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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

16 Aug
Garden in the Park SOUTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
16 Aug 25
South Park Township
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

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7:00 PM - Monthly meeting
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5:00 PM - The Mysterious Nature of Fungi
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12:00 AM - Mycological Association of Washington Annual Sequanota Foray
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12:00 AM - Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
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10:00 AM - South Park's Mushroom Mania
Sewickley Heights Park with Fluff Berger
12 Sep
09/12/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sewickley Heights Park
  • Walk
Please join identifier Fluff Berger for a walk through Sewickley Heights Park. We'll be collecting for the meeting the following Tuesday.
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Monthly meeting
15 Sep
09/15/2015    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
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The Mysterious Nature of Fungi
The Mysterious Nature of Fungi
09/17/2015    
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Hunt Library
  • Other
Hosted by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation This exhibit gives an overview of these mysterious organisms that are found almost everywhere on this planet [...]
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Mycological Association of Washington Annual Sequanota Foray
18 Sep
09/18/2015 - 09/20/2015    
All Day
Camp Sequanota, Jennerstown, Somerset County
  • Foray
The Mycological Association of Washington (DC) will be holding their annual foray at Camp Sequanota in Jennerstown, Somerset County PA. More information at the MAW website.
More Info
Cook Forest State Park pre-foray walk
18 Sep
09/18/2015    
7:45 am - 6:00 pm
Cook Forest State Park
  • Walk
Meet Gary Lincoff for a pre-foray walk at Cook Forest State Park. The 8,500-acre Cook Forest State Park lies in scenic northwestern Pennsylvania. Once called [...]
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The Fifteenth WPMC Gary Lincoff Foray
19 Sep
09/19/2015 - 09/20/2015    
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Parish Hill
  • Foray
As this is the 15th Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray we have decided to push the boat out and make it a special event. Friday, September [...]
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NAMA Blue Ridge Foray 2015
NAMA Blue Ridge Foray 2015
09/24/2015 - 09/27/2015    
All Day
YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
The Asheville Mushroom Club and the Mushroom Club of Georgia are co-hosting NAMA's next annual foray. YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly is a wonderful conference center on 1200 [...]
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Raccoon Creek with Dick Dougall
26 Sep
09/26/2015    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Raccoon Creek State Park, Beaver County
  • Walk
Join Dick Dougall for a walk at Raccoon Creek.  
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Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
02 Oct
10/02/2015 - 10/04/2015    
All Day
Secrest Arboretum, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
To be held in Wooster at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center/Secrest Arboretum. Save the dates! More details to come.
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South Park's Mushroom Mania
03 Oct
10/03/2015    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
South Park Nature Center
  • Walk
Come meet the new naturalist at South Park for a mushroom observing walk. You can also try a few safe edibles. This is not a [...]
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Sewickley Heights Park with Fluff Berger
12 Sep 15
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Monthly meeting
15 Sep 15
Pittsburgh
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The Mysterious Nature of Fungi
The Mysterious Nature of Fungi
17 Sep 15
Pittsburgh
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18 Sep
Mycological Association of Washington Annual Sequanota Foray
18 Sep 15
Boswell
18 Sep
Cook Forest State Park pre-foray walk
18 Sep 15
Cooksburg
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19 Sep
The Fifteenth WPMC Gary Lincoff Foray
19 Sep 15
McCandless Township
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NAMA Blue Ridge Foray 2015
NAMA Blue Ridge Foray 2015
24 Sep 15
Black Mountain
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26 Sep
Raccoon Creek with Dick Dougall
26 Sep 15
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Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
2 Oct 15
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South Park's Mushroom Mania
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