Main Menu: Macroscopic Features used to Identify Mushrooms and Other Fungi to Genus


Required Genera and Species; Boletes; Coral Fungi; Chanterlles; Tooth Fungi

type of hymenophore
spore color
features of stipe
attachment of stipe
convex, broadly convex pileus
convex, campanulate, conic pileus



GILLS
PARTIAL VEIL
UNIVERSAL VEIL

NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS

  • Each set of features is identified by a
    • small icon to the left of the feature
    • Click on this icon to see illustrated examples
  • All of these icons are repeated
    • at the bottom of each feature page.
  • Return to this page ( main menu) if you need
    • to review the icon definitions
  • For more information and a larger picture of each fungus,
    • click on the species name.


Edible Fleshy Fungi Poisonous Fleshy Fungi.