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Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, 47 acres of botanical bliss fronting the Pacific Ocean

Wild Mushrooms

Pholiota malicola, forgetable pholiota gallery image
Agaricus agustus, the Prince gallery image
Agaricus subrutilescens, wine-colored agaricus gallery image
Amanita franchetii, yellow-veiled amanita gallery image
Amanita gemmata, gemmed amanita gallery image
Amanita lanei, coccora gallery image
Amanita muscaria, fly agaric gallery image
Armillariella mellea, honey mushroom gallery image
Boletus edulis, the King bolete or porcini gallery image
Boletus rubripes, red-stemmed bitter bolete gallery image
Boletus zelleri, Zeller
Bulgaria inquinans, poor man
Calocera viscosa, yellow staghorn fungus gallery image
Cantharellus cibarius, chanterelle gallery image
Cantharellus tubaeformis, winter chanterelle or yellow-foot gallery image
Chlorophyllum brunneum, shaggy parasol gallery image
Chroogomphus vinicolor, pine spike gallery image
Clavaria vermicularis, fairy fingers gallery image
Clavulina cristata, crested coral gallery image
Clavulinopsis laeticolor gallery image
Clitocybe nuda, blewit gallery image
Clitopilus prunulus, sweetbread mushroom gallery image
Coprinus comatus, shaggy manes gallery image
Coprinus plicatilis, pleated inky cap gallery image
Craterellus cornucopioides, black chanterelle or horn of plenty gallery image
Exidia glandulosa, black witch
Fomitopsis pinicola, red-belted conk gallery image
Ganoderma applanatum, artist
Geastrum saccatum, sessile earthstar gallery image
Gomphidius oregonensis, insidious gomphidius gallery image
Gymnopilus sapineus, common gymnopilus gallery image
Gymnopilus spectabilis, giant gymnopilus gallery image
Gymnopus villosipes gallery image
Hebeloma crustuliniforme, poison pie gallery image
Helvella lacunosa, fluted black elfin saddle gallery image
Hydnum repandum, hedgehog mushroom gallery image
Hygrocybe conica, witch
Hygrocybe marchii, waxy cap gallery image
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, false chanterelle gallery image
Hypholoma aurantiaca gallery image
Hypholoma fasciculare, sulphur tuft gallery image
Inocybe sororia, cornsilk inocybe gallery image
Inonotus tomentosus, red butt rot gallery image
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis, amethyst laccaria gallery image
Laccaria lacata var. pallidifolia, lackluster laccaria gallery image
Lactarius controversus, poplar milk cap gallery image
Lactarius deliciosus, delicious milk cap gallery image
Lactarius rubidus, candy cap gallery image
Lactarius rufulus, rufous candy cap gallery image
Lactarius xanthogalactus, yellow-staining milk cap gallery image
Lenzites betulina, gilled polypore gallery image
Leptonia carnea, violet-black leptonia gallery image
Leptonia parva, blue-black leptonia gallery image
Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus, red-eyed parasol gallery image
Lyophyllum decastes, fried chicken mushroom gallery image
Macrotyphula juncea, fairy hair gallery image
Marasmiellus candidus gallery image
Marasmius oreades, fairy ring mushroom gallery image
Marasmius plicatulus, pleated marasmius gallery image
Marasmius quercophilus gallery image
Melanoleuca melaleuca gallery image
Morchella elata, black morel gallery image
Mycena capillaripes gallery image
Mycena clavularis, bark mycena gallery image
Mycena epipterygia, yellow-stemmed mycena gallery image
Nidula candida, bird
Panaeolus foenisecii, hay maker
Panaeolus papilionaceus, bell-shaped panaeolus gallery image
Peziza vesiculosa, common dung cup gallery image
Phaeolus schweinitzii, dyer
Pholiota terrestris, terrestrial pholiota gallery image
Pleurotus ostreatus, oyster mushroom gallery image
Pluteus cervinus, deer mushroom gallery image
Russula alutacea gallery image
Russula brevipes, short-stemmed russula gallery image
Russula sanguinea, rosy russula gallery image
Scleroderma cepa, smooth earthball gallery image
Scutellinia scutellata, eyelash cup fungus gallery image
Sparassis crispa, cauliflower mushroom gallery image
Stereum hirsutum, false turkey tails gallery image
Stereum striatum, silky parchment gallery image
Strobilurus trullisatus gallery image
Stropharia ambigua, questionable stropharia gallery image
Suillus brevipes, short-stemmed slippery jack gallery image
Suillus subolivaceus, slippery jill gallery image
Trametes versicolor, turkey tails gallery image
Tremella mesenterica, witch
Trichaptum abietinum, violet-pored bracket fungus gallery image
Tricholoma flavovirens, man-on-horseback gallery image
Tricholoma imbricatum gallery image
Tricholomopsis rutilans, plums and custard gallery image
Tylopilus porphyrosoprus, dark bolete gallery image
Tyromyces leucospongia, marshmallow polypore gallery image
Volvariella speciosa, common volvariella gallery image
Xylaria hypoxylon, candlesnuff fungus gallery image

In addition to the Gardens' many plant collections, each fall we enjoy an interesting natural phenomena: a wide variety of wild mushrooms appear throughout our grounds.

More about our Mushroom Collection.