We had a wonderful time on our Todd Nature Reserve walk! Found so many interesting fungi, and spent some time with some great people.

Species list entered by Cara Barkley. Species identified by Cara Barkley.

List of species found on the walk at Barking slopes:
Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel Fungus),
Amanita amerifulva (),
Amanita bisporigera (Destroying Angel),
Ampulloclitocybe clavipes (),
Arrhenia epichysium (),
Ascocoryne cylichnium ()
Clitocybe fragrans (),
Galerina marginata (Deadly galerina)
Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem-studded Puffball)
Merulius tremellosus ()
Mycena crocea (Walnut Mycena)
Phlebia incarnata ()
Pholiota limonella ()
Piptoporus betulinus (Birch Polypore)
Sarcomyxa serotina (Late Season Oyster mushroom)
Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment)
Tatrea macrospora ()

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Mycena leptocephala (Nitrous Bonnet),
Inocybe tubarioides,
Family Pterulaceae,
Russula,

Pictures by Cara Barkley

It was a wet Sunday morning but four mushroom hunters were not to be deterred. As far as we are aware this is the first WPMC walk at Barking slopes, an Allegheny Land Trust property. We took the lower trail path and never made it up to the higher portion of the property.
There was a range of tree species in the valley with lots of Elm, a few Maple but not many Oak along with a lot of other species. We quickly started finding a variety of fungal spices but not many larger terrestrial species.

Richard Jacob took a number of the interesting specimens home for microscopic analysis. The first one was Bactridium flavum, small yellow blobs that when you look closely are made up of sacs. The species is kind of new to to the club, it’s been found it before but was not successfully identified. It’s an anamorph with conidia (an asexual, non-motile spore of a fungus). Richard ID’ed an eyelash cup specimen as Scutellinia colensoi. First time for the club and possibly the country. There have also been a couple of other unconfirmed sightings of this species. Richard also looked at the Resupinatus species and its spores did not match Resupinatus applicatus, the normal name we use for Resupinatus in this area. The specimen currently remains unidentified.

We were excited by some mock oyster’s (Phyllotopsis nidulans) as then would fill a spot on the bingo card but they were actually Crepidotus crocophyllus – damm. . .

Species list entered by Cara Barkley. Species identified by Cara Barkley and Richard Jacob.

List of species found on the walk at Barking slopes:
Apioperdon pyriforme ( Pear-shaped Puffball ),
Ascocoryne cylichnium (),
Ascocoryne sarcoides (Purple Jelly Drops),
Bactridium flavum (),
Bisporella citrina (Yellow Fairy Cups),
Cerioporus varius (),
Crepidotus crocophyllus (),
Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
Daldinia childiae (Carbon Balls),
Flammulaster erinaceellus (Powder-scale Pholiota),
Flammulina velutipes (Velvet foot; Enokitake),
Galerina marginata (Deadly galerina),
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
Gloeoporus dichrous (),
Irpex lacteus (Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
Ischnoderma resinosum (Resinous Polypore),
Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
Merulius tremellosus (),
Niveoporofomes spraguei (Green Cheese Polypore),
Peniophora albobadia (Giraffe spots),
Phellinus robiniae (Cracked cap polypore, Locust polypore)
Phleogena faginea (Fenugreek Stalkball),
Plicaturopsis crispa (Crimp gill),
Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
Poronidulus conchifer (),
Postia livens (Blue cheese polypore),
Sarcomyxa serotina (Late Fall Oyster),
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
Spongipellis pachyodon (),
Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
Trametes betulina (Multicolor Gill Polypore),
Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Scutellinia colensoi
Xylaria longiana
Trametes ochracea
Phellinus igniarius (A Cracked cap polypore on Willow)

Pluteus sp.
Crucibulum sp.
Family Entolomataceae
Family Corticiaceae
Resupinatus sp.
Lepiota sp.
Marasmius sp. x 2
Mycena sp. x 3
Diatrype sp.
Armillaria sp.
maple leaf mushroom

