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Calbovista subsculpta - fungi species list A Z Calbovista subsculpta
Common Name: Puffball
Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum - fungi species list A Z Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum
California Fungi—Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum
Calocera cornea - fungi species list A Z Calocera cornea
Sporocarp
Fruiting body erect, slender, cylindrical strands, usually unbranched, 1.0-1.5 cm tall, approximately 1 mm thick at the base, tapered to a narrow, obtuse tip, single or several fused to a common base; surface more or less glabrous, viscid when moist, yellow to yellow-orange; context stiff-gelatinous; odor and taste mild.
Calocybe carnea - fungi species list A Z Calocybe carnea
Pileus
Cap 1.5-3.0 cm broad, convex, becoming plano-convex, the disc occasionally depressed in age; margin when young, incurved, then decurved to plane, frequently wavy; surface when fresh, pinkish to vinaceous-brown, a whitish bloom sometimes evident near the margin, the cap typically glabrous at maturity, often fading to a watery tan-brown; context thin, firm, translucent pinkish-tan, unchanging; odor not distinctive; taste somewhat pungent, disagreeable.
Calocybe onychina - fungi species list A Z Calocybe onychina
Pileus
Cap 3-5 cm broad, convex, expanding to plano-convex, with or without a low umbo; margin incurved, then decurved, plane to slightly upturned, frequently wavy; surface lavender-purple to vinaceous-purple; when fresh, minutely tomentose (use hand lens), in age blotched shades of purple and brown, eventually entirely brown; context up to 1.0 cm thick, soft, cream-colored, unchanging or darkening slightly; odor mild to slightly farinaceous; taste latently farinaceous to bitter.
Caloscypha fulgens - fungi species list A Z Caloscypha fulgens
Sporocarp
Fruiting body 0.5-3.5 (5.0) cm broad, cupulate, elongate, to variously lobed, sometimes nearly flat in age, sessile to short stipitate; margin incurved, then straight, even to eroded; exterior surface dull yellow to yellowish-orange, bruising bluish-green to olive, especially near the margin; hymenial surface yellow-orange to orange, glabrous.
Calvatia booniana - fungi species list A Z Calvatia booniana
Common Name: Western Giant Puffball
Calvatia cyathiformis f. fragilis - fungi species list A Z Calvatia cyathiformis f. fragilis
Common Name: purple-spored puffball
Calvatia fumosa: Handkea fumosa - fungi species list A Z Calvatia fumosa: Handkea fumosa
Synonyms: Calvatia fumosa Zeller; Gastropila fumosa (Zeller) P. Ponce de León
Calvatia pachyderma - fungi species list A Z Calvatia pachyderma
Sporocarp
Fruiting body subglobose, cushion-shaped, to turbinate, 6.0-11.0 cm tall, 7.0-13.0 cm broad, abruptly tapered towards the base, sometimes with a root-like attachment to the substrate; exoperidium persistent, thin, less than 1.0 mm thick, glabrous, pallid to pale greyish-tan, basal area dull purple-brown in age; endoperidium 2.0-3.0 mm thick, punky, brittle; gleba cream-colored, then ochre, eventually dull yellowish-brown, occasionally tinged olive, powdery; subgleba and sterile base absent; fruiting body opening by splits or polygonal fractures; odor of mushrooms; taste untried.
Calvatia sculpta - fungi species list A Z Calvatia sculpta
Common Name: Sculpted puffball
Synonym: Lycoperdon sculptum Harkness
Calvatia subcretacea: Handkea subcretacea - fungi species list A Z Calvatia subcretacea: Handkea subcretacea
Synonyms: Calvatia subcretacea Zeller; Gastropila subcretacea (Zeller) P. Ponce de León
Calvatia utriformis: Handkea utriformis - fungi species list A Z Calvatia utriformis: Handkea utriformis
Common Name: Puffball
Synonyms: Calvatia bovista (Pers.) Kambly & Lee; Calvatia utriformis (Bull.: Pers.) Jaap
Camarophyllus pratensis - fungi species list A Z Camarophyllus pratensis
Pileus
Fruiting body 3-7 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, slightly umbonate; margin entire or wavy; surface moist, smooth, pale orange to apricot-orange, sometimes spotted darker orange, fading when dry to pale-peach and becoming slightly fibrillose; flesh thick at the disc, otherwise thin, white, unchanging; odor mild, soap-like in one form; taste mild.
Camarophyllus russocoriaceus - fungi species list A Z Camarophyllus russocoriaceus
Pileus
Cap 1.5 -3.5 cm broad, convex, the margin slightly undulate in age, faintly striate; surface moist, smooth, hygrophanous, ivory to pallid, fading from the disc toward the margin, the latter often slightly darker; flesh thin, pallid, unchanging; odor of cedar; taste, mild.
Candy Cap: Lactarius rubidus - fungi species list A Z Candy Cap: Lactarius rubidus
Pileus
Cap 1.5-4.5 cm broad, convex with a slightly inrolled margin when young, becoming nearly plane, occasionally with a small umbo but more typically with a depressed disc, the margin wavy and sometimes upturned in age; surface smooth to faintly furrowed, rusty-brown, azonate; flesh thin, brittle, pale buff-brown, unchanging, bleeding a watery latex when cut; taste mild; odor faintly of brown sugar or butterscotch.
