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Abortiporus biennis - fungi species list A Z Abortiporus biennis
Sporocarp
Fruiting body annual, terrestrial, fan-shaped to infundibuliform, pilei 8-18 cm broad, often clustered; margin level to uplifted, wavy; upper surface tomentose, white, pinkish, reddish-brown, tan to ochre-brown, faintly azonate; "aberrant fruitings" also produced, consisting of cauliflower-like masses, the entire surface poroid; context up to 1.0 cm thick, two-layered, upper layer soft-textured, lower layer leathery-pliant and tough; odor and taste untested.
Agaricus albolutescens - fungi species list A Z Agaricus albolutescens
Pileus
Cap (4.0) 6-12 (15) cm broad, convex, becoming plano-convex to plano-depressed; margin incurved, then decurved, overlapping the gills, occasionally wavy and appendiculate from veil fragments; surface dry, glabrous or with appressed fibrils, white to cream, bruising tawny-brown; context 1.5 to 2.0 cm thick, white, firm, tinged pale-peach when cut; odor and taste weakly of anise, musty when dry.
Agaricus arorae - fungi species list A Z Agaricus arorae
Pileus
Cap 3-8 cm broad, hemispheric to convex, expanding to plano-convex; margin at first incurved, then decurved; surface dry, disc glabrous to matted tomentose, fibrillose to squamulose toward the margin, cap fibrils hazel-brown to medium-brown over a cream-buff ground color; cuticle slowly bruising reddish, yellowing with KOH; context up to 5 mm thick, soft, off-white, bruising irregularly pinkish-vinaceous where cut; odor indistinct; taste mild.
Agaricus arvensis - fungi species list A Z Agaricus arvensis
Common Name: Horse Mushroom
Agaricus augustus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus augustus
Common Name: The Prince
Agaricus benesii - fungi species list A Z Agaricus benesii
Pileus
Cap 4-8 cm broad, convex, broadly convex to nearly plane in age; surface white, dry, innately fibrillose, finely-scaled at the margin, discoloring brown in age; flesh, white, moderately thick, firm, turning pinkish-red when injured; odor pungent of "mushrooms", taste mild.
Agaricus bernardii - fungi species list A Z Agaricus bernardii
Pileus
Cap 7-16 cm broad, convex at first, margin incurved, becoming plane, disk frequently depressed at maturity; surface white, smooth, though typically with warts or cottony scales. Cap tissue turning reddish-orange when cut. Odor, of brine or iodine.
Agaricus bisporus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus bisporus
Common Name: button mushroom
Agaricus bitorquis - fungi species list A Z Agaricus bitorquis
Common Name: torq
Agaricus subrufescens - fungi species list A Z Agaricus subrufescens
Synonyms: Agaricus blazei Murrill; Psalliota subrufescens (Peck) Kauffman
Agaricus californicus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus californicus
Pileus
Cap 4-11 cm broad, cylindrical to convex becoming plane at maturity, sometimes with a broad umbo; surface dry, smooth to fibrillose, white on the cap margin shading to a grayish-brown disc; surface sometimes bruising pale yellow, conspicuously yellow in KOH; odor faintly of phenol, most noticeable in young specimens.
Agaricus campestris - fungi species list A Z Agaricus campestris
Common Name: meadow mushroom, champignon
Agaricus comtulus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus comtulus
Pileus
Cap 2.5-4 cm broad, convex-umbonate to convex when young, expanding to plano-convex; margin at first incurved, decurved at maturity; surface dry, cream-colored, appressed-fibrillose, seldom squamulose, the fibrils slowly becoming yellowish-brown to tawny with age or from handling, the disc usually darker; context white, firm, relatively thin, up to 4 mm thick, unchanging; odor of anise; taste pleasant, sweet.
Agaricus cupreo-brunneus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus cupreo-brunneus
Pileus
Cap 2.5-6 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane; margin at first inrolled, then decurved, plane to upturned at maturity; surface dry, the disc sometimes tomentose, becoming appressed squamulose, brown to greyish-brown, occasionally tinged vinaceous, the squamules often raised near the margin giving a shaggy aspect, obscurely squamulose to merely appressed fibrillose in age or from weathering; flesh thin, soft, pallid, discoloring slowly to pale dull-brown when injured; not yellowing in KOH; odor and taste mild.
