Kingdom Fungi, one of the oldest and largest groups of living organisms, is a monophyletic group, meaning that all modern fungi can be traced back to a single ancestral organism. This ancestral organism diverged from a common ancestor with the animals about 800 to 900 million years ago.
Genomic surveys show that plant genomes lack gene sequences that are crucial in animal development, animal genomes lack gene sequences that are crucial in plant development, and fungal genomes have none of the sequences that are important in controlling multicellular development in animals or plants. Such fundamental genetic differences imply that animals, plants, and fungi are very different cellular organisms. Molecular analyses indicate that plants, animals, and fungi diverged from one another about millions years ago. The phylogenetic classification of fungi divides the kingdom into 7 phyla, 10 subphyla, 35 classes, 12 subclasses, and 129 orders.
Fungi are very important organisms that fulfill many functions in a wide variety of ecosystems: decomposition, nutrient cycling, symbiotic relationships with trees and other plants, biological control of other fungi, and incidental agents of disease in plants, animals, and humans. Fungi are a source of food for wildlife, they are part decomposition of living trees is beneficial to many species of birds and mammals. Less than five percent of the estimated 1.5 million species of fungi have been described, and their exact functions and interactions in ecosystems are largely unknown.
At #pecesfueradelagua we are interested in knowing the nature of things, what surrounds us every day. On many occasions, mushrooms are ignored by our monotonous and self-centered life, we forget that these small organisms made our world, and that they are still there giving us life.
This is a list of some species of fungi found in different habitats in North Carolina.
Also Known as:
Common porecrust, Splitgill.
Scientific name:
Schizophyllum commune
Toxic.
Also Known as:
Turkey tail, Many-zoned polypore.
Scientific name:
Trametes versicolor
Traditional medicine, inedible.
Also Known as:
Groundwart, Common fiber vase, Gamba-jun.
Scientific name:
Thelephora vialis
Traditional medicine.
Also Known as:
False turkey tail, Golden curtan crust.
Scientific name:
Stereum ostrea
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Dyer's polypore, Dyer's mazegill,
Velvet-top fungus.
Scientific name:
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat.
Paratitic, saprobic and inedible.
Also Known as:
Tiger's eye, Brown funnel.
Scientific name:
Coltricia perennis
Synonym:
Boletus perennis L
Inedible, leathery.
Also Known as:
Cinnabar-red, Chanterelle, Cinnabar chanterelle.
Scientific name:
Cantharellus cinnabarinus
Mycorrhizal with hardwoods and edible.
Also Known as:
Unicorn mushroom.
Scientific name:
Entoloma salmoneum
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Stalked scarlet cup, Scarlet elf cap.
Scientific name or genus:
Sarcoscypha occidentalis (Schwein.) Sacc.
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Chanterelle waxcap.
Scientific name or genus:
Hygrocybe cantharellus (Schwein.) Murrill
Edible.
Also Known as:
Amanita mushrooms, American caesar.
Scientific name or genus:
Amanita jacksonii Pomerl.
Mycorrhizal with oaks and pines, edible not recommended.
Also Known as:
Two-colored bolete, Red and yellow bolete.
Scientific name:
Baorangia bicolor
Mycorrhizal with oaks.
Also Known as:
Winter russula.
Scientific name:
Russula cremoricolor
Mycorrhizal.
Also Known as:
Bolete.
Scientific name:
Boletus sp.
Mycorrhizal with hardwoods.
Also Known as:
Bolete.
Scientific name:
Pulveroboletus curtisii (Berk.) Singer
Mycorrhizal with hardwoods.
Also Known as:
Shaggy-stalked bolete, Birch bolete.
Scientific name:
Heimioporus betula
Mycorrhizal, hardwoods and edible.
Also Known as:
Scientific name or genus:
Gymnopilus validipes (Peck) Hesler
Also Known as:
American yellow dust amanita, yellow-dust amanita, yellow wart, orange amanita, yellow patches.
Scientific name:
Amanita flavoconia G. F. Atk.
Toxic, mycorrhizal with oaks and other hardwoods.
Also Known as:
Blusher.
Scientific name:
Amanita rubescens Pers.
Mycorrhizal, inedible.
Also Known as:
Destroying angel.
Scientific name:
Amanita bisporingera G. F. Atk.
Toxic and poisonous.
Also Known as:
Grisette, amanita mushrooms.
Scientific name:
Amanita vaginata complex (Bull.) Lam.
Toxic.
Golden chanterelle, chanterelles.
