Data collected by Dr. Yolande Dalpé and the Mycologues amateurs de l’Outaouais (www.mao-qc.ca) between 1984 and 2005, with additions from participants in the Larose Forest BioBlitz 2006 and 2007 and MiniBlitz in 2006.

506 species, September 2007

Classification follows

Kirk, P.M., Cannon, P.F., David, J.C., Stalpes, J.A. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the fungi (9th ed.). CABI Publishing, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. 655 pp.

Other references used

  • Barron, George. 1999. Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton, Alberta. (For English common names)
  • Després, J., Lamoureux, Y., Boyer, R., Archambault, R., Jean, A. 2002. Mille et un champignons du Québec. Cercle des mycologues de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec. CDROM. (Revised September 2002 by R. Labbé)

Common names do not exist for most species of fungi. The names included here are primarily from Barron’s guide (above) and from BioBlitz participants. Other guides may use different common names.

Regional Status
Regionally rare

BASIDIOMYCETES

Agaricales
AgaricaceaeAmanita muscaria
Agaricus abruptibulbus
Agaricus arvensis
Agaricus campestris — Meadow Mushroom
Agaricus silvaticus — Wood Mushroom
Agaricus silvicola
Agaricus vaporarius
Amanita albiceps — White Grisette
Amanita bisporigera
Amanita brunnescens — Cleft-Foot Amanita
Amanita ceciliae
Amanita citrina — False Death Cap
Amanita flavoconia — Yellow Patches
Amanita frostiana — Frost’s Amanita
Amanita fulva
Amanita inaurata
Amanita muscaria var. formosa — Fly Agaric
Amanita porphyria
Amanita rubescens — The Blusher
Amanita vaginata
Amanita virosa — Destroying Angel
Lepiota clypeolaria — Shaggy-stalked Parasol
Leucoagaricus leucothites
Bolbitiaceae
Agrocybe praecox
Conocybe tenera
Hebeloma crustuliniforme — Poison Pie
Hebeloma hiemale
Panaeolus semiovatus
Coprinaceae
Coprinus atramentarius — Tippler’s bane
Coprinus disseminatus — Crumble Cap
Coprinus micaceus — Mica Cap
Coprinus plicatilis — Japanese Parasol
Coprinus quadrifidus
Coprinus silvaticus
Psathyrella candolleana
Cortinariaceae
Cortinarius alboviolaceus
Cortinarius armillatus — Banded Cort
Cortinarius callisteus
Cortinarius cinnamomeus
Cortinarius claricolor
Cortinarius cotoneus?
Cortinarius croceofolius
Cortinarius ioides
Cortinarius malachius — Blue-Buff Cort
Cortinarius malicorius
Cortinarius mucosus
Cortinarius multiformis
Cortinarius pholideus
Cortinarius purpurascens
Cortinarius semisanguineus
Cortinarius traganus
Cortinarius trivialis
Cortinarius vaccinum
Cortinarius violaceus
Crepidotus applanatus
Crepidotus mollis
Galerina autumnalis
Galerina paludosa
Inocybe calamistrata
Inocybe dulcamara
Inocybe fastigiata
Inocybe geophylla — White Fibre Head
Inocybe pyriodora
Inocybe rimosa — Straw-coloured Fibre-head
Rozites caperatus
Tubaria furfuracea
Entolomataceae
Clitopilus prunulus — The Miller
Entoloma albogriseum
Entoloma clypeatum
Entoloma grayanum
Entoloma griseum
Entoloma lividum
Entoloma peckianum
Entoloma sinuatum
Fibropilus abortivum
Leptonia grisea
Leptonia incana — Green Leptonia
Leptonia jubata
Inocephalus lagenicystis
Inocephalus murraii — Yellow Unicorn Entoloma
Inocephalus quadratus — Salmon Unicorn Entoloma
Nolanea strictior var. isabellina
Trichopilus violaceus — Violet Entoloma regionally rare
Lycoperdon perlatumHydnangiaceae
Laccaria amethystina
Laccaria bicolor
Laccaria laccata — Common Laccaria
Laccaria longipes
Laccaria nobilis
Laccaria ochropurpurea
Laccaria pumila
Laccaria striatula — Striated Laccaria
Laccaria tortilis
Lycoperdaceae
Bovista pila
