Neither threat of storm nor sweltering heat would hinder our hikers! Expecting to find chanterelles under the mature oaks, we were surprised (and disappointed) to find none at all. A few tiny species of Marasmioid fungi were admired by all, and larger fungi were beat up by slugs, heat and rain. One dried and partly decayed specimen was discovered to be a food cache of nuts for a chipmunk or squirrel!

Species list entered by Fluff Berger.

List of species found on the walk at Audubon Greenway with Allegheny Land Trust (ALT):

Amanita flavorubescens (),
Amanita amerirubescens (),
Amanita vaginata var. vaginata (Grisette),
Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Hypoxylon canker),
Baorangia bicolor (),
Bovista pila (Tumbling Puffball),
Crucibulum laeve (White-egg Bird’s-nest Fungus),
Diatrype stigma (),
Gymnopus dryophilus (Oak-loving Collybia),
Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mold),
Lactarius quietus var incanus (),
Tetrapyrgos nigripes (),
Marasmius rotula (Pinwheel Marasmius),
Marasmius sullivantii (),
Megacollybia rodmanii (Platterful Mushroom),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Parasola plicatilis (Japanese Umbrella Inky),
Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Boletus subluridellus
Phellinus sp.
Russula sp. (pink cap)
Lactarius sp. (2 cm white cap and stem, margin inrolled, thin, close gills, white latex, slightly tannic to taste, context bruising pink)
Agaricus species (2 cm cap, slightly darkened in center, no smell, thin 5cm. stem, no ring, basal bulb, chocolate brown gills)
Amanita species (1.5 cm off white cap, off white patches, radial lines at edge, no ring, thin white stem, white gills (picked w/out regard for base)