Pluteus cervinus
Except for morels and wine caps, few other fungi which appear in spring are noticed by most mushroom hunters. But there are plenty of wonderful fungi out there for those who care to learn about them. True, most are not high on anyone's list of edibles, and a few are even toxic or potentially deadly. But looking for these fungi, especially after a spring rainfall, gives you a great reason to get out into nature and explore. And there is the bonus of all those wonderful ephemeral wildflowers and bird songs to enjoy!
The following list of mushrooms can be found in the spring in our area of the northeast. This checklist is compiled from the previous 15 years from fungi collected in forests, parks, gardens and lawns in MA, NY, CT, VT and NH. It is important to observe that a few of the fungi listed below are left over from the previous year, particularly soft annual and hard perennial polypores and crusts, as well as old puffballs. Also, there are undoubtedly a host of other fungi (especially very small ascomycetes and crusts) that we didn’t notice or that I was not able to identify. You can expect this list to get longer as the years go by and we are able to recognize more fungi.
Names listed in parentheses are previously accepted names for fungi, the descriptions of which can be found in most field guides.
Photos of these all of the listed fungi can be found at www.fungikingdom.net under FUNGI PHOTOS & DESCRIPTIONS.
ASCOMYCETES
- Aleuria aurantia
- Annulohypoxylon fragiforme (Hypoxylon fragiforme)
- Annulohypoxylon multiforme (Hypoxylon cf multiforme)
- Arachnopeziza auralea
- Calocypha fulgens
- Chlorociboria aeruginascens
- Chlorosplenium chlora
- Daldinia chidiae (D. concentrica)
- Diatrype stigma
- Gyromitra korfii
- Helvella macropus
- Helvella queletii
- Hypocrea sp.
- Kretzschmaria deusta (Ustilina deusta)
- Lachnum virgineum (Dasyscyphus virgineus)
- Mitrula elegans
- Mitrula lunatospora
- Mollisia cinerea
- Morchella angusticeps (M. alata)
- Morchella diminutiva
- Morchella americana (M. esculenta)
- Morchella punctipes (M. semlibera)
- Peziza phyllogena (P. badioconfusa)
- Peziza repanda
- Peziza succosa
- Pseudoplectania nigrella
- Sarcoscypha occidentalis
- Scutellinia scutellata
- Vibrissea truncorum
- Xylaria hypoxylon
- Xylaria polymorpha
GILLED MUSHROOMS
- Agrocybe dura
- Agrocybe pediales
- Agrocybe praecox
- Amanita amerifulva (prov. name)
- Amanita muscaria var. guessowii
- Chromosera cyanophylla
- Coprinellus micaceus (Coprinus micaceus)
- Coprinellus laniger
- Coprinopsis atramentarius (Coprinus atramentarius)
- Coprinopsis lagopus
- Coprinus comatus
- Crepidotus applanatus
- Crepidotus crocophyllus
- Entoloma strictius
- Entoloma vernum
- Flammulina velutipes
- Galerina marginata
- Gymnopilus sapineus
- Gymnopus alkavirens (Collybia alkavirens)
- Gymnopus dryophilus (Collybia dryophila)
- Gymnopus semihirtipes
- Hymenopellis furfuracea (Xerula furfuracea)
- Hymenopellis megalospora (Xerula megalospora)
- Infundibulicybe squamulosa
- Lacrymaria velutina (Psathyrella velutina)
- Lyophyllum decastes
- Marasmiellus praeacutus
- Marasmius rotula
- Megacollybia rodmanii (Tricholomopsis platyphylla)
- Melanoleuca alboflavida
- Micromphale foetidum
- Mycena sp.
- Mycena haematopus
- Mycena leaiana
- Mycena sanguinolenta
- Mycena subcaerulea
- Neolentinus lepideus (Lentinus lepideus)
- Panaeolina foenesecii
- Panellus stipticus
- Panellus violaceofulvus
- Parasola plicatilis
- Pholiota aurivella
- Pholiota granulosa
- Pholiota limonella
- Pleurotus ostreatus
- Pleurotus pulmonarius
- Pluteus cervinus
- Psathyrella candoleana
- Psathyrella hydrophila
- Psathyrella rugocephala
- Resupinatus applicatus
- Rhizomarasmius pyrrocephalus (Marasmius pyrrhocephalus)
- Russula atropurpurea
- Schizophyllum commune
- Stropharia hardii
- Stropharia rugosoannulata
- Tectella patellaris
- Tubaria furfuracea
CORALS
- Artomyces pyxidata (Clavicorona Pyxidata)
GASTEROMYCETES
- Lycoperdon pyriforme
POLYPORES
- Cerioporus squamosus (Polyporus squamosus)
- Cerioporus varius (Polyporus varius)
- Coltricia montagnei (var. greenei)
- Cryptoporus volvatus
- Daedaleopsis confragosa
- Fomes fomentarius
- Ganoderma applanatum
- Ganoderma lucidum (Ganoderma sessile)
- Ganoderma tsugae
- Gloeoporus dichros
- Hymenochaetopsis olivacea (Hydnochaete olivacea)
- Inonotus glomeratus
- Inonotus obliquis
- Irpex lacteus
- Ischnoderma resinosum
- Laetiporus sulphureus
- Neofavoulus alveolaris (Favolous alveolaris)
- Oxyporus populinus
- Panus conchatus (Lentinus torulosus)
- Panus neostrigosus (Lentinus strigosus)
- Phellinus robiniae (P. rimosus)
- Picipes badius (Royoporus badius, Polyporus badius)
- Polyporus leptocephalus (Polyporus elegans)
- Polyporus umbellatus
- Porodisculus pendulus
- Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
- Trametes betulina (Lenzites betulina)
- Trametes conchifer
- Trametes gibbosa
- Trametes hirsuta
- Trametes versicolor
- Trichaptum biforme
- Tyromyces chioneus
CRUSTS and PARCHMENT FUNGI
- Ceriporia spissa
- Hymenochaete rubiginosa
- Hyphodontia quercina
- Hyphodontia cf. sambuci
- Phanerochaete chrysorhiza
- Phlebia radiata
- Pseudochaete corrugata (Hymenochaete aggluntinans)
- Pseudochaete olivacea (Hymenochaete olivacea)
- Pseudochaete tabacina (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)
- Stereum complicatum
- Stereum hirsutum
- Stereum ostrea
- Xylobolus frustulatus
JELLIES
- Auricularia americana (A. auricula)
- Exidia glandulosa
- Exidia nigricans
- Exidia recisa
- Dacrymyces chrysospermus (D. palmatus)
- Dacrymyces stillatus
- Myxarium nucleate (Exidia nucleata)
- Tremella foliacea
- Tremella mesenterica
TOOTHED
- Hericium erinaceus
MYXOMYCETES
- Arcyria cinerea
- Arcyria denudata
- Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
- Enteridium lycoperdon
- Fuligo septica
- Linbladia tubulina
- Lycogala epidendrum
- Lycogala terrestre
- Metatrichia vesparium
- Stemonitis sp.
- Tubifera ferruginosa