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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: 64 MB.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, dng, Max. file size: 64 MB.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, dng, Max. file size: 64 MB.
  • Accepted file types: jpg, png, gif, dng, Max. file size: 64 MB.
  • Any additonal notes about the specimen

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    Events

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    Beginners Mushroom Hike at Bethel Green with Allegheny Land Trust
    12 Aug 22
    Bethel Park
    13 Aug
    Boyce Mayview Park (Upper St. Clair) with Venture Outdoors
    13 Aug 22
    Uper Saint Clair
    16 Aug
    Monthly Meeting
    16 Aug 22
    Pittsburgh
    16 Sep
    NEMF Annual Foray
    16 Sep 22
    Joliette
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    Audubon Greenway (Sewickley) with Allegheny Land Trust
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    03 Jul
    07/03/2022    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Wintergreen Gorge
    • Walk
    Meet WPMC President Stephen Bucklin at the Cooper Road parking lot for a mushroom walk through Wintergreen Gorge.
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    Linbrook Woodlands with Allegheny Land Trust
    06 Jul
    07/06/2022    
    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Linbrook Woodlands Conservation Area
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    09Join WPMC Identifiers Julie Travaglini and Fluff Berger for a mushroom hike and ID table at Linbrook Park. We’ll start at the parking lots and [...]
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    Linn Run State Park
    09 Jul
    07/09/2022    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Linn Run State Park
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    Meet walk leader and club identifier Richard Jacob for a mushroom walk at the Grove Run picnic area in Linn Run State Park. We have [...]
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    Monthly Meeting
    19 Jul
    07/19/2022    
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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    Crooked Creek Lake
    23 Jul
    07/23/2022    
    10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Crooked Creek Lake Independence Pavilion
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    Join Crooked Creek Lake park ranger and WPMC identifier Beth Dinger, for a mushroom walk to scout for, and learn about, some of our local [...]
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    Sycamore Island Redux Walk - July 30th
    30 Jul
    07/30/2022    
    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Sycamore Island
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    Erie
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    Linn Run State Park
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