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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

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
09 Aug
Clear Creek State Forest (Venango County)
9 Aug 25
Sigel

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12:00 AM - Ohio Mushroom Society 2018 Summer Foray at Zaleski ODNR Complex
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10:00 AM - Ohiopyle State Park (Fayette County)
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12:00 AM - 42nd Annual Sam Ristich Foray NEMF Foray
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Ryerson Station State Park (Greene County)
07 Jul
07/07/2018    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Jared White at the intersection of McNay Ridge Road and Bristoria Road for a walk on the Iron Bridge Trail.
More Info
Ohio Mushroom Society 2018 Summer Foray at Zaleski ODNR Complex
14 Jul
07/14/2018 - 07/15/2018    
All Day
Zaleski ODNR Complex
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
See the Ohio Mushroom Society foray page for more information. We will feature nationally known mycologists Walt Sturgeon and John Plischke, III.  Walt will serve as chief identifier [...]
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Bastille Day at North Park
14 Jul
07/14/2018    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
  • Walk
Join Club Identifier John Stuart for this Bastille Day walk at North Park. We'll meet next to the pool and then travel together to the [...]
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Monthly meeting
17 Jul
07/17/2018    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Sarah Banach, WPMC Identifier, will be presenting The Artist Experience in the Forest: Fungi WPMC Identifier Sarah Banach will show us some of her work and [...]
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Ohiopyle State Park (Fayette County)
21 Jul
07/21/2018    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Ohiopyle State Park
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Jared White at the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) parking lot off Sheridan Street, across from the Ohiopyle House Cafe.  NOTE:  Come prepared [...]
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42nd Annual Sam Ristich Foray NEMF Foray
26 Jul
07/26/2018 - 07/29/2018    
All Day
State University of NY at Geneseo
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
See the promotional video for details.
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Ryerson Station State Park (Greene County)
7 Jul 18
Richhill Township
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14 Jul
Ohio Mushroom Society 2018 Summer Foray at Zaleski ODNR Complex
14 Jul 18
McArthur
14 Jul
Bastille Day at North Park
14 Jul 18
McCandless Township
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17 Jul
Monthly meeting
17 Jul 18
Pittsburgh
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21 Jul
Ohiopyle State Park (Fayette County)
21 Jul 18
Ohiopyle
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26 Jul
42nd Annual Sam Ristich Foray NEMF Foray
26 Jul 18
Geneseo

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