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Page Last Updated: January 15 2012

17 species

Earthball - 2.5 to 10 cm

Order: Boletales (also Sclerodermatales? - false puffballs)

Family: Sclerodermataceae

Genus: Scleroderma

Species: Citrinum

Earthball - 2.5 to 10 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Class: Agaricomycetes

Also known as Pigskin Poison Puffball

Giant Puffball - approx. 30 cm

Order: Agaricales (formerly Lycoperdales?)

Family: Agaricaceae (formerly Lycoperdaceae?)

Genus: Calvatia

Species: Gigantea

Giant Puffball - to 50 cm plus - Humber Valley (Claireville Conservation Area) - July 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes (formerly Gasteromycetes)

Pear-shapeded Puffballs - approx. 3 cm high

Genus: Lycoperdon

Species: Pyriforme

Pear-shaped Puffball - to 5 cm tall, 3 cm wide - Humber Valley (Kortright Centre for Conservation) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Order: Agaricales (formerly Lycoperdales?)

Family: Agaricaceae (formerly Lycoperdaceae?)

Class: Agaricomycetes (formerly Gasteromycetes)

Comb Tooth Mushroom - 5 to 20 cm

Order: Russulales (formerly Hericiales?)

Genus: Hericium

Species: Coralloides (formerly Ramosum)

Comb Tooth Mushroom - 5 to 20 cm - West Don Valley (Earl Bales Park) - September 2007

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes (subclass Hymenomycetes?)

Bear's Head Tooth Mushroom - 5 to 25 cm

Order: Russulales (formerly Hericiales?)

Family: Hericiaceae (formerly Hydnaceae?)

Genus: Hericium

Species: Americanum (formerly Coralloides)

Bear's Head Tooth Mushroom - 5 to 25 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Similar to Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane mushroom)

Family: Hericiaceae (formerly Hydnaceae?)

More Bear's Head Tooth Mushroom

Updated September 27 2010

Class: Agaricomycetes (subclass Hymenomycetes?)

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Grey? Bird's Nest - height approx. 1.5 cm

Order: Nidulariales

Family: Nidulariaceae (Bird's nest fungi)

Genus: Cyathus

Species: Olla?

Grey? Bird's Nest - width approx. 1 cm - height approx. 1.5 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes? (formerly Gasteromycetes?)

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

The "eggs" (peridioles - to 3.5 mm) contain the spores
which are dispersed during a rain

Deer Mushroom - stalk to 15 cm

Order: Agaricales

Family: Pluteaceae

Genus: Pluteus

Species: Cervinus (also Atricapillus)

Deer Mushroom - cap 5 to 12 cm - stalk to 15 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Also known as Fawn Mushroom

Deadly Galerina - stalk to 9 cm

Order: Agaricales

Family: Hymenogastraceae (formerly Cortinariaceae)

Genus: Galerina (formerly Pholiota)

Species: Autumnalis (also Marginata)

Deadly Galerina - cap 2 to 6 cm - stalk to 9 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Also known as Autumn Galerina

Crumble Cap - stalk to 4 cm

Order: Agaricales

Family: Psathyrellaceae (formerly Coprinaceae)

Genus: Coprinellus (formerly Pseudocoprinus)

Species: Disseminatus

Crumble Cap - cap to 1.5 cm - stalk to 4 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes (formerly Homobasidiomycetes?)

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Also known as Non-inky Coprinus, Fairy Ink Cap - 3 genera
(Coprinopsis, Coprinellus and Parasola) were split from
the Coprinus genus and moved to the Psathyrellaceae
family

More Crumble Cap

Updated September 30 2010

More Earthball

Updated October 1 2010

Orange Jelly - length 2 to 6 cm - height 1 to 3 cm

Order: Dacrrymycetales

Family: Dacrymycetaceae

Genus: Dacrymyces

Species: Palmatus

Orange Jelly - length 2 to 6 cm - height 1 to 3 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Dacrymycetes (Agaricomycetes?)

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Also known as False or Orange Witch's Butter - similar to
Witch's Butter (Tremella mesenterica)

Chicken of the Woods - cap (shelf) to 30 cm

Order: Polyporales (formerly Aphyllophorales)

Family: Polyporaceae

Genus: Laetiporus

Species: Sulphureus

Chicken of the Woods - cap (shelf) to 30 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - October 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Also known as Sulphur (or Sulfur) Shelf - similar to
Laetiporus cincinnatus

Shaggy Mane - stalk to 15 cm

Order: Agaricales

Family: Agaricaceae (formerly Coprinaceae)

Genus: Coprinus

Species: Comatus

Shaggy Mane - cap 5 to 15 cm - stalk to 15 cm - Leslie Spit - November 2009

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Also known as Lawyer's Wig - becomes black and turns
into an inky black fluid

More Shaggy Mane

Updated October 11 2010

Sharp-scaly? Pholiota - stalk to 10 cm

Genus: Pholiota

Species: Squarrosoides?

Sharp-scaly? Pholiota - cap to 10 cm, stalk to 10 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010

Kingdom: Fungi

Order: Agaricales

Family: Strophariaceae

Class: Agaricomycetes (formerly Gasteromycetes)

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Fruits in clusters on or near hardwood trees or stumps -
possibly P. squarrosa (Scaly Pholiota)?

More Sharp-scaly Pholiota

Updated January 30 2011

Woolly Inky Cap - stalk to 10 cm

Order: Agaricales

Family: Psathyrellaceae (formerly Coprinaceae)

Genus: Coprinopsis (formerly Coprinus)

Species: Lagopus

Woolly Inky Cap (mature) - cap to 3 cm - stalk to 10 cm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - August 2011

Kingdom: Fungi

Class: Agaricomycetes (formerly Homobasidiomycetes?)

Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)

Also known as Hare's Foot Ink Cap - 3 genera
(Coprinopsis, Coprinellus and Parasola) were split from
the Coprinus genus and moved to the Psathyrellaceae
family