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 60 mushroom species

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

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

Hexagonal-pored Polypore (Neofavolus alveolaris) - Sessile or short-stalked bracket shape, Pore surface composed of large, angular, hexagonal pits, White to pale cream coloration, Growth exclusively on dead hardwood
Low Risk

Hexagonal-pored Polypore

Neofavolus alveolaris

Sessile or short-stalked bracket shape • Pore surface composed of large • angular • hexagonal pits • White to pale cream coloration • Growth exclusively on dead hardwood

Western Jack O' Lantern (Omphalotus olivascens) - Deeply decurrent yellowish gills, Olive-orange to bronze-orange cap, Dense clusters on hardwood stumps, Blade-like true gills, Yellow-orange internal flesh
Toxic

Western Jack O' Lantern

Omphalotus olivascens

Deeply decurrent yellowish gills • Olive-orange to bronze-orange cap • Dense clusters on hardwood stumps • Blade-like true gills • Yellow-orange internal flesh

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.

Common Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) - Reticulated (pitted) conical head, Spongy, hollow white stalk, Gelatinous volva at the base, Strong, carrion-like odor, Presence of carrion-feeding insects
Low Risk

Common Stinkhorn

Phallus impudicus

Reticulated (pitted) conical head • Spongy • hollow white stalk • Gelatinous volva at the base • Strong • carrion-like odor • Presence of carrion-feeding insects

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