I am frequently asked to produce a list of mushrooms that can be found in the spring in our area of the northeast. The following checklist were compiled from the COMA spring (April through May) walk collections from 2003 to 2013 (To view accompanying photos see www.pbase.com/comafungi). It is important to note that some fungi listed are left over from the previous year, particularly soft annual and hard perennial polypores and crusts, as well as old puffballs.
ASCOMYCETES
Aracnopeziza auralea
Calocypha fulgens
Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Chlorosplenium chlora
Dasyscyphus sp.
Diatrype stigma
Gyromitra korfii
Hypocrea sp.
Hypoxylon fragiforme
Hypoxylon cf multiforme
Hypoxylon sp.
Kretzschmaria deusta
Mollisa cinerea
Morchella elata
Morchella esculenta
Morchella semlibra
Peziza badio-confusa
Resupinatus applicatus
Xylaria hypoxylon
Xylaria polymorpha
GILLED MUSHROOMS
Agrocybe dura
Agrocybe pediales
Agrocybe praecox
Amanita fulva
Collybia (Gymnopus) alkavirens
Coprinus micaceus
Crepidotus applanatus
Crepidotus crocophyllus
Entoloma vernum
Flammulina velutipes
Galerina autumnalis
Gymnopilus sapineus
Gymnopus dryophilus
Infundibulicybe squamulosa
Lentinus torulosus (Panus conchatus)
Marasmius pyrrhocephalus
Marasmius rotula
Melanoleuca alboflavida
Mycena sp.
Mycena haematopus
Mycena leiana
Panellus stipticus
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus pulmonarius
Pluteus cervinus
Psathyrella hydrophila
Psathyrella rugocephala
Psathyrella velutina
Schizophyllum commune
Stropharia rugosoannulata
Tectella peatellaris
Tricholomopsis platyphyla
Xerula furfuracea
GASTEROMYCETES
Lycoperdon pyriforme (from Fall)
POLYPORES
Coltricia montagnei var. greenei
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Favolus alveolaris
Ganoderma applanatum
Ganoderma lucidum
Ganoderma tsugae
Hydnochaete olivacea
Inonotus glomeratus
Irpex lacteus
Ischnoderma resinosum (from Fall)
Laetiporus sulphureus
Lenzites betulina (from Fall)
Polyporus badius
Polyporus elegans
Polyporus squamosus
Porodisculus pendulus
Trametes conchifer
Trametes elegans
Trametes hirsute
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Tyromyces chioneus (from Fall)
CRUSTS and PARCHMENT FUNGI
Hymenochaete corrugate
Hymenochaete rubiginosa
Hyphodontia quercina
Hyphodontia cf. sambuci
Phanerochaete chrysorhiza
Phlebia sp. (from Fall)
Sistoderma brinkmannii
Stereum hirsutum
Stereum ostrea (from Fall)
Trecchispora vaga
Xylobolus frustulatus
JELLIES
Exidia glandulosa
Exidia nigricans
Exidia recisa
Dacrymyces palmatus
Tremella mesenterica
TOOTHED
Hericium erinaceus
MYXOMYCETES
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Lycogala epidendrum
Lycogala terrestris
Metatrichia vesparium