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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

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
09 Aug
Clear Creek State Forest (Venango County)
9 Aug 25
Sigel

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8:00 AM - Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
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10:00 AM - Wingfield Pines BioBlitz4
The annual Tomato and Garlic Festival at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
27 Aug
08/27/2017    
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Phipps Conservatory
  • Other
The annual Tomato and Garlic Festival is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 27th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens [...]
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39th Clark Rogerson Foray
01 Sep
09/01/2017 - 09/04/2017    
All Day
Camp Hemlocks, Hebron, Connecticut
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
Registration for the 39th Clark Rogerson Foray (September 1st to September 4th) is open! This year, we will be returning to Camp Hemlocks (our old [...]
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Pleasant Valley Park
02 Sep
09/02/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Pleasant Valley Park
  • Walk
Meet Pia van de Venne from Friends of Murrysville Parks and Richard Jacob from WPMC at the Pleasant Valley Parking lot. Pleasant Valley Park consists [...]
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NAMA 2017 foray in The Northwoods
NAMA 2017 foray in The Northwoods
09/07/2017 - 09/10/2017    
All Day
Lakewoods Resort & Lodge
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
Hosted by Britt Bunyard (Fungi Magazine and NAMA)
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Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
09/16/2017    
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Rose Barn
  • Foray
The 17th Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray will be held on Saturday, September 16th : Walks, presentations, auction, book signing, sales, table-walk, mushroom feast. Rose [...]
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Monthly Meeting
19 Sep
09/19/2017    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Club member and professional mycologist Mark Spear will be giving a presentation on "Capturing wild mushroom cultures". The talk will cover the basic methods, plate [...]
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Classes and Walk at Harrison Hills
Classes and Walk at Harrison Hills
09/23/2017    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Harrison Hills Park - Allegheny County
  • Mushroom Class
  • Walk
Join us for two hours of classes in the morning and then an afternoon walk at Harrison Hills. The classes will cover an introduction to [...]
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Sycamore Island Fall Survey
Sycamore Island Fall Survey
09/23/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sycamore Island
  • Walk
Join WPMC and Allegheny Land Trust for our Fall survey of Sycamore Island. We've been doing two surveys a year for several years now, and [...]
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Wingfield Pines BioBlitz4
30 Sep
09/30/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wingfield Pines Conservation Area
  • BioBlitz
Join Allegheny Land Trust on a BioBlitz to catalog the different species found at Wingfield Pines. The fungi portion of the BioBlitz will be held [...]
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NAMA 2017 foray in The Northwoods
NAMA 2017 foray in The Northwoods
7 Sep 17
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Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
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Monthly Meeting
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Classes and Walk at Harrison Hills
Classes and Walk at Harrison Hills
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Sycamore Island Fall Survey
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Wingfield Pines BioBlitz4
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