Cannon Fungus: Sphaerobolus stellatus - fungi species list A Z Cannon Fungus: Sphaerobolus stellatus
Sporocarp
Fruiting body globose, in age, cup-shaped, 2-3 mm broad, usually erumpent from a lignicolous substrate, occasionally developing from a pallid, surface mycelial layer; outer cup surface (peridial layer) cream-buff to ochraceous, matted tomentose, pliant, soon splitting, forming 5-7 short lobes; inner-most peridial layer translucent, tinged yellow, surrounding a glebal mass (peridiole), at maturity suddenly everting, ejecting a dark-brown, sticky peridiole; remnants of the inner peridial layer, inflated, balloon-like, briefly remaining attached to the lobe tips; in age the cups whitish and empty.
Cantharellus californicus - fungi species list A Z Cantharellus californicus
Common Name: chanterelle
Cantharellus cibarius - fungi species list A Z Cantharellus cibarius
Pileus
Cap 3-11 cm broad, peg to vase-shaped, the disc frequently depressed but not funnelform; margin incurved, wavy, in age decurved, plane, to upturned; surface smooth or with appressed hairs, dry, yellow to golden-yellow, fading in age; flesh yellowish, thick, firm; odor faintly fruity, taste mild.
Cantharellus formosus  - fungi species list A Z Cantharellus formosus
Common Name: Chanterelle
Cantharellus subalbidus - fungi species list A Z Cantharellus subalbidus
Pileus
Cap 5-10 cm broad, convex, margin incurved, expanding to nearly plane or depressed at the disc with an uplifted, wavy to irregular margin; surface smooth to appressed squamulose, dry, whitish to cream, bruising yellowish-brown to tawny-brown; flesh thick, whitish, firm, becoming ochraceous to tawny where exposed. Odor and taste mild.
Cantharellus tubaeformis: Craterellus tubaeformis - fungi species list A Z Cantharellus tubaeformis: Craterellus tubaeformis
Pileus
Cap 2-4 cm broad, at first convex, then depressed, sometimes hollow in the center, trumpet-shaped; margin incurved, wavy; surface dry, brown to yellowish-brown, with fine dark scales; flesh thin, yellowish-brown; odor and taste mild.
Cantharocybe gruberi - fungi species list A Z Cantharocybe gruberi
Synonym: Clitocybe guberi A. H. Smith
Catathelasma imperiale - fungi species list A Z Catathelasma imperiale
Habitat
Solitary to gregarious under conifers in northern North America and Europe. In California it is known from Humboldt, Del Norte, and Mendocino counties.
Catathelasma ventricosum - fungi species list A Z Catathelasma ventricosum
Synonym: Lentinus ventricosus Peck
Cauliflower mushroom: Sparassis crispa - fungi species list A Z Cauliflower mushroom: Sparassis crispa
Sporocarp
Fruiting body 20 cm broad, 40 cm tall, sometimes larger, a rounded mass of flattened, wavy, leaf-like branches, white to pale yellow; branch edges discoloring brown in age; arising from a large root-like sterile base, the upper portion appearing chambered when sectioned, solid below; flesh white. Hymenium on the flattened surfaces of the fruiting body. Odor fragrant, somewhat spicy.
Caulorhiza umbonata - fungi species list A Z Caulorhiza umbonata
Pileus
Cap 5-15 cm broad, conic with an incurved margin and pointed umbo, becoming planoconvex, the disc then sometimes shallowly depressed but still umbonate; in age the margin wavy, fluted to upturned; surface moist, hygrophanous, smooth, ochraceous-brown, buff-brown to dingy tawny-brown, fading overall at maturity; flesh thin, pallid to cream; odor and taste mild.
Ceriporia spissa  - fungi species list A Z Ceriporia spissa
California Fungi—Ceriporia spissa
Chaetothiersia vernalis - fungi species list A Z Chaetothiersia vernalis
Habitat
Gregarious to caespitose on decaying coniferous wood and bark and on woody debris in soil; Sierra Nevada mountains, spring.
Chalciporus piperatoides - fungi species list A Z Chalciporus piperatoides
Pileus
Cap 2.5-6.0 cm broad, convex, broadly convex in age; margin decurved, becoming nearly plane at maturity; surface sticky when moist, otherwise dry, matted-tomentose, chamois-like, areolate in dry weather; color variable: ochre, rusty-brown, tan to cinnamon-brown, often tinged vinaceous; context up to 1.5 cm thick, pale tawny-buff, soft, bluing erratically; odor: fruity-aromatic; taste: peppery.
Chalciporus piperatus - fungi species list A Z Chalciporus piperatus
Common Name: Peppery Bolete
Synonym: Boletus piperatus Fries
Chamonixia ambigua - fungi species list A Z Chamonixia ambigua
Habitat
Solitary to scattered to gregarious; hypogeous under live oak.; coastal California; uncommon.
Champignon: Agaricus campestris - fungi species list A Z Champignon: Agaricus campestris
Pileus
Cap 5-10 cm broad, convex, broadly convex in age, often with a low umbo; margin incurved, decurved to occasionally upturned in senescent specimens; surface dry, smooth, fibrillose to finely scaled in dry weather; color: white to ashy-grey; context white, thick, unchanging when bruised or in KOH; odor and taste mild.
Cheilymenia fimicola - fungi species list A Z Cheilymenia fimicola
Sporocarp
Apothecia sessile, cylindrical to cushion-shaped, becoming shallowly cupulate to saucer-shaped, 1.0-4.0 (5) mm broad; margin upturned, even to wavy, with pale-tan, bristle-like hairs; hymenium red-orange to yellowish-orange, glabrous, plane to concave; exterior surface lighter than the disc, with scattered, pallid, stiff hairs; context fleshy, thin, orange; odor and taste not investigated.
Chlorociboria aeruginascens - fungi species list A Z Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Sporocarp
Fruiting bodies aerugineus-green (blue-green); apotheca cup to discoid shaped, 3-10mm broad at maturity; stipitate to sub-stipitate with the stipe typically laterally attached.
