Fungi on Stamps: Tajikistan to Uganda

Notable in this section are the Togo 1995 collective sheets (there are four of them) where the eight stamps making up a sheet form a broader mosaic image [VIEW].

The Togo 2011 series commemorating Robert Gordon Wasson is also worthy of note  [VIEW]. Wasson [VIEW Wikipedia] who, with his wife, ‘invented’ ethnomycology, created the term ‘magic mushroom’ and initiated the scientific study of psychoactive compounds produced by fungi. He was author of the books Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality (1967) and The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries (1978).
 
Togo also issued, in 2011, what is probably the strangest subject combination of all in a set of stamps that combines pictures of mushrooms with pictures of European nuclear power stations [VIEW]. The decorative minisheet accompanying this series  [VIEW] shows the Chernobyl (Ukraine) and Beaver Valley (USA) nuclear stations and compares the mushroom Strobilomyces with the mushroom cloud of a nuclear detonation!

Country of Issue
Year of Issue
 SG catalogue number or custom number Description CLICK to see graphic
Tajikistan 1999 150 Pleurotus eryngii  VIEW
Tajikistan 1999 151 Lepista nuda, Naked mushroom
Tajikistan 1999 MS152 Collective sheet, 160 x 90 mm, featuring two Lepista nuda 270 r. stamps and two Pleurotus eryngii 100 r. stamps. Three sheets, one 1999 [VIEW], and two overprinted '2003' and revised face values, one ovp in red [VIEW], one ovp in green [VIEW].
Tajikistan 1999 MS153 Minisheet, 97 x 77 mm, 500r. Morchella steppicola VIEW
Tajikistan 2000 DM2000 Collective sheet, 125 x 170 mm, nine stamps, 3 x 3, all vert., face values from 1.00 to 9.00; all good photographs, none identified; 1.00, 3.00, 5.00 (and probably 6.00), 7.00 and 9.00 values are Amanita muscaria; others are Amanita spp. VIEW
Tajikistan 2001 DM2001 Collective sheet, 130 x 175 mm, nine stamps, 3 x 3, all vert., face values from 1.00 to 9.00; Owls and mushrooms, all good photographs of owls (none identified) with a good painting of the mushroom making up the bottom right quarter; 1.00, Xerocomus chrysenteron; 2.00, Suillus grevillei; 3.00, Lactarius deliciosus; 4.00, Lactarius volemus; 5.00, Paxillus atrotomentosus; 6.00, Boletus piperatus; 7.00, Lepista personata; 8.00, Coprinus comatus; 9.00, Tylopilus felleus. VIEW
Tajikistan 2002 MS188 2 x 5 collective sheet showing "Nature of Middle Asia", 6d. bird; 15d. Hawfinch; 41d. Toadstool (Boletus or Leccinum)l; 50d. Mouse; 95d. Moth with closed wings; 1s.50 Moth with open wings; 1s.50 Cat; 1s.50 Tulips. VIEW
Tanzania 1993 1519 Macrolepiots rhacodes VIEW
Tanzania 1993 1520 Mycena pura
Tanzania 1993 1521 Chlorophyllum molybdites
Tanzania 1993 1522 Agaricus campestris
Tanzania 1993 1523 Volvariella volvacea
Tanzania 1993 1524 Leucoagaricus naucinus
Tanzania 1993 1525 Oudemansiella radicata
Tanzania 1993 1526 Clitocybe nebularis
Tanzania 1993 MS1527 Minisheets, 100 x 70 mm. (a) 500s. Omphalotus olearius, (b) 500s. Lepista nuda. Set of 2 sheets. VIEW
Tanzania 1996 DM1996 Sheet, 130 x 106 mm, of eight stamps, all 300 shillings face value, all vert.; (a) Coprinus comatus, Amanitopsis vaginata, Clitocybe geotropa, Cortinartius violaceus, Russula sardonia, Cortinarius colinitus, Boletus aereus, Macrolepiota procera [VIEW]; (b) Amanita phalloides, Amanita muscaria, Morchella vulgaris, Tricholoma aurantium, Amanita caesarea, Psalliota haemorrhoidaria, Russula virescens, Boletus crocipodius [VIEW]. PLUS minisheets, both 1000 shillings face value: (a) 106 x 87 mm, Collybia distorta [VIEW]; (b) 87 x 106 mm, Ganoderma lucidum [VIEW].
