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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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    • 05/14/2025
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    • 05/15/2025
    • Beaver Falls
  • Fungi 101 Talk & Walk with Allegheny Land Trust 
    • 05/19/2025
    • Sewickley
  • The Big Mushroom Hike with ALT 
    • 06/07/2025
    • McKeesport
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    Events

    13 May
    Monthly Meeting - Cultivation night
    13 May 25
    Pittsburgh
    14 May
    Beginner’s Mushroom ID Hike with Allegheny Land Trust 
    14 May 25
    Sewickley
    15 May
    Brush Creek Park
    15 May 25
    Beaver Falls
    19 May
    Fungi 101 Talk & Walk with Allegheny Land Trust 
    19 May 25
    Sewickley
    07 Jun
    The Big Mushroom Hike with ALT 
    7 Jun 25
    McKeesport

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    Haul Road Trail Head, Hillman State Park
    03 Oct
    10/03/2021    
    11:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Haul Road Trail Head
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC Identifier Jared White at the Hillman State Park, Haul Road trailhead. Here you'll come across some very unique habitat. You're likely to find [...]
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    Audubon Greenway
    05 Oct
    10/05/2021    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Audubon Greenway
    • Walk
    Join ALT Senior Director of Education and WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for a beginner's mushroom walk and ID session at Audubon Greenway. We’ll look at [...]
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    Mushroom Day at Beechwood Farms
    09 Oct
    10/09/2021    
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
    • Other
    The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania and the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club will host “Mushroom Day” at the Beechwood Farms Nature Store on Saturday, October [...]
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    Townsend Park
    09 Oct
    10/09/2021    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Townsend Park
    • Walk
    Meet walk leader Richard Jacob and the Friends of Murrysville Parks in the parking lot of Townsend Park.
    More Info
    Monthly Meeting
    19 Oct
    10/19/2021    
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Virtual
    • Meetings
    Photo contest results and election. The meeting will be held virtually.
    More Info
    Fall Mushroom Foraging Class (In-Store at Public Lands)
    29 Oct
    10/29/2021    
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Public Lands Cranberry
    • Mushroom Class
    Join Ann Berger from Western PA Mushroom Club for our Fall Mushroom Foraging class! Learn to safely forage in our local PA wilds, and sign [...]
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    Fall Mushroom Foraging Walk (Knob Hill Park)
    30 Oct
    10/30/2021    
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Knob Hill Park
    • Walk
    Join Ann Berger with the Western PA Mushroom Club for an outdoor fall foraging walk! We will meet at Knob Hill Park in Wexford, PA [...]
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    Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
    Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
    10/31/2021    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Todd Nature Reserve
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC Mycologist Cara Coulter at the main parking lot of Todd Nature Reserve for a free Halloween mushroom walk. Costumes are encouraged, but foraging [...]
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    Events on 10/03/2021
    03 Oct
    Haul Road Trail Head, Hillman State Park
    3 Oct 21
    Burgettstown
    Events on 10/05/2021
    05 Oct
    Audubon Greenway
    5 Oct 21
    Sewickley
    Events on 10/09/2021
    09 Oct
    Mushroom Day at Beechwood Farms
    9 Oct 21
    Pittsburgh
    09 Oct
    Townsend Park
    9 Oct 21
    Murrysville
    Events on 10/19/2021
    19 Oct
    Monthly Meeting
    19 Oct 21
    Virtual
    Events on 10/29/2021
    29 Oct
    Fall Mushroom Foraging Class (In-Store at Public Lands)
    29 Oct 21
    Cranberry Township
    Events on 10/30/2021
    30 Oct
    Fall Mushroom Foraging Walk (Knob Hill Park)
    30 Oct 21
    Wexford
    Events on 10/31/2021
    Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
    Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
    31 Oct 21
    Sarver

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