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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

19 Jul
North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
19 Jul 25
Johnstown
26 Jul
Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
26 Jul 25
McCandless
26 Jul
State Game Lands 203
26 Jul 25
Wexford
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

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Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust - POSTPONED
18 Apr
04/18/2020    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sycamore Island
  • Walk
POSTPONED - Meet WPMC and ALT at the Verona Public Docks for the Spring survey of Sycamore Island. Because the island is only accessible by [...]
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Monthly meeting — Edible & Not-So-Edible Spring Mushrooms Of Western PA - Cancelled
21 Apr
04/21/2020    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Due to the extension of federal social distancing guidelines this meeting has had to be cancelled. Here are three videos by Adam Haritan on Spring [...]
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City Nature Challenge (Virtual Event)
24 Apr
04/24/2020 - 04/27/2020    
12:00 am
TBD
The Pittsburgh region has its own iNaturalist project, called City Nature Challenge 2020: Pittsburgh Region. Any photos taken in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington and [...]
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Earth Day at Frick Park - Cancelled
25 Apr
04/25/2020    
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Frick Environmental Center
  • Walk
Frick Environmental Center’s Earth Day, scheduled for Saturday, April 25, has been cancelled due to public health concerns. Mayor Bill Peduto, in accordance with recommendations [...]
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Mini BioBlitz at Wingfield Pines - POSTPONED
26 Apr
04/26/2020    
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Wingfield Pines Conservation Area
  • BioBlitz
POSTPONED -  Allegheny Land Trust  is hoping to reschedule for a June or July date. Allegheny Land Trust has organized a mini BioBlitz as part [...]
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Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust - POSTPONED
18 Apr 20
Verona
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21 Apr
Monthly meeting — Edible & Not-So-Edible Spring Mushrooms Of Western PA - Cancelled
21 Apr 20
Pittsburgh
Events on 04/24/2020
24 Apr
City Nature Challenge (Virtual Event)
24 Apr 20
Isle of Man
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Earth Day at Frick Park - Cancelled
25 Apr 20
Pittsburgh
Events on 04/26/2020
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Mini BioBlitz at Wingfield Pines - POSTPONED
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Pittsburgh

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