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DNA Barcoding sample submission form

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

Events

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    • 05/13/2025
    • Pittsburgh
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    • 05/14/2025
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  • Brush Creek Park
    • 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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      on Monthly Meeting – Cultivation night
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      on Dark Hollow Woods with the Garden Club of Oakmont
    • Mark Richman January 1, 2025
      on Beginner’s Mushroom Walk at Riverview Park
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    Events

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    Monthly Meeting - Cultivation night
    13 May 25
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    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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    NAMA Annual Foray
    29 Sep
    09/29/2022 - 10/02/2022    
    All Day
    Trout Lodge
    • Foray
    • Out Of State
    This fall there will be a fabulous NAMA Annual Foray, in partnership with MOMS. You may ask, what is MOMS? It is the Missouri Mycological [...]
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    RP Day at Riverview Park
    02 Oct
    10/02/2022    
    11:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Riverview Park, North Side
    • Walk
    Join WPMC and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy for RP Day, a celebration of beautiful Riverview Park, as well as a fundraising opportunity for future beautification [...]
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    Fall Mushroom Walk at Frick Park
    06 Oct
    10/06/2022    
    5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Frick Park - Lower Frick Park Play Area
    • Walk
    Join Stephen Bucklin (President of the Western PA Mushroom Club) and members of the Upstream staff on a walk along Nine Mile Run to search [...]
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    McConnells Mills State Park - Mountville Rd
    09 Oct
    10/09/2022    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    McConnells Mills State Park - Mountville Rd
    • Walk
    Meet Dawn Wehman and WPMC Mycologist Cara Coulter at the corner of Mountville Rd and Nye Rd., Portersville, Pa.  Parking will be limited. Please look [...]
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    Fluorescent Forest Walk at Frick Environmental Center
    13 Oct
    10/13/2022    
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Frick Environmental Center
    • Walk
    Join Naturalist Educator Stephen Bucklin (and club president) on a walk through the forest at night to search for fluorescent organisms - not just mushrooms! [...]
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    Townsend Park, Murrysville
    15 Oct
    10/15/2022    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Townsend Park
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC identifier Richard Jacob and Friends of Murrysville Parks for a mushroom walk at Townsend Park. Meet at the upper pavilion.
    More Info
    Monthly Meeting
    18 Oct
    10/18/2022    
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Frick Environmental Center
    • Meetings
    Election night and Photo Contest Results
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    Surprise mushroom walk at Fern Hollow Nature Reserve
    20 Oct
    10/20/2022    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Fern Hollow Nature Center
    • Walk
    No registration. Just come to help WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini celebrate her birthday.
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    Dead Man’s Hollow (McKeesport) with Allegheny Land Trust
    28 Oct
    10/28/2022    
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Dead Man's Hollow
    • Walk
    Meet at the Boston Ballfield. NOTE: It’s about a .35 mile walk along the Great Allegheny Passage to enter to the ruins of the Hollow [...]
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    Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
    30 Oct
    10/30/2022    
    11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Todd Nature Reserve
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC Mycologist Cara Barkley Coulter at the main parking lot of Todd Nature Reserve for a free Halloween mushroom walk. Costumes are encouraged, but [...]
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    29 Sep 22
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    2 Oct 22
    Pittsburgh
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    06 Oct
    Fall Mushroom Walk at Frick Park
    6 Oct 22
    Pittsburgh
    Events on 10/09/2022
    09 Oct
    McConnells Mills State Park - Mountville Rd
    9 Oct 22
    Portersville
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    Fluorescent Forest Walk at Frick Environmental Center
    13 Oct 22
    Pittsburgh
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    Townsend Park, Murrysville
    15 Oct 22
    Murrysville
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    Monthly Meeting
    18 Oct 22
    Pittsburgh
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    20 Oct
    Surprise mushroom walk at Fern Hollow Nature Reserve
    20 Oct 22
    Sewickley
    Events on 10/28/2022
    28 Oct
    Dead Man’s Hollow (McKeesport) with Allegheny Land Trust
    28 Oct 22
    McKeesport
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    Halloween Walk at Todd Nature Reserve
    30 Oct 22
    Sarver

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