Fungi > Gilled Mushrooms
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Golden BootlegScientific Name: Phaeolepiota aureaCategory: FungiSubcategory: Gilled MushroomsSize: Cap diameter: 4–10 in (10–25 cm); Stem height: 6–12 in (15–30 cm)Weight: 8–24 oz (220–680 g); massive solitary or clustered fruiting...
Fungi > Gilled Mushrooms
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Silky RosegillScientific Name: Volvariella bombycinaCategory: FungiSubcategory: Gilled MushroomsSize: Cap diameter: 3–8 in (8–20 cm); Stem length: 4–8 in (10–20 cm)Weight: 5–12 oz (140–340 g)Lifespan: Fruiting body lasts 5–10 days; mycelium...
Fungi > Gilled Mushrooms
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Wrinkled PeachScientific Name: Rhodotus palmatusCategory: FungiSubcategory: Gilled MushroomsSize: Cap diameter: 3–8 cm (1.2–3.1 in); Stem length: 1.5–3.0 cm (0.6–1.2 in)Weight: 15–40 g (0.5–1.4 oz) per fruiting bodyLifespan: Fruiting body...
Fungi > Gilled Mushrooms
OverviewThe Verdigris Agaric (Stropharia aeruginosa), celebrated across mycology and nature photography as the Verdigris Toadstool or Blue-Green Mushroom, is an extraordinarily striking, chemically fascinating, and otherworldly macrofungus native to the temperate...
Fungi > Gilled Mushrooms
OverviewThe Western Jack O’Lantern (Omphalotus olivascens) is an impressive, chemically fascinating, and strikingly beautiful basidiomycete fungus native to the oak woodlands and mixed evergreen forests of coastal California and southern Oregon. Belonging to the...
