WPMC Groundhogs day walk with James Tunney as walk leader.

Walk was lovely, the weather was a bit warmer and the sun was shining. Found a decent variety of mushrooms today! One of our member found a fossil as well. Unfortunately, another of our members got cursed after finding a stick figure in a tree, but hopefully it’s not a bad one!

Species identified by Cara Barkley Coulter and Jim Tunney. Species list entered by Jim Tunney.

List of species found on the walk at Bird Park:
[icon style=”camera”] Auricularia americana (Tree-ear / Wood Ear),
[icon style=”camera”] Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Cerrena unicolor (Mossy Maze Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Dacryopinax elegans (),
[icon style=”camera”] Dacryopinax spathularia (Spathula Shapped Yellow Jelly),
[icon style=”camera”] Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Daldinia childiae (Carbon Balls),
[icon style=”camera”] Exidia crenata (Brown jelly roll),
[icon style=”camera”] Exidia glandulosa (Beech jelly roll),
[icon style=”camera”] Flammulina velutipes (Velvet foot; Enokitake),
[icon style=”camera”] Galerina marginata (Deadly galerina),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma lobatum (Soft artist’s conk),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypoxylon multiforme (),
[icon style=”camera”] Ischnoderma resinosum (Resinous Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Lenzites betulina (AKA Trametes betulina),
[icon style=”camera”] Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Neofavolus alveolaris (Hexagonal-pored Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Phellinus robiniae (Cracked cap polypore, Locust polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus brumalis (Winter polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Punctularia strigoso-zonata (),
[icon style=”camera”] Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (Cinnabar Red Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Radulomyces copelandii (Asian beauty),
[icon style=”camera”] Sarcomyxa serotina (Late Fall Oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Phellinus
Antrodia
Mycena
Mycena

Photos by Cara Barkley Coulter

This states, Read this I am a watcher of the woods, if you remove me from my perch, on you I will cast a curse. If you wish to make amends, you must make and set up 3 friends, Until you do this pain and discontent are yours