montana – mountain brownie, mountain moss psilocybe
Description: Small, dark brown mushroom; in moss.
Distribution: Has been reported from much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
Habitat: Common at higher elevations
Substrate: Moss
Spores: July-September
Description: Small, dark brown mushroom; in moss.
Distribution: Has been reported from much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
Habitat: Common at higher elevations
Substrate: Moss
Spores: July-September
Psilocybe pelliculosa – conifer psilocybe
Description: Sticky, dark brown, conical cap with brown gills and off-white, hairy stalk.
Distribution: Confined to the Pacific Coast
Habitat: P. pelliculosa typically grows in groups among herbaceous plants in disturbed forest settings. It often can be found along trails or the edges of forest roads.
Substrate: Conifer mulch in woods
Spores: September to November
Description: Sticky, dark brown, conical cap with brown gills and off-white, hairy stalk.
Distribution: Confined to the Pacific Coast
Habitat: P. pelliculosa typically grows in groups among herbaceous plants in disturbed forest settings. It often can be found along trails or the edges of forest roads.
Substrate: Conifer mulch in woods
Spores: September to November
Psilocybe semilanceata – liberty-cap, magic mushroom
Description: Slimy, narrowly conical, brown to tan cap with brownish gills and smooth, off-white stalk; in pastures and manured areas.
Habitat: Scattered to numerous, in tall grass and grassy hummocks in cow pastures.
Spores: Late August to November
Description: Slimy, narrowly conical, brown to tan cap with brownish gills and smooth, off-white stalk; in pastures and manured areas.
Habitat: Scattered to numerous, in tall grass and grassy hummocks in cow pastures.
Spores: Late August to November
Psilocybe stuntzii – Stuntz's blue-legs, blue-ringers, Stuntz's psilocybe
Description: Sticky, brownish cap with brownish gills and brownish, ringed stalk; bruising blue.
Distribution: It is not often found in natural habitats. It is another species apparently confined to the Pacific Coast, particularly the PNW.
Habitat: P. stuntzii occurs frequently in well mulched newly planted lawns, as well as in wood chips and other landscape settings.
Substrate: Coniferous wood-chip mulch
Spores: September-December
Description: Sticky, brownish cap with brownish gills and brownish, ringed stalk; bruising blue.
Distribution: It is not often found in natural habitats. It is another species apparently confined to the Pacific Coast, particularly the PNW.
Habitat: P. stuntzii occurs frequently in well mulched newly planted lawns, as well as in wood chips and other landscape settings.
Substrate: Coniferous wood-chip mulch
Spores: September-December
Pycnoporellus alboluteus – orange sponge polypore
Distribution: It occurs throughout the western mountains, and also has been reported occasionally from the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada
Habitat: common high-mountain fungus in spring and summer, fruiting on conifer logs, especially those of spruce, and occasionally on aspen
Distribution: It occurs throughout the western mountains, and also has been reported occasionally from the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada
Habitat: common high-mountain fungus in spring and summer, fruiting on conifer logs, especially those of spruce, and occasionally on aspen
