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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

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
09 Aug
Clear Creek State Forest (Venango County)
9 Aug 25
Sigel
16 Aug
Garden in the Park SOUTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
16 Aug 25
South Park Township
19 Aug
Monthly Meeting
19 Aug 25
Pittsburgh

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Wingfield Pines BioBlitz3
08 Jul
07/08/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wingfield Pines Conservation Area
  • BioBlitz
Join Allegheny Land Trust on a BioBlitz to catalog the different species found at Wingfield Pines. The fungi portion of the BioBlitz will be held [...]
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Dark Hollow Woods, Oakmont with Cecily Franklin
15 Jul
07/15/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Dark Hollow Woods Park
  • Foray
Meet Cecily Franklin and WPMC Identifier Blaine Sanner at the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance to Dark Hollow Woods. Choose between the level Memorial Trail loop and [...]
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Monthly Meeting - RELOCATED
18 Jul
07/18/2017    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
North Park Cabin
  • Meetings
Scott Pavelle will present a talk on "Common boletes of our area, and how to identify them". The meeting will be at the Cabin in [...]
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The Chanterelle Walk
22 Jul
07/22/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
Club Identifier Jack Baker will lead our annual Chanterelle walk at North Park.
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NEMF 2017 Foray
27 Jul
07/27/2017 - 07/30/2017    
All Day
Stratton Mountain Resort
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
The NEMF 2017 Foray will take place at Stratton Mountain Resort in southern Vermont. More details here.
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Dorothy Fornof Memorial Mushroom Walk
29 Jul
07/29/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Deer Lakes Park
Join Past President (and many other titles) Dick Dougall for our annual celebration of Dorothy Fornof! Dick will be joined by another identifier to be [...]
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3rd Annual MycoSymbiotics Mushroom & Arts Festival
04 Aug
08/04/2017 - 08/06/2017    
12:00 am
Camp Riley
  • Mushroom Class
Celebration of all things Fungi What to expect at the MycoSymbiotics Fest: Program Guide Traditionally we as organizers come together yearly to offer an affordable [...]
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Hike Ryerson Station with Andy Lariviere
05 Aug
08/05/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County
  • Walk
Join PA DCNR Environmental Education Specialist Andy Lariviere and Club Mycologist La Monte Yarroll for a mushroom hunt down South. We will be meeting in [...]
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Wingfield Pines BioBlitz3
8 Jul 17
Pittsburgh
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15 Jul
Dark Hollow Woods, Oakmont with Cecily Franklin
15 Jul 17
Oakmont
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18 Jul
Monthly Meeting - RELOCATED
18 Jul 17
Allison Park
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22 Jul
The Chanterelle Walk
22 Jul 17
McCandless Township
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NEMF 2017 Foray
27 Jul 17
South Londonderry
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29 Jul
Dorothy Fornof Memorial Mushroom Walk
29 Jul 17
Tarentum
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04 Aug
3rd Annual MycoSymbiotics Mushroom & Arts Festival
4 Aug 17
Harrisburg
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05 Aug
Hike Ryerson Station with Andy Lariviere
5 Aug 17
Richhill Township

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