Western Montana Mushroom Photo Guide

This Western Montana Mushroom photo guide is a work in progress. Some have only the scientific name and some contain more information, including location and time of year they are generally found. More information about each mushroom will be added shortly, as well as more mushrooms being added.

Donations and memberships to the WMMA will aid us in improving this guide!....Enjoy!

We have designed an online key - (be sure to read up on spore prints)

An article: Confidence and Identification: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

** Disclaimer: These photos are presented to assist with mushroom ID. Any ID based on macroscopic characteristics alone, even including photos, is fallible.
The WMMA does not assume responsibility for mushroom identification decisions made by individuals using this site. These photos represent a small fraction of the known species in the Pacific northwest

Alphabetical listing by Species & Genus

A-C

D-G

H-L

M-Q

R-Z

Fungi by Family groups

Boletes

Coral Mushrooms

Polypores

Slime Molds, Birds Nest, and Jelly Fungi

Cylindrical Shaped Fungi

Cup fungi - Ascomycetes

Morels and False Morels

Puffballs - Gastromycetes & False Puffballs

Truffles

Secotiod Fungi

Amanita

Lepiota

Collybioid Mushrooms

Oysters

Russula and Lactarius

Salmon to Pink-colored spore

Brown spored (see also Agaricus)

 

Other groups:

Agaricus

Hydnum

Hygrophorus

Tricholoma

Overseas (Non - U.S.A.) mushroom pics as well as a few interesting mushrooms found outside of Montana

  For folks who want to be extra sure about what you have picked, the following are spores under the microscope belonging to the following mushrooms. A big thanks to Dave Magne for the images.

All photos are the property of Larry Evans and can not be reproduced without his permission.

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