Chlorociboria aeruginosa - fungi species list A Z Chlorociboria aeruginosa
Habitat
Scattered to gregarious on wood; the wood usually stained blue-green by the mycelium of the fungus.
Chicken Lips: Leotia viscosa - fungi species list A Z Chicken Lips: Leotia viscosa
Pileus
Cap 1.5-3.0 cm broad, hemispheric to convex, the disc occasionally depressed; margin inrolled, wavy, sometimes lobed; surface viscid when moist, more or less glabrous, dull olive-green; lower surface pallid; flesh gelatinous.
Chlorophyllum brunneum - fungi species list A Z Chlorophyllum brunneum
Pileus
Cap 7-20 cm broad, subglobose to pulvinate, becoming convex to nearly plane in age; surface dry, brown, smooth, breaking up into coarse, brown, concentrically arranged scales except for the disc where the cuticle remains intact; margin inrolled at first, frequently appendiculate; flesh thick, white, discoloring yellow-orange, darkening to reddish-brown.
Chlorophyllum molybdites - fungi species list A Z Chlorophyllum molybdites
Pileus
Cap 5.0-15.0 (20) cm broad, paraboloid, to obtuse-conic when young, expanding to plano-convex, the disc slightly raised or depressed at maturity; margin shaggy from veil fragments in youth, incurved, becoming decurved, in age plane to elevated, occasionally wavy; surface of immature caps, brown, sometimes with vinaceous tints, glabrous to slightly matted-tomentose; with cap expansion the cuticle cracking, forming coarse, brown concentrically arranged, these, smaller and sparser towards the margin, background color white to buff-brown; context white, firm in youth, soft in age, sporadically carrot-orange to vinaceous when injured; odor and taste not distinctive.
Chloroscypha alutipes:  Kriegeria alutipes - fungi species list A Z Chloroscypha alutipes: Kriegeria alutipes
Synonym: Peziza alutipes W. Phillips; Chloroscypha alutipes (W. Phillips) Dennis
Chromosera cyanophylla - fungi species list A Z Chromosera cyanophylla
Pileus
Cap 1.0-2.5 cm broad at maturity, at first convex, becoming plano-convex, in age the disc broadly flattened, depressed or umbillicate; margin translucent-striate to near the disc, incurved in youth, then decurved, occasionally plane at maturity; surface glabrous, viscid, lavender to lilac, soon fading to yellowish or yellowish-tan; context thin, < 1 mm, pallid, unchanging; odor indistinct; taste mild.
Chroogomphus ochraceus - fungi species list A Z Chroogomphus ochraceus
Pileus
Cap 2.5-9.0 cm broad, convex in youth, with or without a low umbo, nearly plane to centrally depressed in age; margin at first incurved, then decurved, even to wavy, occasionally upturned; surface viscid when moist, glabrous, when young dark-greyish-brown to vinaceous-grey over an ochraceous ground color, becoming vinaceous overall in age; context pale apricot-orange, soft, moderately thick at the disc, rapidly thinning toward the margin, unchanging when cut or bruised, vinaceous with 3% KOH, odor not distinctive, taste mild.
Chroogomphus vinicolor - fungi species list A Z Chroogomphus vinicolor
Pileus
Cap 3.0-9.0 cm broad, convex, broadly so in age, occasionally with a pointed umbo; margin inrolled, then incurved, decurved at maturity; surface viscid when moist, drying shiny, glabrous to to appressed fibrillose, mahogany brown to reddish-brown; flesh thick, orange to salmon, unchanging, vinaceous with 3% KOH; odor not distinctive, taste mild.
Chroogomphus tomentosus - fungi species list A Z Chroogomphus tomentosus
California Fungi—Chroogomphus tomentosus
Chrysomphalina aurantiaca - fungi species list A Z Chrysomphalina aurantiaca
Synonyms: Omphalia aurantiaca Peck; Omphalina luteicolor Murrill; Clitocybe luteicolor (Murrill) Bigelow & Smith
Chrysomphalina chrysophylla - fungi species list A Z Chrysomphalina chrysophylla
Pileus
Pileus 1-5 cm broad, convex, broadly so in age, often with a depressed disc; margin incurved at first, becoming decurved, occasionally wavy; surface innately fibrillose to finely scaled, greyish-brown, light-brown to apricot-brown over a dull yellowish ground color, palest at the margin, fading overall in age; flesh thin, pale yellow-orange, unchanging; odor and taste mild.
Ciboria rufofusca - fungi species list A Z Ciboria rufofusca
California Fungi—Ciboria rufofusca
Clathrus archeri - fungi species list A Z Clathrus archeri
Common Name: Octopus stinkhorn
Clathrus ruber - fungi species list A Z Clathrus ruber
Sporocarp
Fruiting body 4-7 cm broad, rounded to pulvinate; peridium thin, white, irregularly bumpy over an inner gelatinous layer; fruiting body expanding and rupturing to reveal a pale orange to reddish-orange, hollow, fragile, lattice-work structure, the inner surface lined with a sticky, fetid-odored gleba; rhizomorphs (thickened mycelium) are characteristically found at the base of fruiting bodies.
Clavaria vermicularis - fungi species list A Z Clavaria vermicularis
Sporocarp
Fruiting body 3-9 cm tall, 2-4 mm thick, simple, branches rounded to flattened in cross-section, often curved, tapering to a blunt or pointed tip; surface smooth, white, becoming yellowish in age especially at the tips; flesh white, fragile.
