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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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Phenomenal Fungi at Powdermill Nature Reserve
04 Jun
06/04/2022    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Powdermill Nature Reserve
  • Other
This is an event hosted by Powdermill Nature Reserve that that may be of interest to club members. Join us for Phenomenal Fungi! Learn from [...]
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Phipps BioBlitz 2022
05 Jun
06/05/2022    
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Phipps Conservatory
  • BioBlitz
On Sun., June 5, our annual BioBlitz festival will bring together families, students, local scientists and naturalists, teachers and community leaders to explore the biodiversity [...]
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Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
11 Jun
06/11/2022    
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Mycologist Cara Coulter in the parking lot for her annual birthday walk.
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Canceled due to incoming storms - Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area with ALT
16 Jun
06/16/2022    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Dead Man's Hollow
  • Walk
Join ALT Senior Director of Education and WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for a mushroom identification hike at Dead Man’s Hollow. Please note: We will not [...]
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McConnells Mill Mushroom Walk
18 Jun
06/18/2022    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
McConnells Mill State Park
  • Walk
Join walk leader Jerry Sapp Jr. on a walk at the beautiful hemlock forest of McConnells Mill State Park. You are sure to find some [...]
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Monthly Meeting
21 Jun
06/21/2022    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
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Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
25 Jun
06/25/2022    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Deer Lakes Park
  • Walk
Meet club identifier Richard Jacob for our annual Dorothy Fornof Walk at Deer Lakes Park. We normally find a lot of mushroom species at this [...]
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Bradford Area Foray
25 Jun
06/25/2022    
10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Marilla Covered Bridge
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Events on 06/04/2022
04 Jun
Phenomenal Fungi at Powdermill Nature Reserve
4 Jun 22
Rector
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05 Jun
Phipps BioBlitz 2022
5 Jun 22
Pittsburgh
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11 Jun
Beaver Meadows Recreation Area
11 Jun 22
Marienville
Events on 06/16/2022
16 Jun
Canceled due to incoming storms - Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area with ALT
16 Jun 22
McKeesport
Events on 06/18/2022
18 Jun
McConnells Mill Mushroom Walk
18 Jun 22
Portersville
Events on 06/21/2022
21 Jun
Monthly Meeting
21 Jun 22
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/25/2022
25 Jun
Dorothy Fornof Foray at Deer Lakes park
25 Jun 22
Tarentum
25 Jun
Bradford Area Foray
25 Jun 22
Bradford

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