Alpine Brittlegill (Russula nana)
Alpine Brittlegill (Russula nana) in the Russulaceae family is a native with bright red, very conspicuous cap. The pure white blades on the stem are quite tight and thick. It has a slight aroma of vanilla but is not edible. It grows primarily in moss under willows,...
Man-on-Horseback mushroom (Tricholoma flavovirens)
Man-on-Horseback mushroom (Tricholoma flavovirens) in the Tricholomataceae family is an edible mushroom, but can be easily mistaken for similar poisonous ones. Its cap is pale yellow at first, then greenish yellow to vivid yellow and ustally remaining yellow on the...
Naked Pufball Mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum)
Naked Pufball Mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum), Hymenogastracceae Family, grows on sandy soil mostly in lodgepole pine forests in the subalpine areas of the front range, but also drops occasionally into ponderosa pine forest in the montane. Photo by Mo...