Agaricus diminutivus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus diminutivus
Pileus
Cap 1.5-2.5 cm broad, egg-shaped in button-stage, becoming convex, eventually plano-convex; surface dry, the disc with lilac-brown to pinkish-brown fibrils, appressed fibrillose-squamulose towards the margin, the ornamentation over a pallid ground color; cuticle yellowing slightly where bruised or injured, yellow with KOH; context up to 3.0 mm thick at the disc, soft, thinning toward the margin; odor of anise; taste mild.
Agaricus fusco-fibrillosus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus fusco-fibrillosus
Pileus
Cap 4-15 cm broad, convex, becoming nearly plane in age, usually slightly umbonate at the disc; surface dry, appressed silky-fibrillose, occasionally with flattened scales, coco-brown to reddish-brown; flesh moderately thick, firm, white, soon reddening when cut; odor, strongly of "mushrooms"; taste mild.
Agaricus fuscovelatus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus fuscovelatus
Pileus
Cap 3.5-8.0 cm broad, at first obtuse-conic, becoming convex, expanding to nearly plane, in age the disc sometimes broadly depressed; margin incurved, then decurved to plane, occasionally upturned at maturity, often appendiculate with veil fragments when young; surface at first matted tomentose at the disc, medium-brown to hazel-brown, becoming fibrillose-scaly, especially near the margin, ground color pallid-buff; flesh white, firm, moderately thick, discoloring dingy reddish-brown when exposed; odor and taste mild.
Agaricus hondensis - fungi species list A Z Agaricus hondensis
Pileus
Cap 7-14 cm broad, convex at first, then plane; surface dry, white shading to a light greyish-brown disk, covered with appressed pale pinkish-brown to lilac brown scales. Odor mild or faintly of phenol. Turning yellow in KOH.
Agaricus lilaceps - fungi species list A Z Agaricus lilaceps
Common Name: Cypress Agaricus
Agaricus micromegathus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus micromegathus
Pileus
Cap 2.5-4.0 cm broad, at first convex-cylindrical, expanding to plano-convex; margin incurved, then decurved, in youth often fringed with veil fragments; surface dry, appressed fibrillose to sparsely squamulose towards the margin, the ornamentation pinkish-brown to lilac-brown over a pallid background, with age the fibrils brownish, the cap bruising yellowish slowly; context pallid, firm, up to 5.0 mm thick at the disc, unchanging or darkening only slightly when injured; odor and taste pleasant, of anise.
Agaricus praeclaresquamosus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus praeclaresquamosus
Pileus
Cap 7-19 cm broad, cylindrical to convex, expanding to nearly plane in age; surface dry, ground color pallid to white, covered with fine, appressed greyish-brown scales, concentrated at the disc; flesh white, thick, slowly becoming vinaceous when injured; odor strongly of phenol; yellowing in KOH.
Agaricus pattersonae - fungi species list A Z Agaricus pattersonae
Pileus
Cap 5-15 cm broad, convex, the margin incurved, expanding to nearly plane; surface dry, medium to dark-brown, appressed fibrillose at the disc, appressed squamulose towards the margin; flesh thick, pallid, discoloring vinaceous-brown when injured; odor, of "mushrooms;" taste, mild.
Agaricus perobscurus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus perobscurus
Common Name: Princess
Agaricus semotus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus semotus
Pileus
Cap 2-6 cm broad, convex, broadly so to nearly plane in age, sometimes with a low umbo; margin at first incurved, then decurved, finally either plane or slightly raised; ground color cream-buff covered with vinaceous-brown to buff-brown appressed squamules or fibrils concentrated near the disc, diffuse towards the margin; surface bruising yellowish, eventually orange-brown, yellowing in KOH; flesh white to pallid, soft, thin; odor and taste of anise.
Agaricus silvicola - fungi species list A Z Agaricus silvicola
Pileus
Cap 6.0-12.0 cm broad, globose to deeply convex, becoming convex to plano-convex at maturity; margin incurved, then decurved, eventually straight; surface dry, white, glabrous to innately fibrillose, in dry weather sometimes squamulose; yellowing slowly when bruised or with age, yellow with KOH; context firm, white, unchanging, up to 1.5 cm thick; odor of anise or almonds; taste mild.
Agaricus smithii - fungi species list A Z Agaricus smithii
Pileus
Cap 7.0-12.0 cm broad, cylindical-convex, expanding to broadly convex, finally plane; margin decurved, sometimes slightly fringed with veil fragments; surface in youth appressed-fibrillose to finely squamulose, the fibrils pale-yellowish over a whitish ground color, becoming fibrillose-squamulose, the scales hazel-brown, tawny-brown where handled; context white, up to 1.5 cm thick, unchanging; odor and taste almond-like.