Calvatia gigantea — Giant Puffball
Lycoperdon curtisii — Curtis’s Puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum — Gem-Studded Puffball
Lycoperdon pyriforme — Pear-Shaped Puffball
Marasmiacae
Armillariella mellea
Armillaria ostoyae
Armillariella tabescens
Flammulina velutipes — Velvet Stalk
Marasmius oreadesMarasmius androsaceus
Marasmius oreades — Fairy Ring Fungus
Marasmius rotula — Horsehair Mushroom
Marasmius scorodonius
Marasmius siccus — Orange Pinwheel
Omphalotus illudens
Rhodocollybia butyracea — Buttery Collybia
Rhodocollybia maculata — Spotted Collybia
Strobilurus albopilatus
Xerula furfuracea
Xerula megalospora
Pleurotaceae
Pleurotus dryinus
Pleurotur elongatipes
Pleurotus ostreatus — Oyster Mushroom
Pluteaceae
Pluteus atromarginatus
Pluteus cervinus — Fawn Mushroom
Pluteus flavofuligineus
Pluteus granularis — Granular Pluteus
Pluteus nigrofloccosus — Black-edged Pluteus
Pluteus pallidus
Pluteus petasatus
Pluteus salicinus
Pluteus tomentosulus
Schizophyllaceae
Schizophyllum commune — Split Gill
Strophariaceae
Hypholoma capnoides
Hypholoma fasciculare — Sulphur Tuft
Hypholoma sublateritium — Brick Top
Pholiota albocrenulata
Pholiota alnicola
Pholiota aurivella — Golden Pholiota
Pholiota flammans — Flaming Pholiota
Pholiota flavida
Pholiota lenta
Pholiota mutabilis — Changeable Pholiota
Pholiota squarrosa — Scaly Pholiota
Pholiota squarrosoides
Stropharia anelaritormis
Stropharia coronilla
Stropharia hardii
Stropharia semiglobata
Hygrocybe coccineaTricholomataceae
Asterophora lycoperdoides
Cantharellula umbonata — Grayling
Christansenia mycetophila
Clitocybe cerussata
Clitocybe clavipes — Club Foot
Clitocybe dealbata
Clitocybe epichysium
Clitocybe gibba — Funnel Clitocybe
Clitocybe gigantea
Clitocybe infundibuliformis
Clitocybe odora var. alba
Clitocybe odora — Anise-Scented Clitocybe
Clitocybe phyllophila
Clitocybe robusta
Clitocybe sinopica
Clitocybe subclavipes
Clitocybe truncicola
Clitocybula lacerata
Clitocybula oculus
Collybia tuberosa — Tuberous Collybia
Collybia marasmioides
Crinipellis zonata — Zonate Crinipellis
Cystoderma amianthinum — Pure Cystoderma
Cystoderma cinnabarinum
Cystoderma fallax
Cystoderma granulosum
Gymnopus acervatus — Clustered Collybia
Gymnopus confluens — Tufted Collybia
Gymnopus dryophilus — Oak Collybia
Gymnopus peronata
Hemimycena lactea
Hygrocybe cantharellus — Chanterelle Waxcap
Hygrocybe chlorophana — Golden Waxy Cap
Hygrocybe conica — Conic Waxcap
Hygrocybe coccinea — Scarlet Hood
Hygrocybe flavescens — Yellow Waxcap
Hygrocybe laeta
Hygrocybe marginata — Orange-Gill Waxcap
Hygrocybe miniata — Vermilion Waxcap
Hygrocybe parvula
Hygrocybe psittacina — Parrot Waxcap
Hygrocybe squamulosa
Hygrocybe virginea — Snowy White Waxy Cap
Hygrophorus agathosmus — Almond-scented Waxcap
Hygrophorus borealis
Hygrophorus camarophyllus
Hygrophorus chrysodon — Golden Tooth Waxcap
Hygrophorus eburneus
Hygrophorus erubescens — Pink Waxcap
Hygrophorus glutinosus
Hygrophorus nitidus
Hygrophorus niveus
Hygrophorus piceae
Hygrophorus pratensis
Hygrophorus pudorinus — Blushing Waxcap
Hygrophorus puniceus
Hygrophorus purpurascens
Hygrophorus russula — Russula Waxcap
Hygrophorus speciosus — Larch Waxcap
Hygrophorus subviolaceus — Violet Waxcap
Hypsizygus ulmarius
Lepista irina
Lepista nuda — Blewit
Lepista saeva
Lepista subconnexa
Leucopaxillus albissimus
Leucopaxillus piceinus
Lyophyllum connatum
Lyophyllum densifolium
Lyophyllum decastes — Fried Chicken Mushroom
Megacollybia platyphylla — Broad Gill
Melanoleuca melaleuca
Mycena filopes
Mycena hemisphaerica
Mycena inclinata
Mycena leaiana — Orange Mycena
