More than 20 adults and lots of kids turned out for WPMC’s walk at Bird Park on June 2, as part of the Mt. Lebanon Conservancy’s BioBlitz. We were accompanied by a writer and photographer for Mt. Lebanon Magazine. WPMC Mycologists and Identifiers were Jim Tunney, La Monte Yarroll, John Plischke III, Blaine Sanner and Dick Dougall.

Species list entered by Jim Tunney.

List of species found on the walk at Bird Park Bioblitz:
[icon style=”camera”] Allodus podophylla (Mayapple Rust),
[icon style=”camera”] Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Auricularia auricula (Tree-ear / Wood Ear),
[icon style=”camera”] Bolbitius titubans (Egg Yolk),
[icon style=”camera”] Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Coral Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Cerrena unicolor (),
[icon style=”camera”] Climadon pulcherrinis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Coprinellus micaceus (Mica Cap),
[icon style=”camera”] Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep),
[icon style=”camera”] Crucibulum leave (),
[icon style=”camera”] Daedalea quercina (Thick-maze Oak Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Daldinia concentrica (Carbon Balls),
[icon style=”camera”] Ductifera pululahuana (White jelly fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
[icon style=”camera”] Gymnopus subnudus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hemitrichia calyculata (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mold),
[icon style=”camera”] Kretzschmaria deusta (Carbon Cushion, Brittle Cinder),
[icon style=”camera”] Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
[icon style=”camera”] Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Marasmius opacus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Marasmius rotula (Pinwheel Marasmius),
[icon style=”camera”] Megacollybia rodmani (Platterful Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Mollisia cinerea (),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena galericulata (Common Mycena; Rosy-gill Fairy-helmet),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Neofavolus alveolaris (Hexagonal-pored Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Oudemansiella mucida (),
[icon style=”camera”] Parasola plicatilis (Japanese Umbrella Inky),
[icon style=”camera”] Flammulaster erinaceellus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus pulmonarius (Summer Oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus longistriatus (Pleated Pluteus),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus craterellus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus elegans (Elegant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Psathyrella candolleana (),
[icon style=”camera”] Psathyrella hydrophila (),
[icon style=”camera”] Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata (Psilocybe Ovoid),
[icon style=”camera”] Resupinatus applicatus (Black Jelly Oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Stemonitis splendens (Chocolate Tube Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Steccherinum ochraceum (),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Tetrapyrgos nigripes (Black-footed Marasmus),
[icon style=”camera”] Tremellodendron schweinitzii (),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria cubensis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria longipes (),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria vasconica (Carbon Antlers),

Other species:
Resinomycena sp.
Physarum sp.
Macbrideola sp.
Honey mushroom mycelium,
[icon style=”camera”] Coprinellus radians (), orange ozonium mat observed,

Photos by John Pilschke III.