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Scientific Name Common Name Status Agaricus Campestris Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA Fungi List Scientific Name Common Name Status Agaricus campestris Meadow Mushroom Agrocybe dura Bearded Fieldcap Agrocybe molesta Bearded Fieldcap Aleurodiscus oakesii Smooth Patch Amanita populiphila Poplar-loving Ringless Amanita Amanita sinicoflava Mandarin Yellow Ringless Amanita Arrhenia epichysium Brown Goblet Artomyces pyxidatus Crown-tipped Coral Bolbitius vitellinus Yellow Fieldcap Boletinellus merulioides Ash-tree Bolete Bulgaria sp. Chromelosporium sp. Collybia dryophila Oak-loving Gymnopus Coltricia perennis Brown Funnel Polypore Coprinus micaceus Mica Cap Coprinus quadrifidus Scaly Inky Cap Coprinus radians Miniature Woolly Inky Cap Coprinus truncorum Tree Coprinus Cortinarius sp. cort Crepidotus applanatus Flat Crep Crepidotus herbarum Crepidotus mollis Soft Crepidotus Crepidotus nephrodes Crepidotus sp. Cyathus stercoreus Dung-loving Bird’s Nest Dacryopinax elegans Ductifera pululahuana White Jelly Fungus Exidia recisa Amber Jelly Fungus Flammulina velutipes Velvet Foot Galerina sp. Ganoderma applanatum Artist’s Conk Gloeoporus dichrous Bicolored Bracket Gymnopus sp. Hapalopilus nidulans Cinnamon Bracket Hohenbuehelia angustata Hohenbuehelia atrocaerulea Hymenochaete rubiginosa Oak Curtain Crust Hypomyces tremellicola Inocybe fastigiata Deadly Inocybe Inocybe sp. Lactarius sp. milk cap Lentinellus ursinus Bear Lentinus Lycoperdon marginatum Peeling Puffball Lycoperdon pusillum Marasmius oreades Fairy Ring Marasmius Marasmius pulcherripes © 2020 MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved. Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA Fungi List Scientific Name Common Name Status Marasmius rotula Collared Parachute Marasmius sp. Mollisia cinerea Morchella esculenta Yellow Morel Mycena sp. bonnet Mycena acicula Orange Bonnet Mycena haematopus Bleeding Fairy Helmet Mycena leaiana Orange Mycena Mycena niveipes White-stem Mycena Mycena sanguinolenta Bleeding Bonnet Pachyphloeus marroninus Panus rudis Hairy Oyster Mushroom Peniophora rufa Red Tree Brain Fungus Perenniporia ohiensis Peziza badia Bay Cup Phellinus sp. Phlebia tremellosus Trembling Phlebia Pholiota sp. Scalycap Pleurotus sp. Oyster Mushroom Pluteaceae Pluteus sp. Deer Mushroom Pluteus atricapillus Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus Deer Mushroom Pluteus romellii Goldleaf Shield Pluteus salicinus Willow Shield Polyporaceae Bracket Fungus Polyporus arcularius Spring Polypore Polyporus varius Penny-sized Blackfoot Fungus Porodisculus pendulus Psathyrella sp. Brittlestem Psathyrella candolleana Pale Brittlestem Scutellinia scutellata Eyelash Cup Sphaerobolus stellatus Cannonball Fungus Stereum sp. Stereum hirsutum Hairy Curtain Crust Stropharia sp. Roundhead Stropharia semiglobata Dung Roundhead Tarzetta cupularis Gray Goblet Tetrapyrgos nigripes Tremella sp. Tubaria furfuracea Scurfy Twiglet Volvariella caesiotincta Xerocomus subtomentosus Suede Bolete Xeromphalina tenuipes Xylaria hypoxylon Candlesnuff Fungus Source: Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas, Bell Museum fungi (MIN-Fungi); Retrieved 04/25/2020 © 2020 MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved. Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation and WMA Fungi List Scientific Name Common Name Status 4/25/2020 © 2020 MinnesotaSeasons.com. All rights reserved..
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