Mycena leptocephala — Nitrous Mycena
Mycena pura — Pink Mycena
Mycena sanguinolenta
Panellus serotinus
Panellus stypticus — Luminescent Panellus
Pseudoarmillariella ectypoides
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Pleurocybella porrigens
Ricknella fibula — Orange Moss
Ripartites helemorpha
Tricholoma acre
Tricholoma albobrunneum
Tricholoma vaccinumTricholoma album
Tricholoma atrosquamosum
Tricholoma aurantium — Golden Tricholoma
Tricholoma columbetta
Tricholoma flavobrunneum
Tricholoma flavovirens — Yellow-Green Tricholoma
Tricholoma imbricatum
Tricholoma pardinum
Tricholoma pessundatum
Tricholoma populinum
Tricholoma resplendens
Tricholoma saponaceum
Tricholoma sejunctum
Tricholoma vaccinum
Tricholoma virgatum
Tricholomopsis decora
Tricholomopsis rutilans
Xeromphalina campanella
Xeromphalina cauticinalis
Tulostomataceae
Tulostoma mammosum
Boletales
Boletus edulisBoletaceae
Boletus affinis — Spotted Bolete
Boletus edulis — King Bolete
Boletus erythropus
Boletus griseus — Gray Bolete
Boletus ornatipes
Boletus piperatus
Boletus subglabripes
Chalciporus piperatus — Peppery Bolete
Chalciporus rubinellus
Leccinum atrostipitatum — Dark-Stalked Bolete
Leccinum aurantiacum — Orange Bolete
Leccinum holopus
Leccinum scabrum — Birch Bolete
Leccinum versipelle
Phylloporus rhodoxanthus
Suillus acidus
Suillus albidipes
Suillus americanus
Suillus brevipes — Short-Stalked Bolete
Suillus glandulosus
Suillus granulatus — Granular-Dotted Bolete
Suillus grevillei
Suillus luteus — Slippery Jack
Suillus pictus
Suillus placidus
Suillus plorans
Suillus salmonicolor — Slippery Jill
Suillus sibiricus
Suillus serotinus
Suillus sublutaceus
Strobilomyces floccopus — Old Man of the Woods
Tylopilus chromapes
Tylopilus felleus
Xerocomus badius — Bay Bolete
Xerocomus rubellus
Xerocomus subtomentosus
Boletinellaceae
Boletinellus merulioides
Gomphidiaceae
Chroogomphus ochraceus
Chroogomphus vinicolor
Gomphidius glutinosus
Gyroporaceae
Gyroporus cyanescens — Blue-Staining Bolete
Hygrophoropsidaceae
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Tapinella atrotomentosa
Tapinella panuoides
Paxillaceae
Paxillus involutus — Poisonous Paxillus
Rhizopogonaceae
Rhizopogon roseolus
Sclerodermataceae
Astraeus xtrica
Scleroderma citrinum — Earthball
Cantharellales
Cantharellaceae
Cantharellus cibarius — Chanterelle
Cantharellus cinnabarinus — Cinnabar Chanterelle
Craterellus fallax
Craterellus foetidus
Craterellus ignicolor
Craterellus lutescens
Craterellus tubaeformis
ClavariaceaeCoral fungus
Clavaria cinerea — Grey Coral
Clavaria fumosa
Clavaria vermicularis — Worm-Like Coral
Clavulinopsis fusiformis — Spindle-Shaped Coral
Ramaria abietina
Ramaria formosa — Pink-Tipped Coral
Ramaria fumigata
Ramaria gelatinosa
Ramaria stricta — Straight-Branched Coral
Clavulinaceae
Clavulina amethystina
Clavulina cinerea — Gray Coral
Clavulina cristata — Cockscomb Coral
Hydnaceae
Hydnum repandum — Hedgehog Mushroom
Hydnum umbilicatum
Dacrymycetales
Dacrymycetaceae
Dacrymyces capitatus
Dacrymyces chrysospermum — Orange Jelly
Dacrymyces palmatus — Orange Jelly
Hymenochaetales
Hymenochaetaceae
Coltricia cinnamomea — Fairy Stool
Coltricia perennis
Inocutis rheades
Inonotus obliquus
Inonotus tomentosus
Phellinus ignarius
Phellinus tremulae
Porodaedalea piceina
Porodaedalea pini
Schizoporaceae
Oxyporus populinus
Phallales
Geastrum saccatumGeastraceae
Geastrum saccatum
Geastrum triplex — Collared Earthstar
Gomphaceae
Clavariadelphus ligula — Strap-shaped Coral
Ramariopsis kunzei
Phallaceae
Mutinus ravenelii — Dog Stinkhorn
Phallus impudicus
Phallus ravenelii — Ravenel’s Stinkhorn