Pictures by Cara Barkley and Richard Jacob

This years official foray was split between three walks in the morning and an online interview with Long Litt Woon due to the ongoing pandemic. The normal events were sorely missed especially the mushroom feast and the gathering of mycologicial expertise that we normally have. We held walks at Devils Elbow, Deer Shelters/Harmar shelter(Swimming pool) and Wyoming Shelter led by Fluff Berger, Richard Jacob and Cara Coulter respectively. Each walk had 5 or so participants. The weather was nice on the day and there had been some rain over the first couple of weeks of September setting things up nicely as far as the mushrooms went. For about the first time this year in the Pittsburgh region we found an abundance of Amanita and Bolete species. Although there were only three walks and less than 20 people involved we still found and identified over 100 different species. This year was not the lowest number of species found either, both 2002 and 2010 were lower with ~70 species each time due to very dry weather proceeding the foray. We expect that there would have been many more species discovered if it was a normal foray with more walks and people looking. Cara Coulter on the Wyoming Shelter walk added “Found a nice log filled with fresh Laetiporus sulphureus for our walk members to enjoy. A lovely walk filled with plenty of mushrooms. Highlight of the walk was finding Xanthoporia radiata a beautiful shelf fungus with orange hues.”

As always thanks to the walk leaders and club members who joined us for the morning and allowed us to continue our 20 year streak of collecting at the Lincoff foray in North Park.

Species list entered by Fluff Berger, Cara Coulter, Richard Jacob. Species identified by Fluff Berger, Cara Coulter, Richard Jacob La Monte Yarroll and others.

Combined list of species found on the walks at North Park:
Agaricus placomyces (Eastern Flat Topped Agaricus)
Agaricus pocillator (),
Amanita amerirubescens (Blusher),
Amanita bisporigera (Destroying Angel)
Amanita cokeri (Coker’s Amanita),
Amanita farinosa (Powder Cap Amanita),
Amanita flavoconia (Yellow Patches),
Amanita flavorubescens (Yellow Blusher),
Amanita minutula (),
Amanita multisquamosa (),
Amanita parcivolvata (False Caesars Mushroom),
Amanita ravenelii (),
Amanita rhacopus (Shaggy Sister Ringless Amanita)
Amanita roseitincta (Rose-tinted Amanita),
Amanita vaginata var. vaginata (Grisette),
Armillaria mellea (Honey Mushroom),
Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
Baorangia bicolor (Red-and-yellow Bolete; Bicolor Bolete),
Boletus pallidoroseus (Bouillon Bolete),
Boletus pallidus (Pallid Bolete),
Boletus subvelutipes (Red-Mouth Bolete),
Boletus variipes (),
Boletus vermiculosoides (),
Calocera viscosa (Yellow Tuning Fork),
Cantharellus minor (Small Chanterelle),
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Coral Slime),
Cerioporus leptocephalus (),
Cerrena unicolor (Mossy Maze Polypore),
Clitocybe odora (Anise Scented Clitocybe)
Clitopilus prunulus (Sweetbread Mushroom),
Cortinarius iodes (Iodine Cort / Viscid Violet Cort),
Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep)
Crepidotus crocophyllus ()
Dacrymyces capitatus (),
Daedalea quercina (Thick-maze Oak Polypore),
Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
Diatrype stigma (),
Exidia crenata (Brown jelly roll),
Exsudoporus frostii (Frost’s Bolete; Candy Apple Bolete),
Flammulaster erinaceellus (Powder-scale Pholiota),
Fomitopsis spraguei (Green Cheese Polypore),
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
Ganoderma sessile (),
Gloeoporus dichrous (),
Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head),
Gymnopus dryophilus (Oak-loving Collybia),
Hortiboletus rubellus (Oak-and-beech Bolete, Ruby Bolete),
Hydnochaete olivaceus (),
Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza (Spreading Yellow Tooth),
Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mold),
Hypomyces hyalinus (Amanita Mold),
Hypoxylon fragiforme (Red Cushion Fungi),
Infundibulicybe gibba (Common funnel),
Inosperma calamistratum (),
Lactarius rufus (Red-hot Milky),
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
Leccinum longicurvipes (),
Leccinum rugosiceps (Wrinkled Scaber-Stalk),
Lepiota rubrotincta (Red-tinged lepiota),
Leucoagaricus leucothites (White Dapperling),
Leucocoprinus cepistipes (Onion-stalked Lepiota),
Leucocoprinus fragilissimus (Fragile Dapperling),
Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
Lycoperdon marginatum (Peeling Puffball),
Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem-studded Puffball),
Macrolepiota procera (Parasol Lepiota),
Melanophyllum haematospermum (),
Merulius tremellosus (),
Mycena alcalina (Stump Fairy Mushroom),
Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
Naematoloma fasciculare (Sulfur Tuft),
Omphalotus illudens (Jack-o’-lantern),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Parasola plicatilis (),
Phellinus gilvus (Mustard Yellow polypore),
Phlebia incarnata (),
Phlebia tremellosa (),
Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
Pleurotus pulmonarius (Summer Oyster),
Pluteus longistriatus (Pleated Pluteus),
Polyporus varius (Now known as Cerioporus varius),
Poronidulus conchifer (),
Pseudocolus fusiformis (Stinky Squid),
Retiboletus griseus (Gray Bolete),
Russula silvicola (Dry Woods Russula),
Russula variata (Variegated Russula),
Schizophyllum commune (),
Simocybe centunculus (Dingy Twiglet),
Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment)
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Trametes betulina (Multicolor Gill Polypore),
Trametes conchifer (AKA Poronidulus conchifer),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Tricholomopsis decora (Decorated Mop),
Tricholomopsis rutilans (Plums-and-custard),
Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceous (Violet Brown Bolete),
Tylopilus rubrobrunneus (Reddish-Brown Bitter Bolete),
Xanthoconium purpureum (),
Xanthoporia radiata (),
Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red-Cracked Bolete),
Xerocomus tenax (),
Xerula furfuracea (Rooted Collybia),
Xylobolus frustulatus (),

