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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 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
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
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Pittsburgh

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10:00 AM - Harrison Hills with Joyce Gross
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10:00 AM - The Great Morel Quest II
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10:00 AM - Sycamore Island Spring Survey
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9:15 AM - Fungi Education Day
Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
05/02/2015    
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pine Ridge Lodge
  • Walk
Bob Sleigh will be giving a presentation on Morels and leading a walk at Pine Ridge County Park. This is joint with Friends of the [...]
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Harrison Hills with Joyce Gross
09 May
05/09/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Harrison Hills Park - Allegheny County
  • Walk
Meet Joyce Gross for a hunt at Harrison Hills Watts Overlook parking lot, at the end of the road that bears to the left after [...]
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The Great Morel Quest II
10 May
05/10/2015    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
McGuffey Community Park
  • Walk
Meet John Plischke III at McGuffey Community Park for the Great Morel Quest. We will be traveling by car to possibly multiple locations. Looking in each location [...]
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Hartwood Acres with Moni Wesner
13 May
05/13/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hartwood Acres
  • Walk
Please join Moni Wesner for a midweek walk at Hartwood Acres! The identifier will be Dick Dougall. Meet at the at the Mansion parking lot.
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Sycamore Island Spring Survey
16 May
05/16/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sycamore Island
  • Walk
Join La Monte Yarroll and the Allegheny Land Trust for a species survey of Sycamore Island. The boat leaves the dock at 10am. There will [...]
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Monthly meeting
19 May
05/19/2015    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Cultivation Project Speakers: Jim Tunney / Mark Spear / Rebecca Miller Summary: WPMC Mycologist Jim Tunney and friends will show WPMC members how to grow [...]
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Sewickley Heights Park with Fluff Berger
23 May
05/23/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sewickely Heights Borough Park
  • Walk
Meet Fluff Berger at Sewickley Heights Park. If you want to look for morels, this is the walk you want.
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Hartwood Acres with Jim Wilson
30 May
05/30/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hartwood Acres
  • Walk
Join Jim Wilson at the Mansion parking lot for a walk at Hartwood Acres.
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1st Costa Rican Mushoroom Foray
1st Costa Rican Mushoroom Foray
05/31/2015 - 06/04/2015    
12:00 am
Selva Verde Lodge
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
The Foray is going to be lead by mycologist-author Lawrence Millman, who has documented fungi in places as diverse as Belize, Spitzbergen, Western Samoa, the Canadian [...]
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Fungi Education Day
Fungi Education Day
06/06/2015    
9:15 am - 4:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Mushroom Class
Register now for the  WPMC Fungi Education Day at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve!  Location: The classes will held in the Trillium classroom in the Education Building [...]
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Events on 05/02/2015
Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
Morel Mushroom Walk with Indiana County Friends of the Parks
2 May 15
Blairsville
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09 May
Harrison Hills with Joyce Gross
9 May 15
Natrona Heights
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10 May
The Great Morel Quest II
10 May 15
Claysville
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13 May
Hartwood Acres with Moni Wesner
13 May 15
Pittsburgh
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16 May
Sycamore Island Spring Survey
16 May 15
Verona
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19 May
Monthly meeting
19 May 15
Pittsburgh
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23 May
Sewickley Heights Park with Fluff Berger
23 May 15
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30 May
Hartwood Acres with Jim Wilson
30 May 15
Pittsburgh
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1st Costa Rican Mushoroom Foray
1st Costa Rican Mushoroom Foray
31 May 15
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Fungi Education Day
Fungi Education Day
6 Jun 15
Pittsburgh

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