A PHOTO FUNGI OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Fungi Shapes and Features
(A Photographic Glossary)

The images on this page illustrate both the variation which can be found within fungi, and some of the features, which can be used to identify them. However, there are other features, which are used for identification purposes, which can cannot be illustrated here through lack of facility to do so, e.g. the microscopic differences that occur between species, and include spore size, shape and colour. Other important key identification features of fungi include both taste and smell, and these  cannot be photographically illustrated, and I would not suggest tasting a fungi that anyone wasn't familiar with. With regards 'Other Features' included here, guttation drops can usually be found on some bracket fungi and these can be seen without bruising; with regards sap, this can be seen on bruising of rubbing the gills on some groups of fungi, e.g. Milk Caps, Lactarius species. The images here can be used in conjunction with a field guide or mushroom encyclopaedia.