Fungi in Finland and in Sweden

Fungi in Finland and in Sweden

Grouping

I have grouped the mushrooms in a "semi scientific" way, i.e. grouped them partly by their visual characteristics and partly by their family. For example: mushrooms with gills are in one big group in which you can find genera like Russula, Agaricus and some other genera as a group of its own. Also all species with shell-shaped fruiting bodies are placed in a group of its own.

Clicking on the link will take you to a species index of the fungi in the selected group.

Here below you'll see only some species from the group, by clicking further, you will find more species.

Agarics without true gills
	Cantharellus Fruitbody fleshy, vase- or trumpet-shaped, the underside vein-like and decurrent.
	Craterellus Fruitbody funnel-shaped, spore bearing surface smooth to slightly wrinkled.
Tooth Fungi:
	Auriscalpium Smallish stalked mushroom with hairy and dry surface, underside leathery with spines, grows on conifer cones.
	Creolophus, Hydnellum, Hydnum, Sarcodon Lower surface of the cap covered by tooth-like projections (spines).
	(Pseudohydnum) Jelly fungus resembling the tooth fungus, but here the flesh is gelatinous and translucent.
Ascomycota – Sac Fungi
	Cup Fungi Fruitbody disc-shaped to cupulate, sometimes ear-like.
	Gyromitra Fruitbody irregular, often more or less intricately wrinkled and convoluted, brain-like, often hollow in chambers.
	Helvella Fruitbody a mixture of gyromitra, helvella and cup fungi; stem often furrowed, chambered.
	Morchella Cap narrowly to broadly conic, ridged forming an irregular honeycomb, stalk longitudinally furrowed.

Agaricales – Gilled mushrooms
Mushrooms with distinct, often loose gills under the cap. This section includes many genera, such as Agaricus, Cortinarius, Lactarius, Russula, species with shell-shaped fruitbodies or waxy caps etc.

Boletales – Pore Fungi Fleshy mushrooms a spongy mass of pores under the cap instead of gills, the pore layer usually easily separable from the cap.
	Boletes Delicious pore fungi of ample size with brown cap, thick and firm stem
	Leccinum Small, rigid projections (scabers) giving a rough texture to the stalks.
	Suillus Cap often slimy, hence the common name "slippery jacks".
	Tylopilus Bitter, inedible mushroom with pink pores.
	Xerocomus Pores and/or flesh stain blue when bruised or cut.
	Chalciporus Smallish red brown pore fungus, tastes hot and peppery.

Coral mushrooms, Club-like Fungi and Earth Tongues
	Club-like Fungi Cap club-like.
	Coral mushrooms Fruiting body multi-branched, resembling aquatic coral or antlers.
	Earth Tongues Fruiting body club-like, flattened tongue-like.

Polyporales – Bracket Fungi, Conks etc. Polyporales have a smooth hymenophore, or have pores, teeth, or irregular gills.
.	Polyporys Leathery conks or brackets, often perennial, fertile layer poroid, less commonly gill- or tooth-like, not easily separable from the rest of the fruitbody.
Leather-like fungi Including species of various families.
	Leather-like fungi Leathery fungi resembling brackets, lying flat on wooden substrate or forming overlapping tiers of shelves.
	Thelephora Branched or leathery fruiting body.

Other Fungi and Myxomycetes
	Jelly Fungi The multiform jelly fungi resemble the tooth fungi (Hydnum) but have a distinct gelatinous substance.
	Puffballs and Earth stars Fruiting body globular, egg shaped or club-like, often having two coatings, the fertile tissue inside getting powdery from maturing spores.
	Other Here you will find some other species classified as fungi, mostly small mushrooms with a surface of hard crust.
	Myxomycetes – Slime moulds Multiform while alive, usually recognized in their mucous stage when they are able to move around independently.