Fungal Species | |
Scientific Name & Common Name | Comments |
Amanita daucipes (Carrot Amanita) | ectomycorrhizal, poisonous |
Amanita jacksonii (American Slender Caesar) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Boletus calopus (Bitter Beech Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, not edible |
Boletus firmus (Firm Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, not edible |
Boletus frostii (Frost's Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, poisonous to some people |
Boletus pulverulentus (Inkstain Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Boletus rubellus (Ruby Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Bulgaria inquinans (Black Bulgar) | not edible, found on dead limbs, fallen branches, & logs |
Calostoma cinnabarinum (Red Aspic-Pullball) | ectomycorrhizal, not edible |
Chlorocibaria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup) | not edible, on fallen branches & woody fragments |
Clavariadelphus americanus (American Club) | ectomycorrhizal |
Clitophilus prunulus (The Miller) | edible |
Cortinarius bolaris (Dappled Webcap) | poisonous, found in acidic woodlands |
Cortinarius iodes (Viscid Violet Webcap) | not edible |
Daedalea quercina (Oak Mazegill) | not edible, found on stumps & logs |
Evernia prunastri* (Oakmoss Lichen) | not edible, found on living trees |
Exidia glandulosa (Witches' Butter) | not edible, found on dead attached branches |
Fistulina hepatica (Beefsteak Fungus) | edible while young, but sometimes sour; found on standing or fallen trunks; can cause heart rot |
Ganoderma lucidum (Lacquered Bracket) | not edible, found on standing or fallen wood; a weak parasite that can cause wood rot |
Grifola frondosa (Hen-of-the-Woods) | edible, found at the base of living & decaying trees |
Gymnopus dryophilus (Russet Toughshank) | probably edible |
Gyroporus castaneus (Chestnut Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Heimioporus betula (Shaggy-Stalked Bolete) | edible |
Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane) | edible, tastes like lobster; found on older trees, on cut or fallen logs, or high up on standing trees |
Hygrophorus russula (Pinkmottle Woodwax) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Inonotus hispidus (Shaggy Bracket) | not edible, causes canker rot on living trees |
Lactarius indigo (Indigo Milkcap) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken-of-the-Woods) | edible, but some people have a negative reaction; found on trunks & stumps of both living & dead trees; can cause wood rot |
Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete) | edible, preferred host tree is oak or poplar |
Omphalotus illudens (Jack O'Lantern) | poisonous; found at base of trunks, stumps, or arising from roots in clusters |
Phylloporus rhodoxanthus (Gilled Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Pisolithus arhizus (Dyeball) | ectomycorrhizal, not edible; pine is preferred host tree, found in dry sandy areas |
Polyporus umbellatus (Umbrella Polypore) | edible, found at base of living trees or among roots; causes rot |
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Oak Bracket) | not edible, found near base of living trees, causes butt & root rot |
Russula vesca (Bare-Toothed Brittlegill) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Russula virescens (Green-Cracked Brittlegill) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Sebacina sparassoidea (White Coral Jelly) | ectomycorrhizal, not edible |
Strobilomyces strobilaceus (Old-Man-of-the-Woods) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Tricholoma magnivelare (American Matsutake) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Tricholoma sulphureum (Sulfur Knight) | not edible |
Tuber melanosporum (Black Truffle) | ectomycorrhizal, very edible, found in soil or leaf litter; introduced into North America |
Tylopilus alboater (Black Velvet Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, edible |
Tylopilus felleus (Bitter Bolete) | ectomycorrhizal, not edible |
Urnula craterium (Devil's Urn) | not edible; found on or alongside rotten, sometimes buried wood; can cause strumella canker in oaks |