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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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12:00 AM - NAMA foray at Paul Smith’s College
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12:00 AM - Continental Mycoblitz 2019
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9:00 AM - Dead Man’s Hollow with Allegheny Land Trust
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10:00 AM - McConnells Mill on a Sunday
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7:00 PM - Monthly Meetings
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10:00 AM - Gearhart’s Milton Loop Campground (Armstrong County)
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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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NAMA foray at Paul Smith’s College
08 Aug
08/08/2019 - 08/11/2019    
12:00 am
Paul Smith’s College
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
The 2019 NAMA foray will be held in the Adirondacks, at Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, New York on August 8-11, 2019.  Stay tuned to [...]
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Mystery walk in North Park
10 Aug
08/10/2019    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
North Park Swimming pool parking lot
Join Club Identifier John Stuart for a walk in his backyard.
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Continental Mycoblitz 2019
12 Aug
08/12/2019 - 08/19/2019    
All Day
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • BioBlitz
Collect iNaturalist records and dried specimens for the first Contentinental Mycoblitz! You can either join the project as an individual or participate through the WPMC. [...]
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Dead Man’s Hollow with Allegheny Land Trust
17 Aug
08/17/2019    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Dead Man's Hollow
  • Walk
9:00 a.m. – ALT Presentation 10:00 a.m. – Mushroom Walk Meet WPMC Identifier Jared White and ALT naturalists in the parking lot at Catfish Pond.  [...]
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Garden in the Park
17 Aug
08/17/2019    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Park intersection of Babcock Blvd and E. Ingomar Road
  • Other
Organized by the Penn State Master Gardeners of Allegheny County, Garden in the Park will be held at the corner of Babcock Blvd. and Wildwood [...]
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McConnells Mill on a Sunday
18 Aug
08/18/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
McConnells Mill State Park
  • Walk
Join Club Identifier Jerry Sapp for a walk through this beautiful valley. Meet at the Kildoo parking lot. The walk will start at the covered [...]
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Monthly Meetings
20 Aug
08/20/2019    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Mike Lloyd, WPMC’s Legal Counsel, will give a presentation titled "Chickens & Hens". Mike’s talk will be geared to beginner mushroom hunters who may be [...]
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Gearhart’s Milton Loop Campground (Armstrong County)
24 Aug
08/24/2019    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Gearhart’s Milton Loop Campground
  • Walk
WPMC Identifier Bob Sleigh will cover the basics of mushroom hunting for beginners including identification, handling, storage and cooking. Weather permitting, Bob will also lead [...]
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NEMF Foray at Lock Haven PA
1 Aug 19
Lock Haven
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08 Aug
NAMA foray at Paul Smith’s College
8 Aug 19
Paul Smiths,
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10 Aug
Mystery walk in North Park
10 Aug 19
McCandless Township
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12 Aug
Continental Mycoblitz 2019
12 Aug 19
Pittsburgh
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17 Aug
Dead Man’s Hollow with Allegheny Land Trust
17 Aug 19
McKeesport
17 Aug
Garden in the Park
17 Aug 19
McCandless
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18 Aug
McConnells Mill on a Sunday
18 Aug 19
Portersville
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20 Aug
Monthly Meetings
20 Aug 19
Pittsburgh
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24 Aug
Gearhart’s Milton Loop Campground (Armstrong County)
24 Aug 19
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