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
- Agaricaceae
- 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
Hydnangiaceae- 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 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
Tricholomataceae- 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 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
Boletaceae- 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
- Clavariaceae
- 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
Geastraceae- 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
Ganodermataceae- 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
Russulaceae- 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
Cudoniaceae- 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
Sarcosomataceae- 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
Physaraceae- 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
This page was revised on 15 February 2008
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