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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 Aug
Monthly Meeting
19 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
23 Aug
Boyce Mayview Park with Upper St. Clair Library
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
23 Aug
Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
24 Aug
Oil Creek State Park (Bike Trail, Southern Terminus Parking)
24 Aug 25
Oil City
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
26 Aug 25
Pittsburgh

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Samuel Ristich Foray 39th Annual Foray of the Northeast Mycological Federation
Samuel Ristich Foray 39th Annual Foray of the  Northeast Mycological Federation
07/30/2015 - 08/02/2015    
All Day
Connecticut College
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
This year's NEMF foray is hosted by Connecticut Valley Mycological Society. Thursday July 30 - Sunday Aug 2  2015 at Connecticut College
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Hartwood Acres with Barbara DeRiso
01 Aug
08/01/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hartwood Acres
Meet Barbara DeRiso at Hartwood Acres, one of our favorite locations.
More Info
North Park with John Stuart
08 Aug
08/08/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
Join John Stuart for a reprise of North Park. This will be a different section of North Park from the Chanterelle walk earlier. This will [...]
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Garden in the Park- North!
15 Aug
08/15/2015    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park intersection of Babcock Blvd and E. Ingomar Road
  • Other
Valerie Baker and Barbara DeRiso will be hosting a booth for WPMC  at the Penn State Master Gardeners event  Garden in the Park- North!
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Dark Hollow Woods with Cecily Franklin
15 Aug
08/15/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Dark Hollow Woods Park
  • Walk
Meet Cecily Franklin for a walk at Dark Hollow Woods. From Freeport Road (North or South), cross the Hulton Bridge into Oakmont.  Continue on Hulton [...]
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Monthly meeting
18 Aug
08/18/2015    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
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Settlers Cabin Park with Jim Tunney
22 Aug
08/22/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Settlers Cabin Park
  • Walk
Meet Club Mycologist Jim Tunney at Settlers Cabin Park. Meet Jim here.
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Hartwood Acres with Richard Jacob
29 Aug
08/29/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hartwood Acres
  • Walk
Join Richard Jacob for a walk at Hartwood Acres.  
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Samuel Ristich Foray 39th Annual Foray of the  Northeast Mycological Federation
Samuel Ristich Foray 39th Annual Foray of the Northeast Mycological Federation
30 Jul 15
New London
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Hartwood Acres with Barbara DeRiso
1 Aug 15
Pittsburgh
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08 Aug
North Park with John Stuart
8 Aug 15
McCandless Township
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Garden in the Park- North!
15 Aug 15
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Dark Hollow Woods with Cecily Franklin
15 Aug 15
Oakmont
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Monthly meeting
18 Aug 15
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Settlers Cabin Park with Jim Tunney
22 Aug 15
Pittsburgh
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Hartwood Acres with Richard Jacob
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