Tanzania 1998 DM1998 Separates, all horiz.: 140/-, Tricholoma batschii; 150/-, Tricholoma caligatum; 200/-, Lyophylum decastes; 250/-, Tricholoma flavovirens; 370/-, Boletus chrysenteron; 410/-, Boletus zelleri; 500/-, Gyroporus castaneus; 600/-, Boletus satanus. VIEW
Tanzania 1999 DM1999 Souvenir sheet, 129 x 172 mm, of nine (vert.) stamps all 250/- face value: Pleurotus ostreatus, Amanita muscaria, Amanita umbrinolutea, Onnia tomentosa, Ganoderma lucidum, Macrolepiota procera, Suillus granulatus, Cortinarius praestans, Marasmius ramealis [VIEW]. PLUS souvenir sheet,  172 x 129 mm, of nine (horiz.) stamps all 250/- face value: Hygrocybe miniata, Cystolepiota adulterina, Collybia dryophila, Omphalotus olearis, Macrolepiots rhacodes, Macrolepiots puelaris, unidentified, Mycena epipterygia, Amanita muscaria [VIEW]. PLUS minisheets 92 x 63 mm, 1500/- face value, horiz.; (a) Chroogomphus rutilus, (b) Coprinus silvaticus [VIEW].
Tanzania 2000 DM2000 Separate stamps (vert.); 150/-, Tricholoma portentosum; 250/-, Tricholomopsis rutilans; 300/-, Russula foetens; 350/-, Russula aeruginosa; 400/-, Cortinarius varius; 500/-, Hygrocybe coccineacrenata [VIEW]. Souvenir sheet, 142 x 148 mm, of six stamps (3 x 2), all vert., all 400/- face value; Agaricus abruptibulbus, Annelaria semiovata, Amanita rubescens, Amanita fulva, Tricholoma sulphureum [VIEW]. Souvenir sheet, 143 x 148 mm, of six stamps (3 x 2), all vert., all 400/- face value; Xerocomus rubellus, Geatrum rufescens, Lactarius salmonidies, Gomphus clavatus, Russula rhodopoda, Russula paludosa [VIEW]. PLUS minisheets, 85 x 110 mm, 1500/- face value: (a) stamp shows owl, sheet shows unidentified bracket fungus [VIEW]; (b) minisheets, 110 x 85 mm, 1500/- face value: Stropharia hornemannii [VIEW].
Thailand 1986 1266 Volvariella volvacea VIEW
Thailand 1986 1267 Pleurotus ostreatus, Oyster fungus
Thailand 1986 1268 Auricularia polytricha, Ear mushroom
Thailand 1986 1269 Pleurotus cystidiosus, Abalone mushroom
Thailand 1993 1683 Marasmius sp. VIEW
Thailand 1993 1684 Coprinus sp.
Thailand 1993 1685 Mycena sp.
Thailand 1993 1686 Cyathus sp.
Thailand 1993 MS1687 Collective minisheet, 145 x 110 mm with one of each of the four stamps in the series as listed above. VIEW
Thailand 1993 1683 Marasmius sp. Five copies of SG1683 in a strip in a stamp booklet. VIEW
Thailand 2001 2290 Schizophyllum commune VIEW
Thailand 2001 2291 Lentinus giganteus
Thailand 2001 2293 Pleurotus flabellatus
Thailand 2001 2290 Schizophyllum commune; one copy in a collective sheet of all four stamps. VIEW
Thailand 2001 2291 Lentinus giganteus; one copy in a collective sheet of all four stamps.
Thailand 2001 2292 Pleurotus citrinopileatus, in a collective sheet of all four stamps.
Thailand 2001 2293 Pleurotus flabellatus; one copy in a collective sheet of all four stamps.
Thailand 2001 2290 Schizophyllum commune; five copies of this stamp in a stamp booklet. VIEW
Togo 1986 1893 Ramaria moelleriana VIEW
Togo 1986 1894 Hygrocybe firma
Togo 1986 1895 Lysurus corallocephalus (as Kalchbrennera corallocephala)
Togo 1986 1896 Cookeina tricholoma
Togo 1990 2074 Phaeogyroporus (Phlebobus) silvaticus VIEW
Togo 1990 2075 Volvariella esculenta
Togo 1990 2077 "Termitomyces striatus" (fungus) (air)
Togo 1990 2077 Lysurus corallocephalus (as Kalchbrennera corallocephala), embossed on gold foil, air mail, 1500 f value
Togo 1990 2074 Phaeogyroporus (Phlebobus) silvaticus; minisheet 87 x 73 mm, sheet features butterflies and birds. VIEW
Togo 1990 2075 Volvariella esculenta; minisheet 87 x 73 mm, sheet features butterflies and birds.
