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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

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West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
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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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10:00 AM - Devil's Hollow
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10:00 AM - Chanterelles at North Park
Allegany Nature Pilgrimage
01 Jun
06/01/2019    
All Day
Allegany State Park Red House
  • Walk
Club Mycologist Garrett Taylor is leading walks on Saturday of the Allegany Nature Pilgrimage in New York. The fee for the day is $25. If [...]
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Phipps Conservatory BioBlitz 2019
02 Jun
06/02/2019    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Phipps Conservatory
  • BioBlitz
WPMC will be at the 2019 Phipps BioBlitz hosting a table and leading some walks during the day. There will be two mushroom walks during the [...]
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Devil's Hollow
08 Jun
06/08/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Devil's Hollow
  • Walk
Meet Club Identifier Fluff Berger for a walk along Sewickley Creek through this steep and heavily wooded valley. Meet at the small gravel parking lot [...]
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Keystone State Park
15 Jun
06/15/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Keystone State Park
  • Walk
Keystone State Park (Derry Township, Westmoreland County) Meet WPMC Mycologist La Monte Yarroll and Pa. Department of Conservation & Natural Resources Environmental Education Specialist Jean [...]
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Monthly Meetings
18 Jun
06/18/2019    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Richard Jacob and La Monte Yarroll will discuss recent progress on the clubs DNA Barcoding project and the NAMA Mycoflora committee.
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Northmoreland Park
22 Jun
06/22/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Northmoreland Park
  • Walk
Join Club Identifier Joyce Gross at Northmoreland Park in Westmoreland County. This is the largest park in Westmoreland Co. Meet at the large parking lot [...]
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Dorothy Fornof Walk – Deer Lakes Park
29 Jun
06/29/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Deer Lakes Park
  • Walk
Dorothy Fornof Walk. Meet Club Identifier and Past President Richard Jacob for a walk in one of the club's favorite venues and and hidden gem, [...]
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Bird Park
30 Jun
06/30/2019    
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Bird Park
  • Walk
Join Club Mycologist Jim Tunney for a walk through this suburban gem. For such a small park we've found a high diversity of mushrooms here. [...]
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Chanterelles at North Park
06 Jul
07/06/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
  • Walk
Join us at the North Park Pool for our annual Chanterelle walk! Club Identifier Jack Baker and Valerie Baker will lead this popular hunt.
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1 Jun 19
Salamanca
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Phipps Conservatory BioBlitz 2019
2 Jun 19
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08 Jun
Devil's Hollow
8 Jun 19
Sewickley
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15 Jun
Keystone State Park
15 Jun 19
Derry Township
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18 Jun
Monthly Meetings
18 Jun 19
Pittsburgh
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22 Jun
Northmoreland Park
22 Jun 19
Apollo
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Dorothy Fornof Walk – Deer Lakes Park
29 Jun 19
Tarentum
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30 Jun
Bird Park
30 Jun 19
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Chanterelles at North Park
6 Jul 19
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