Selected Flora and Fungi of the Mid-Atlantic Region
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Fungi and Lichen of the Mid-Atlantic Region

Fungi   –   Lichens

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other pages:

Miscellaneous Flowering Plants: sorted by common name   ::   sorted by family

Grasses, Sedges, Rushes   –   Ferns & Allies

Liverworts, Mosses, Hornworts   –   Slime Molds

References   –   Taxa Translation Help

Fungi

Order Agaricales

Amanita jacksonii  -  Jackson's Slender Caesar (American Caesar's Mushroom)   [Amanitaceae family]
Amanita vaginata  -  Grisette   [Amanitaceae family]
Clavaria zollingeri  -  Violet Coral (Purple Coral, Magenta Coral)   [Clavariaceae family]
Ramariopsis kunzei (Clavaria kunzei)  -  White Coral   [Clavariaceae family]

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Order Boletales

Baorangia bicolor  -  Two-colored Bolete   [Boletaceae family]
Calostoma lutescens   [Sclerodermatineae family]
Calostoma ravenelii   [Sclerodermatineae family]
Strobilomyces confusus  -  Old Man of the Woods (2)   [Boletaceae family]

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Order Cantharellales

Hericium erinaceus  -  Bearded Tooth (Bearded Hedgehog, Hegehog Mushroom)   [Hydnaceae family]

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Order Helotiales

Mitrula paludosa  -  Swamp Beacon   [Helotiaceae family]

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Order Phallales

Mutinus elegans  -  Elegant Stinkhorn   [Phallaceae family  -  Stinkhorns]

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Order Polyporales

Sparassis spathulata  -  Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom   [Sparassidaceae family]

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Order Pucciniales  -  Rust fungi

Allodus podophylli (Puccinia podophylli)  -  Mayapple Rust   [Pucciniastraceae family]
Cronartium quercuum  -  Eastern Pine Gall Rust   [Cronartiaceae family]
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae  -  Cedar-apple Rust   [Pucciniaceae family]
Puccinia smilacis  -  (no common name)   [Pucciniaceae family]

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Order Russulales

Peniophora albobadia  -  Giraffe Spots   [Peniophoraceae family]
Lactarius indigo  -  Indigo Milk Cap (Blue Milk Mushroom)   [Russulaceae family]


Lichens
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Cladonia cristatella  -  British Soldiers Lichen   [Cladoniaceae family]
Dimelaena oreina  -  Golden Moonglow Lichen   [ Physciaceae family]
Melanelia culbersonii  -  Appalachian Camouflage Lichen   [Parmeliaceae family]
Usnea hesperina  -  Silken Beard Lichen (Old Man's Beard)   [Parmeliaceae family]

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