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Amanita magniverrucata
Crepidotus stipitatus (),
Chlorociboria sp.
Clitocybe fragrans
Gymnolopis sp.
Hypomyces sp.,
lacterius sp.
Lepiota sp.,
Leucoagaricus barssii,
Radulomyces paumanokensis (),
Russula sp.
Gerronema subclavatum or Arrhenia epichysium

Pictures by Cara Coulter and Richard Jacob.

Our group of ten walkers investigated the slopes on the Eastern side of Wingfield Pines. Conditions were dry as you can probably tell from the species list.

We had a lot of interested questions. E.g. What made the Irpex lacteus (Milky wolf’s-tooth) we found different from Radulodon copelandii (Asian Beauty Fungus)? I’m still struggling with my usual Springtime inarticulateness so here’s a better answer than I gave on the walk. I. lactus has pores and very short teeth, where the teeth of R. copelandii are much longer–really spines.

The featured image is an unidentified collection with a pink cap with orange to pink gills with yellow gill edges. If you have any ideas about this mushroom, please add them at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60845526. Identifed by John Plischke as Rhodotus palmatus (Wrinkled Peach).

Species list entered by La Monte Yarroll.

List of species found on the walk at Walk at Wingfield Pines with Allegheny Land Trust:
Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
Collybia abundans (),
Daldinia concentrica (Carbon Balls),
Diatrype stigma (),
Ganoderma lobatum (Soft Artist’s Conk),
Irpex lacteus (Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
Ruzenia spermoides (),
Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
Parasola plicatilis (Japanese Umbrella Inky),
Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
Trametes betulina (Multicolor Gill Polypore),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Stemonitis sp.
Assorted sordariomycetes

Lichen:
Flavoparmelia caperata

This years walk at Cook forest were split between shelters 1 and 2 with walk leaders Richard Jacob and Adam Haritan respectively and a roughly equal number of participants. Unfortunately due to the short notice that participants received not everyone could make it. We will look at changing sign up to first come first served so that people receive plenty of notification in the future. Despite the lower number of participants than expected both groups found plenty of mushrooms. As per other locations where we have walked this year we may not have found a lot of anyone species we did find plenty of variety.

