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Hairy Nuts Disco and 69 other genuine fungi names to make your day better

John Plunkett. Updated April 10th, 2019

We’ll never look at a mushroom in quite the same way again, after stumbling across this list of 70 genuine names for common (it says here) fungi because, well, just have a look at this little lot.

1. Pavement Mushroom // Agaricus bitorquis

2. Bearded Fieldcap // Agrocybe molesta

3. Pink Disco // Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae

4. Snakeskin Grisette // Amanita ceciliae

5. False Deathcap // Amanita citrina

6. Destroying Angel // Amanita virosa

7. Upper Crust // Amaurodon cyaneus

8. Club Foot // Ampulloclitocybe clavipes

9. Hair Sedge Smut // Anthracoidea capillaris

10. Bulbous Honey Fungus // Armillaria gallica

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11. Purple Jellydisc // Ascocoryne sarcoides

12. Powdery Piggyback // Asterophora lycoperdoides

13. Barometer Earthstar // Astraeus hygrometricus

14. Drab Tooth // Bankera fuligineoalba

15. Lemon Disco // Bisporella citrina

16. The Pretender // Boletus pseudoregius

17. The Humpback // Cantharellula umbonata

18. Dewdrop Dapperling // Chamaemyces fracidus

19. Gassy Webcap // Cortinarius traganus

20. Golden Navel // Chrysomphalina chrysophylla

21. Devil’s Fingers // Clathrus archeri

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22. Skinny Club // Clavaria incarnata

23. Mealy Frosted Funnel // Clitocybe ditopa

24. Lentil Shanklet // Collybia tuberosa

25. Tiger’s Eye // Coltricia perennis

26. Wet Rot // Coniophora puteana

27. Distinguished Inkcap // Coprinus alopecius

28. Drumstick Truffleclub // Cordyceps capitata

29. Bug Sputnik // Cordyceps clavulata

30. Turquoise Elfcup // Chlorociboria aeruginosa

31. Hairy Parachute // Crinipellis scabella

32. Common Bird’s Nest // Crucibulum laeve

33. Cinnamon Jellybaby // Cudonia confusa

34. Weeping Toothcrust // Dacryobolus sudans

35. King Alfred’s Cakes / Cramp Balls // Daldinia concentrica

36. Dark Crazed Cap // Dermoloma pseudocuneifolium

37. Snaketongue Truffleclub // Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides

38. Witches’ Butter // Exidia glandulosa

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39. Elbowpatch Crust // Fomitiporia punctata

40. Funeral Bell // Galerina marginata

41. Cabbage Parachute // Gymnopus brassicolens

42. Bitter Poisonpie // Hebeloma sinapizans

43. Twisted Deceiver // Laccaria tortilis

44. Whiskery Milkcap // Lactarius mairei

45. Chicken of the Woods // Laetiporus sulphureus

46. Hairy Nuts Disco // Lanzia echinophila

47. Cat Dapperling // Lepiota felina

48. Dog’s Mercury Rust // Melampsora populnea

49. Goblet Parachute // Marasmiellus vaillantii

50. Bald Knight // Melanoleuca melaleuca

51. Bedstraw Smut // Melanotaenium endogenum

52. Cryptic Bonnet // Mycena picta

53. Vampires Bane // Mycetinis scorodonius

54. Mint Mildew // Neoerysiphe galeopsidis

55. Hotlips // Octospora humosa

56. Jack O Lantern // Omphalotus illudens

57. Mealy Oyster // Ossicaulis lignatilis

58. Midnight Disco // Pachyella violaceonigra

59. Pancake Crust // Perenniporia medulla-panis

60. Bonfire Cauliflower // Peziza proteana f. sparassoides

61. Lion Shield // Pluteus leoninus

62. Moon Carrot Rust // Puccinia libanotidis

63. The Flirt // Russula vesca

64. Potato Earthball // Scleroderma bovista

65. Contorted Strangler // Squamanita contortipes

66. Hairy Earthtongue // Trichoglossum hirsutump

67. Plums and Custard // Tricholomopsis rutilans

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68. Scurfy Twiglet // Tubaria furfuracea

69. Fingered Candlesnuff // Xylaria digitata

70. Dead Moll’s Fingers // Xylaria longipes

We’re struggling to see beyond Hairy Nuts Disco, if we’re honest, but no doubt everyone will have a favourite.

And if you really can’t get enough of this sort of thing, there’s even more here.

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