British Fungi and Lichens beginning with L

You will find listed here, in alphabetical order by Common Name, all the British Fungi species who's common name begins with "L" from our Flora and Fauna database. As there are a large number of species with similar names we have included the genus, species, phylum, family and kingdom to help you correctly select the one you are looking for. If we have images available the number of images is displayed in the right hand column and a link appears to those images under the species name.

All the fungi below are of the Kingdom Fungi.

This page only displays species that have common names, there is likely to be many more members of this species in the main database that are found either in or around the British Isles or somewhere within the United Kingdom that do not have common names they will however be marked native, introduced, etc. To access these return to Flora and Fauna Menu and use the World Wildlife sub-menu.

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If photographs are available the species name is displayed in bold with the camera icon beside it along with the number of photos available. Similarly if other types of image, e.g. paintings or drawings, are available the image icon is displayed along with the number of images. To view the images click on the species name.

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Common Name	Genus Species Var'n	Family	Sub Order	Order
Lacquered Bracket	Ganoderma lucidum	Ganodermataceae		Agaricales
Larch Bolete	Suillus grevillei	Boletaceae		Boletales
Larch Disco	Lachnellula occidentalis	Hyaloscyphaceae		Helotiales
Larch Knight	Tricholoma psammopus	Tricholomataceae		Agaricales
Larch Woodwax	Hygrophorus lucorum	Agaricaceae		Agaricales
Layered Cup	Peziza varia	Pezizaceae		Pezizales
Leaf Parachute	Marasmius epiphyllus	Marasmiaceae		Agaricales
Leafy Brain	Tremella foliacea	Tremellaceae		Tremellales
Lemon Disco	Bisporella citrina	Helotiaceae		Helotiales
Lentil Shanklet	Collybia tuberosa x 1	Tricholomataceae		Agaricales
Leopard Earthball	Scleroderma areolatum	Sclerodermataceae		Boletales
Lichen. (Brown Foliose Type),	Pseudocyphellaria norvegica	Lobariaceae	Peltigerineae	Lecanorales
Lichen. Green Specklebelly,	Pseudocyphellaria aurata	Lobariaceae	Peltigerineae	Lecanorales
Lichen. Orange-fruited Elm,	Caloplaca luteoalba	Teloschistaceae	Teloschistineae	Lecanorales
Lichen. River jelly,	Collema dichotomum	Collemataceae	Lecanorineae	Lecanorales
Lichen. Speckled Script,	Schismatomma graphidioides	Roccellaceae		Arthoniales
Lichen. Starry Breck,	Buellia asterella	Physciaceae	Lecanorineae	Lecanorales
Lilac Bonnet	Mycena pura x 1	Tricholomataceae		Agaricales
Lilac Dapperling	Cystolepiota bucknallii	Agaricaceae		Agaricales
Lilac Domecap	Calocybe onychina	Tricholomataceae		Agaricales
Lilac Fibrecap	Inocybe geophylla var lilacina	Cortinariaceae		Agaricales
Lilac Leg Fibrecap	Inocybe griseolilacina	Cortinariaceae		Agaricales
Lilac Mushroom	Agaricus porphyrizon	Agaricaceae		Agaricales
Lilac Oysterling	Panus conchatus x 1	Polyporaceae		Agaricales
Lilac Pinkgill	Entoloma porphyrophaeum	Agaricaceae		Agaricales
Lilacscale Milkcap	Lactarius spinosulus	Russulaceae		Russulales
Lion Shield	Pluteus leoninus	Pluteaceae		Agaricales
Liver Milkcap	Lactarius hepaticus	Russulaceae		Russulales
Livid Pinkgill	Entoloma sinuatum x 1	Agaricaceae		Agaricales
Lumpy Bracket	Trametes gibbosa	Polyporaceae		Agaricales
Lurid Bolete	Boletus luridus x 2	Boletaceae		Boletales

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