Walk leader Fluff Berger. Mushrooms identified by Fluff Berger and Richard Jacob.
The radar said no rain but we encountered drizzle, occasional rain and mist but fortunately not too wet. Over 30 species found which is pretty good considering how dry it was up until last Wednesdays storms.

Species list entered by Fluff Berger.

List of species found on the walk at Sewickley Heights Park:

[icon style=”camera”] Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Bondarzewia berkeleyi (Berkeley’s Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Chlorosplenium chlora (),
[icon style=”camera”] Coltricia cinnamomea (),
[icon style=”camera”] Craterellus fallax (Black Trumpet),
[icon style=”camera”] Crucibulum laeve (White-egg Bird’s-nest Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Gymnopus dryophila (),
[icon style=”camera”] Laccaria ochropurpurea (Purple-gilled Laccaria),
[icon style=”camera”] Lentaria byssiseda (),
[icon style=”camera”] Lycoperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Meripilus sumstinei (Black-staining Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena luteopallens (Walnut Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Oligoporus caesius (Blue Cheese Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Panaeolus papilionaceus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Phellinus gilvus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Piptoporus betulinus (Birch Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Plicaturopsis crispa (),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula variata (Variegated Russula),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Tetrapyrgos nigripes (Black-footed Marasmus),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes elegans (),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Xerula radicata ()

Unidentified species include:
1 Pink and one small red Russula
Marasmius
Clitocybe
Entoloma
One mystery species still to be identified!