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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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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
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McCandless

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10:00 AM - Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area, Ford City, PA (Armstrong County)
10:30 AM - Bear Run Nature Reserve at Fallingwater (Fayette County)
Chaga Walk at Gallitzin State Forest (Somerset County)
01 Jul
07/01/2023    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Gallitzin State Forest
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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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Headwaters Park (Erie County)
04 Jul
07/04/2023    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Headwaters Park
  • Walk
Meet WPMC President Stephen Bucklin at the parking area near the Erie County Conservation District office.  Free and open to the public. July 4th walk will [...]
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Monthly Meeting
18 Jul
07/18/2023    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
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Mushroom Foraging for Beginners Take a look at the roles mushrooms play within our lives, the forest, and in food systems. Learn basic concepts of [...]
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Garden in the Park
29 Jul
07/29/2023    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park intersection of Babcock Blvd and E. Ingomar Road
  • Other
WPMC Honorary member Barbara DeRiso and Dan Stockman will host a WPMC table at “Garden in the Park”, which is sponsored by the Penn State [...]
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Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust
30 Jul
07/30/2023    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sycamore Island
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Join ALT staff and WPMC mycologist LaMont Yarroll for a mushroom hunting trip to Sycamore Island. The boat (provided by Allegheny Cleanways) will begin transferring [...]
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Chapman Dam S. P.
Chapman Dam S. P.
08/05/2023    
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Chapman State Park
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Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area, Ford City, PA (Armstrong County)
05 Aug
08/05/2023    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area Outflow Area
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Meet WPMC Identifier Beth Ace at the Outflow Fishing Area for a mushroom walk at Crooked Creek Lake.
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Bear Run Nature Reserve at Fallingwater (Fayette County)
05 Aug
08/05/2023    
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Bear Run Nature Reserve at Fallingwater
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Owned by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Bear Run Nature Reserve is located off PA Rt. 381, approximately 3 miles south of Mill Run, Fayette County, [...]
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Chaga Walk at Gallitzin State Forest (Somerset County)
1 Jul 23
Ogle Township
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Headwaters Park (Erie County)
4 Jul 23
Erie
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18 Jul
Monthly Meeting
18 Jul 23
Pittsburgh
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29 Jul
Garden in the Park
29 Jul 23
McCandless
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30 Jul
Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust
30 Jul 23
Verona
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Chapman Dam S. P.
Chapman Dam S. P.
5 Aug 23
Clarendon
05 Aug
Crooked Creek Lake Recreation Area, Ford City, PA (Armstrong County)
5 Aug 23
Bethel Township,
05 Aug
Bear Run Nature Reserve at Fallingwater (Fayette County)
5 Aug 23
Mill Run

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