Togo 1990 2077 Termitomyces striatus; minisheet 87 x 73 mm, sheet features butterflies and birds.
Togo 1995 DM1995 Sheets, 142 x 112 mm, of eight stamps,all vert., (a) all 180F face value, Cortinarius violaceus,  Hygrocybe flavescens, Mycena haematopus, Copprinus micaceus, Helvella lacunosa, Flammulina velutipes, Aleuria aurantia, Geastrum triplex [VIEW]; (b) all 195F face value, Russula laurocerasi, Phyllotopsis nidulans, Xeromphalina campanella, Psdathyrella hydrophila, Entoloma murraii, Hygrophorus speciosus, Mycena leaiana, Cystoderma amianthinum [VIEW]; (c) all 200F face value, Amanita muscaria, Amanita virosa, Galerina autumnalis, Omphalotus illudens, Naematoloma fasciculare, Paxillus involutus, Russula emetica, Scleroderma citrinum [VIEW]; (d) all 200F face value, Armillaria ponderosa, Agaricus augustus, Gomphidius subroseus, Morcella esculenta, Stropharia rugoso, Boletus edulis, Clitocybe nuda, Lactarius deliciosa [VIEW]. PLUS minisheets, 100 x 70 mm, each with a single (vert.) stamp of 1500F face value (a) Trametes versicolor [VIEW]; (b) Collybia iocephala [VIEW].
Togo 1999 DM1999 Separate stamps, all vert.; 100F, Ganoderma lucidum; 150F, Cantharellus lutescens; 200F, Lactarius deliciosus; 300F, Amanita caesarea; 400F, Cortinarius violaceus; 500F, Amanita rubescens [VIEW]. PLUS minisheets, 83 x 108 mm, single (vert.) stamp, 1000F face value featuring Clitopilus prunulus [VIEW].
Togo 1999 DM1999 Sheet, 157 x 90 mm, of six stamps, all 450F face value, all horiz.; Lepiote, Hypholome, Lactaire, Russule fetide, Russule doree, Strophaire [VIEW]. PLUS minisheet, 130 x 100 mm, single vert. stamp, 2000F face vale Tricholome a adeur de savon [VIEW].
Togo 2007 DM2007 Sheet, 130 x 107 mm, of four stamps all vert., all 450F face value, Coprinus micaceus, Cookeina sulcipes, Hygrocybe firma, Chlorophyllum molybdites [VIEW]. PLUS minisheet 97 x 68 mm, 1500F face value showing Volvariella esculenta [VIEW].
Togo 2011 DM2011 Sheet, 106 x 110 mm, of four square stamps, all750F face value,all have a portrait of Wasson, Psilocybe wassonii, Stropharia cubensis, Psilocybe zapotecorum, Psilocybe mixaeensis [VIEW]. PLUS souvenir sheet 142 x 108 mm, single stamp 3000F face value showing Psilocybe caerulescens. Sheet shows another portrait of Wasson plus Stropharia cubensis, Psilocybe semilanceata and Psilocybe zapetocorum [VIEW].
Togo 2011 DM2011 Sheet, 126 x 98 mm, of four horiz stamps, all 750F face value, each stamp shows a nuclear installation and a mushroom; Amanita muscaria, Coprinus comatus, Gomphus floccosus, Amanita phalloidea; PLUS the same sheet IMPERFORATE [VIEW]. PLUS souvenir sheet, 148 x 108 mm, with a single 3000F stamp showing Chernobyl + Coprinus micaceus. Sheet also shows Clitocybe dealbata, Boletus satanus, Strobilomyces strobilaceus and a nuclear explosion! PLUS the same sheet IMPERFORATE [VIEW].
Togo 2011 DM2011 Sheet, 107 X 110 mm, of four stamps, all square, all 750F face value, one shows Armillaria mellea. VIEW
Togo 2012 DM2012 Sheet of four stamps, all square all 750F face value; depicting Amanita muscaria, Morchella sp., Cantharellus cibarius and Russula sp. [VIEW]. PLUS a single-stamp souvenir sheet in which the stamp features Cortinarius torvus [VIEW].