Polyporales
Atheliaceae
Plicaturopsis crispa
Fomitopsidaceae
Daedalea quercina — Oak Polypore
Fomitopsis pinicola — Red-banded Polypore
Piptoporus betulinus — Birch Polypore
Ganoderma applanatumGanodermataceae
Ganoderma applanatum — Artist’s Conk
Ganoderma tsugae — Hemlock Varnish Shelf
Gloeophyllaceae
Gloeoporous dichrous
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Hapalopilaceae
Bjerkandera adusta
Ischnoderma resinosa — Late Fall Polypore
Meripilaceae
Grifola frondosa
Polyporaceae
Cerrena unicolor
Cryptoporus volvatus
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Fomes fomentarius — Tinder Polypore
Laetiporus sulphureus — Sulfur Shelf
Lenzites betulina — Birch Lenzites
Neolentinus lepideus — Scaly Lentinus
Oligoporus caesius — Blue Cheese Polypore
Oligoporus stipticus
Panus strigosus
Phaeolus schweintzii — Dye-maker’s Polypore
Polyporus alveolaris
Polyporus arcularius
Polyporus brumalis — Winter Polypore
Polyporus melanopus
Polyporus radicatus
Polyporus squamosus — Dryad’s Saddle
Polyporus varius — Blackfoot Polypore
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
Trametes conchifer
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes pubescens
Trametes suaveolens
Trametes versicolor — Turkey Tail
Trichaptum biforme — Purple-Toothed Polypore
Tyromyces chioneus — White Cheese Polypore
Steccherinaceae
Irpex lacteus
Steccherinum septentrionale — Shelving Tooth
Russulales
Auriscalpiaceae
Auriscalpium vulgare — Pine Cone Fungus
Clavicorona pixidata
Hericiaceae
Hericium coralloides
Russula emeticaRussulaceae
Lactarius affinis
Lactarius aquifluus
Lactarius camphoratus
Lactarius carbonicola
Lactarius chrysorheus
Lactarius colorascens
Lactarius deceptivus — Deceptive Lactarius
Lactarius deliciosus — Delicious Lactarius
Lactarius deterrimus
Lactarius fuscus
Lactarius gerardii
Lactarius glyciosmus
Lactarius lignyotus
Lactarius mucidus
Lactarius nitidus — Shining Lactarius
Lactarius oculatus
Lactarius piperatus
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius rufus
Lactarius scrobiculatus
Lactarius subdulcis
Lactarius subvellereus
Lactarius tabidus — Sulphur-Milk Lactarius
Lactarius theiogalus
Lactarius thyinos
Lactarius torminosus
Lactarius trivialis
Lactarius uvidus
Lactarius vietus
Lactarius vinaceorufescens
Lactarius volemus
Russula adusta
Russula aerugina
Russula albonigra — Black and White Russula
Russula aquosa
Russula betulina
Russula borealis
Russula brevipes — Short-Stalked White Russula
Russula claroflava — Yellow-Swamp Russula
Russula cyanoxantha
Russula decolorans
Russula emetica — Emetic Russula
Russula foetens
Russula fragilis — Fragile Russula
Russula gracilis
Russula laurocerasi
Russula nauseosa
Russula nigricans — Blackening Russula
Russula paludosa — Red-Tinted Russula
Russula peckii
Russula pectinoides
Russula persicina
Russula puellaris
Russula roseipes
Russula sericeonitens — Silky russula
Russula silvicola
Russula subfoetens
Russula theiogalus
Russula variata — Variable Russula
Russula virescens
Russula xerampelina
Stereaceae
Stereum complicatum
Stereum hirsutum
Stereum rufum
Stereum subtomentosum — False Turkey Tail
Thelephorales
Bankeraceae
Hydnellum caeruleum — Blue Tooth
Hydnellum concrescens — Zonate Tooth
Hydnellum pineticola
Hydnellum scrobiculatum
Hydnellum suaveolens
Thelephoraceae
Polyozellus multiplex
Thelephora terrestris — Earth Fan
Tremellales
Exidiaceae
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum — Toothed Jelly Fungus
Tremellodendron pallidum — False Coral Fungus
Tremellodendon schweinitzii
Tremellaceae
Tremella mesenterica — Witch’s Butter
Tremella simplex

