‘Accurate’ as of October, 2019
Do you HAVE to learn the new names? No! Absolurtely not! A Boletus edulis type mushroom will taste just as good even if you don’t know its scientific name. However, knowing what the scientific name means, whether old or new, can be extremely helpful in clueing you into a mushroom’s unique characteristics. For more on this fascinating topic, see my companion presentations “Myco-Speak” and “The Meaning of Scientific Names for Fungi".
But if you ARE interested in learning the currently accepted names for mushrooms described in your field guides, start here. To learn them more easily, I suggest you write the new names on those removable little white sticky tags and position them with the text and on the photos of the relevant individual mushrooms described in your guides. Note, as molecular analysis of fungi continues, there will continue to be changes in names and information on their phylogenetic relationships with all other fungi in the present and the past. I will do my best to keep this page up-to-date. Compiled by Dianna Smith
Old Name New Name
Agaricus arvensis AGARICUS fissuratus
Albatrellus caeruleoporus NEOALBATRELLUS caeruleoporus
Albatrellus confluens ALBATRELLOPSIS confluens
Albatrellus cristatus LAETICUTIS cristata
Amanita formosa AMANITA muscaria var. guesowii
Amanita brunnescens var. alba AMANITA brunnescens
Amanita brunnescens var. brunnescens AMANITA brunnescens
Amanita ceciliae AMANITA rhacopus (prov. name)
Armillaria ostoyae ARMILLARIA solidipes
Armillaria tabescens DESARMILLARIA tabescens
Auricularia auricula AURICULARIA americana
Boletellus betula HEMIOPORUS betula
Boletellus russellii FROSTIELLA russellii
Boletus affine XANTHOCONIUM affine
Boletus auripes AUREOBOLETUS auripes v. aureissimus
Boletus auriporus AUREOBOLETUS auriporus
Boletus aurissimus AUREOBOLETUS aurissimus
Boletus badius IMLERIA badia
Boletus bicolor BAORANGIA bicolor
Boletus calopus CALOBOLETUS calopus
Boletus campestris HORTIBOLETUS campestris
Boletus carminipes LANMAOA carminipes
Boletus chromapes HARRYA chromapes
Boletus chrysenteroides BOLETELLUS chrysenteroides
Boletus chrysenteron XEROCOMELLUS chrysenteron
Boletus discolor SUTORIUS luridiformis
Boletus frostii BUTYRIBOLETUS frostii
Boletus griseus RETIBOLETUS griseus
Boletus hortonii XEROCOMUS hortonii
Boletus illudens XEROCOMUS illudens
Boletus inedulis CALOBOLETUS inedulis
Boletus innixus AUREOBOLETUS innixus
Boletus lignicola BUCKWALDOBOLETUS lignicola
Boletus morrisii XEROCOMUS morrisii
Boletus ornatipes RETIBOLETUS ornatipes
Boletus peckii BUTYRIBOLTUS peckii
Boletus pseudosensibilis LANMAOA pseudosensibilis
Boletus pseudosulphureus NEOBOLETUS pseudosulphureus
Boletus pulverulentus CYANOBOLETUS puverulentus
Boletus purpureum XANTHOCONIUM purpureum
Boletus ravenelii PULVERBOLETUS ravenelii
Boletus rhodosanguineus RUBROBOLETUS rhodosanguineus
Boletus roseipes CALOBOLETUS roseipes
Boletus roseopurpureus CALOBOLETUS roseopurpureus
Boletus roxanae AUREOBOLETUS roxanae
Boletus rubellus HORTIBOLETUS rubellus
Boletus rubropunctus LECCINUM rubropunctum
Boletus russellii AUREOBOLETUS russellii