Richard Jacob writes at shelter 1 we found very few Amanita and Cortinarius species. We did found a number of bolete species including Boletus edulis which made up for it. Many of us found a colony of Cordyceps militaris during the walk resulting in a hunt for the bodies. The other common cordeceps at the location Tolypocladium ophioglossoides (Goldenthread cordyceps) was also found further in the the walk on a slope. There were quite a few Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem-studded Puffball) around too.

From Shelter 2 Adam reported that despite the relatively dry conditions, a decent number of species were found within the 2-hour walk. The most prolific species were False Chanterelles (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca) and Dotted-Stalk Suillus (Suillus granulatus/weaverae). Surprisingly, no honey mushrooms were found on our walk, and the usual diversity of Cortinarius was lacking as well. Still, most of the major groups of fungi were represented at the identification table and the Club has a few new species to add to the clubs life list.

Other interesting species of note were Melanophyllum haematospermum and Stereum gausapatum (Bleeding Oak Crust), both of which had been found at Hartwood Acres but not many other locations. A fun find is Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (Cats tounge) a transparent toothy jelly mushroom. Finally Ischnoderma benzoinum was identified which according to Gary Lincoff Cook Forest was the only know East coast location for this typical west species.

A few of us explored the Firetower region with its oak forest. We found a few more species of mushrooms but conditions were very dry and we did not see many of the species we typically find in the area.

Species list entered by Adam Haritan and Richard Jacob. Species identified by Cara Barkley Coulter, Adam Haritan Richard Jacob, Judy Mackenroth, Tom McCoy (from Mycological Association of Washington), La Monte Yaroll and others.