Tonga 1997 1409 Lenzites elegans VIEW sheet
Tonga 1997 1410 Marasmiellus semiustus
Tonga 1997 1411 Aseroe rubra
Tonga 1997 1412 Podoscypha involuta
Tonga 1997 1413 Microporus xanthopus
Tonga 1997 1414 Lentinus tuber-regium
Tonga 1997 1415 Lenzites elegans VIEW mini sheet
Tonga 1997 1416 Marasmiellus semiustus
Tonga 1997 1417 Aseroe rubra VIEW mini sheet
Tonga 1997 1418 Podoscypha involuta
Tonga 1997 1419 Microporus xanthopus VIEW mini sheet
Tonga 1997 1420 Lentinus tuber-regium
Trinidad and Tobago 1990 770 Xeromphalina tenuipes VIEW
Trinidad and Tobago 1990 771 Phallus indusiatus (Dictyophora indusiata)
Trinidad and Tobago 1990 772 Leucocoprinus birnbaumii
Trinidad and Tobago 1990 773 Crinipellis perniciosa
Tristan da Cunha 1984 369 Agrocybe praecox var. cutifracta VIEW
Tristan da Cunha 1984 370 Laccaria tetraspora
Tristan da Cunha 1984 371 Agrocybe cylindracea (horiz)
Tristan da Cunha 1984 372 Sacoscypha coccinea (horiz)
Turkey 1994 3233 Morchella conica VIEW
Turkey 1994 3234 Agaricus bernardii
Turkey 1994 3235 Lactarius deliciosus, Saffron milk cap
Turkey 1994 3236 Macrolepiota procera, Parasol mushroom
Turkey 1995 3268 Amanita phalloides VIEW
Turkey 1995 3269 Lepiota helveola
Turkey 1995 3270 Gyromitra esculenta, Beefsteak morel
Turkey 1995 3271 Amanita gemmata
Turkmenistan 2000 DM2000 Collective sheet, 174 x 140 mm, nine stamps in the series 'Birds and Mushrooms', 3 x 3, all horiz., all 195.00M face value. Each showing an unidentified mushroom and an unidentified bird. VIEW
Turkmenistan 2000 DM2000 Minisheets, 104 x 120 mm, 1000M face value, (a) Lycoperdon perlatum [VIEW]; (b) Tricholoma pardalatum, both unperforated [VIEW].
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1104 Pluteus chrysophlebius VIEW
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1105 Leucopaxillus gracillimus
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1106 Marasmius haematocephalus
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1107 Collybia subpruinosa
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1108 Marasmius atrorubens (vert)
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1109 Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (vert)
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1110 Trogia cantharelloides (vert)
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 1111 Boletellus cubensis (vert)
Turks & Caicos Is 1991 MS1112 Two minisheets, each 85 x 59 mm. (a) $2 Pyrrhoglossum pyrrhum (vert). (b) $2 Gerronema cirtinum. Set of 2 sheets
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1245 Xerocomus guadeloupae VIEW
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1246 Volvariella volvacea
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1247 Hygrocybe atrosquamosa (horiz)
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1248 Pleurotus ostreatus (horiz)
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1249 Marasmius pallescens (horiz)
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1250 Coprinus plicatilis
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1251 Bolbitius vitellinus (horiz)
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 1252 Pyrrhoglossum lilaceipes
Turks & Caicos Is 1994 MS1253 Minisheets, 102 x 72 mm. (a) $2 Russula cremeolilacina, (b) $2 Lentinus edodes (horiz). Set of 2 sheets.  VIEW
Turks & Caicos Is 2000 1575 Pholiota squarroides, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other 50 c. stamps. VIEW
Turks & Caicos Is 2000 1576 Psilocybe squamosa (as squmosa), in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other 50 c. stamps.
Turks & Caicos Is 2000 1577 Spathularia velutipes, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other 50 c. stamps.
Turks & Caicos Is 2000 1578 Russula sp., in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other 50 c. stamps.
Turks & Caicos Is 2000 1579 Clitocybe clavipes, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other 50 c. stamps.
Turks & Caicos Is 2000 1580 Boletus frostii, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other 50 c. stamps.
