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Heliocybe sulcata

(Berk.) Redhead & Ginns

Sunray Mushroom

GNRUnranked Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.912041

Element CodeNFFUNHESU1

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassBasidiomycetes

OrderPolyporales

FamilyPolyporaceae

GenusHeliocybe

Synonyms

Lentinus sulcatusBerk. 1845Neolentinus sulcatus(Berk.) F. RunePleurotus sulcatus(Berk.) D.A. ReidPocillaria sulcata(Berk.) Kuntze

Concept Reference

Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Mycobank (2025) include Lentinus pholiotoides in Heliocybe sulcata, while Species Fungorum (2025) treat them as distinct.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Indiana	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Arizona (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Arnold Mesa	Prescott National Forest	12,286
Black Canyon	Prescott National Forest	10,683

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Snowy Mountains Wsa	Lewis and Clark National Forest	88,003

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Canyon	Santa Fe National Forest	1,922

References (4)

Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.
Species Fungorum. 2014. Species Fungorum Partnership (CABI, IT IS, Catalogue of Life). http://www.speciesfungorum.org (accessed 2014)