List of species found on the walk at Cook Forest State Park (combined list):
Agaricus leptocaulis (),
Agrocybe acericola (Maple Agrocybe),
Amanita amerifulva (American Orange-Brown Ringless Amanita),
Amanita flavoconia (Yellow Patches),
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii (Fly Agaric),
Armillaria mellea (Honey mushroom),
Austroboletus gracilis (Graceful Bolete),
Boletus edulis (King Bolete; Porcini; Cepe; Steinpilz),
Boletus subvelutipes (Red-Mouth Bolete),
Calocera cornea (Yellow tuning fork),
Cantharellus tubaeformis (),
Cerioporus leptocephalus (Elegant Polypore),
Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Blue-green Stain),
Cladonia squamosa (),
Clitocybe clavipes (Fat-footed Clitocybe),
Clitocybe odora (Anise Scented Clitocybe),
Coprinus lagopus (Wooly Stalked Coprinus),
Cordyceps militaris (Trooping Cordyceps),
Cortinarius harrisonii (),
Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep),
Dacrymyces capitatus (),
Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin maze polypore),
Elaphomyces verruculosus (Deer truffle, False truffle),
Entoloma vernum (Spring entoloma),
Entoloma strictius (),
Fomitopsis ochracea (),
Fomitopsis pinicola (Red Bealted Polypore),
Ganoderma applanatum (),
Ganoderma lobatum (Soft Artist’s Conk),
Ganoderma tsugae (Hemlock Varnish-shelf),
Gloeoporus dichrous (),
Gymnopus dryophilus (Oak-loving Collybia),
Gymnopus subnudus (),
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle),
Hymenopellis furfuracea (),
Hypocrea pulvinata (Polypore hypocrea),
Inosperma calamistratum (), (Inocybe calimistrata)
Isaria tenuipes (),
Ischnoderma benzoinum (),
Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Tallow-gill or Amethyst Deceiver),
Laccaria bicolor (),
Laccaria ochropurpurea (Purple-gilled Laccaria),
Lactarius deceptivus (),
Lactarius deterrimus (Orange-latex Milky),
Lactarius griseus (),
Lactarius hibbardiae (),
Lactarius lignyotus (),
Lactarius uvidus (),
Laetiporus huroniensis (Chicken of the Woods on conifer),
Laetiporus sulphureus (hicken of the woods),
Lanmaoa pseudosensibilis (),
Leccinum snellii (),
Lepiota clypeolaria (AKA Lepiota magnispora),
Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem-studded Puffball),
Lycoperdon pyriforme ( Pear-shaped Puffball ),
Marasmius opacus (),
Melanophyllum haematospermum (),
Mycena epipterygia (Yellow-stalked Fairy-helmet),
Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
Mycena sanguinolenta (),
Neofavolus alveolaris (Hexagonal-pored Polypore),
Nolanea verna (),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Paxillus involutus (),
Peziza phyllogena (),
Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (),
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s pollypore or velvet-top fungus),
Phaeotremella frondosa (Jelly Leaf),
Pholiota aurivella (),
Pholiota squarrosoides (),
Piptoporus betulinus (Birch Polypore),
Pleurotus pulmonarius (Summer Oyster),
Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
Postia ptychogaster (),
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (),
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (Cinnabar Red Polypore),
Radulomyces copelandii (Asian beauty),
Ramaria formosa (beautiful clavaria, handsome clavaria, yellow-tipped- or pink coral fungus),
Ramaria stricta (),
Retiboletus ornatipes (),
Rickenella fibula (Orange Moss Agaric),
Russula aeruginea (),
Russula brevipes (),
Russula compacta (Firm Russula),
Russula mariae (Purple-bloom Russula),
Russula virescens (),
Scleroderma cepa (),
Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
Scutellinia pennsylvanica (),
Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
Stereum gausapatum (Bleeding Oak Crust),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Stereum sanguinolentum (),
Suillus americanus (American Slippery Jack; Chicken Fat Suillus),
Suillus granulatus (Dotted-stalk Suillus; Granulated Slippery Jack),
Suillus placidus (),
Sutorius eximius (Lilac-Brown Bolete),
Tolypocladium ophioglossoides (Goldenthread cordyceps),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey tail),
Tremella mesenterica (Witches’ Butter),
Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Trichoderma harzianum (),
Tricholomopsis decora (Decorated Mop),
Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red-Cracked Bolete),
Xeromphalina campanella (Fuzzy-foot),
Xerula furfuracea (Rooted Collybia),
Xerula rubrobrunnescens ()

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Agaricus leptocaulis (),
Inocybe calamistrata (),
Lactarius hibbardiae (),
Leccinum snellii (),
Postia ptychogaster (Powderpuff bracket),
Stereum sanguinolentum (Bleeding Conifer Crust),
Trichoderma harzianum (),

Scutellinia species with narrowlyelipsoide spores and long margin hairs that does not match any of the known species.

Lichen
Cladonia squamosa (),

Antrodia sp.
Copvinus sp.
Evernia sp.
Gymnopdius sp.
Incoybe sp.
Nolenea sp.
Russula sp.
Scutellina sp.

Photos by Cara Barkley Coulter and Richard Jacob

Eight people joined Julie Travaglini from ALT and Cara Coulter from WPMC for a walk at Linbrook Woodlands
Species identified and list entered by Cara Coulter.

List of species found on the walk at Linbrook Woodlands (Sewickley) with Allegheny Land Trust:
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Coral Slime),
Dacrymyces palmatus (AKA Dacrymyces chrysospermus),
Exidia crenata (Brown jelly roll),
Fomitopsis spraguei (Green Cheese Polypore),
Ganoderma lobatum (Soft Artist’s Conk),
Gerronema strombodes (The Golden-gilled Gerronema),
Hypholoma fasciculare (),
Ischnoderma resinosum (Resinous Polypore),
Meripilus sumstinei (Black-staining Polypore),
Resupinatus applicatus (Black Jelly Oyster),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
Tricholomopsis rutilans (Plums-and-custard),
Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Xylaria sp.,

Lichens:
Cladonia squamosa
Cladonia coniocraea

Pictures by Cara Coulter.