Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club | Fungi, Fun, and Friends!

Species list from Little Sewickley Creek Watershed on 04/27/2025

Species list entered by Dawn Wehman. Fungi: Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore), Neofavolus alveolaris ( ), Fuligo septica ( Scrambled-egg Slime; Dog Vomit Slime), Fulvifomes robiniae (Cracked cap polypore, Locust polypore), Galerina marginata (...

Species list from Hartwood Acres on 04/19/2025

A good sized crowd for this walk that were buoyed by the nice weather. We mostly found dried up mushrooms, crusts and remains of last years puffballs. However, we did find two of the seasonally appropriate morel species in a location that the whole group has agreed to...

Invasive Golden Oyster mushroom study

Call for specimens! If you see golden oysters out in the wild this year please collect a sample and send them to Aishwarya Veerabahu in the Pringle Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This is a population genomics study to understand whether cultivation and/or...

Species list from Dark Hollow Woods on 04/12/2025

More than 20 people turned out at Dark Hollow Woods today. Species identified by Cecily Franklin, Cara Coulter and Richard Jacob. Species list entered by Cecily Franklin. Photos by Cecily Franklin, Cara Coulter and Cherie Cornmesser. Fungi: Apioperdon pyriforme (...

Diatrype virescens observation project

Do you like to talk a walks outside even when it's cold out? Ever pick up sticks to see whats growing on them? Like charismatic fungi? If so we have a project for you! DC based naturalist Mark Richman (imasongster on iNat) is asking for observations of Diatrype...

Lincoff Foray

The 24ed annual Gary Lincoff Foray is on September 20, 2024.

About the club

The Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club was created to promote the enjoyment, study, and exchange of information about wild mushrooms. Everyone who has an interest in wild mushrooms is welcome to become a member. Activities include regular meetings, projects centered on mushrooms, and walks and forays.

Bolete filter

The Bolete Filter is a triage (A Synoptic Key) for North American Boletes developed by Scott Pavelle with lots of input from other club members and country wide experts and hosted by the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club.