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WPMC Sample Collection Form

Step 1 of 11 - Sample Description Form

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  • The samples numbers are in the form WPMCYYMMDD-x-y Where: YY=Year, MM=Month, DD=Day, x=kit number, y=sample number
    For example if it is Friday 18th October 2013 and you have kit 2 the first specimen of the day would be WPMC131018-2-1
  • The name(s) of the person(s) who cllected the sample.
  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Select the fungi description form that will be used to annotate the sample.
  • Ecology

  • Common or Latin names are accepted.For example Oak and Wild Cherry or Quercus rubra
    caespitose = growing in dense tufts
  • Can be Latin or common name
  • Location

  • If there are multiple walks, for example at the Lincoff foray enter the number here.
  • Park name, nearest town, etc
  • Park, garden, virgin forest, playground etc
  • GPS Coordinates

    If you have the GPS Coordinates please enter them. If not we will be able to determine close values from the address.
  • Please enter a number from -90 to 90.
    In “degrees.decimal degrees” format
  • Please enter a number from -180 to 180.
    In “degrees.decimal degrees” format
  • In meters
  • Cell phone, GPS tracker, GPS hand held unit, looked up on a website etc.
  • Ascomycete Fungi Description Form

    Elfin Saddles and Cups
    Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.
  • Boletoid and Polyporous Fungi Description Form

    Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.
  • Coral Fungi Description Form

    Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.
  • Cortinarius Fungi Description Form

    Use this form for specimens with rusty-colored spores and a veil or cortina.
    Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.
  • Gilled Fungi Description Form

    Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.
  • Nongilled Fungi Description Form

    Clublike, Cantharellaceae, Tooth, Jelly Fungi and Allies
    Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.
  • Sequestrate Fungi Description Form

    Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.
  • Names(s) of person(s) annotaing the specimens, may be different form the collectors.
  • General characteristics

    (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)
    Farinaceous = mealy or cucumbers or watermelon rind
    Other smells include Foetid-Russula odor, Fishy (Shrimp), anise, spermatic (very natural, earthy or intense), Phenolic, almond, apricots, bleach, swamp gas or coal tar, green corn, garlic and foul.Over 70 differnet smells have been listed as key indicators.
    (don’t swallow)
    Stipitate means having a stipe or stem.
    In cross-section.
    Abhymenium is the opposite to the spore-bearing surface.
    Fibrillose means covered with hair-like appendages. Hygrophanous means that it changes color when losing moisture.
  • Color

    Note color gradations, spots, streaks, bruising, reaction, changes with age. Please use the The Online Auction Color Chart included with the kit or a standard reference, like the Methuen Hnadbook of Colour, to describe the colors.
  • Or cross section color for coral
  • Fades after picking and in older specimens
  • Spore-bearing surface
  • Opposite spore-bearing surface
  • watery appearance when wet; changes color when losing moisture
  • if present, can be hard to see
  • Pale brown band in lower stem when cross-sectioned
  • Brusing

  • Cap characteristics

  • Stem characteristics

  • one or more
  • white threads at base
  • Gill characteristics

  • Veil characteristics

  • Peridium

    Outer surface
  • inner portion
  • in mm
  • white threads at base
  • Gleba

    Inner portion: describe when cut in half
  • sterile tissue
  • Chemical test report

  • Pictures and sketches

    You can upload up to 4 pictures or sketches. Take a picture or scan in the sketch. If you have more than 4 pictures please email them to [email protected] and include the collection number.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, dng, Max. file size: 2 MB.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, dng, Max. file size: 2 MB.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, dng, Max. file size: 2 MB.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, dng, Max. file size: 2 MB.
  • Any additonal notes about the specimen

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Events

16 Aug
Garden in the Park SOUTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
16 Aug 25
South Park Township
19 Aug
Monthly Meeting
19 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
23 Aug
Boyce Mayview Park with Upper St. Clair Library
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
23 Aug
Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
24 Aug
Oil Creek State Park (Bike Trail, Southern Terminus Parking)
24 Aug 25
Oil City

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1:30 PM - "Mushroom clubs: Citizen science in action!" presentation at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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10:00 AM - Hens in North Park with John Stuart
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Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
02 Oct
10/02/2015 - 10/04/2015    
All Day
Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
To be held in Wooster at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center/Secrest Arboretum. Save the dates! More details to come.
More Info
South Park's Mushroom Mania
03 Oct
10/03/2015    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
South Park Nature Center
  • Walk
Come meet the new naturalist at South Park for a mushroom observing walk. You can also try a few safe edibles. This is not a [...]
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"Mushroom clubs: Citizen science in action!" presentation at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
11 Oct
10/11/2015    
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Hunt Library
  • Other
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation will open on Saturday and Sunday, 10–11 October, 1–4 p.m, during Carnegie Mellon University's Cèilidh Weekend festivities.  On Sunday [...]
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Hens in North Park with John Stuart
17 Oct
10/17/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
  • Walk
Join John Stuart at the swimming pool parking lot in North Park for a hunt for Hen of the Woods.
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Monthly meeting
20 Oct
10/20/2015    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Photography Contest Winner and Election of Officers The photography Contest winners The deadline for submission for WPMC 2015 photo is September 30, 2015.  For more [...]
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Events on 10/02/2015
02 Oct
Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
2 Oct 15
Wooster
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03 Oct
South Park's Mushroom Mania
3 Oct 15
South Park,
Events on 10/11/2015
11 Oct
"Mushroom clubs: Citizen science in action!" presentation at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
11 Oct 15
Pittsburgh
Events on 10/17/2015
17 Oct
Hens in North Park with John Stuart
17 Oct 15
McCandless Township
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20 Oct
Monthly meeting
20 Oct 15
Pittsburgh

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