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