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DNA Barcoding sample submission form

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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NEMF Annual Foray
16 Sep
09/16/2022 - 09/18/2022    
All Day
Hôtel Château Joliette
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
It’s really finally happening! The FQGM-NEMF foray will take place this year. After two long years of uncertainty and the pandemic, we will have the [...]
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Audubon Greenway (Sewickley) with Allegheny Land Trust
16 Sep
09/16/2022    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audubon Greenway
  • Walk
Join ALT Senior Director and WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for a mushroom hike and ID table at Audubon Greenway. Hike runs rain or shine. We [...]
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Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area
17 Sep
09/17/2022    
10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Josh Mowris in the parking lot at Wolf Creek Narrows.  Free and open to the public; no registration required.
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Monthly Meeting
20 Sep
09/20/2022    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Meetings
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Pop-Up Glow Walk in Cook Forest
22 Sep
09/22/2022    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cook Forest State Park
  • Walk
Join WPMC President and Identifier Stephen Bucklin for a night walk in Cook Forest in search of glowing mushrooms! We’ll be using UV flashlights to [...]
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Lincoff foray at Cook Forest State Park
23 Sep
09/23/2022    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cook Forest State Park
  • Walk
With Park Ranger Dale Luthringer. Meeting point Shelter 2. There is no charge for this walk, but you will be responsible for your own transportation [...]
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The Twenty Second Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
24 Sep
09/24/2022    
7:30 am - 6:00 pm
The Lodge at North Park
  • Foray
Mark your calendars now for the 22ed annual Gary Lincoff Foray. Registration is SOLD OUT. Join the DNA barcoding project here: WPaMC 2022 Gary Lincoff [...]
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NAMA Annual Foray
29 Sep
09/29/2022 - 10/02/2022    
All Day
Trout Lodge
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
This fall there will be a fabulous NAMA Annual Foray, in partnership with MOMS. You may ask, what is MOMS? It is the Missouri Mycological [...]
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NEMF Annual Foray
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Joliette
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Audubon Greenway (Sewickley) with Allegheny Land Trust
16 Sep 22
Sewickley
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Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area
17 Sep 22
Slippery Rock
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Monthly Meeting
20 Sep 22
Pittsburgh
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Pop-Up Glow Walk in Cook Forest
22 Sep 22
Cooksburg
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23 Sep
Lincoff foray at Cook Forest State Park
23 Sep 22
Cooksburg
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24 Sep
The Twenty Second Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
24 Sep 22
Allison Park
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NAMA Annual Foray
29 Sep 22
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