Compiled by Dianna Smith
‘Accurate’ as of December, 2016
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 name. Besides, it really doesn’t care what you call it.
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 contiinues, 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.
Old Name in Field Guides New Names
Albatrellus caeruleoporus Neoalbatrellus caeruleoporus
Amanita formosa Amanita muscaria var. guessowii
Amanita brunnescens var. alba Amanita brunnescens
Amanita brunnescens var. brunnescens Amanita brunnescens
Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria solidipes
Auricularia auricula Auricularia americana
Boletellus russellii Boletellus russellii
Boletus auriporus Aureoboletus auriporus
Boletus badius Imleria badia
Boletus bicolor Baorangia bicolor
Boletus calopus Caloboletus calopus
Boletus campestris Hortiboletus campestris
Boletus chrysenteroides Boletellus chrysenteroides
Boletus chrysenteron Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Boletus discolor Neoboletus luridiformis
Boletus frostii Exsudoporus 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 luridus Suiliellus luridus
Boletus morrisii Xerocomus morrisii
Boletus ornatipes Retiboletus ornatipes
Boletus peckii Butryboletus peckii
*Boletus pseudosensibilis Lanmaoa pseudosensibilis
*Boletus pseudosulphureus Neoboletus pseudosulphureus
Boletus pulverulentus Cyanoboletus puverulentus
Boletus ravenelii Pulveroboletus ravenelii
Boletus rhodosanguineus Rubroboletus rhodosanguineus
*Boletus roseipes Caloboletus roseipes
*Boletus roseopurpureus Butryboletus roseopurpureus
Boletus roxanae Aureoboletus roxanae
Boletus rubellus Hortiboletus rubellus
Boletus rubropunctus Leccinum rubropunctum
Boletus subglabripes Hemileccinum subglabripes
Boletus speciosus var. brunneus Butyriboletus brunneus
*Boletus tenax Xerocomus tenax
Camarophyllus praetensis Cuphophyllus praetensis
Clavaria vermicularis Clavaria fragilis
Clavicorona pyxidata Artomyces pyxidatus
Clavulina cristata Clavulina coralloides
Clitocybe clavipes Ampulloclitocybe clavipes
Clitocybe cyathiformis Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis
Clitocybe ectipoides Pseudoarmillaria ectypoides
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
Coprinus atramentarius Coprinopsis atramentaria
Coprinus disseminatus Coprinellus disseminatus
Coprinus lagopus Coprinosis lagopus
Coprinus micaeus Coprinellus micaceus
Cordyceps capitata Topocladium capitata
Cordyceps ophioglossoides Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides
Crinipellis zonata Collybia zonata
Dacrymyces palmatus Dacrymyces chrysospermus
Daldinia concentrica Daldinia childiae
Favolus alveolaris Neofavolus alveolaris
Fomitopsis cajanderi Rhodofomes cajanderi
Fomitopsis spraguei Niveoporofomes spraguei
Galerina autumnalis Galerina marginata
Ganoderma applanatum Ganoderma megaloma
Ganoderma lucidum Ganoderma sessile
Gloeoporus dichros Gelatoporia dichoa
Gomphus floccosus Turbinellis floccosus
Gomphus kaufmannii Turbinellus kaufmannii
Gymnopilus spectabilis Gymnopilus junonius
Gyrodon merulioides Boletinellus merulioides
Hydnochaete olivacea Hymenochaetopsis olivacea
Hydnochaete tabacina Hymenochaetopsis tabacina
Hygrophorus virgineus Cuphophyllus virgineus
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
*Hymenochaete agglutinans Hymenochaetopsis corrugata
*Hymenochaete olivacea Hymenochaetopsis olivacea
*Hymenochaete tabacina Hymenochaetopsis tabacina
Hypholoma sublateritium Hypholoma lateritium
Hypoxyon multiforme Annulohypoxylon multiforme
*Inonotus dryadeus Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
Inonotus tomentosus Onnia tomentosa
Lactarius corrugis Lactifluus corrugis
Lactarius hygrophoroides Lactifluus hygrophoroides
Lactarius luteolus Lactifluus luteolus
Lactarius piperatus var. glaucascens Lactarius glaucascens
Lactarius volemus Lactifluus volemus
Lactifluus subvellereus Lactarius subvellereus
Lactifluus vellereus Lactarius vellereus
Leccinum aurantiacum Leccinum vulpinum
*Leccinum longicurvipes Boletus longicurvipes
Leccinum subglabripes Hemileccinum subglabripes
Lentinus conchatus Panus conchatus
Lentinus lepideus Neolentinus lepideus
Lentinus strigosus Panus neostrigosus
Lentinus torulosus Panus conchatus
Lepiota americana Leucoagaricus americanus
Lepiota cepaestipes Leucocoprinus cepistipes
Lepiota lutea Leucocoprinus birnbaumii
Lepiota procera Macrolepiota procera
Lepiota molybdites Chlorophyllum molybdites
Lepiota naucina Leucoagaricus naucinus
Lepiota rachodes Chlorophyllum rhacodes
Lepiota rubrotincta Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus
Marasmius nigripes Tetrapyrogus nigripes
Meripilus giganteus Meripilus sumstinei
Oligoporus caesius Postia caesia
Omphalina chrysophylla Chrysomphalina chrysophylla
Omphalotus olearis Omphalotus illudens
Otidea unicisa Sowerbyella unicisa
Oudemansiella radicata Hymenopellis furfuracea
Oudemansiella megalospora Hymenopellis megalospora
Panaeolus foenisecii Panaeolina foenisecii
Paxillus atrotomentosus Tapinella atrotomentosa
Peniophora rufa Sterellum rufum
Peziza badioconfusa Peziza phyllogena
Phellinus pini Porodaedalea pini
Phellinus rimosus Phellinus robineae
Pholiota albocrenulata Hemistropharia albocrenulata
*Piptoporus betulinus Fomitopsis betulina
Pisolithus tinctorus Pisolithus arrhizus
*Pluteus salicinus Pluteus americanus
*Polyporus arcularius Lentinus arcularius
*Polyporus badius Picipes badius
*Polyporus brumalis Lentinus brumalis
*Polyporus elegans Polyporus leptocephalus
*Polyporus squamosus Cerioporus squamosus
*Polyporus varius Cerioporus varius, Polyporus picipes
Psathyrella velutina Lacrymaria velutina
*Pseudochaete olivacea Hydnochaetopsis olivacea
*Pulveroboletus innixus Aureoboletus innixus
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus Trametes cinnabarinus
Rhodocybe mundula Clitocella mundula
Russula crustosa (green quilted) Russula parvovirescens
Russula laurocerasi Russula grata
Scleroderma geaster Scleroderma polyrhizzum
Strobilomyces floccosus Strobilomyces strobilaceus
Suillus castanellus Bothia castanella
*Suillus intermedius Suillus acidus
*Suillus pictus Suillus spraguei
Trametes conchifer Poronidulus conchifer
Tremellodendron pallidum Tremellodendron schweinitzii
Tricholomopsis platyphylla Megacollybia rodmanii
Tyromyces caesius Postia caesius
Tylopilus chromapes Harrya chromapes
Tylopilus eximius Sutorius eximius
Ustulinia deusta Kretzschmaria deusta
Volvaria bombycina Volvariella bombycina
*Xanthoconium separans Boletus separans
Xerula megalospora Hymenopellis megalospora
Xerula furfuracea Hymenopellis furfuracea
Xerocomellus rubellus Hortiboletus rubellus