Rachel Stepek · Field observations
Mushrooms & other fungi
Caps, cups, shelves & crusts.
Boletes
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete
Aureoboletus betula · 2026-08-01
Research Grade
Pore surface beneath the cap.
Boletes
Graceful Bolete
Austroboletus gracilis · 2026-10-18
Needs ID
Close view of the cap’s finely textured violet surface.
Webcaps
Violet Webcap
Cortinarius violaceus · 2026-10-18
Needs ID
Cups & jellies
Green Wood Cup
Chlorociboria aeruginascens · 2026-10-11
Needs ID
The lavender gills beneath the cap.
Other gilled mushrooms
Purple-and-White Deceiver
Laccaria ochropurpurea · 2026-09-25
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Purple-and-White Deceiver
Laccaria ochropurpurea · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Brackets & crusts
Turkey-Tail
Trametes versicolor · 2026-10-11
Research Grade
Warm orange-brown bands and pale edges.
A turned-over piece shows the pale underside.
Brackets & crusts
Turkey-Tail
Trametes versicolor · 2026-09-23
Research Grade
Pale gray and brown bands in this encounter.
Brackets & crusts
Turkey-Tail
Trametes versicolor · 2026-10-18
Needs ID
Cool blue-gray bands in another encounter.
A closer view of the parasol’s patterned cap.
Other gilled mushrooms
Myla's Parasol
Macrolepiota macilenta · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
An overhead view includes a coin for scale.
Brackets & crusts
Dryad's Saddle
Cerioporus squamosus · 2026-10-18
Research Grade
Brittlegills & milkcaps
Blue-Green Cracking Russula
Russula parvovirescens · 2026-10-18
Research Grade
The underside and the thin, light-catching shelf edges.
Brackets & crusts
White-Pored Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus cincinnatus · 2026-06-15
Research Grade
The underside shows the chanterelle’s ridged surface.
Chanterelles & trumpets
Cantharellus flavolateritius
Cantharellus flavolateritius · 2026-08-17
Research Grade
Corals & puffballs
Stalked Puffball-in-Aspic
Calostoma cinnabarinum · 2026-08-01
Research Grade
Lichens
Smokey-Eyed Boulder Lichen
Porpidia albocaerulescens · 2026-08-06
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Cross-Veined Troop Mushroom
Xeromphalina kauffmanii · 2026-08-06
Research Grade
Corals & puffballs
Club-Like Tuning Fork
Calocera cornea · 2026-06-28
Research Grade
Brittlegills & milkcaps
Indigo Milk Cap
Lactarius indigo · 2026-08-05
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Orange Gilled Waxcap
Humidicutis marginata · 2026-08-06
Research Grade
Brackets & crusts
Coral-Pink Merulius
Phlebia incarnata · 2026-10-18
Research Grade
Boletes
Ornate-Stalked Bolete
Retiboletus ornatipes · 2026-08-28
Research Grade
Corals & puffballs
Ramaria fumigata
Ramaria fumigata · 2026-08-17
Research Grade
Boletes
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete
Aureoboletus betula · 2026-08-01
Research Grade
Boletes
Graceful Bolete
Austroboletus gracilis · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Boletes
Bitter Bolete
Tylopilus felleus · 2026-08-28
Research Grade
Boletes
Two-Colored Bolete
Baorangia bicolor · 2026-09-23
Research Grade
Webcaps
Violet Webcap
Cortinarius violaceus · 2026-10-18
Needs ID
Webcaps
Violet Webcap
Cortinarius violaceus · 2026-10-20
Needs ID
A different Violet Webcap observation, with the dark underside against the sky.
Cap color in a closer view of the same observation.
Webcaps
Viscid Violet Cort
Cortinarius iodes · 2026-08-06
Needs ID
Webcaps
Silvery-Violet Cort
Cortinarius alboviolaceus · 2026-10-20
Needs ID
The gills beneath the cap.
