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WPMC General Purpose Description Form

WPMC General Purpose Description Form

  • 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 collected the sample.
  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • 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.
  • General Purpose Description Form

  • Names(s) of person(s) annotating 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 different smells have been listed as key indicators.
    (don’t swallow)
  • Identifying features

    Or why you think this specimen is this species? In particular note down aspects of the specimen that cannot be seen in photographs. Example features include coloration, stem and cap characteristics, bruising, fine hairs, chemical reactions etc. If the specimen is similar to a number of species write down the features that differentiate it.
  • watery appearance when wet; changes color when losing moisture
  • Pictures and sketches

    Take a pictures or scan in sketch of the mushroom. Please email them to [email protected] and include the collection number. If you have a lot of images please use http://wetransfer.com/.

Events

23 Aug
Boyce Mayview Park with Upper St. Clair Library
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
23 Aug
Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
24 Aug
Oil Creek State Park (Bike Trail, Southern Terminus Parking)
24 Aug 25
Oil City
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
26 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
31 Aug
Mushroom Walk in Cook Forest
31 Aug 25
Leeper

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Events

23 Aug
Boyce Mayview Park with Upper St. Clair Library
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
23 Aug
Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
23 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
24 Aug
Oil Creek State Park (Bike Trail, Southern Terminus Parking)
24 Aug 25
Oil City
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
Evening Mushroom walk at Beechwood farms
26 Aug 25
Pittsburgh
31 Aug
Mushroom Walk in Cook Forest
31 Aug 25
Leeper

Calendar

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12:00 AM - COMA’s annual Clark Rogerson Foray
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12:00 AM - Mother Earth News Fair
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8:00 AM - The Fourteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
7:00 PM - Lincoff Foray after party
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7:00 PM - Monthly meeting
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12:00 AM - Sequanota Annual Foray
12:00 AM - Bioblitz at Murrysville’s Duff Park
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12:00 AM - Fall Foray at Mt. Airy Arboretum
9:00 AM - Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
10:00 AM - Mushroom Mania at South Park Nature Center
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COMA’s annual Clark Rogerson Foray
04 Sep
09/04/2014 - 09/07/2014    
All Day
Berkshire Hills Emanuel Camps
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
COMA’s annual Clark Rogerson Foray will be held at Berkshire Hills Emmanuel Camp in Copake, NY and is easily accessible from NYC, the Hudson Valley, [...]
More Info
Mother Earth News Fair
12 Sep
09/12/2014 - 09/14/2014    
All Day
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
  • Mushroom Class
Mother Earth News, the largest and longest-running publication about self-sufficient lifestyles, will hold its fifth annual Mother Earth News Fair Sept. 12-14 at Seven Springs [...]
More Info
The Fourteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
The Fourteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
09/13/2014    
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Parish Hill
  • Foray
8am to 7pm, Saturday, Sept. 13th, 2014 Program: Guided morning walks and self-guided afternoon mushroom walks; Mushroom Walks will be conducted in North Park and [...]
More Info
Lincoff Foray after party
13 Sep
09/13/2014    
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Over the Bar at North Park Boathouse
  • Foray
This years Lincoff foray after party will be at  “Over the Bar” restaurant in the Boat House North Park Coming out of Parish Hill, turn [...]
More Info
Monthly meeting
16 Sep
09/16/2014    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
More Info
Sequanota Annual Foray
26 Sep
09/26/2014 - 09/28/2014    
All Day
Camp Sequanota, Jennerstown, Somerset County
  • Foray
MAW's annual Camp Sequanota foray weekend, in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania, will be September 26-28, 2014.  Register now. MAW’s Sequanota foray is an excellent [...]
More Info
Bioblitz at Murrysville’s Duff Park
26 Sep
09/26/2014 - 09/27/2014    
All Day
Duff Park
  • BioBlitz
Members of the Western PA Mushroom Club are invited to  participate in a Bioblitz that Dr. Kyle Selcer of Duquesne University has planned for Friday September [...]
More Info
Fall Foray at Mt. Airy Arboretum
04 Oct
10/04/2014 - 10/05/2014    
All Day
Mount Airy Arboretum
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
Ohio Mushroom Society  Dick Doyle. Details to follow.
More Info
Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
04 Oct
10/04/2014 - 10/05/2014    
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Gibisonville Community Center
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
Visit: http://ohiomushroomsociety.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/newsletter-for-julyaugust-2014/ for more information.
More Info
Mushroom Mania at South Park Nature Center
04 Oct
10/04/2014    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
South Park Nature Center
  • Walk
Meet John Doyle the Park Naturalist for Mushroom Mania at  South Park Nature Center. Learn the lore, see the strange, and taste the terrific of local wild mushrooms [...]
More Info
Events on 09/04/2014
04 Sep
COMA’s annual Clark Rogerson Foray
4 Sep 14
Copake
Events on 09/12/2014
12 Sep
Mother Earth News Fair
12 Sep 14
Seven Springs
Events on 09/13/2014
The Fourteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
The Fourteenth Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray
13 Sep 14
McCandless Township
13 Sep
Lincoff Foray after party
13 Sep 14
Allison Park
Events on 09/16/2014
16 Sep
Monthly meeting
16 Sep 14
Pittsburgh
Events on 09/26/2014
26 Sep
Sequanota Annual Foray
26 Sep 14
Boswell
26 Sep
Bioblitz at Murrysville’s Duff Park
26 Sep 14
Murrysville
Events on 10/04/2014
04 Oct
Fall Foray at Mt. Airy Arboretum
4 Oct 14
Cincinnati
04 Oct
Ohio Mushroom Society Fall Foray
4 Oct 14
Gibisonville
04 Oct
Mushroom Mania at South Park Nature Center
4 Oct 14
South Park,
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