Rocky Mountain Rare Fungi Challenge
Mycologists and conservationists selected 20 species based on scientific literature, IUCN Red List and Global Biodiversity Information Facility descriptions, and surveys and monitoring data.
REGIONS COVERED
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
TIMEFRAME
2025 –2030
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Arrhenia auriscalpium
Photo via Vera Evenson
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Leccinum rotundifoliae
Photo via Federico Calledda
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Lichenomphalia alpina
Photo via Sergey Stefanov
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Loreleia marchantiae
Photo via Cathy Cripps
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Rhizomarasmius epidryas
Photo via Noah Siegel
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Calocybe onychina
Photo via Mike Wood
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Cercopemyces crocodilinus
Photo via Ed Lubow
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Hydnellum fuscoindicum
Photo via Noah Siegel
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Phaeolepiota aurea
Photo via John Michelotti
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Sowerbyella rhenana
Photo via Mike Wood
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Suillus placidus
Photo via Louise Woo
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Chlamydopus meyenianus
Photo via Adam J. Searcy
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Saproamanita prairiicola
Photo via Cathy Cripps
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Schizostoma laceratum
Photo via Sara Busch Ahimsavet
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Butyriboletus pulchriceps
Photo via Michelle Torres-Grant
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Paragyrodon sphaerosporus
Photo via Sebastian Taibibi
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Cotylidia diaphana
Phtoo via Cathy Cripps
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Lactarius pseudodelicatus
Photo via Ed Barge
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Chromosera loreleiae
Photo by Mike Wood
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Hygrophorus goetzii
Photo via Fred Stevens
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Rocky Mountain Rare Fungi Challenge Poster
An easy-to-reference guide to all of the Challenge's 20 target fungi.