Turks & Caicos Is 2000 MS1581 Minisheets, 108 x 71 mm, (a) $2 Strobilurus conigenoides (horiz). (b) $2 Stereum ostrea (horiz). Set of 2 sheets. VIEW
Tuvalu 1988 530 Ganoderma applanatum VIEW
Tuvalu 1988 531 Pseudoepicoccum cocos (brown leaf spot)
Tuvalu 1988 532 Rigidoporus lineatus (as R. zonalis)
Tuvalu 1988 533 Rigidoporus microporus
Tuvalu 1989 554 Trametes marianna (Trametes muelleri) VIEW
Tuvalu 1989 555 Pestalotiopsis palmarum (grey leaf spot)
Tuvalu 1989 556 Trametes cingulata
Tuvalu 1989 557 Schizophyllum commune
Uganda 1989 706 Suillus granulatus VIEW
Uganda 1989 707 Omphalotus olearius
Uganda 1989 708 Oudemansiella radicata
Uganda 1989 709 Clitocybe nebularis
Uganda 1989 710 Macrolepiota rhacodes
Uganda 1989 711 Lepista nuda
Uganda 1989 712 Suillus luteus
Uganda 1989 713 Agaricus campestris
Uganda 1989 MS714 Two minisheets, each 100 x 68 mm. (a) 350s. Bolbitius vitellinus (feat. giraffe) (b) 350s. Schizophyllum commune (feat. zebra). VIEW
Uganda 1991 979 Volvariella bingensis VIEW
Uganda 1991 980 Agrocybe broadwayi
Uganda 1991 981 Camarophyllus olidus
Uganda 1991 982 Marasmius arborescens
Uganda 1991 983 Marasmiellus subcinereus
Uganda 1991 984 Agaricus campestris
Uganda 1991 985 Chlorophyllum molybdites
Uganda 1991 986 Agaricus bingensis
Uganda 1991 MS987 Two minisheets, each 96 x 65 mm. (a) 1200s. Leucocoprinus cepaestipes (horiz). (b) 1200s. Laccaria ohiensis (as Laccaria lateritia) (horiz) Set of 2 sheets
Uganda 1996 1665 Coprinus disseminatus VIEW
Uganda 1996 1666 Coprinus radians
Uganda 1996 1667 Hygrophorus coccineus
Uganda 1996 1668 Marasmius siccus
Uganda 1996 1669 Cortinarius collinitus
Uganda 1996 1670 Cortinarius cinnabarinus
Uganda 1996 1671 Coltricia cinnamomea
Uganda 1996 1672 Mutinus elegans
Uganda 1996 MS1673 Two minisheets, each 110 x 80 mm. (a) 2500s. Inocybe sororia. (b) 2500s. Flammulina velutipes. Set of 2 sheets VIEW
Uganda 2001 2357 Amanita excelsa VIEW
Uganda 2001 2358 Coprinus cinereus
Uganda 2001 2359 Scleroderma aurantium
Uganda 2001 2360 Armillaria mellea
Uganda 2001 2361 Leopiota procera
Uganda 2001 2362 Flammulina velutipes
Uganda 2001 MS2363 Minisheet, 100 x 70 mm, (a) 3000s. Amanita phalloides.
Uganda 2002 2401 Termitomyces microcarpus, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other mushroom stamps in the series.  VIEW
Uganda 2002 2402 Agaricus trisulphuratus, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other mushroom stamps in the series. 
Uganda 2002 2403 Macrolepiota zeyheri, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other mushroom stamps in the series. 
Uganda 2002 2404 Lentinus stupeus, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other mushroom stamps in the series. 
Uganda 2002 2405 Lentinus sajor-caju, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other mushroom stamps in the series. 
Uganda 2002 2406 Lentinus velutinus, in a 3 x 2 collective sheet with other mushroom stamps in the series. 
Uganda 2002 2426 Cyptotrama asprata (fungus) (vert)
Uganda 2002 MS2427 Minisheet, 95 x 70 mm, 4000s. Podoscypha parvula (fungus). One of a set of 4 sheets, the other feature images of tsetse fly, waterbuck (vert.) and Abutilon flower.
Uganda 2012 DM2012 Sheet, 120 x 120 mm, of six stamps, all 3000/- face value, all vert., Amanita pantherina, Amanita phalloides, Amanita rubescens, Boletus edulis, Lactarius deliciosus, Morchella esculenta. PLUS minisheet, 81 x 79 mm, with two 5000/- stamps, Laccaria amethystina, Coprinus micaceus. VIEW

Updated December 7, 2016