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Woodland Litter Mushrooms

6 species: 5 poisonous, 1 edible with caution.

Species in this group

6 species
Blackedge bonnet showing lilac-gray cap and dark-edged pale gills

Blackedge Bonnet

Mycena pelianthina

Poisonous
Illustrated eastern black morel with dark vertical ridges and a pale stem in hardwood leaf litter

Black Morel

Morchella angusticeps

Caution
Lilac bonnet mushrooms with striate violet-gray caps and slender stems in woodland leaf litter

Lilac Bonnet

Mycena pura

Poisonous
Robust rosy bonnet mushrooms with broad pink caps and pale stems in beech leaf litter

Rosy Bonnet

Mycena rosea

Poisonous
Livid pinkgill with a large pale lobed cap, salmon gills, and ringless stem in broadleaf litter

Livid Pinkgill

Entoloma sinuatum

Poisonous
Two club foot mushrooms showing pale decurrent gills and swollen lower stems in woodland litter

Club Foot

Ampulloclitocybe clavipes

Poisonous