We’ve found an incredible number of species of fungi on the grounds of The Henry Ford – here’s an incomplete but amazing list of some of the ones we’ve collected:

Polypores

Turkey Tail – Trametes versicolor
False Turkey Tail – Stereum ostrea
Artist’s Conk – Ganoderma applanatum
Neofavolus – Neofavolus alveolaris
Birch Polypore – Fomitopsis betulina
Violet-Toothed Polypore – Trichaptum biforme
Veiled Polypore – Cryptoporus volvatus
Red-Belted Polypore – Fomitopsis mounceae

Edible & Culinary Mushrooms

Pheasant Back – Cerioporus squamosus
Deer Mushroom – Pluteus cervinus
Chicken of the Woods – Laetiporus sulphureus
Caca de Luna (Aztec Puffball) – Calvatia cyathiformis
American Morel – Morchella americana
Wood Ear – Auricularia auricula-judae
Tremella / Witches’ Butter – Tremella mesenterica
Penny Bun – Boletus edulis
Wine Cap – Stropharia rugosoannulata
Elm Oyster – Hypsizygus ulmarius

Puffballs & Related

Puffball – Calvatia / Lycoperdon spp.
Stalked Puffball – Tulostoma spp.

Inky Caps

Inky Caps – Coprinus / Coprinellus spp.
Mica Caps – Coprinellus micaceus

Corals

Crown-Tipped Coral – Artomyces pyxidatus
Ramaria sp. – coral fungus look-alike

Toxic / Dangerous Mushrooms

Deadly Galerina – Galerina marginata
Russula emetica – Russula emetica (The Sickener)
Angel’s Wings – Pleurocybella porrigens

Slime Molds

Chocolate Tube Slime Mold – Stemonitis axifera
Wolf’s Milk Slime Mold – Lycogala epidendrum

Parasites on Other Fungi

Hypomyces – Hypomyces spp.

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