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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

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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11:00 AM - Bird Park
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10:00 AM - Chanterelles at North Park
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9:00 AM - Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust summer survey
9:00 AM - Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club
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10:00 AM - Hike with a Naturalist: Fantastic Fungi
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7:00 PM - Monthly Meetings
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12:00 AM - West Virginia Mushroom Club 15th Annual foray
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9:00 AM - Audubon Greenway (Sewickley) with Allegheny Land Trust
10:00 AM - Boletes at Pine Ridge park
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3:00 PM - Blue Knob State Park
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12:00 PM - NEMF Foray at Lock Haven PA
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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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Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust summer survey
13 Jul
07/13/2019    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sycamore Island
  • Walk
Meet WPMC and ALT at the Verona Public Docks for the Summer survey of Sycamore Island.  Because the island is only accessible by boat, the [...]
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Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club
13 Jul
07/13/2019    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Otto & Magdalene Nature Peserve
Jack and Valerie Baker have been invited by the Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club to lead a mushroom walk July 13th from 9:00 to 11:00 [...]
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Hike with a Naturalist: Fantastic Fungi
14 Jul
07/14/2019    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Walk
Frick Park with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy WPMC and Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy are teaming up for a “Hike with the Naturalist” walk in Frick Park. Meet [...]
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Monthly Meetings
16 Jul
07/16/2019    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Toxicology Report
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West Virginia Mushroom Club 15th Annual foray
West Virginia Mushroom Club 15th Annual foray
07/19/2019 - 07/21/2019    
All Day
Blackwater Falls State Park
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
The WV Mushroom Club annual foray will be held at Blackwater Falls State Park on July 19-21. Online registration is now open and can accessed here. [...]
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Audubon Greenway (Sewickley) with Allegheny Land Trust
20 Jul
07/20/2019    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Audubon Greenway
  • Walk
9:00 a.m. – ALT Presentation 10:00 a.m. – Mushroom Walk Meet WPMC Identifier Fluff Berger and ALT naturalists in the parking lot at 160 Magee [...]
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Boletes at Pine Ridge park
20 Jul
07/20/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Pine Ridge park
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Bolete Specialist Scott Pavelle in the largest parking lot, at the end of the road, near the last pavilion and restrooms. Free. Take [...]
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Blue Knob State Park
27 Jul
07/27/2019    
3:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Blue Knob
  • Walk
Club Mycologist John Plischke is hosting a free shitake log cultivation meeting, walk, and slideshow. Mushroom Hike 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Buck Hill Amphitheater Join [...]
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NEMF Foray at Lock Haven PA
01 Aug
08/01/2019 - 08/04/2019    
12:00 pm
Lock Haven University
  • Foray
This years NEMF foray is a mere 3 hour drive from Pittsburgh and about as close as it will get. Meet fungi experts from across [...]
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Bird Park
30 Jun 19
Mount Lebanon
Events on 07/06/2019
06 Jul
Chanterelles at North Park
6 Jul 19
McCandless Township
Events on 07/13/2019
13 Jul
Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust summer survey
13 Jul 19
Verona
13 Jul
Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club
13 Jul 19
Ardara
Events on 07/14/2019
14 Jul
Hike with a Naturalist: Fantastic Fungi
14 Jul 19
Pittsburgh
Events on 07/16/2019
16 Jul
Monthly Meetings
16 Jul 19
Pittsburgh
Events on 07/19/2019
West Virginia Mushroom Club 15th Annual foray
West Virginia Mushroom Club 15th Annual foray
19 Jul 19
Davis
Events on 07/20/2019
20 Jul
Audubon Greenway (Sewickley) with Allegheny Land Trust
20 Jul 19
Sewickley
20 Jul
Boletes at Pine Ridge park
20 Jul 19
Blairsville
Events on 07/27/2019
27 Jul
Blue Knob State Park
27 Jul 19
Imler
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01 Aug
NEMF Foray at Lock Haven PA
1 Aug 19
Lock Haven

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