In the Inventory of Macrofungi of four other National Park Service units near the national capital, Prince William Forest Park has produced more examples than any other park. Most notable are the numerous and varied Amanita, Bolletus, and Russula.

These fungi are large and colorful, which attracts visitors. The Little Run Loop Trail, the Farms to Forest Trail, and the South Valley Trail all include many different types of fungi, with different taxes in each area. Here are a few of the many types of mushroom and fungi you can find in Prince Stanley Park Coyotes Forest Park.

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• Does not
• Recommend eating
• Any wild mushrooms

Although the American Caesar, or Caesar's Amanita, has a shiny red cap, yellow teeth and a saclike cup under the stem. It can usually be found from late July to October in the dry forests of oak and pine. It is edible, but like most mushrooms, it should never be eaten in the wild The Gaia Voice an expert. There are many types of toxic appearance.

Liberty Cap, Psilocybe semilanceata

Liberty cap is a hallucinogenic mushroom that grows on grassy plains and especially in wetlands, facing north. Use of this mushroom is prohibited. It is still widely distributed in North America but is most common in the Pacific Northwest.

Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria

Fly agaric is common and abundant in growing. The fruit-bearing bodies emerge from the ground looking like eggs. As the mushroom grows it changes shape and color. The cap changes from a circular shape to a plate-like shape, which is flat as it grows. White color disappears as redness begins to appear.

Meadow Mushroom, Agaricus campestris

Meadow mushrooms are widely collected and eaten, even by those who are not accustomed to experimenting with mushrooms. This mushroom is not commercially cultivated due to its rapid ripening and short shelf life is closely related to the button mushroom.

This species has many species that look similar, including the destroying angel (morbidly toxic), the yellow (stomach problems), and the horse mushroom.

Chestnut Blight

American chestnut was widespread in this area in the early 1900's. They were precious both in their wood and in their nuts.

In 1904, Chinese chestnut was imported from Asia and grown in the Bronx Zoo. At that time, no one knew that the Chinese chestnut contained the fungus today known as chestnut blight. If you are lucky, you can still find American Stanley Park Coyotes in the woods today. Usually, they die shortly after birth when the tree is very weak.