Clavariadelphus caespitosus - fungi species list A Z Clavariadelphus caespitosus
California Fungi—Clavariadelphus caespitosus
Clavariadelphus occidentalis - fungi species list A Z Clavariadelphus occidentalis
Sporocarp
Cap 7-17 cm tall, 1-5 cm thick, club-shaped, rounded at apex, tapering to the base, usually unbranched, surface smooth but becoming wrinkled or grooved at maturity; color yellowish at apex, yellowish-brown to pinkish brown overall, base pallid; flesh white staining reddish-brown when cut; taste mild to bitter.
Clavariadelphus truncatus - fungi species list A Z Clavariadelphus truncatus
Sporocarp
Fruiting body club-shaped, simple, 4-13 cm tall, 3-6 cm wide, tapering to a narrowed base, lacking a distinct stipe and cap; apex typically flattened or depressed at the center, the margin often raised and irregularly bumpy; surface elsewhere more or less smooth to longitudinally wrinkled or grooved; color pinkish-brown to orange-brown below, shading to yellowish-orange at the apex, whitish and hairy at the base; flesh white to yellowish, firm when young, soft at maturity, darkening when injured; odor mild, taste mild to sweet.
Clavicorona pyxidata - fungi species list A Z Clavicorona pyxidata
Synonym: Artomyces pyxidatus (Persoon) Jülich
Clavulina cinerea - fungi species list A Z Clavulina cinerea
Sporocarp
Fruiting body up to 9 cm tall, 6 cm wide, moderately branched, arising from a common base; individual branches often sinuous, tending to produce a flattened or "crested" apical growth, the tips pointed or rounded; surface smooth to slightly wrinkled, dull from a powdery bloom, lilac-grey to, grey, becoming greyish-brown in age; stipe short or absent; context pallid, brittle; odor and taste mild.
Clavulina cristata - fungi species list A Z Clavulina cristata
Sporocarp
Fruiting body coralloid, erect, 3-7 cm tall, 2-4 cm broad, branched 3-4 times, tips with short, tooth-like projections; base 2.0 cm tall, consisting of fused branches; surface smooth to slightly wrinkled, white, becoming cream, sometimes tinged yellowish in age, the branch tips typically ochraceous-brown; flesh white to marbled, unchanging; odor and taste mild.
Clavulinopsis laeticolor - fungi species list A Z Clavulinopsis laeticolor
Sporocarp
Fruiting body slender, cylindrical to slightly club-shaped, usually unbranched, 2-5 cm tall, 1.5-3 mm thick, straight to slightly curved in profile, sometimes flattened in cross-section; apex obtuse to spatulate, less commonly pointed, usually tapering toward the base; surface smooth, yellow-orange to orange, yellow below, typically pallid to white at the base; flesh pale-yellow, pliant, turning yellow-green to green in 10% KOH; odor and taste mild.
Clitocybe albirhiza - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe albirhiza
Pileus
Cap 2.0-9.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to plane, sometimes centrally depressed to infundibuliform in age; margin incurved, then decurved, at times wavy to upturned; surface hygrophanous, cinnamon-brown to butterscotch-brown overlain with a whitish sometimes zonate canescence; cap surface at maturity more or less glabrous to finely cracked, uniformly buff to dingy-tan; context thin, 1.0-2.0 mm, soft, pallid, unchanging; odor, indistinct; taste slightly bitter to astringent.
Clitocybe dealbata - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe dealbata
Pileus
Cap 2.0-4.0 cm broad, shallowly convex in youth, expanding to nearly plane with a slightly depressed to umbonate disc; margin incurved, then decurved to occasionally raised in age; surface canescent, white, ashy-grey to greyish-tan; streaked or water-spotted at maturity; context thin, 3.0-4.0 mm thick at the disc, 1-2 mm at the margin; context soft, cream-buff, unchanging; odor mild; taste mild to slightly astringent with time.
Clitocybe deceptiva - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe deceptiva
Pileus
Cap 1.2-5 cm broad, convex expanding to nearly plane, the disc sometimes slightly to moderately depressed; margin at first incurved, finely striate when moist; surface smooth, hygrophanous, pale tan-brown to grey-brown, fading to pale-buff at maturity, the disk remaining slightly darker; flesh thin, colored like the cap, unchanging; odor of anise; taste mild.
Clitocybe fragrans - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe fragrans
California Fungi—Clitocybe fragrans
Clitocybe glacialis - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe glacialis
Pileus
Cap 2.0 6.0 cm broad, convex, sometimes with a low umbo; margin incurved, then decurved, occasionally wavy; surface canescent, pale-grey to silvery-grey over a greyish-brown to ochre-brown background, the latter more evident with handling and age; context relatively thin, pallid, soft, unchanging when injured; odor and taste not distinctive.
Clitocybe inversa - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe inversa
Pileus
Cap 2-9 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, the disc depressed to shallowly infundibulate; margin at first incurved, sometimes undulate to slightly lobed; surface moist, smooth, hygrophanous, color variable: shades of orange, pink and brown, e.g. pinkish-buff, pale orange-brown, pinkish-brown to cinnamon-brown, the margin usually lighter; flesh thin, concolorous with the cap, unchanging; odor slightly fragrant; taste mild to fungal.
Clitocybe nebularis - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe nebularis
Pileus
Cap 5-25 cm broad; convex with an incurved margin, becoming plane to depressed; color greyish to light brownish grey; surface dry to moist, radially fibrillose; flesh thick, white; odor unpleasant, slightly farinaceous to rancid or skunky.
Clitocybe nuda - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe nuda
Pileus
Cap 4-14 cm broad, convex, becoming nearly plane in age, margin inrolled, wavy, sometimes upturned at maturity; surface smooth, moist, violet to lilac, fading to tan; flesh soft, pale-lilac; odor fragrant, taste mild.
