A beautiful day at Braddocks Trail Park, sunny and pleasantly warm. About 15 people joined walk leader Richard Jacob for a tour through the park. For many this was the first club walk that they had attended. After a quick rundown of what we might find in the walk we set of on a trial from the car park. Not 10 yards in 4 morels were found! Sadly we didn’t find any more with the main group. A good variety of other spring mushrooms were found along with a few left overs from last year.

One of the more unusual finds of the day was the Tree Slime fungus Fusicolla merismoides. growing on sap oozing out of a grape vine. The slime is a actually a mixture of fungi and bacteria that are naturally found on plant leaves or in the soil. The Latin name for the slime is for one of the more common constituents, Fusicolla merismoides. Analysis of different specimens show the exact mix of species can vary. None of the species found in the mixtures are known for harming the host plant rather they are just taking advantage of a a nutritious food sauce while the conditions are right.
Species list identified and entered by Richard Jacob.
List of species found on the walk at Braddocks Trail Park:
(Mayapple Rust), Allodus podophylli
(Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore), Cerioporus squamosus
(Mossy Maze Polypore), Cerrena unicolor
(Carbon Balls), Daldinia childiae
(Beech jelly roll), Exidia glandulosa
(Tree slime flux), Fusicolla merismoides
(Deadly galerina), Galerina marginata
(Oak-loving Collybia), Gymnopus dryophilus
(Chicken of the woods), Laetiporus sulphureus
(Yellow Morel), Morchella americana
(Tulip Morel), Morchella diminutiva
(Half-free Morel), Morchella punctipes
(Bleeding Mycena), Mycena haematopus
(Clustered bonnet / oak-stump bonnet cap), Mycena inclinata
(Hexagonal-pored Polypore), Neofavolus alveolaris
(Common Brown Cup), Phylloscypha phyllogena
(Cracked cap polypore, Locust polypore), Phellinus robiniae
(Deer mushroom), Pluteus cervinus
(Spring Polypore), Polyporus arcularius
(Black-footed Polypore), Polyporus badius
(Split Gill), Schizophyllum commune
(Crowded Parchment), Stereum complicatum
(Lumpy bracket), Trametes gibbosa
(Turkey-tail), Trametes versicolor
(Violet Toothed-Polypore) Trichaptum biforme
Species not currently on clubs life list or not fully identified:
Entoloma species
Tubaria species
hypoxon
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