Figures & data
Figure 1. Fleshy fruiting bodies of Rocky Mountain alpine fungi. (a) Arrhenia lobata, decomposer on Salix. (b) Rhizomarasmius epidryas, decomposer on Dryas octopetala. (c) Galerina, decomposer on moss. (d) Lichenomphalia basidiolichen. (e) Melampsora epitea, rust pathogen on Salix reticulata. (f) Lactarius lanceolatus, ectomycorrhizal with S. reticulata. (g) Russula nana, ectomycorrhizal with dwarf Salix. (h) Cortinarius absarokensis, a North American ectomycorrhizal endemic
![Figure 1. Fleshy fruiting bodies of Rocky Mountain alpine fungi. (a) Arrhenia lobata, decomposer on Salix. (b) Rhizomarasmius epidryas, decomposer on Dryas octopetala. (c) Galerina, decomposer on moss. (d) Lichenomphalia basidiolichen. (e) Melampsora epitea, rust pathogen on Salix reticulata. (f) Lactarius lanceolatus, ectomycorrhizal with S. reticulata. (g) Russula nana, ectomycorrhizal with dwarf Salix. (h) Cortinarius absarokensis, a North American ectomycorrhizal endemic](/cms/asset/32069b83-a83b-4cb7-bc08-0da59a1ac78a/uaar_a_1771869_f0001_oc.jpg)
Figure 2. (a) Typical North American alpine habitat, Beartooth Plateau, Rocky Mountains. (b) Alpine bog. (c) Betula nana, ectomycorrhizal. (d) Salix arctica, ectomycorrhizal. (e) Salix reticulata, ectomycorrhizal
![Figure 2. (a) Typical North American alpine habitat, Beartooth Plateau, Rocky Mountains. (b) Alpine bog. (c) Betula nana, ectomycorrhizal. (d) Salix arctica, ectomycorrhizal. (e) Salix reticulata, ectomycorrhizal](/cms/asset/43b58cf7-296a-42b2-a9c5-5156cdc041f4/uaar_a_1771869_f0002_oc.jpg)
Table 1. Mushrooms and fleshy fungi collected during early North American Arctic expeditions, 1819–1931. Names and authorities as reported
Table 2. Research in the proceedings of the international symposia on arctic and alpine mycology focused on North American fungi
Table 3. Current list of species of alpine Agaricales, Russulales, Boletales, and Ascomycota from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming collected at elevations of ca. 3,000 to 4,200 m