ASCOMYCETES

Dothideales
Venturiaceae
Apiosporina morbosa
Hyaloscyphaceae
Dasyscyphus virgineus — Stalked Fairy Cup
Helotiales
Jelly fungusCudoniaceae
Bisporella citrina — Lemon Drops
Chlorociboria aeruginescens — Blue-Stain Fungus
Leotia lubrica — Common Jelly Baby
Leotia viscosa — Green Capped Jelly Baby
Spathularia flavida — Yellow Fairy Fan
Spathularia velutipes — Velvet-Stalked Fairy Fan
Geoglossaceae
Geoglossum diforme — Common Earth Tongue
Geoglossum glutinosum
Mitrula elegans — Swamp Beacon
Trichoglossum hirsutum — Hairy Earth Tongue
Microglossum atropurpureum (incertae sedis)
Hypocreales
Clavicipitaceae
Cordyceps capitata — Round-Headed Cordyceps
Cordyceps ophioglossoides — Adder’s Tongue
Hypocreaceae
Hypomyces chrysospermus
Hypomyces hyalinus
Hypomyces lactifluorum — Lobster Mushroom
Neolectales
Neolectaceae
Neolecta irregularis
Pezizales
Discinaceae
Discina macrospora
Gyromitra esculenta — False Morel
Gyromitra gigas
Gyromitra infula — Saddle-Shaped False Morel
Gyromitra korfii
Gyromitra perlata
Helvellaceae
Helvella crispa — White Elfin Saddle
Helvella elastica — Common Elfin Saddle
Helvella macropus — Scurfy Elfin Cup
Morchellaceae
Morchella conica
Morchella elata — Black Morel
Morchella esculenta — Yellow Morel
Ptychoverpa bohemica — Wrinkled Thimble Cup
Verpa conica
Pezizaceae
Peziza repanda — Spreading Cup
Peziza succosa
Pyrenomycetaceae
Otidea alutacea
Scutellinia scutellata — Eyelash Fungus
Urnula crateriumSarcosomataceae
Pseudoplectania nigrella
Sarcosoma globosum
Urnula craterium — Devil’s Urn
Xylariales
Xylariaceae
Chromocreopsis cubispora
Xylaria polymorpha — Dead Man’s Fingers

ZYGOMYCETES

Endogonales
Endogonaceae
Endogone pisiformis

MYXOMYCETES

Liceales
Reticulariaceae
Lycogala epidendron — Wolf’s Milk Slime
Lycogala flavofuscus
Tubifera ferruginosa
Protosteliales
Ceratiomyxaceae
Ceratiomyxa frutilosa var. frutilosa
Ceratiomyxa frutilosa var. poriodes
Physarales
Stemonitis fuscaPhysaraceae
Fuligo septica
Leocarpus fragilis — Insect-egg Slime
Physarum polycephalum — Many-headed Slime
Stemonitales
Stemonitidaceae
Stemonitis fusca
Stemonites splendens — Chocolate Tube Slime
Trichiales
Trichiaceae
Arcyria denudata — Carnival Candy Slime
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