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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

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
26 Jul 25
McCandless

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1:00 PM - The Twentieth Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray - Virtual Foray
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"Secret" walk in Westmoreland County
05 Sep
09/05/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Bermuda triangle
  • Walk
Meet WPMC identifier Richard Jacob at a secret location for a socially distanced walk in Westmoreland County. Due to social distancing restrictions the number of people [...]
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NEMF 44th Samuel Ristich Foray - Postponed to 2021
11 Sep
09/11/2020 - 09/14/2020    
All Day
Chateau Joliette Hotel
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
CANCELLATION OF THE FQGM-NEMF 2020 FORAY Due to the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures prescribed by the health authorities that [...]
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Cook Forest State Park
11 Sep
09/11/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cook Forest State Park
  • Foray
Meet WPMC Mycologists La Monte Yarroll and identifier Richard Jacob at a meeting pre-Foray mushroom walk. You are required to sign up for the walk [...]
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The Twentieth Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray - Virtual Foray
The Twentieth Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray - Virtual Foray
09/12/2020    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Lodge at North Park
  • Foray
The full 2020 Foray experience has been postponed to 2021. Guest Mycologist Michael Kuo (mushroomexpert.com) has already committed to appearing next year. Leon Shernoff (Mushroom [...]
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Science Sunday - POSTPONED to 2021
13 Sep
09/13/2020    
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
The Lodge at North Park
  • Other
Join the clubs identifiers and mycologists for a day of science where we look at the forays finds under the microscope, use keys to identify [...]
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Monthly meeting Fall Mushrooms with Leon Shernoff - Virtual presentation.
15 Sep
09/15/2020    
6:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Special guest speaker Leon Shernoff, Editor of Mushroom the Journal will talk about Fall Mushrooms. Expect lots of edibles. This will be a virtual event [...]
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Walk at Wingfield Pines with Allegheny Land Trust
26 Sep
09/26/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wingfield Pines Conservation Area
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Mycologist La Monte Yarroll and WPMC member Julie Travaglini, ALT’s Education Program Director, in the parking lot of Wingfield Pines.  Attendance is limited and registration [...]
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Events on 09/05/2020
05 Sep
"Secret" walk in Westmoreland County
5 Sep 20
Bermuda
Events on 09/11/2020
11 Sep
NEMF 44th Samuel Ristich Foray - Postponed to 2021
11 Sep 20
Joliette
11 Sep
Cook Forest State Park
11 Sep 20
Cooksburg
Events on 09/12/2020
The Twentieth Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray - Virtual Foray
The Twentieth Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray - Virtual Foray
12 Sep 20
Allison Park
Events on 09/13/2020
13 Sep
Science Sunday - POSTPONED to 2021
13 Sep 20
Allison Park
Events on 09/15/2020
15 Sep
Monthly meeting Fall Mushrooms with Leon Shernoff - Virtual presentation.
15 Sep 20
Pittsburgh
Events on 09/26/2020
26 Sep
Walk at Wingfield Pines with Allegheny Land Trust
26 Sep 20
Pittsburgh

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