Agaricus subrutilescens - fungi species list A Z Agaricus subrutilescens
Common Name: Wine Colored Agaricus
Agaricus xanthodermus - fungi species list A Z Agaricus xanthodermus
Common Name: Yellow Stainer
Agrocybe pediades - fungi species list A Z Agrocybe pediades
Pileus
Cap 0.8-3.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to plano-convex; margin at first slightly incurved, then decurved, nearly plane at maturity; surface smooth, sticky when moist, otherwise dry, pale tawny-brown, fading to buff-brown, almost cream in age; flesh thin, whitish to buff, unchanging; odor and taste farinaceous.
Agrocybe praecox - fungi species list A Z Agrocybe praecox
Pileus
Cap 3-6 cm broad, convex, broadly so to nearly plane in age, occasionally with a low umbo at the disc; surface smooth, but commonly cracked in dry weather; color tan-brown to "biscuit brown," the margin lighter, fading overall in age; context white to cream, soft; odor and taste mild to farinaceous.
Agrocybe putaminum - fungi species list A Z Agrocybe putaminum
California Fungi—Agrocybe putaminum
Albatrellus caeruleoporus - fungi species list A Z Albatrellus caeruleoporus
Synonym: Polyporus caeruleoporus Peck
Albatrellus ellisii  - fungi species list A Z Albatrellus ellisii
California Fungi—Albatrellus ellisii
Albatrellus flettii - fungi species list A Z Albatrellus flettii
California Fungi—Albatrellus flettii
Alboleptonia sericella - fungi species list A Z Alboleptonia sericella
Pileus
Cap 1.0-4.5 cm in diameter, at first deeply convex, expanding to broadly convex, the disc depressed or raised; margin occasionally wavy, incurved when young, decurved to plane in age; surface appressed-fibrillose, sometimes appearing silky, white to cream-buff, sporadically bruising pale salmon to cream-yellow; context thin, 2-4 mm thick at the disc, white; odor mild; taste somewhat farinaceous.
Aleuria aurantia - fungi species list A Z Aleuria aurantia
Sporocarp
Fruiting body 3-7 cm broad, forming irregular cups, split or infolded on one side; context thin, brittle; hymenial surface orange, external surface lighter in color, pruinose.
Aleuria rhenana: Sowerbyella rhenana - fungi species list A Z Aleuria rhenana: Sowerbyella rhenana
Synonym: Aleuria rhenana Fuckel
Amanita aprica - fungi species list A Z Amanita aprica
California Fungi—Amanita aprica
Amanita constricta - fungi species list A Z Amanita constricta
Pileus
Cap 6.0-12.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane at maturity, sometimes with a low umbo; margin incurved, then decurved to straight, conspicuously striate; surface moist, viscid in wet weather, glabrous, grey to brownish-grey, often with patches of whitish to pale-grey universal veil tissue, the latter bruising reddish-brown when fresh; context whitish to pale-grey, soft, up to l.5 cm thick at the disc, elsewhere thin, unchanging when injured; odor mild, of fish in age; taste mild.
Amanita franchetii - fungi species list A Z Amanita franchetii
Pileus
Cap 4-12 cm broad, convex, expanding to plano-convex; margin incurved, becoming decurved, not striate or if so, obscurely; surface smooth, dry, light-brown, ochraceous-brown, to buff-brown, darkest at the disc with scattered yellowish to buff-brown warts; flesh soft, white to pale yellowish.
Amanita gemmata - fungi species list A Z Amanita gemmata
California Fungi—Amanita gemmata
Amanita lanei - fungi species list A Z Amanita lanei
Synonyms: Amanita calyptrata Peck, Amanita calyptroderma Atk. & Ballen.
Amanita magniverrucata - fungi species list A Z Amanita magniverrucata
Pileus
Cap 7-14 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane; margin inrolled, becoming incurved to decurved, often with adhering veil fragments; surface moist, covered with large, firmly attached, angular warts; cap color white, the warts at times cream-buff to buff-brown in age or from handling; context up to 2 cm thick, firm, white, unchanging; odor mild when young, unpleasant and strong in age; taste mild.
Amanita muscaria - fungi species list A Z Amanita muscaria
Pileus
Cap 6-39 cm broad, rounded at first, then plane in age, surface viscid when moist; margin striate often with adhering partial veil fragments when young; cap red, usually with white warts but in one variety, yellow warts.
