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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

Events

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    • 05/14/2025
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  • Brush Creek Park
    • 05/15/2025
    • Beaver Falls
  • Fungi 101 Talk & Walk with Allegheny Land Trust 
    • 05/19/2025
    • Sewickley
  • The Big Mushroom Hike with ALT 
    • 06/07/2025
    • McKeesport
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      on Beginner’s Mushroom Walk at Riverview Park
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    Monthly Meeting - Cultivation night
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    Pittsburgh
    14 May
    Beginner’s Mushroom ID Hike with Allegheny Land Trust 
    14 May 25
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    Brush Creek Park
    15 May 25
    Beaver Falls
    19 May
    Fungi 101 Talk & Walk with Allegheny Land Trust 
    19 May 25
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    07 Jun
    The Big Mushroom Hike with ALT 
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    Phipps BioBlitz
    02 Jun
    06/02/2024    
    9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Phipps Conservatory
    • BioBlitz
    On Sun., June 2, Phipps annual BioBlitz festival will bring together families, students, local scientists and naturalists, teachers and community leaders to explore the biodiversity [...]
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    Beaver Meadows recreation area
    08 Jun
    06/08/2024    
    12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC Mycologist Cara Coulter at the parking lot for her annual birthday mushroom walk.  Free and open to the public; no registration required.
    More Info
    Monthly Meeting
    18 Jun
    06/18/2024    
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Frick Environmental Center
    • Meetings
    How to Identify Chanterelles (Virtual) Rachel Swenie, PhD This talk will focus on the common summertime edible mushrooms known as chanterelles. How many species of chanterelles [...]
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    Mushroom Education Day at Powdermill Nature Reserve in Westmoreland County
    22 Jun
    06/22/2024    
    9:00 am - 3:45 pm
    Powdermill Nature Reserve
    • Mushroom Class
    Registration is Open for Mushroom Education Day on Saturday, June 22, at the Powdermill Nature Reserve in Westmoreland County.  We’ll have a variety of topics [...]
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    22 Jun
    06/22/2024    
    3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    Blue Knob
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC mycologist John Plischke III at Buck Hill Amphitheater, Blue knob. “Mushroom Hike” 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Buck Hill Amphitheater Join John Plischke III [...]
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    Canceled - Mushroom walk at Mother Earth Farm PA, Indiana County
    29 Jun
    06/29/2024    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Mother Earth Farm PA
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC identifier Richard Jacob and local farmer Chloe Drew for a mushroom walk in the 30 acres of wooded land at Mother Earth Farm [...]
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    Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
    06 Jul
    07/06/2024    
    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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    Pittsburgh
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    Beaver Meadows recreation area
    8 Jun 24
    Marienville
    Events on 06/18/2024
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    Monthly Meeting
    18 Jun 24
    Pittsburgh
    Events on 06/22/2024
    22 Jun
    Mushroom Education Day at Powdermill Nature Reserve in Westmoreland County
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    Rector
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    22 Jun 24
    Imler
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    29 Jun
    Canceled - Mushroom walk at Mother Earth Farm PA, Indiana County
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    Indiana
    Events on 07/06/2024
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    Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
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