Common Spring Mushrooms

 

Over 1000 mushroom species can be found in the spring in the Pacific Northwest. This is a list of some of the most common or unique species and groups

 

Morels and Similar

Genus Morchella

Morels

Genus Gyromitra

Verpa bohemica

Verpa conica

Genus Helvella

Elfin Saddles

Spring Cup Fungi

Peziza

Geopyxis carbonaria

Caloscypha fulgens

Sarcosphaera coronaria

Spring Gilled Mushrooms

Mica Caps

links to a page on coprinoid mushrooms (the ink-caps)

 

Agrocybe praecox group

Pleurotus

Oyster Mushrooms

Panthercap

Amanita pantherina / Amanita pantherinoides

Links to Amanita page

Questionable Stropharia

Stropharia ambigua

links to Spring Stropharias

Fairy Ring Marasmius

Marasmius oreades

Deer Mushrooms

Genus Pluteus

Verdigris Navel

Arrhenia chlorocyanea

Lichenomphalia ericetorum

Lichen Agaric

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata

Ovoid

Schizophyllum commune

Splitgill Mushroom

Orange Jellies

various species

All Year Polypores

These woody mushrooms are durable and may persist on trees, wood, or buried roots all year long.