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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

01 Aug
West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
1 Aug 25
Davis
09 Aug
Beginner’s Mushroom ID Hike with Allegheny Land Trust at Bethel Green Conservation Area
9 Aug 25
Bethel Park
09 Aug
Clear Creek State Forest (Venango County)
9 Aug 25
Sigel
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

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10:00 AM - Easter Weekend at Settlers' cabin with Jim Tunney
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12:30 PM - Morel Mushrooms and How to Find Them
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7:00 PM - Monthly Meeting
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10:00 AM - Hunt the woods with Britt Bunyard
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12:00 AM - Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference (MASMC) 2017
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Todd Nature Reserve with Adam Haritan
01 Apr
04/01/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Todd Nature Reserve
  • Walk
Join our Club VP and newest Identifier Adam Haritan for a visit to Todd Nature Reserve. Be sure to slow down when approaching the nature [...]
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Easter Weekend at Settlers' cabin with Jim Tunney
15 Apr
04/15/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Settlers Cabin Park
  • Walk
Club Mycologist Jim Tunney will lead a walk at Settlers' cabin on Easter Saturday. Enter the park from Ridge Drive and and continue straight on [...]
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Morel Mushrooms and How to Find Them
17 Apr
04/17/2017    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Trinity United Methodist Church
Join Past President Jim Wasik as he presents on morels to the Evergreen Garden Club.
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Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting
04/18/2017    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Our guest speaker will be Britt Bunyard, editor of FUNGI Magazine presenting Diptera Strangelove. Or, How the fly learned to stop worrying about amatoxins and [...]
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Hunt the woods with Britt Bunyard
19 Apr
04/19/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Bushy Run Battlefield
  • Walk
Save the date for a walk with guest speaker Britt Bunyard. Meet Britt Bunyard and Club Mycologist John Plischke III at Bushy Run Battlefield. Britt [...]
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Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference (MASMC) 2017
21 Apr
04/21/2017 - 04/23/2017    
All Day
JC Raulston Arboretum
  • Foray
  • Meetings
  • Out Of State
On April 21-23, 2017, North Carolina State University and the Center For Integrated Fungal Research will host the 38th annual Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference [...]
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Frick Park With Jim Tunney
22 Apr
04/22/2017    
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Walk
WALKS:  Saturday, April 22, 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. Earth Day in Frick Park.  Meet WPMC Mycologist Jim Tunney at the Frick Environmental Center for one [...]
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Wingfield Pines BioBlitz2
29 Apr
04/29/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wingfield Pines Conservation Area
  • BioBlitz
Join Club Mycologist La Monte Yarroll and the Allegheny Land Trust on a BioBlitz to catalog the different species found at Wingfield Pines. The fungi [...]
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Morel Mushrooms: What, Where, When. Presentation and walk at Pine Ridge Lodge.
29 Apr
04/29/2017    
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Pine Ridge Lodge
  • Walk
Meet Bob Sleigh from WPMC. In association with  Indiana Counties Friends Of The Park , Morels are one of the most sought after and elusive [...]
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Frick Park with Dick Dougall
06 May
05/06/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
Meet Past President and Identifier Dick Dougall at Frick Park. Meet in the parking lot for the Environmental Center.
More Info
Events on 04/01/2017
01 Apr
Todd Nature Reserve with Adam Haritan
1 Apr 17
Sarver
Events on 04/15/2017
15 Apr
Easter Weekend at Settlers' cabin with Jim Tunney
15 Apr 17
Pittsburgh
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17 Apr
Morel Mushrooms and How to Find Them
17 Apr 17
Indiana
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Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting
18 Apr 17
Pittsburgh
Events on 04/19/2017
19 Apr
Hunt the woods with Britt Bunyard
19 Apr 17
Jeannette
Events on 04/21/2017
21 Apr
Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference (MASMC) 2017
21 Apr 17
Raleigh
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22 Apr
Frick Park With Jim Tunney
22 Apr 17
Pittsburgh
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29 Apr
Wingfield Pines BioBlitz2
29 Apr 17
Pittsburgh
29 Apr
Morel Mushrooms: What, Where, When. Presentation and walk at Pine Ridge Lodge.
29 Apr 17
Blairsville
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06 May
Frick Park with Dick Dougall
6 May 17
Pittsburgh

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