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

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

Warty Cavalier (Melanoleuca verrucipes) - Whitish to pale cream cap with a slight central depression, Crowded, adnate to slightly decurrent pale gills, Stem distinctly covered in dark brown to blackish scabrous squamules, Fleshy, moderately robust structure with soil attached to base
Low Risk

Warty Cavalier

Melanoleuca verrucipes

Whitish to pale cream cap with a slight central depression • Crowded • adnate to slightly decurrent pale gills • Stem distinctly covered in dark brown to blackish scabrous squamules • Fleshy • moderately robust structure with soil attached to base

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)