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

Bamboo Stinkhorn (Mutinus bambusinus) - Cylindrical, hollow, tapering stalk (receptaculum), Vivid red to pinkish-red, highly porous or pitted apex, Pale pink or white lower stalk section, Emerges from organic debris or soil
Low Risk

Bamboo Stinkhorn

Mutinus bambusinus

Cylindrical • hollow • tapering stalk (receptaculum) • Vivid red to pinkish-red • highly porous or pitted apex • Pale pink or white lower stalk section • Emerges from organic debris or soil

Brown Rollrim (Paxillus involutus) - Cap dark reddish-brown, depressed center, often velvety or fibrillose., Gills deeply decurrent, thick, widely spaced, rusty orange-brown., Gills often cross-veined (anastomosing) near the stem., Stem pale brown, curved, lacking a ring or volva., Grows terrestrially in grass or soil, often near trees.
Toxic

Brown Rollrim

Paxillus involutus

Cap dark reddish-brown • depressed center • often velvety or fibrillose. • Gills deeply decurrent • thick • widely spaced • rusty orange-brown. • Gills often cross-veined (anastomosing) near the stem. • Stem pale brown • curved • lacking a ring or volva. • Grows terrestrially in grass or soil • often near trees.

False Tinder Conk (Phellinus igniarius) - Perennial, woody, shelf-like bracket structure, Concentric growth rings visible in cross-section, Rough, brown to gray-black cap surface, Pore surface tan to brown with minute pores, Context often shows a distinct green layer (algal growth)
Low Risk

False Tinder Conk

Phellinus igniarius

Perennial • woody • shelf-like bracket structure • Concentric growth rings visible in cross-section • Rough • brown to gray-black cap surface • Pore surface tan to brown with minute pores • Context often shows a distinct green layer (algal growth)

Golden Scalycap (Pholiota aurivella) - Golden-yellow to orange cap, often viscid when wet, Cap covered in dark, reddish-brown, appressed scales, Gills crowded, rusty brown at maturity (indicating rusty spore print), Growth strictly on dead or dying hardwood, Fibrous stem, lacking a distinct persistent ring
Toxic

Golden Scalycap

Pholiota aurivella

Golden-yellow to orange cap • often viscid when wet • Cap covered in dark • reddish-brown • appressed scales • Gills crowded • rusty brown at maturity (indicating rusty spore print) • Growth strictly on dead or dying hardwood • Fibrous stem • lacking a distinct persistent ring

Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) - Cap is irregular, lobed, and wavy, Gills are crowded, white to cream, and deeply decurrent, Stem is short, thick, and eccentric or lateral, Flesh is firm and white, Typically grows in dense, overlapping clusters on wood
Low Risk

Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

Cap is irregular • lobed • and wavy • Gills are crowded • white to cream • and deeply decurrent • Stem is short • thick • and eccentric or lateral • Flesh is firm and white • Typically grows in dense • overlapping clusters on wood

Deer Mushroom (Pluteus cervinus) - Cap large, grayish-tan, radially fibrillose/streaked, Gills dark chocolate brown, free from the stem, Stem pale, lacks both an annulus (ring) and a volva, Growing terrestrially, likely attached to buried wood or deep litter
High Risk Lookalikes

Deer Mushroom

Pluteus cervinus

Cap large • grayish-tan • radially fibrillose/streaked • Gills dark chocolate brown • free from the stem • Stem pale • lacks both an annulus (ring) and a volva • Growing terrestrially • likely attached to buried wood or deep litter

Ornate-stalked Bolete (Retiboletus ornatipes) - Cap is robust, convex, and bright yellow to orange-yellow., Underside consists of yellow, non-gilled pores (Boletaceae)., Stipe is thick, yellow, and covered entirely by a prominent, raised reticulum., Reticulation pattern is yellow near the cap, darkening to brown/black towards the base., Base of the stipe is dark and rooted.
High Risk Lookalikes

Ornate-stalked Bolete

Retiboletus ornatipes

Cap is robust • convex • and bright yellow to orange-yellow. • Underside consists of yellow • non-gilled pores (Boletaceae). • Stipe is thick • yellow • and covered entirely by a prominent • raised reticulum. • Reticulation pattern is yellow near the cap • darkening to brown/black towards the base. • Base of the stipe is dark and rooted.

Dark-purple Tooth (Sarcodon fuscoindicus) - Cap dark indigo to purplish-black, moist and irregular, Hymenium composed of dense, whitish to brownish spines (teeth), Context (flesh) distinctly zoned, showing dark purple/black near the surface and bright rusty orange below, Robust, fleshy structure, Mycorrhizal association, found on forest floor
Low Risk

Dark-purple Tooth

Sarcodon fuscoindicus

Cap dark indigo to purplish-black • moist and irregular • Hymenium composed of dense • whitish to brownish spines (teeth) • Context (flesh) distinctly zoned • showing dark purple/black near the surface and bright rusty orange below • Robust • fleshy structure • Mycorrhizal association • found on forest floor