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.

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Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) - Thin, flexible, bracket-like fruiting body, Cap surface distinctly zoned with concentric color rings (brown, tan, white), Velvety or finely hairy texture on the cap, Pore surface white to cream, visible pores (polypore), Grows sessile on decaying wood
Low Risk

Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

Thin • flexible • bracket-like fruiting body • Cap surface distinctly zoned with concentric color rings (brown • tan • white) • Velvety or finely hairy texture on the cap • Pore surface white to cream • visible pores (polypore) • Grows sessile on decaying wood

Red Raspberry Slime Mold (Tubifera ferruginosa) - Bright red to pinkish-red color, Bumpy, raspberry-like surface, Grows on decaying organic matter, Lacks a distinct cap, gills, or stem
Low Risk

Red Raspberry Slime Mold

Tubifera ferruginosa

Bright red to pinkish-red color • Bumpy • raspberry-like surface • Grows on decaying organic matter • Lacks a distinct cap • gills • or stem

White Cheese Polypore (Tyromyces chioneus) - Sessile bracket fungus, lacking a stem, Pure white to cream color throughout, Soft, fleshy, and watery texture when fresh, Growing directly on dead or dying hardwood, Underside covered in fine, white pores (not gills)
Low Risk

White Cheese Polypore

Tyromyces chioneus

Sessile bracket fungus • lacking a stem • Pure white to cream color throughout • Soft • fleshy • and watery texture when fresh • Growing directly on dead or dying hardwood • Underside covered in fine • white pores (not gills)

Dead Moll's Fingers (Xylaria longipes) - Slender, whip-like fruiting body, Dark, tough, woody base, Pale gray to whitish fertile tip, Grows directly on decaying hardwood, Unbranched or minimally branched structure
Low Risk

Dead Moll's Fingers

Xylaria longipes

Slender • whip-like fruiting body • Dark • tough • woody base • Pale gray to whitish fertile tip • Grows directly on decaying hardwood • Unbranched or minimally branched structure