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 72 mushroom species

Blewit (Clitocybe nuda) - Cap brownish-pink, smooth, convex to flat, Gills crowded, adnate, distinct lilac/purple color, Stem robust, pale lilac, fibrous, Growing in grass/soil environment
High Risk Lookalikes

Blewit

Clitocybe nuda

Cap brownish-pink • smooth • convex to flat • Gills crowded • adnate • distinct lilac/purple color • Stem robust • pale lilac • fibrous • Growing in grass/soil environment

Red Lattice Stinkhorn (Colus hirudinosus) - White basal volva (egg-like base), Short, spongy orange-to-red stalk, Vertical columns joined at the apex, Red net-like (clathrate) lattice at the top, Dark, slimy, foul-smelling spore mass
Toxic

Red Lattice Stinkhorn

Colus hirudinosus

White basal volva (egg-like base) • Short • spongy orange-to-red stalk • Vertical columns joined at the apex • Red net-like (clathrate) lattice at the top • Dark • slimy • foul-smelling spore mass

Common Inkcap (Coprinopsis atramentaria) - Ovoid to bell-shaped greyish cap, Gills liquefying into black ink, Slender, white, hollow stem, Fine brownish-grey scales on cap surface, Found in grassy areas or near wood
Toxic

Common Inkcap

Coprinopsis atramentaria

Ovoid to bell-shaped greyish cap • Gills liquefying into black ink • Slender • white • hollow stem • Fine brownish-grey scales on cap surface • Found in grassy areas or near wood

Magpie Ink Cap (Coprinopsis picacea) - Bell-shaped dark brown to black cap, Large white woolly veil patches, Deliquescing (liquefying) black gills, Smooth white hollow stem, Association with deciduous leaf litter
Toxic

Magpie Ink Cap

Coprinopsis picacea

Bell-shaped dark brown to black cap • Large white woolly veil patches • Deliquescing (liquefying) black gills • Smooth white hollow stem • Association with deciduous leaf litter

Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus) - Cylindrical, elongated cap shape, Dense, shaggy, upward-pointing white scales, Gills are crowded, free, and pure white when immature, Grows terrestrially in grass or disturbed soil
Low Risk

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Cylindrical • elongated cap shape • Dense • shaggy • upward-pointing white scales • Gills are crowded • free • and pure white when immature • Grows terrestrially in grass or disturbed soil

Deadly Webcap (Cortinarius rubellus) - Cap reddish-brown to rusty orange, smooth, convex, Gills crowded, adnate to slightly decurrent, yellowish-orange (immature), Stem slender, rusty brown, potentially fibrous, Lack of distinct ring or volva, Overall morphology consistent with highly toxic Cortinarius genus
Toxic

Deadly Webcap

Cortinarius rubellus

Cap reddish-brown to rusty orange • smooth • convex • Gills crowded • adnate to slightly decurrent • yellowish-orange (immature) • Stem slender • rusty brown • potentially fibrous • Lack of distinct ring or volva • Overall morphology consistent with highly toxic Cortinarius genus

Yellowfoot Chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis) - Funnel-shaped brown to grayish-brown cap, Decurrent yellow-orange blunt ridges, Frequent cross-veining on underside, Yellowish, tapering stem
Low Risk

Yellowfoot Chanterelle

Craterellus tubaeformis

Funnel-shaped brown to grayish-brown cap • Decurrent yellow-orange blunt ridges • Frequent cross-veining on underside • Yellowish • tapering stem

Livid Pinkgill (Entoloma sinuatum) - Off-white to pale tan, silky cap with a wavy margin, Crowded, yellowish-cream gills that turn pink with age, Thick, fibrous stem, often lacking a ring, Stout, robust overall appearance
Toxic

Livid Pinkgill

Entoloma sinuatum

Off-white to pale tan • silky cap with a wavy margin • Crowded • yellowish-cream gills that turn pink with age • Thick • fibrous stem • often lacking a ring • Stout • robust overall appearance