Boletus speciosus var. brunneus BUTYRIBOLETUS brunneus
Boletus subglabripes HEMILECCINUM subglabripes
Boletus subvelutipes SUILIELLUS subvelutipes
Camarophyllus praetensis CUPHOPHYLLUS praetensis
Cerioporus elegans CERIOPORUS leptocephalus
Clavaria vermicularis CLAVARIA fragilis
Clavicorona pyxidata ARTOMYCES pyxidatus
Clavulina cristata CLAVULINA coralloides
Climacodon pulcherrimus DONKIA pulcherrimus
Clitocybe clavipes AMPULOCLITOCYBE clavipes
Clitocybe cyathiformis PSEUDOCLITOCYBE cyathiformis
Clitocybe ectipoides PSEUDOARMILLARIA ectypoides
Clitocybe irina LEPISTA irina
Clitocybe nuda LEPISTA nuda
Collybia alkalivirens GYMNOPUS alkalivirens
Collybia butryacea RHODOCOLLYBIA butyracea
Collybia confluens GYMNOPUS confluens
Collybia dryophila GYMNOPUS dryophilus
Collybia luxurians GYMNOPUS luxurians
Collybia subnuda GYMNOPUS subnudus
Collybia maculata RHODOCOLLYBIA maculata
COLTRICIA montagnei var. greenei COLTRICIA greenei
CONOCYBE lactea CONOCYBE apala
Coprinus atramentarius COPRINOPSIS atramentaria
Coprinus disseminatus COPRINELLUS disseminatus
Coprinus lagopus COPRINOPSIS lagopus
Coprinus micaeus COPRINELLUS micaceus
Cordyceps capitata TOPOCLADIUM capita
Cordyceps ophioglossoides ELAPHOCORDYCEPS ophioglossoides
Crinipellis zonata COLLYBIA zonata
Dacrymyces palmatus DACRYMYCES chrysospermus
Daldinia concentrica DALDINIA childiae
Exsudoporus frostii BUTYRIBOLETUS frostii
Exidia recisa EXIDIA crenata
Exidia nucleata MYXARUM nucleatum
Favolus alveolaris NEOFAVOLUS alveolaris
Fomitopsis cajanderi RHODOFOMES cajanderi
Fomitopsis pinicola FOMIOTOPSIS mouncee
Fomitopsis spraguei NIVEOPOROFOMES spraguei
Galerina autumnalis GALERINA marginata
Ganoderma lucidum GANODERMA sessile
Gloeoporus dichros GELATOPORIA dichoa
Gomphus floccosus TURBINELLUS floccosus
Gomphus kaufmannii TURBINELLUS kaufmannii
Gymnopilus junonius GYMNOPILUS speciosissimus
Gymnopilus spectabilis GYMNOPILUS subspectabilis
Gymnopus dichrous MARASMIELLUS dichrous
Gyrodon merulioides BOLETINELLUS merulioides
Hydnochaete olivacea HYDNOPORIA oilivacea
Hydnochaete tabacina HYDNOPORIA odontoides
Hygrocybe irrigata GLIOPHORUS irrigatus
Hygrocybe laeta GLIOPHORUS laetus
Hygrocybe marginata HUMIDICUTIS marginata
Hygrocybe marginata var. concolor HUMIDICUTIS marginata var. concolor
Hygrocybe marginata var. olivacea HUMIDICUTIS marginata var. olivacea
Hygrocybe nitida GLIOXANTHOMYCES nitidus
Hygrocybe psittacina GLIOPHORUS psittacinus
Hygrocybe vitellina GLIOXANTHOMYCES vitellinus
Hygrophorus hymenocephalus HODOPHILUS hymenocephalus
Hygrophorus praetensis CUPHOPHYLLUS praetensis
Hygrophorus virgineus CUPHOPHYLLUS virgineus
Hymenochaete agglutinans HYDNOPORIA corrugata
Hymenochaetopsis badioferruginea HYDNOPORIA tabacina
Hymenochaetopsis olivacea HYDNOPORIA olivacea
Hypholoma sublateritium HYPHOLOMA lateritium
Hypoxyon multiforme ANNULOHYPOXYLON multiforme
Hypsizygus lignatilis OSSICAULUS lignatilis
Hypsizygus tessulatus HYPSIZYGUS marmoreus
Inonotus dryadeus PSEUDOINONOTUS dryadeus
Inonotus tomentosus ONNIA tomentosa
Inonotus radiata XANTHOPORIA radiata
Lactarius corrugis LACTIFLUUS corrugis