Amanita novinupta - fungi species list A Z Amanita novinupta
Pileus
Cap 5-14 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, the margin not striate or obscurely so at maturity; surface moist, smooth, pallid, becoming blotched to unevenly pinkish-buff, darkening slightly in age; universal veil remnants: white to pinkish-buff warts, scattered or aggregated in a central patch; flesh thick at the disc, thin elsewhere, white, firm, bruising pinkish-buff very slowly; odor indistinct; taste mild.
Amanita ocreata - fungi species list A Z Amanita ocreata
Synonym: Amanita bivolvata Peck
Amanita pachycolea - fungi species list A Z Amanita pachycolea
Common Name: Western Grisette

Pileus
Cap 8-18 cm broad, rounded at first, then convex, finally plane and slightly umbonate at maturity; surface viscid when moist; color dark brown, fading to light brown in age, occasionally with a remnant of universal veil tissue; margin conspicuously and deeply striate.
Amanita pantherina - fungi species list A Z Amanita pantherina
Common Name: Panther

Pileus
Cap 4-15 cm broad, convex at first, then plane in age, viscid, margin striate; color variable: from buff-yellow (usually darker at the disc) to dark brown; universal veil remnants forming pointed warts. Odor mild.
Amanita phalloides - fungi species list A Z Amanita phalloides
Common Name: death cap
Amanita protecta - fungi species list A Z Amanita protecta
Misapplied name: Amanita inaurata Gillet
Amanita smithiana - fungi species list A Z Amanita smithiana
Common Name: none

Habitat
Not uncommon under conifers in northern coastal California. Also sometimes found in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Amanita vaginata - fungi species list A Z Amanita vaginata
Pileus
Cap 5.5-10.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to plano-convex, in age sometimes centrally depressed with a low umbo; margin at first decurved, plane to elevated at maturity, tuberculate-striate, the striations up to 1.2 cm long; surface when young partially covered with a membranous, white universal veil patch or patches which may discolor pale ochraceous-brown; at maturity the veil patches typically disappearing, the cap then grey to grey-brown, sticky when moist, glabrous except for the margin; context white to pale grey, firm, up to 1 cm thick; odor and taste mild.
Amanita velosa - fungi species list A Z Amanita velosa
Common Name: Spring Amanita

Pileus
Cap 5-11 cm broad, ovoid, becoming convex, then nearly plane, margin conspicuously grooved or striate; surface viscid when moist, smooth, pinkish-buff to orange-buff, fading in age to buff-brown, typically partially covered with a cottony white patch; flesh thick, white, not staining.
Armillaria mellea - fungi species list A Z Armillaria mellea
Common Name: honey mushroom
Pileus
Cap 3-13 cm broad, convex at first, becoming nearly plane, sometimes broadly umbonate at maturity, margin finely striate; color varying from yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, the disc darker with fine hair or scales; surface viscid when moist; odor mild, taste acrid.
Armillaria sinapina - fungi species list A Z Armillaria sinapina
California Fungi—Armillaria sinapina
Arrhenia epichysium - fungi species list A Z Arrhenia epichysium
Synonym: Omphalina epichysium (Persoon) Quélet
Arrhenia obscurata - fungi species list A Z Arrhenia obscurata
Pileus
Cap 0.8-2.0 cm broad, convex, convex-umbillicate, to infundibuliform; margin decurved to level in age; surface radially appressed-fibrillose, the fibrils dark-brown over a pale-grey background, hygrophanous, fading in age to lighter shades of grey, sometimes with a satiny sheen when dry; context thin, approximately 1 mm thick, pale grey, unchanging; odor and taste not distinctive.
Ascobolus furfuraceus - fungi species list A Z Ascobolus furfuraceus
California Fungi—Ascobolus furfuraceus
Ascocoryne sarcoides - fungi species list A Z Ascocoryne sarcoides
Sporocarp
Fruiting body sessile to substipitate; at first subglobose, discoid, to club-shaped, the apex rounded, flattened to slightly concave, often fused into knobby, cerebriform to fan-shaped clusters; at maturity 0.5-1.0 cm becoming repand, centrally depressed, the margin lobed to wavy; surface glabrous to indistinctly roughened; context gelatinous, pinkish-purple; odor and taste mild.
Astraeus hygrometricus - fungi species list A Z Astraeus hygrometricus
Common Name: Hygroscopic Earthstar
Auriscalpium vulgare - fungi species list A Z Auriscalpium vulgare
Pileus
Cap 1-3 cm broad, broadly convex, bean-shaped; surface dry, densely covered with reddish-brown to dark-brown hairs; margin buff-brown, concolorous with the spines; flesh thin, light-brown, leathery; odor mild.

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