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

Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes) - Viscid, slimy, yellow-orange to tawny cap, Grows clustered on wood (stumps, logs, roots), Stem tough, slender, dark brown to blackish at base, Stem base covered in fine, dark velvet hairs (velutinous), Fruiting occurs late autumn through winter
Low Risk

Velvet Shank

Flammulina velutipes

Viscid • slimy • yellow-orange to tawny cap • Grows clustered on wood (stumps • logs • roots) • Stem tough • slender • dark brown to blackish at base • Stem base covered in fine • dark velvet hairs (velutinous) • Fruiting occurs late autumn through winter

Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata) - Caramel-brown, smooth, convex cap, Rusty-brown, closely spaced gills, Fibrillose ring zone on the upper stem, Stem darkening toward the base, Clustered growth on decaying wood
Toxic

Funeral Bell

Galerina marginata

Caramel-brown • smooth • convex cap • Rusty-brown • closely spaced gills • Fibrillose ring zone on the upper stem • Stem darkening toward the base • Clustered growth on decaying wood

Curtis's Reishi (Ganoderma curtisii) - Varnished, laccate cap surface, Concentric rings of red, purple, and yellow, Tough, woody lateral stem (stipe), Creamy white to tan pore surface, Emerges from buried hardwood roots
Low Risk

Curtis's Reishi

Ganoderma curtisii

Varnished • laccate cap surface • Concentric rings of red • purple • and yellow • Tough • woody lateral stem (stipe) • Creamy white to tan pore surface • Emerges from buried hardwood roots

Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum) - Lacquered, shiny cap surface, Reddish-brown to maroon varnish, Cap surface cracked, showing golden-yellow context, Lateral, elongated stipe (stalk), Growing on decaying hardwood
Low Risk

Reishi Mushroom

Ganoderma lucidum

Lacquered • shiny cap surface • Reddish-brown to maroon varnish • Cap surface cracked • showing golden-yellow context • Lateral • elongated stipe (stalk) • Growing on decaying hardwood

Earthstar (Geastrum fimbriatum) - Star-shaped exoperidium splitting into 6-10 rays, Central, spherical spore sac (endoperidium), Pale tan to cream rays, grayish-brown spore sac, Distinct apical pore (ostiole) visible on spore sac
Low Risk

Earthstar

Geastrum fimbriatum

Star-shaped exoperidium splitting into 6-10 rays • Central • spherical spore sac (endoperidium) • Pale tan to cream rays • grayish-brown spore sac • Distinct apical pore (ostiole) visible on spore sac

Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius) - Robust, fleshy stature, Bright yellow to orange cap, often viscid when moist, Crowded, bright yellow gills (will turn rusty brown with age/spores), Stem base often rusty brown or reddish, fibrous, Growing clustered on wood debris or mulch
Toxic

Spectacular Rustgill

Gymnopilus junonius

Robust • fleshy stature • Bright yellow to orange cap • often viscid when moist • Crowded • bright yellow gills (will turn rusty brown with age/spores) • Stem base often rusty brown or reddish • fibrous • Growing clustered on wood debris or mulch

Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus (Gymnopilus luteofolius) - Purplish-red to maroon scales on cap, Pale yellow to mustard yellow gills, Fibrous, purplish-flushed stem, Grows on wood chips or dead wood
Toxic

Yellow-gilled Gymnopilus

Gymnopilus luteofolius

Purplish-red to maroon scales on cap • Pale yellow to mustard yellow gills • Fibrous • purplish-flushed stem • Grows on wood chips or dead wood

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.