Lactarius deceptivus LACTIFLUUS deceptivus
Lactarius hygrophoroides LACTIFLUUS hygrophoroides
Lactarius luteolus LACTIFLUUS luteolus
Lactarius piperatus var. glaucascens LACTIFLUUS glaucascens
Lactarius volemus LACTIFLUUS volemus
Lacarius subvellereus LACTIFLUUS subvellereus
Lactarius subvellereus LACTIFLUUS subvellereus
Leccinum aurantiacum LECCINUM vulpinum
Leccinum longicurvipes BOLETUS longicurvipes
Leccinum subglabripes HEMILECCINUM subglabripes
Lentinus conchatus PANUS conchatus
Lentinus strigosus PANUS neostrigosus
Lentinus suavissimus NEOFAVOLUS suavissimus
Lepiota americana LEUCOAGARICUS americanus
Lepiota cepaestipes LEUCOCOPRINUS cepistipes
Lepiota lutea LEUCOCOPRINUS birnbaumii
Lepiotaprocera MACROLEPIOTA procera
Lepiota molybdites CHLOROPHYLLUM molybdites
Lepiota naucina LEUCOAGARICUS naucinus
Lepiota rachodes CHLOROPHYLLUM rhacodes
Lepiota rubrotincta LEUCOAGARICUS rubrotinctus
Leucogloea compressa HELICOGLOEA compressa
Lycoperdon pyriforme APIOPERDON pyriforme
Marasmius nigripes TETRAPYRGOS nigripes
Meripilus giganteus MERIPILUS sumstinei
Omphalina chrysophylla CHRYSOMPHALINA chrysophylla
Omphalotus olearis OMPHALOTUS illudens
Oudemansiella radicata HYMENOPELLIS furfuracea
Oudemansiella megalospora HYMENOPELLIS megalospora
Panaeolus foenisecii PANEOLINA foenisecii
Paxillus atrotomentosus TAPINELLA atrotomentosa
Paxillus corrugatus TAPINELLA corrugata
Paxillus panuiodes TAPINELLA panuiodes
Peziza badioconfusa PEZIZA phyllogena
Phellinus rimosus FULVIFOMES robineae
Phlebia incarnta BYSSOMERULIUS incarnatus
Pholiota albocrenulata HEMISTROPHARIA albocrenulata
Piptoporus betulinus FOMITOPSIS betulinus
Pisolithus tinctorus PISOLITHUS arrhizus
Pluteus salicinus PLUTEUS americanus
Polyporus arcularius LENTINUS arcularius
Polyporus badius PICIPES badius
Polyporus brumalis LENTINUS brumalis
Polyporus elegans CERIOPORUS leptocephalus
Polyporus squamosus CERIOPORUS squamosus
Polyporus tigrinus MICROPORELLUS obovatus
Porpoloma umbrosum PSEUDOTRICHOLOMA umbrosum
Postia caesia POSTIA livens
Psathyrella velutina LACHRYMARIA lachrymabunda
Pulveroboletus innixus AUREOBOLETUS innixus
Russula virescens (quilted) RUSSULA parvovirescens
Russula laurocerasi RUSSULA grata
Scleroderma geaster SCLERODERMA polyrhizzum
Sparassis crispa SPARASSIS americana
Stropharia thraustus LAERATOMYCES squamous
Suillus castanellus BOTHIA castanella
Suillus granulatus SUILLUS weaverae
Suillus intermedius SUILLUS acidus
Suillus pictus SUILLUS spraguei
Tremella foliacea PHAEOTREMELLA foliacea
Trametes elegans TRAMETES aesculi
Trametes elegans TRAMETES lactinea
Trametes conchifer PORONIDULUS conchifer
Tremellodendron pallidum SEBACINA schweinitzii
Tremellodendron schweinitzii SEBACINA schweinitzii
Tricholomopsis platyphylla MEGACOLLYBIA rodmanii
Tyromyces caesius POSTIA livens
Tylopilus chromapes HARRYA chromapes
Tylopilus eximius SUTORIUS eximius
Tylopilus sordidus PORRPHYRELLUS soridus
Ustilinia deusta KRETZSCHMARIA deusta
Xanthoconium separans BOLETUS separans
Xerula megalospora HYMENOPELLIS megalospora
Xerula furfuracea HYMENOPELLIS furfuracea
Xerocomellus rubellus HORTIBOLETUS rubellus