About 100 mushroom hunters gathered in Cook Forest State Park as part of a special Friday foray as part of the Lincoff foray. The weather had been dry but even so a large number of species were found. Garry Lincoff estimates that we increased the known species count for Cook Forest from 165 to about 230 species although there are likely to be more than 500 species at Cook Forest in all. Not many pictures as I went the “wrong” way and only found dry areas. If you have some picture that you would like to add to the post let me know.

Species list entered by La Monte Yarroll. Identified by the clubs mycologists, guest mycologists, club identifiers and Garry Lincoff.

List of species found on the walk at Cook Forest:

Agaricus campestris (Meadow Mushroom / Field Mushroom),
Amanita brunnescens (Cream Colored Cleft-foot Amanita),
Amanita ceciliae (Cream Colored Cleft-foot Amanita),
Amanita flavoconia (Yellow Patches),
Amanita fulva (Tawny Grisette),
Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric),
Amanita rubescens (),
Amanita vaginata var. vaginata (Grisette),
Bisporella citrina (Yellow Fairy Cups),
Boletus badius (Bay Bolete),
Boletus bicolor (Red-and-yellow Bolete; Bicolor Bolete),
Boletus parasiticus (Parasitic Bolete),
Bothia castanella (),
Calostoma cinnabarina (Stalked Puffball in Aspic),
Calvatia craniformis (Skull Shaped Puffball),
Calvatia cyathiformis (Vase-shaped giant puffball / Purple Spored Puffball),
Cantharellus cinnabarinus (Cinnabar-red Chanterelle),
Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth chanterelle),
Cantharellus tubaeformis (),
Climacodon septentrionale (Northern Tooth Fungus),
Coltricia cinnamomea (),
Cortinarius armillatus (Bracelet Cort / Red Banded Cort),
Cortinarius corrugatus (Corrugated Cap Cort),
Cortinarius sanguineus (Blood Red Cort),
Cortinarius torvus (Blood Red Cort),
Dacrymyces palmatus (Orange Jelly; Witches’ Butter),
Daedalea quercina (Thick-maze Oak Polypore),
Fomitopsis pinicola (Red Bealted Polypore),
Fuligo septica (Scrambled-egg Slime; Dog Vomit Slime),
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head),
Hemitrichia clavata (),
Hohenbuehelia angustata (),
Hydnum repandum (Sweet Tooth Hedgehog Fungus),
Hydnum umbilicatum (),
Inocybe rimosa (Straw-colored Fiber-head),
Isaria farinosa (Straw-colored Fiber-head)
Irpex lacteus (Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
Ischnoderma benzoinum (),
Ischnoderma resinosum (),
Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Tallow-gill),
Laccaria laccata (Common Laccaria; Deceiver Laccaria),
Lactarius camphoratus (Aromatic Milky),
Lactarius corrugis (Corrugated-cap Milky),
Lactarius deceptivus (),
Lactarius piperatus (),
Lactarius subvellereus (),
Lactarius uvidus (),
Lactarius vinaceorufescens (Yellow Latex Milky),
Lactarius volemus (Voluminous-latex Milky),
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
Leccinum scabrum (Birch (or Common) Scaber-Stalk),
Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
Lycoperdon gemmatum (),
Marasmius opacus (),
Megacollybia rodmani (Platterful Mushroom),
Mycena epipterygia (Yellow-stalked Fairy-helmet),
Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
Mycena inclinata (),
Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
Omphalotus illudens (Jack-o’-lantern),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Parasola plicatilis (Japanese Umbrella Inky),
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum (Black Matchstick Fungus),
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s pollypore or velvet-top fungus),
Phellinus gilvus (),
Phellinus rimosus (),
Phlebia tremellosa (),
Pholiota squarrosa (Scaly Pholiota),
Pholiota squarrosoides (),
Piptoporus betulinus (Birch Polypore),
Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
Polyporus elegans (Elegant Polypore),
Psathyrella candolleana (),
Psathyrella prona (),
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (),
Radulomyces copelandii (),
Russula compacta (Firm Russula),
Russula cyanoxantha (),
Russula emetica (Emetic Russula),
Russula flavida (),
Russula laurocerasi (),
Russula mariae (Purple-bloom Russula),
Russula modesta (),
Russula rubescens (),
Russula vinosa (),
Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Strobilomyces floccopus (Old Man-of-the-woods),
Suillus americanus (American Slippery Jack; Chicken Fat Suillus),
Suillus granulatus (Dotted-stalk Suillus; Granulated Slippery Jack),
Suillus spraguei (Painted Suillus),
Trametes pubescens (Turkey-tail),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Tremellodendron pallidum (Jellied False Coral),
Tricholoma sulphureum (),
Tricholomopsis decora (Decorated Mop),
Tubifera ferruginosa (),
Tylopilus felleus (Bitter Bolete),
Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
Xeromphalina campanella (Fuzzy-foot),
Xerula furfuracea (Rooted Collybia)

Additional Species not filly identified:

Amanita sp. subgenus Lepidella
Arcyria sp.
Cordyceps sp. anamorph
Cortinarius subgenus Telamonia
Entoloma sp.
Gnomonia sp.
Inocybe sp.
Mycena sp.
Pluteus sp.
Psathyrella sp.
Russula sp.

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