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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

05 Jul
Headwaters Park (Erie County)
5 Jul 25
Erie
11 Jul
WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
11 Jul 25
Blairsville
15 Jul
Monthly Meeting
15 Jul 25
Pittsburgh
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

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9:00 AM - Mushroom Education Day at Powdermill Nature Reserve (Westmoreland County)
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6:00 PM - Fern Hollow Nature Center with Allegheny Land Trust
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3:00 PM - Mushroom Hike at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
4:30 PM - Make your Own Mushroom Kit at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
8:00 PM - Mushroom Identification and Cooking at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
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10:00 AM - Chaga Walk at Gallitzin State Forest (Somerset County)
Barking Slopes Conservation Area with Allegheny Land Trust
02 Jun
06/02/2023    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Barking Slopes
  • Walk
Join WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for a mushroom hike and ID table at Barking Slopes.  Hike runs rain or shine.  NO WALK INS will be [...]
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Phipps Bioblitz and Family Fun Festival 2023
04 Jun
06/04/2023    
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Phipps Conservatory
  • BioBlitz
Join club mycologist La Monte Yarroll and past president Jim Wasik from WPMC at the annual Phipps Bioblitz. There will be a mushroom table and [...]
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Mushroom Education Day at Powdermill Nature Reserve (Westmoreland County)
10 Jun
06/10/2023    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Powdermill Nature Reserve
  • Mushroom Class
Join us on Saturday, June 10, for Mushroom Education Day at the Powdermill Nature Reserve.  Powdermill is Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s environmental research center, [...]
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Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
11 Jun
06/11/2023    
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Mycologist Cara Coulter in the parking lot for her annual birthday walk.
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Fern Hollow Nature Center with Allegheny Land Trust
16 Jun
06/16/2023    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Fern Hollow Nature Center
  • Walk
Join WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for a mushroom hike and ID table at Fern Hollow Nature Center.  Hike runs rain or shine.  NO WALK INS [...]
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Mushroom Hike at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
17 Jun
06/17/2023    
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Blue Knob
  • Walk
Join John Plischke III from the Western Mushroom Club to take a hike on Chappells Field Trail while learning about all the mushrooms in the [...]
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Make your Own Mushroom Kit at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
17 Jun
06/17/2023    
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Blue Knob
  • Other
You will have the opportunity to make your own oyster mushroom bag kit. All needed items will be supplied for you. Supplies are limited. If [...]
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Mushroom Identification and Cooking at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
17 Jun
06/17/2023    
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Blue Knob
  • Mushroom Class
John and Kim Plischke will be identifying any mushroom species that you bring with you, answering questions, and educating us about preserving and cooking mushrooms [...]
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Monthly Meeting
20 Jun
06/20/2023    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Meetings
What Do We Call That Now? Walt Sturgeon Why do mushroom names keep changing? How do they change, and who gets to decide?  Why are [...]
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Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
24 Jun
06/24/2023    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Deer Lakes Park
  • Walk
Meet club identifier Richard Jacob for our annual Dorothy Fornof Walk at Deer Lakes Park. We normally find a lot of mushroom species at this [...]
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Chaga Walk at Gallitzin State Forest (Somerset County)
01 Jul
07/01/2023    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Gallitzin State Forest
  • Walk
Babcock Picnic Area, Route 56, four miles east of Windber (Somerset County) Meet WPMC Mycologist John Plischke at the Babcock Picnic Area of Gallitzin State [...]
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Events on 06/02/2023
02 Jun
Barking Slopes Conservation Area with Allegheny Land Trust
2 Jun 23
New Kensington
Events on 06/04/2023
04 Jun
Phipps Bioblitz and Family Fun Festival 2023
4 Jun 23
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/10/2023
10 Jun
Mushroom Education Day at Powdermill Nature Reserve (Westmoreland County)
10 Jun 23
Rector
Events on 06/11/2023
11 Jun
Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
11 Jun 23
Marienville
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16 Jun
Fern Hollow Nature Center with Allegheny Land Trust
16 Jun 23
Sewickley
Events on 06/17/2023
17 Jun
Mushroom Hike at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
17 Jun 23
Imler
17 Jun
Make your Own Mushroom Kit at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
17 Jun 23
Imler
17 Jun
Mushroom Identification and Cooking at Blue Knob State Park, Buck Hill Amphitheater
17 Jun 23
Imler
Events on 06/20/2023
20 Jun
Monthly Meeting
20 Jun 23
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/24/2023
24 Jun
Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
24 Jun 23
Tarentum
Events on 07/01/2023
01 Jul
Chaga Walk at Gallitzin State Forest (Somerset County)
1 Jul 23
Ogle Township

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