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Very large group of mushrooms around a tree trunk

Autumn wood-destroying fungi growing on old trunks and stumps

trametes versicolor, also known as coriolus versicolor and polyporus versicolor mushroom.

The magical world of fungi, from mushrooms to fungal networks and families in brown and red colors in the forest in a sunny autumn day

Ramaria aurea - a coral mushroom in the family Gomphaceae. It is found in North America and Europe.

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Diseases of Sunflower (White mold). Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Diseases of Sunflower (White mold). Sclerotinia head rot. Sclerotia produced by pathogen visible.

White Oyster Mushrooms growing on a decaying log in a forest. High quality photo

Orange Polypores mushroom is growing on bark of tree at autumn. Edible musroom in forest.

Autumn foraging finds Poison Puffball amongst leaf litter

White, Brown, Red, Orange, Yellow Mushrooms in Forest

$Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch. \nDescription:\nThe cap is 2.5–10 cm wide, obtuse to convex, becoming broadly convex with a depressed center. The margin (cap edge) is rolled inward and bearded with coarse white hairs when young. The cap surface is dry and fibrillose except for the center, which is sticky and smooth when fresh, azonate, white to cream, becoming reddish-orange to vinaceous (red wine-colored) on the disc with age. The gills are attached to slightly decurrent, crowded, seldom forked, whitish to pale yellow with pinkish tinges, slowly staining brownish ochraceous when bruised. The stem is 2–6.5 cm long, 6–13 mm thick, nearly equal or tapered downward, silky, becoming hollow with age, whitish when young, becoming ochraceous from the base up when older, apex usually tinged pinkish, often with a white basal mycelium. The flesh is firm, white; odor faintly like geraniums or sometimes pungent, taste acrid. The latex is white upon exposure, unchanging, not staining tissues, taste acrid. The spore print is cream with a pinkish tint. The edibility of Lactarius pubescens has been described as unknown, poisonous, and even edible.\nEdibility: Ambiguous and controversial. In Russia is consumed after prolonged boiling followed by a marinating process. However it is reported to have caused gastro-intestinal upsets. Therefore, its consumption should not be recommended and this species considered toxic (source Wikipedia).$

Close-up of a yellow chanterelle mushroom in the forest on mossy ground with cap and style, Germany

A medicinal Ganoderma fungus growing in rainforest

Kite parasol mushroom or macrolepiota procera in a forest in Bavaria in autumn

Close-up picture of a Amanita poisonous mushroom in nature.

Small mushrooms in the forest. Plant background.

Beautiful Mushroom Closeup in a Forest in Latvia

$Clitocybe nebularis (Batsch. ex Fr.) Kummer, Clouded Funnel or Clouded Agaric Nebelkappe Clitocybe nebuleux Cap 5-20cm across, convex at first becoming flattened or occasionally slightly depressed in the centre, the margin remaining inrolled, cloudy grey sometimes tinged with buff, darker at the centre and often covered with a white bloom. Stem 50-100 x 15-25mm, swollen towards the base, paler than the cap, fibrous and easily broken. Flesh thick, white, becoming hollow in the stem. Smell strong and sweetish. Gills decurrent, crowded, whitish later with a yellow flush. Spore print cream. \nHabitat in deciduous or coniferous woods often in rings or troops. Season late summer to late autumn. Common. Said to be edible but known to cause gastric upsets in many people. Distribution, America and Europe (source R. Phillips).\n\nThe Species is quite common in late Autumn in the Netherlands and forms regularly Fairy Rings.$

White mushroom growing amidst dry grass and leaves on the ground

$Lactarius zonarius is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales,\n\nSome say that is edible other unedible, in my opinion leave the mushrooms to the forest critters... you don't need them.$

Toxic white fungus in a coniferous forest, Germany

Orange fungi growing on forest log in Australian rainforest

Forest floor with fresh brown truffles and leaves

$Lactarius rufus (Scop. ex Fr.) Fr. Rufous Milkcap, Lactaire roux, Fuchsfarbener Milchling, Rõt tejelõgomba, rõt keserûgomba, Lattario fulvo, Rossige melkzwam. Cap 3–10cm across, convex, later flattening, finally with a central depression, the centre usually with a pointed umbo, red-brown, bay or dark brick, moderately thick-fleshed, breaking fairly easily, surface dry and matt, margin somewhat inrolled at first. Stem 40–80 x 5–20mm, concolorous with cap but paler. Flesh white, stem often hollow when old. Gills somewhat decurrent, brittle, yellowish at first, later as cap but paler. Milk white; taste mild then after about a minute very hot and acrid. Spore print creamy whitish (B) with slight salmon tinge. Spores elliptic, warts occasionally isolated but mainly connected by thin ridges to form a rather incomplete network, 8–9.5 x 6.5–7.5µ. Habitat under pine. Season late spring to late autumn. Very common. Not edible although in some areas used as a seasoning after special treatment. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe (source R. Phillips).\n\nThis is a common Species under Pines in the Netherlands.$

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