Webcaps
Cortinarius obliquus
Cortinarius obliquus · 2026-10-20
Needs ID
Webcaps
Webcaps
Cortinarius · 2026-10-18
Needs ID
Brittlegills & milkcaps
Blue-Green Cracking Russula
Russula parvovirescens · 2026-08-22
Needs ID
A second encounter showing the cap’s cracked blue-green surface.
Amanitas
Yellow American Blusher
Amanita flavorubens · 2026-10-04
Research Grade
A closer view of the cap surface.
Amanitas
Amanita Mushrooms
Amanita · 2026-10-18
Needs ID
Amanitas
Yellow Patches
Amanita flavoconia · 2026-10-11
Needs ID
Gills and the upper stalk from below.
Amanitas
Eastern North American Destroying Angel
Amanita bisporigera · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
A closer view of the cap’s raised surface texture.
Amanitas
Coker's Amanita
Amanita cokeri · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Amanitas
Carrot-Footed Lepidella
Amanita daucipes · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Amanitas
Great Funnel-Veil Amanita
Amanita velatipes · 2026-08-11
Needs ID
Amanitas
Coker's Lavender Staining Amanita
Amanita lavendula · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Fine remnants along the cap margin.
Amanitas
Amanita Subg. Amanitina
Amanitina · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Amanitas
Amanita Sect. Vaginatae
Vaginatae · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Chanterelles & trumpets
Red Chanterelle
Cantharellus cinnabarinus · 2026-07-29
Research Grade
Chanterelles & trumpets
Flame Trumpet
Craterellus ignicolor · 2026-08-17
Research Grade
Chanterelles & trumpets
Eastern Black Trumpet
Craterellus fallax · 2026-08-05
Needs ID
Brackets & crusts
White-Pored Chicken of the Woods
Laetiporus cincinnatus · 2026-08-09
Research Grade
Brackets & crusts
Violet-Toothed Polypore
Trichaptum biforme · 2026-09-22
Research Grade
Brackets & crusts
Wrinkled Crust
Phlebia radiata · 2026-10-18
Research Grade
Brackets & crusts
Trembling Crust
Merulius tremellosus · 2026-10-18
Research Grade
Brackets & crusts
Crowded Parchment
Stereum complicatum · 2026-08-22
Research Grade
Brackets & crusts
Gilled Polypore
Trametes betulina · 2026-09-19
Research Grade
Cups & jellies
Green Wood Cup
Chlorociboria aeruginascens · 2026-10-20
Needs ID
Blue-green stained wood recorded in a Green Wood Cup observation.
Cups & jellies
Green Wood Cup
Chlorociboria aeruginascens · 2026-10-20
Needs ID
Small blue-green cups scattered through moss.
Cups & jellies
Witch's Butter
Tremella mesenterica · 2026-09-25
Research Grade
Cups & jellies
Orange Jelly Spot
Dacrymyces chrysospermus · 2026-10-11
Research Grade
Corals & puffballs
Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom
Sparassis spathulata · 2023-07-29
Research Grade
Corals & puffballs
Jellied False Coral Fungus
Sebacina schweinitzii · 2026-07-14
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Purple-and-White Deceiver
Laccaria ochropurpurea · 2026-10-13
Needs ID
Other gilled mushrooms
Purple-and-White Deceiver
Laccaria ochropurpurea · 2026-09-25
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Honey Mushroom
Armillaria mellea · 2026-09-23
Research Grade
The wider cluster on the tree.
Other gilled mushrooms
Honey Mushroom
Armillaria mellea · 2026-09-27
Needs ID
Other gilled mushrooms
Fragile Dapperling
Leucocoprinus fragilissimus · 2026-08-06
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Golden-Gilled Gerronema
Gerronema strombodes · 2026-08-05
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Orange Faint Foot Mushroom
Heimiomyces tenuipes · 2026-08-05
Research Grade
Other gilled mushrooms
Lynx Paw Oyster
Pleurotus levis · 2026-07-29
Research Grade
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