Photographs kindly supplied by Andrew D Ramsay. Compiled with assistance from Steve Joul (Leeds City Council Senior Countryside Ranger) and Alan Braddock (Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group).

This page includes information on all the fungi found in Gledhow Valley Woods. At present there are details of 75 species of fungi listed in alphabetical order by common name...

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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A

• Alkaline Mycena
  Mycena alcaline
• Amethyst Deceiver
  Laccaria amethystina
• Artists' Bracket
  Ganoderma sp.
• Artist's Fungus
  Ganoderma applanatum

B

• Bear Lentinus
  Lentinellus ursinus
• Beech Bracket
  Pseudotrametes gibbusa
• Beech Disco
  Hymenoscyphus fagineus
• Beech Jelly-Disc
  Neobulgaria pura
• Beech Woodwart
  Hypoxylon fragiforme
• Birch Bracket; Razor-Strop Fungus
  Piptopurus betulinus
• Black-Purple Crumble Cap
  Russula atropurpurea
• Blueing Bracket
  Postia subcaesia
• Brown Birch Bolete
  Leccinum scabrum
• The Bulsher
  Amanita rubescens
• Butter Cap
  Collybia butyracea

C

• Candle-Grease Mycena
  Mycena inclinata
• Candle-Snuff Fungus
  Xylaria hypoxylon
• Cep
  Boletus edulis
  associated with Birch
• Charcoal Burner
  Russula cyanoxantha
• Clouded Clitocybe
  Clitocybe nebularis
• Club Foot
  Clitocybe clavipes
• Clustered Toughshank
  Collybia confluens
• Collared Parachute
  Marasmius rotula
• Common Bonnet
  Mycena galericulata
• Common Cavalier
  Melanoleuca polioleuca
• Common Earthball
  Scleroderma citrinum
• Common Inkcap
  Coprinus atramentarius
• Common Puffball; Gem-Studded Puffball; Devil's Snuff-Box
  Lycoperdon perlatum
• Coral Spot
  Nectria cinnabarina

D

• Dead Man's Fingers
  Xylaria polymorpha
• The Deceiver
  Laccaria laccata
• Deer Shield
  Pluteus cervinus

E

• Ear Fungus
  Auricularia auricula-judae
• Eyelash Fungus
  Scutellinia scutellata

F

• Fairy Inkcap
  Coprinus disseminatus
• Flat Oysterling
  Crepidotus applanatus
• Fly Agaric
  Amanita muscaria
• Freckeled Flame-Cap
  Gymnopilus penetrans

G

• Giant Funnel
  Leucopaxillus giganteus
• Giant Polypore
  Merapilus giganteus
• Glistening Inkcap
  Coprinus micaceus

H, I

• Hairy Curtain Crust
  Stereum hirsutum
• Holly Speckle; Holly Leaf Spot
  Trochila ilicina
• Honey Fungus
  Armillaria mellea

J

• Jelly Ear
  Auricularia auricula-judae

K

• King Alfred's Cakes
  Daldinia concentrica

L

• Late-Season Bonnet
  Mycena arcangelica
• Lumpy Bracket
  Trametes gibbosa

M, N

• Milking Mycena
  Mycena galopus var nigra

O

• Ochre Brittlegill
  Russula ochroleuca

P, Q

• Penny Bun
  Boletus edulis
• Poison-Pie
  Hebeluma crustuliniforme
• Purple Jellydisc
  Ascocoryne sarcoides

R

• Rooting Shank
  Oudemarsiella radicata

S

• Scarletina Bolete
  Boletus luridiformis
• Shaggy Inkcap
  Coprinus comatus
• Shaggy Parasol
  Macrolepiota rhacodes
• Silver-Leaf Fungus
  Stereum purpureum
• Small Stagshorn
  Calocera cornea
• Smokey Bracket
  Bjerhandera adusta
• Soft Crepidotus
  Crepidotus mollis
• Stinking Dapperling
  Lepiota cristata
• Stump Puffball
  Lycoperdon pyriforme
• Sulphur Tuft
  Hypholoma fasciculare
• Sycamore Tar Spot
  Rhytisma acerinum

T, U

• Tripe Fungus
  Auricularia mesenterica
• Turkey Tails
  Trametes versicolor

V

• Variable Oysterling
  Crepidotus variabilis
• Vari-Coloured Bracket
  Coriolus versicolor
• Velvet Shank
  Flammulina velutipes
• Velvet Shield
  Pluteus umbrosus

W, X, Y, Z

• White Brain
  Exidia thuretiana
• Witches' Butter
  Exidia glandulosa
• Wood Blewit
  Lepista nuda
• Wood Woolyfoot
  Collybia peronata

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