Fungi Organisms

Boletus edulis Commonly known as porcino or cep, the fungus grows in deciduous and coniferous forests and tree plantations. Produces spore-bearing fruit bodies above ground in summer and can grow up to 14 Inches and weigh up to 6.6 pounds

Cortinarius clelandii

Only found in Hawaii, Cap can grow from anywhere around 3- 5 cm wide and spores usually a rusty brown color and loses its vail at young age. Grows during warm temperatures usually around spring or summer.

Cortinarius alboviolaceus

Cap grows 3-8 cm stem grows 2-4 cm long with a 6mm thickness and contains a white spore print. Grow in the warmer months and have a large gill print on the cap.

Clitocybula abundans

stem 2-6 cm long with broad gills firmly attached to stem, watery whiteish flesh grows mostly in warm weather usually during spring or summer (winter in warm areas) more or less bald and containing a central “belly-button”.

Rickenella FibulaWhitish or creamy gills with orange-yellowish cap with gills running down the stem sometimes containing cross vains. Up to 5 cm long and almost 2 mm thick; more or less equal; dry; very finely hairy; colored like the cap containing a non-distinctive taste or smell.

Xeromphalina kauffmanii

Gills Running down the stem; more or less distant; with many cross-veins; pale yellow. Stem usually 1-4 cm long; 1-2 mm thick; more or less equal; rusty yellow above, darker brown below; smooth or finely hairy; rather wiry.

Clitopilus prunulus

Cap 3-12 cm; convex with a somewhat enrolled margin, becoming flat or irregular, often with a wavy margin; dry; finely suede like; white, buff, or pale grayish. Growing alone, scattered, or gregariously under hardwoods or conifers, in grassy areas and open woods; summer and fall, or in winter in warmer climates; widely distributed in North America.

Volvariella bombycina

5-20 cm; oval becoming bell-shaped to broadly convex or nearly flat; whitish or tinged yellowish over the center in age; the margin not lined; dry; covered with silky hairs. Gills free from the stem; whitish becoming pink; crowded.

Volvariella speciosa

Cap 5-15 cm; oval becoming convex to broadly convex or bell-shaped, occasionally nearly flat; smooth and shiny; slimy when fresh; shiny when dry; white to grayish (sometimes whitish but darker towards the center); the margin not lined or faintly lined. Gills Free from the stem; whitish becoming pink to salmon; close or crowded.

Pluteus salicinus Cap: 3-5 cm; convex becoming broadly convex or flat, sometimes with a central depression or a central bump; dark grayish brown, sometimes developing bluish tints in age; smooth or with scattered brownish fibers; the margin not lined. Gills Free from the stem; close or crowded; whitish at first, becoming pinkish; the edges sometimes discoloring or bruising grayish.

Chlorophyllum molybdites

Cap: 10-30 (40) cm; convex to conical when young, becoming convex to broadly convex or nearly flat in age; dry; smooth at first, but soon becoming scaly with brown to pinkish brown scales that are uplifted or flat, and concentrated near the center in age; whitish to tan or yellowish white. Gills: Free from the stem; close; white when young, becoming gray to greenish to darker (but sometimes remaining whitish until well into maturity).

Entomophthora muscae

infects, and eventually kills, houseflies. Dying flies, their bodies riddled by the fungus, usually crawl into exposed situations

Phycomyces blakesleeanus

individual hyphae establish intimate contact, developing finger-like outgrowths and seeming to grapple with one another. This lets them exchange chemical signals which establish that they are indeed sexually compatible.

Mucoraceae Spinellus

is a parasitic member of the Mucoraceae which attacks agarics, especially species of Mycena.

Parmotrema perlatum

Lichens are poikilohydric, capable of surviving extremely low levels of water content. However, the re-configuration of membranes following a period of dehydration requires several minutes at least. During this period a “soup” of metabolites from both the mycobiont and phycobiont leaks into the extracellar spaces. This is readily available to both bionts to take up essential metabolic products ensuring a near perfect level of mutualism