Clitocybe odora - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe odora
California Fungi—Clitocybe odora
Clitocybe sclerotoidea - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe sclerotoidea
Pileus
Cap 1.0-3.0 (4.0) cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, with or without a low umbo; margin when young sometimes sulcate-striate or wavy, tomentose, incurved, in age decurved to plane, occasionally raised; surface dry, dull, glabrous or with appressed fibrils, the latter unevenly tan-brown over a cream to pale-grey ground color; context white, firm, up to 4.0 mm thick, unchanging when cut; odor not distinctive; taste mild.
Clitocybe squamulosa var. montana - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe squamulosa var. montana
California Fungi—Clitocybe squamulosa var. montana
Clitocybe tarda - fungi species list A Z Clitocybe tarda
Pileus
Cap 2-6 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, in age often shallowly depressed, with an inconspicuous umbo; margin at first incurved, then decurved, eventually plane to slightly upturned, wavy to lobed, not striate, or if so obscurely; surface glabrous, moist, somewhat waxy in aspect, hygrophanous; color when fresh, medium brown, occasionally tinged lilac, darkest at the disc, shading to a paler margin, in age tan-buff overall; context whitish to pale-buff, soft, thin, 1-4 mm thick, odor indistinct, taste, like that of Agaricus bisporus.
Clitocybula abundans  - fungi species list A Z Clitocybula abundans
California Fungi—Clitocybula abundans
Clitopilus nitellinus - fungi species list A Z Clitopilus nitellinus
Pileus
Cap 1.0-4.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, occasionally centrally depressed or with a low umbo; margin incurved in youth, translucent striate, becoming decurved to raised in age; surface, glabrous, hygrophanous, dull reddish-brown to orange-brown, drying to pinkish-buff or pale-tawny; context 1.0-2.0 mm thick at disc, firm, cream-buff, gradually tinged like the cap when cut or injured; odor and taste farinaceous.
Clitopilus prunulus - fungi species list A Z Clitopilus prunulus
Pileus
Cap 2.5-9.0 cm broad, convex, broadly so in age, the disc sometimes depressed; margin even to wavy, inrolled when young, becoming decurved, plane to elevated at maturity; surface inconspicuously matted-fibrillose (use hand lens), viscid when wet, otherwise sticky, unpolished, light-grey, darker where handled, fading to ash-grey; context white, unchanging, soft, up to 1 cm thick at the disc; odor and taste strongly farinaceous.
Coccoli: Amanita lanei - fungi species list A Z Coccoli: Amanita lanei
Pileus
Cap 8-25 cm broad, convex, becoming nearly plane in age; margin decurved to plane at maturity, conspicuously striate; surface sticky when moist, smooth, typically partially covered with a thick, white patch of universal veil tissue; color variable: dark-brown, orange brown, (typical form), yellow-brown, lemon-yellow in a spring form, white in a rare variant; colors fading in age, often to buff or pale-tan; flesh white to cream, thick; odor mild.
Collybia acervata: Gymnopus acervatus - fungi species list A Z Collybia acervata: Gymnopus acervatus
Pileus
Cap 0.5-3.0 cm broad, convex when young with an incurved margin, at maturity broadly convex, the margin then decurved; surface glabrous, subviscid when fresh, dingy reddish-brown to vinaceous-brown, hygrophanous, fading when dry to buff-brown; context thin, 1-2 mm thick, colored like the cap, unchanging when cut; odor not distinctive; taste slightly bitter.
Collybia badiialba: Rhodocollybia badiialba - fungi species list A Z Collybia badiialba: Rhodocollybia badiialba
Pileus
Cap 3-6 cm broad, convex, sometimes with a low umbo expanding to nearly plane at maturity, the disc then sometimes slightly depressed; margin entire to wavy, decurved, becoming more or less plane to slightly upturned; surface glabrous, lubricous, dark reddish-brown, the margin pallid, fading overall in age; odor and taste mild.
Collybia butyracea: Rhodocollybia butyracea - fungi species list A Z Collybia butyracea: Rhodocollybia butyracea
Pileus
Cap 2.5-6.5 cm broad, convex, becoming broadly convex to nearly plane with a low umbo; margin incurved when young, sometimes upturned at maturity; surface smooth, lubricous, reddish-brown, tawny brown to greyish-brown, darkest at the disk, lighter in age; flesh white, thin, soft, unchanging; odor, fungal; taste mild.
Collybia cirrhata - fungi species list A Z Collybia cirrhata
Synonym: Microcollybia cirrhata (Pers.) Lennox
Collybia cookei - fungi species list A Z Collybia cookei
Synonym: Microcollybia cookei (Bres.) Lennox
Collybia dryophila: Gymnopus dryophilus - fungi species list A Z Collybia dryophila: Gymnopus dryophilus
Pileus
Cap 2-5 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, sometimes slightly umbonate; margin incurved, becoming decurved, at maturity occasionally wavy to upturned; surface smooth, moist, hygrophanous, color varying from reddish-brown, ochraceous-brown to buff-brown, the margin lighter, in age fading to buff; flesh white, thin, unchanging; odor and taste mild.
Collybia racemosa: Dendrocollybia racemosa - fungi species list A Z Collybia racemosa: Dendrocollybia racemosa
Pileus
Cap 0.7-1.5 cm in diameter, broadly conic, becoming convex, eventually plano-convex, the disc slightly umbonate; (in some specimens the cap may be greatly reduced or absent); margin decurved, becoming plane to raised, entire, eroded or wavy; surface dull brown, glabrous at the disc, elsewhere appressed silky-fibrillose, grey-brown, paler towards the margin, sometimes faintly zonate; context thin, less than 1.0 mm thick, grey; odor, not distinctive; taste mild.
Collybia umbonata: Caulorhiza umbonata - fungi species list A Z Collybia umbonata: Caulorhiza umbonata
Pileus
Cap 5-15 cm broad, conic with an incurved margin and pointed umbo, becoming planoconvex, the disc then sometimes shallowly depressed but still umbonate; in age the margin wavy, fluted to upturned; surface moist, hygrophanous, smooth, ochraceous-brown, buff-brown to dingy tawny-brown, fading overall at maturity; flesh thin, pallid to cream; odor and taste mild.
Coltricia cinnamomea - fungi species list A Z Coltricia cinnamomea
Pileus
Cap 1.0-5.0 cm broad, shallowly to strongly infundibuliform, sometimes merely plano-depressed or umbilicate; margin at maturity deflexed, wavy, thin, entire to eroded; when young, growing around and incorporating twigs and debris; surface reddish-brown, rust-brown, to chestnut-brown, usually faintly-zonate, velutinate at the disc, elsewhere silky to coarsely, appressed fibrils, if the former, then somewhat shiny in appearance; context thin, 0.5-2.0 mm thick, colored like the cap surface, blackish with 3% KOH; odor and taste untried.
Coltricia perennis - fungi species list A Z Coltricia perennis
Pileus
Cap 1.0-7.0 cm broad, plano-depressed to funnel-form or umbilicate; margin straight to wavy, frequently deflexed at maturity; surface dull, matted-tomentose (use hand-lens), sometimes faintly wrinkled, with usually well-defined bands of cinnamon-brown, beige, yellowish-brown and greyish-tan, the actively growing margin lighter; specimens in exposed locations greyish with age; context pliant when fresh, rigid and hard when dry, medium-brown to rust-brown, 1.0-3.0 mm thick, blackish with 3% KOH; odor and taste untried.
Conocybe filaris - fungi species list A Z Conocybe filaris
Pileus
Cap 1-2.5 cm broad, obtuse-conic to convex, expanding to nearly plane, sometimes with a slight umbo; margin decurved, plane to slightly upturned in age; surface glabrous to faintly wrinkled, striate when moist, otherwise obscurely so, butterscotch-brown to dull tawny-brown, the margin paler, fading when dry (hygrophanous) to cream-buff; context thin, 1-1.5 mm thick, cream-buff to tan-buff, unchanging or darkening only slightly when exposed; odor and taste mild.
Conocybe lactea - fungi species list A Z Conocybe lactea
Pileus
Cap 0.5-2.5 cm broad, obtuse-conic, occasionally expanding to convex; margin decurved, sometimes slightly upturned in age; surface dry, smooth, striate approximately halfway from the margin to to the disc, at maturity often faintly wrinkled; color: white to cream, the disc pale yellow-brown, senescing to pale-buff overall; flesh very thin, fragile, buff to dull pale-brown; odor and taste mild.
Conocybe tenera - fungi species list A Z Conocybe tenera
Pileus
Pileus 10-25 mm broad, bell-shaped, becoming convex with a decurved margin; surface smooth, hygrophanous, striate, obscurely so in age, at first light-brown, fading to dull, buff-brown or ochraceous-brown; flesh thin, cream-buff; odor and taste mild.
Coprinellus angulatus - fungi species list A Z Coprinellus angulatus
Pileus
Cap 1.5-3.0 cm broad, broadly parabolic to obtuse-conic, becoming campanulate to plano-convex, in age, margin upturned, torn, and deliquescent; surface glabrous to the unaided eye, minutely hairy viewed with a hand lens, striate-plicate at the margin, striations extending to near the disc, the latter buff-brown to dingy tawny-brown, shading to greyish-buff towards the margin; context thin, membranous; odor and taste not distinctive.
Coprinellus disseminatus - fungi species list A Z Coprinellus disseminatus
Pileus
Cap 0.5-1.5 cm broad, narrowly to broadly parabolic, expanding sometimes to convex or bell-shaped; surface dry, minutely hairy but usually glabrous at maturity, striate-furrowed to near the disc, the margin striate-sulcate; color: pale yellow-brown to tawny-brown at the disc, shading to a lighter margin, becoming pale grey-brown in age except for the disc; flesh thin, soft, fragile; odor mild.
Coprinellus flocculosus - fungi species list A Z Coprinellus flocculosus
Pileus
Cap cylindrical-ovoid in youth, up to 3.0 cm tall, 1.5 cm wide, becoming obtuse-conic to campanulate, eventually broadly-conic to nearly plane, 2.0-4.0 cm fully expanded; margin decurved at first, slightly wavy, striate to near the disc, soon plicate, in age recurved and torn; surface dull yellowish, mustard-brown, to buff at the disc, paler towards the margin, greyish at maturity; cap surface covered with evanescent, whitish to buff, felty, universal veil fragments, these concentrated at the disc; context thin, approximately 1.0 mm at the disc, colored like the disc; deliquescent; odor and taste not distinctive.
Coprinellus micaceus - fungi species list A Z Coprinellus micaceus
Pileus
Cap 2-5 cm broad, cylindrical to oval, becoming conic, finally campanulate; yellow-brown, conspicuously striate to corrugate, covered with evanescent glistening granules; margin becoming torn, sometimes upturned in age, deliquescing towards the center; flesh thin, soft, white.
Coprinopsis atramentaria - fungi species list A Z Coprinopsis atramentaria
Pileus
Cap 3-8 cm broad, oval, becoming conic, finally campanulate in age; grey-brown, dry, with innate silky fibrils; disc darker, usually with small flattened scales; margin striate to corrugated, deliquescing towards the center; flesh thin, pallid.
Coprinopsis ephemeroides - fungi species list A Z Coprinopsis ephemeroides
Pileus
Cap ellipsoid to bullet-shaped in youth, 4-7 mm tall x 2-3 mm wide, becoming obtuse-conic to convex, then plane, 7 to 12 mm expanded; margin at first incurved, then decurved, revolute in age; surface plicate-striate, covered with whitish granules which become pale-yellow and coarser at the disc; cap becoming ash-grey overall as the gills mature; context membranous, watery-grey, deliquescing in age; odor and taste mild.
Coprinopsis friesii - fungi species list A Z Coprinopsis friesii
Pileus
Cap 0.5-1.5 cm broad, at first ellipsoid, then obtuse-conic, eventually broadly-conic to nearly plane; margin incurved, becoming decurved, radially split, and revolute at maturity; surface striate to near the disc, white to ash-grey, darker-grey in age, covered with small, pallid to tan-colored, evanescent scales, concentrated at the disc; context membranous, weakly deliquescent; odor not distinctive; taste untried.
Coprinopsis lagopus - fungi species list A Z Coprinopsis lagopus
Pileus
Cap 3-6 cm broad, obtuse-conic, expanding to nearly plane, umbonate, the margin recurved in age, often split or ragged from deliquescing gills; surface at first covered with erect, soft, white hairs (universal veil remnants), typically weathering away at maturity to reveal a striate, greyish-brown cuticle; flesh thin, pale grey.
Coprinopsis radiata - fungi species list A Z Coprinopsis radiata
Pileus
Immature cap parabaloid to ellipsoid, 3-10 (15) mm tall, 2-8 (10) mm broad, expanding to broadly-conic, 5-15 (20) mm broad; margin at first incurved, soon level, eventually revolute and torn; surface radially-striate, dark-grey, sometimes ochre-tan at the disc, covered in youth by a veil of white, deciduous hairs; context thin, watery grey, deliquescent; odor not distinctive, taste untried.
Coprinopsis stercorea - fungi species list A Z Coprinopsis stercorea
Pileus
Cap 4.0-10.0 mm broad at maturity, at first ellipsoid to ovoid, then obtuse-conic, expanding to plane, the margin becoming recurved and torn; surface white to pale-grey, striate-plicate to near the disc, mealy-granulose, hairy toward the margin, in age the hairs inconspicuous; context thin, membranous, weakly deliquescent; odor unpleasant; taste untried.
Coprinus auricomus: Parasola auricoma - fungi species list A Z Coprinus auricomus: Parasola auricoma
Pileus
Cap 1.5-4.0 cm broad at maturity, at first ellipsoid to obtuse-cylindrical, expanding to nearly plane, the disc sometimes slightly depressed; margin incurved in youth, finely striate, becoming decurved to plane; surface of disc glabrous, lubricous when moist, with expansion the remaining cap plicate-ribbed and minutely hairy (use hand lens); disc reddish-brown to dull orange-brown, greyish-buff towards the margin; context thin, <1.0 mm, colored like the cap, unchanging; odor and taste not distinctive.
Coprinus calyptratus - fungi species list A Z Coprinus calyptratus
Pileus
Cap at first globose to hemispheric, expanding to nearly plane, 4.0-7.0 (9.0) cm broad at maturity; margin incurved, then decurved, plicate-striate, soon lacerate, in age either recurved or deflexed; cap disc covered by a felty, pallid to buff-brown, stellate universal veil patch, often encrusted with sand or debris; cuticle pallid, thin, torn by expansion into radially arranged whisp-like fibrils; context membranous, blackish, plicate; odor pleasant, of mushrooms; taste untried.
Coprinus comatus - fungi species list A Z Coprinus comatus
Pileus
Cap 5-14 cm tall, 2.5-4.5 cm broad, columnar, becoming bell-shaped; surface dry, white with a brown central disc, breaking up into coarse, white and brown, recurved scales; flesh thin, white, and soft; odor and taste mild.
Coprinus sterquilinus - fungi species list A Z Coprinus sterquilinus
Pileus
Unexpanded cap cylindrical-elliptical, 3.0-6.0 cm tall x 2.0-2.5 cm broad, broadly obtuse-conic in age, final diameter up to 7.0 cm; margin at first tight to the stipe, blunt, striate, then decurved, at maturity often radially torn, recurved or collapsing towards the stipe; surface more or less glabrous at the disc, pale-tan, elsewhere whitish, striate-plicate, fibrillose to squamulose, the scales recurved with tan-brown tips, eventually blackening from the margin; context white, 3 mm at the disc, less than 1 mm, towards margin, deliquescing; odor not distinctive; taste, mild.
Coriolus versicolor: Trametes versicolor - fungi species list A Z Coriolus versicolor: Trametes versicolor
Sporocarp
Fruiting body up to 10 cm broad, bracket to shelf-like or fan-shaped, attached along one side or just near the middle of one side, the upper surface tomentose, with multicolored zones. Flesh thin, usually less than 2 mm thick, white, tough, and fibrous. The underside a white to pale yellow layer of very small tubes, vertically oriented with 3-5 pores per mm, the tube mouths more or less round.
Cortinarus caperatus - fungi species list A Z Cortinarus caperatus
Common Name: The Gypsy
Cortinarius magnivelatus - fungi species list A Z Cortinarius magnivelatus
Pileus
Cap 4.0-8.0 cm broad, convex, broadly so in age; margin incurved, then decurved, frequently wavy; surface whitish to cream, dry, sparsely covered with appressed, brownish fibrils, bruising brownish and sometimes yellowish; context up to 2.0 cm, firm, white to buff, unchanging or slowly to tan-brown; odor and taste mild.
Cortinarius ponderosus - fungi species list A Z Cortinarius ponderosus
California Fungi—Cortinarius ponderosus
Cortinarius rubicundulus - fungi species list A Z Cortinarius rubicundulus
Pileus
Cap 3.5-8.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane; margin even to wavy, incurved when young, decurved in age; surface cream to buff-tan, overlaid with appressed fibrils which become yellowish-orange to orange-red with handling or age; context firm, cream-buff, up to 1.0 cm thick at the disc, yellowing slowly and erratically when cut; odor faint, somewhat pungent like that of raw potatoes; taste slightly unpleasant.
Cortinarius vanduzerensis - fungi species list A Z Cortinarius vanduzerensis
Pileus
Cap 3.5-7.0 cm broad, obtuse-conic, becoming convex-umbonate to plane with a raised disc; margin at first incurved, appressed to the stipe, eventually decurved; surface when young, glabrous, slimy to glutinous in moist weather, dark-brown at the disc, the margin lighter, translucent-striate; in age cap fading to dull tan-brown, the margin then conspicuously wrinkled halfway to the disc; context up to 7.0 mm thick at the disc, thin elsewhere, whitish, firm, darkening slowly to buff-brown when cut; odor and taste mild.
Cortinarius verrucisporus - fungi species list A Z Cortinarius verrucisporus
Pileus
Cap up to 3.0-7.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to plano-convex; margin incurved, then decurved, often wavy; surface at first pallid to pale-buff with innate to appressed fibrils, these becoming yellowish to tawny in age, the disc then often dingy reddish-brown; context firm, cream-buff, unchanging, up to 1.0 cm at the disc; odor and taste mild.
Cramp Balls: Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum - fungi species list A Z Cramp Balls: Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
Sporocarp
Fruit body annual, sessile, 1.0-5.0 cm broad, up to 3.0 cm in height, compressed-globose to hemispheric, occasionally lobed; surface dark-brown to black, carbonaceous, dull or varnished, densely pimpled with perithecia, the tips encircled by a flat, sometimes sunken disc; context fibrous-woody, radially lined to faintly concentrically-zoned grey and brown, sometimes appearing silky-lustrous; odor and taste not investigated.
Craterellus tubaeformis - fungi species list A Z Craterellus tubaeformis
Pileus
Cap 2-4 cm broad, at first convex, then depressed, sometimes hollow in the center, trumpet-shaped; margin incurved, wavy; surface dry, brown to yellowish-brown, with fine dark scales; flesh thin, yellowish-brown; odor and taste mild.
Crepidotus crocophyllus - fungi species list A Z Crepidotus crocophyllus
California Fungi—Crepidotus crocophyllus
Crepidotus fimbriatus - fungi species list A Z Crepidotus fimbriatus
Pileus
Cap 1.0-3.0 cm broad, at first cupulate, becoming kidney to shell-shaped; margin incurved, fringed with a cottony tomentum; surface covered with appressed white fibrils over an ochre-brown background, the attachment point sheathed in cottony-villose fibrils; context thin; odor and taste mild.
Crepidotus mollis - fungi species list A Z Crepidotus mollis
Pileus
Fruiting body 1.0-5.0 cm broad, bean to shell-shaped, laterally attached to the substrate and sessile; cuticle gelatinous when moist, surface pallid to cream, typically covered with fibrillose-brown scales, the latter sometimes weathering away in age; flesh thin, white, quickly bruising buff; veil absent; odor and taste mild.
Crinipellis piceae - fungi species list A Z Crinipellis piceae
California Fungi—Crinipellis piceae
Cryptoporus volvatus - fungi species list A Z Cryptoporus volvatus
Sporocarp
Fruiting body annual, persistent, sessile, globose to cushion-shaped, occasionally lobed, 1.5-6.5 cm broad, 1-2.5 cm thick; surface smooth, shiny, chestnut-brown to ochraceous-brown, occasionally tinged pinkish at the attachment point, in age unpolished, fading to buff-brown; margin broad, rounded, continuing as a tough, buff-brown to whitish, veil-like membrane over the spore-bearing surface; flesh white, thick, pliant at first, tough in age; tubes 3-5 mm long, pallid becoming buff-brown; pores 3-4/mm.
Cudoniella clavus - fungi species list A Z Cudoniella clavus
Ascocarp
Fruiting body a stipitate ascocarp; apothecia 3.0-6.0 (10.0) mm broad, at first obtuse-conic to turbinate, in age convex to nearly plane; margin lacking hairs, plane to decurved at maturity; hymenium glabrous, moist, cream to dull-brown, slightly darker at the center; outer surface glabrous, colored like the hymenium; stipe 1.0-2.0 cm long, 1.0 mm thick, enlarged towards the apex, watery-white, becoming dark-brown to blackish towards the base; surface slightly tomentose (use hand lens); odor and taste not distinctive.
Cystoderma fallax - fungi species list A Z Cystoderma fallax
Pileus
Cap 1.5-4.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to plano-convex, sometimes with a low umbo; margin at first slightly inrolled and fused to a sheathing stipe, then decurved, occasionally appendiculate, finally nearly plane; surface covered with superficial granules or small erect scales, most of which weather away in age leaving only a scattering of powdery granules; color: rusty-brown to yellow-brown; flesh thin except at the disc, colored like the cap; odor and taste mild.

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