Chicken of the Woods
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CHICKEN OF THE WOODS
Letiporus sulphureus
Season
Summer through fall
Identifying Characteristics
Cap: fan-shaped, 2 to 12 inches across, bright yellow to orange
Stalk: none Fertile Surface: pores located under the cap Spore Color: white Habitat: grows on trees, usually dead or dying, often oak |
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DEATH CAP
Amanita phalloides
Season
Summer to mid-fall
Identifying Characteristics
Cap: 2 to 6 inches across, pale green, yellowish green, white
Stalk: 3 to 6 inches tall, prominent ring Fertile Surface: crowded gills, white Spore Color: white Habitat: typically under hardwood trees **The Death Cap mushroom is deadly poisonous** |
Death Cap
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Veiled Oyster
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VEILED OYSTER
Pleurotus dryinus
Season
Summer through fall
Identifying Characteristics
Cap: cream colored, yellows with age, 4 to 10 cm across, convex
Stalk: 4 to 8 cm, tough with a prominent ring Fertile Surface: gills under cap, white (also yellows with age), decurrent Spore Color: white Habitat: grows alone or in small clusters on hardwood trees (particularly oaks) |
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ANGEL WINGS
Pleurocybella porrigens
Season
Late summer through fall
Identifying Characteristics
Cap: white, 1 to 4 inches wide
Stalk: none (cessile) Fertile Surface: gills are closely spaced, white, and decurrent Spore Print: white Habitat: grows on dead/dying trees, usually conifers |
Angel Wings
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Jack-o’-Lantern
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Jack-o'-Lantern
Omphalotus illudens
Season
Late summer to early fall
Identifying Characteristics
Cap: 2 to 4 inches across, bright orange to yellow/orange
Stalk: 2 to 8 inches Fertile Surface: sharp edged gills, decurrent Spore print: cream colored Habitat: grows in clusters at the base of trees These mushrooms are bioluminescent and the gills will glow green in the dark
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Destroying Angel
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Beefsteak Polypore
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Black Trumpet
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Yellow Fly Agaric
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Eastern Caesar’s Amanita
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Crown Tipped Coral
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Yellow Stainer
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Cinnabar Chanterelle
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Smooth Chanterelle
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