About 20 people joined walk leader and club treasurer Barbara DeRiso for a walk at Camp Guyasuta. We started finding slime molds on wood next to the car park before the walk even began. Due to the damp environment of the ravine there were quite a lot of slime mold species. We also found a couple of larger polypores found but it was still too early (or cool in the ravine) for many of the mycorrhizal species that are found with oaks.

One interesting crust species we found was Phanerochaete chrysorhiza. Looking at the species lists from past walks there have only been two reports from 2016 so it is nice to find it again at a different location.

Species list entered by Barbara DeRiso. Species identified by Barbara DeRiso, Adam Haritan, Richard Jacob, John Plishke III and La Monte Yarroll

List of species found on the walk at Camp Guyasuta:
[icon style=”camera”] Arcyria denudata (Pink Carnival Candy Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Coprinellus micaceus (Mica Cap),
[icon style=”camera”] Crepidotus crocophyllus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Daldinia concentrica (Carbon Balls),
[icon style=”camera”] Ductifera pululahuana (),
[icon style=”camera”] Fuligo septica (Scrambled-egg Slime; Dog Vomit Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
[icon style=”camera”] Gerronema strombodes (The Golden-gilled Gerronema),
[icon style=”camera”] Hemitrichia clavata (),
[icon style=”camera”] Kretzschmaria deusta (Carbon cushion),
[icon style=”camera”] Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
[icon style=”camera”] Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Marasmius rotula (Pinwheel Marasmius),
[icon style=”camera”] Meripilus sumstinei (Black-staining Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Neofavolus alveolaris (Hexagon poured polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Phanerochaete chrysorhiza (),
[icon style=”camera”] Parasola plicatilis (Japanese Umbrella Inky),
[icon style=”camera”] Phellinus gilvus (Mustard Yellow polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus pulmonarius (Summer Oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus elegans (Elegant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus varius (),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Simocybe centunculus (Dingy Twiglet),
[icon style=”camera”] Stemonitis splendens (Chocolate Tube Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes elegans (),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Tubifera ferruginosa (Raspberry slime mold),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria cubensis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria hypoxylon (Carbon Antlers)

Pictures by Richard Jacob: