Howard County Bird Club

Fungi Photo Key

This is a photographic key to fungi and slime molds of Howard County, Maryland. The baker’s dozen generalized categories shown in the photos below illustrate the astonishing diversity in form and color of local fungi. This key is intended to help reach a family or genus similar to the specimen in question. It is often very hard to make an exact match as many fruiting bodies require careful examination and habitat veritication. (Examination of the spores or spore prints is beyond the scope of this key.)

Choose one of the categories below that most closely matches the unknown fruiting body. Click on the picture to bring up photos of species or groups of species within that category. Click on the scientific name (on the secondary pages) to bring up a pdf page with more details information and additional photographs. View the layout and consult the abbreviations used on the pdf page Fungi of Howard County, MD Introduction.