Scientific name:
Cantharellus cibarius
Mycorrhizal association.
Also Known as:
Pigskin poison puffball, Common earthball.
Scientific name:
Scleroderma citrinum Pers.
Toxic.
Rickenella.
Scientific name:
Rickenella fibula
Saprobic or mutualism with moss.
Also Known as:
Black - footed marasmius.
Scientific name:
Tetrapyrgos nigripes (Fr.) E Horak
Synonym:
Marasmiellus nigripes
Heliomyces nigripes
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Cabbage parachute.
Scientific name:
Gymnopus brassicolens
Synonyms:
Micromphale brassicolens
Inedible.
Also Known as:
Fairy inkcap, Trooping crumble cap, Fairy bonnets.
Scientific name or genus:
Coprinellus disseminatus
Sapothopic, edible, but insubstantial.
Also Known as:
False parasol, Green - spored parasol, Vomiter.
Scientific name:
Chlorophyllum molybdites
Toxic.
Also Known as:
Oyster mushroom.
Scientific name or genus:
Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm.
Edible.
Also Known as:
Black - stainig polypore.
Scientific name or genus:
Meripilus sumstinei
Traditional medicine and edible when young.
Also Known as:
Strict-branch coral, Upright coral fungus, Rechete koraalzwam, Upright coral
Scientific name or genus:
Ramaria stricta
Mycorrhizal or saprobic.
Also Known as:
Mukiador labur.
Scientific name or genus:
Calocera cornea
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Fairy fingers, White spindles, White worm coral, White spins.
Scientific name or genus:
Clavaria fragilis
Edible.
Also Known as:
False coral.
Scientific name:
Tremellodendron pallidum
Mycorrhizal.
Also Known as:
White cheese polypore, Bracket fungi
Scientific name:
Tyromyces chioneus (Fr.) P. Karst.
Saprobic and inedible.
Also Known as:
Scientific name:
Also Known as:
Scientific name:
Also Known as:
Short-stemmed russula, Stubby brittlegill.
Scientific name:
Russula variata
Edible and Mycorrhizal.
Also Known as:
Indigo milk cap, Indigo (or blue) lactarius, Blue milk mushroom, Indigo milky.
Scientific name:
Lactarius indigo (Schwein.) Fr.
Mycorrhizal with oaks and with pines, edible.
Also Known as:
Golden Trumpet, Bell omphalina, Pinewood gingertail, Fuzzy-foot.
Scientific name:
Xeromphalina campanella
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Golden reishi.
Scientific name:
Ganoderma curtisii (Berk.) Murrill
Saprobic, parasitic and used medicinally.
Also Known as
Elegant polypore.
Scientific name:
Cerioporus leptocephalus (Jacq.) Zmitr.
Inedible.
Also Known as:
Scientific name:
Also Known as:
witch's butter.
Scientific name:
Dacrymyces spathularia (Schwein.) G. W. Martin
Edibility: unknown.
Known as:
Crowded parchment.
Scientific name:
Stereum complicatum (Fr.) Fr.
Saprobic and inedible.
Known as:
Bell omphalina.
Scientific name:
Xeromphalina campanella
Saprobic on the deadwood of conifers.
Known as:
Tawny pinwheel.
Scientific name:
Marasmius fulvoferrugineus Gilliam
Saprobic.
Known as:
Boletes.
Scientific name:
Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
Mycorrhizal.
Known as:
Elegant stinkhorn.
Scientific name:
Mutinus elegans (Mont.) E. Fisch.
Synonyms:
Mutinus ravenelii
Saprobic and inedible.
Known as:
Lattice puffball, Collared calostoma.
Scientific name:
Calostoma lutescens (Schwein.) Burnnap
Mycorrhizal and inedible.
Known as:
Coral-pink merulius.
Scientific name:
Phlebia incarnata
Synonyms:
Byssomerulius incarnatus
Merulius incarnatus
Also Known as:
Peeling puffball.
Scientific name:
Lycoperdon marginatum Vittad.
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Arched earthstar.
Scientific name:
Geastrum fornicatum (Huds.) Hook.
Saprobic.
Also Known as:
Hemlock varnish shelf.
Scientific name:
Ganoderma tsugae Murrill
Used medicinally.
Also Known as:
Black jelly drops, Poor man´s licorice.
Scientific name:
Bulgaria inquinans (Pers.) Fr.
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DO NOT eat mushrooms unless you are absolutely sure of your identification. This information was provided for illustrative purposes only, no dichotomous keys were used to identify.
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