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The Mushroom of the Month series is a fun and educational collection of Web pages about fungi. The goal of the series is to provide photos and basic information about urban fungi in the Puget Sound Basin. Fungi represent a portion of the Herbarium's collection of over 600,000 specimens.

  • Helvella lacunosa ~ January 2008
  • Tubaria furfuracea ~ February 2008
  • Camarophyllus pratensis ~ March 2008
  • Tuber gibbosum ~ April 2008
  • Amanita pantherina ~ May 2008
  • Agrocybe praecox ~ June 2008
  • Agaricus augustus ~ July 2008
  • Gymnopus (Collybia) peronatus ~ August 2008
  • Scleroderma cepa ~ September 2008
  • Leratiomyces ceres ~ October 2008
  • Leratiomyces plumbeus ~ November 2008
  • Trametes versicolor ~ December 2008
  • The Burke Museum and Puget Sound Mycological Society hosted the first ever Mushroom Maynia! Click here to hear more about this fun fungi event.




    Photo of fungi
    Trametes versicolor: Mushroom of the Month for December 2008
    Photo by J. Ammirati





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