Mushroom Identification Reference Gallery

Browse a curated gallery of mushrooms with AI-generated mushroom ID insights. Each entry in this mushroom identifier collection is designed to help you visually compare species traits with your own finds.

Showing 8 of 46 mushroom species

Terracotta Hedgehog (Hydnum rufescens) - Cap is orange-brown, dry, and slightly velvety or fibrillose., Underside features dense, brittle, yellowish-cream teeth (spines) instead of gills., Teeth are strongly decurrent (running down the stem)., Stipe is central, short, and concolorous or paler than the cap., Found growing terrestrially among leaf litter and woody debris.
Low Risk

Terracotta Hedgehog

Hydnum rufescens

Cap is orange-brown • dry • and slightly velvety or fibrillose. • Underside features dense • brittle • yellowish-cream teeth (spines) instead of gills. • Teeth are strongly decurrent (running down the stem). • Stipe is central • short • and concolorous or paler than the cap. • Found growing terrestrially among leaf litter and woody debris.

Funnel Clitocybe (Infundibulicybe gibba) - Tawny/orange-brown cap color, Deeply radially striate cap margin when moist, Gills distant and strongly decurrent, Slender, pale stem, often fibrous at base, Hygrophanous cap surface
High Risk Lookalikes

Funnel Clitocybe

Infundibulicybe gibba

Tawny/orange-brown cap color • Deeply radially striate cap margin when moist • Gills distant and strongly decurrent • Slender • pale stem • often fibrous at base • Hygrophanous cap surface

Brown Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum) - Cap tawny to reddish-brown, smooth, Pore surface whitish or cream, non-staining (apparent), Stem slender, covered densely with dark brown/black scabers, Context flesh white, non-staining (apparent)
High Risk Lookalikes

Brown Birch Bolete

Leccinum scabrum

Cap tawny to reddish-brown • smooth • Pore surface whitish or cream • non-staining (apparent) • Stem slender • covered densely with dark brown/black scabers • Context flesh white • non-staining (apparent)

Scaly Lentinus (Lentinus squarrosulus) - White to cream-colored cap with a depressed center, Distinctly scaly (squamulose) texture on cap and stem, Gills run down the stem (decurrent), Grows in clusters on dead wood, Tough, fibrous flesh
Low Risk

Scaly Lentinus

Lentinus squarrosulus

White to cream-colored cap with a depressed center • Distinctly scaly (squamulose) texture on cap and stem • Gills run down the stem (decurrent) • Grows in clusters on dead wood • Tough • fibrous flesh

Rough Lepiota (Lepiota aspera) - Cap covered in dense, dark brown, granular scales (squamules), Tawny orange-brown cap color, darker center, Gills free and white/cream colored, Stipe features a ragged, often movable ring remnant, Stipe surface pale, scaly or fibrous below the ring
Toxic

Rough Lepiota

Lepiota aspera

Cap covered in dense • dark brown • granular scales (squamules) • Tawny orange-brown cap color • darker center • Gills free and white/cream colored • Stipe features a ragged • often movable ring remnant • Stipe surface pale • scaly or fibrous below the ring

Onion-stalk Parasol (Leucocoprinus cepistipes) - Cap pale cream to white with deep radial striations, Distinct, darker central umbo (nipple), Gills white, crowded, and free from the stem, Stem long, slender, white, lacking a visible ring, Grows on rich organic substrate/soil
Toxic

Onion-stalk Parasol

Leucocoprinus cepistipes

Cap pale cream to white with deep radial striations • Distinct • darker central umbo (nipple) • Gills white • crowded • and free from the stem • Stem long • slender • white • lacking a visible ring • Grows on rich organic substrate/soil

Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) - Pear-shaped fruiting body with distinct sterile base, Surface covered in prominent, conical, detachable white spines, Spines leave a net-like pattern when rubbed off, White when young, maturing to light brown/tan, Grows terrestrially among leaf litter and debris
High Risk Lookalikes

Common Puffball

Lycoperdon perlatum

Pear-shaped fruiting body with distinct sterile base • Surface covered in prominent • conical • detachable white spines • Spines leave a net-like pattern when rubbed off • White when young • maturing to light brown/tan • Grows terrestrially among leaf litter and debris

Parasol Mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) - Large convex cap with brown scales, Snake-skin pattern on stem, Double, moveable ring, Bulbous base, White flesh
High Risk Lookalikes

Parasol Mushroom

Macrolepiota procera

Large convex cap with brown scales • Snake-skin pattern on stem • Double • moveable ring • Bulbous base • White flesh