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Scientific name Common name Active Agent Toxicity Habitat Similar edible species Picture Amanita arocheae Tulloss, Ovrebo & Halling: Latin American death cap amanitins: liver Woodland (oak) Mexico: Volvariella volvacea, Amanita vaginata, Amanita fulva: Amanita bisporigera G. F. Atk. Eastern destroying angel amanitins: liver Woodland (pine and oak)
Scientific name Common name Active agent Distribution Similar edible species Picture Agaricus californicus: California Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus hondensis [1] Felt-ringed Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus menieri: phenol and xanthodermin: Europe
The binomial name of the fungal species, including the author citation—the person who first described the species using an available scientific name, using standardized abbreviations. Luminescence Indicates which form of the fungus—mycelium or fruit body—produces luminescence. Distribution The geographical distribution of the species. AF ...
The species was first described scientifically by American mycologist Howard James Banker in 1913. [2] Italian Pier Andrea Saccardo placed the species in the genus Hydnum in 1925, [3] while Walter Henry Snell and Esther Amelia Dick placed it in Calodon in 1956; [4] Hydnum peckii (Banker) Sacc. and Calodon peckii Snell & E.A. Dick are synonyms of Hydnellum peckii.
Inocybe is a large genus of mushroom-forming fungi with over 1400 species, including all forms and varieties. Members of Inocybe are mycorrhizal, and some evidence shows that the high degree of speciation in the genus is due to adaptation to different trees and perhaps even local environments.
The mushroom is commonly known as the devil's cigar or the Texas star in the United States, while in Japan it is called kirinomitake (キリノミタケ). This extremely rare mushroom is notable for its unusual appearance and disjunct distribution ; it is found only in select locales in Texas and Japan .
Armillaria gallica (synonymous with A. bulbosa and A. lutea) is a species of honey mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae of the order Agaricales.The species is a common and ecologically important wood-decay fungus that can live as a saprobe, or as an opportunistic parasite in weakened tree hosts to cause root or butt rot.
Chlorociboria aeruginascens is a saprobic species of mushroom, commonly known as the blue stain, [1] green elfcup [2] or the green wood cup [3] because of its characteristic small, green, saucer-shaped fruit bodies. Although the actual fruit bodies are infrequently seen, the green staining of wood caused by the fungus is more prevalent.