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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

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
26 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
31 Aug
Mushroom Walk in Cook Forest
31 Aug 25
Leeper

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Camp Guyasuta, Sharpsburg, PA
08 Jun
06/08/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Camp Guyasuta, Sharpsburg, PA
  • Walk
Camp Guyasuta, Sharpsburg, PA, meet Barbara DeRiso.  Follow the signs to enter Camp Guyasuta. We will meet in the parking lot. Dogs are not permitted [...]
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Dorothy Fornof Walk – Deer Lakes Park
15 Jun
06/15/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Deer Lakes Park
  • Walk
Dorothy Fornof Walk – Deer Lakes Park, Dick Dougall - Deer Lake Parks 67 Creighton -Russellton Rd, Tarentum, PA 15084-2708. Turn on Mahaffey Rd which [...]
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Monthly Meeting
18 Jun
06/18/2013    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Invasive Species Speakers: John Hayes - Post-Gazette, Outdoors Editor. Summary: John Hayes grew up in the suburbs east of Pittsburgh in a rural culture steeped [...]
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Mountain BioDiversity, Weekend Blackwater Falls, West Virginia
21 Jun
06/21/2013 - 06/23/2013    
All Day
Blackwater Falls State Park
  • Out Of State
Mountain BioDiversity Weekend Blackwater Falls, West Virginia - Walt Sturgeon   A hands-on approach to exploring biodiversity in the mountains of West Virginia. The event kicks [...]
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North Park, Swimming Pool
22 Jun
06/22/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
  • Walk
North Park, Swimming Pool with John Stuart - North Park has a variety of habitats, we always find mushrooms here.  www.county.allegheny.pa.us/parks/parkphon.asp We request that no [...]
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Destiny Hill Farm in Washington, PA
22 Jun
06/22/2013 - 06/23/2013    
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Destiny Hill Farm, Washington, PA
  • Mushroom Class
Bonnie and Brian Davis will each be doing mushroom talks both days between 11 and 2 at the annual Lavender Festival. Bonnie’s topic will be [...]
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Introducing Fungi: Hunting and Identification
29 Jun
06/29/2013    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Harrison Hills Park - Allegheny County
  • Mushroom Class
Join us on June 29, 2013 at the Harrison Hills Environmental Center, for "Introducing Fungi: Hunting and Identification" with members of the Western PA Mushroom [...]
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Camp Guyasuta, Sharpsburg, PA
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Sharpsburg
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Dorothy Fornof Walk – Deer Lakes Park
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Tarentum
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Monthly Meeting
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Pittsburgh
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Mountain BioDiversity, Weekend Blackwater Falls, West Virginia
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North Park, Swimming Pool
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McCandless Township
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Destiny Hill Farm in Washington, PA
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Washington
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Introducing Fungi: Hunting and Identification
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