Walk leader Dick Dougall. It’s a great time of year to to go mushroom hunting. The recent heavy rains are starting to make the summer mushrooms pop and we found quite a few on this walk. A couple of members found Craterellus fallax (Black trumpets) in large enough amounts to take home for a meal. Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth Chanterelle) buttons were found under a few trees that tell us Chanterelle season is just round the corner. The wet weather meant we found some slime mods and jellies as well as a variety of Amanita’s. There were a couple of mature boletes found and Scott Pavelle took some time to identify it. The identifies first thought that it was from the Boletus subvelutipes (Red mouth bolete) group. However an online discussion and close examination of the specimen let to a final identification of Suillellus luridus. You can see the online discussion at Mushroom Observer.
Species list entered by Dick Dougall. Species identified by Dick Dougall, Jack Baker, Richard Jacob, Scott Pavelle and La Monte Yarroll.
List of species found on the walk at Dorothy Fornoff Walk – Deer Lakes Park:
[icon style=”camera”] Allodus podophylli (Mayapple Rust),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita citrina var citrina (),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita flavoconia (Yellow Patches),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita fulva (Tawny Grisette),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita vaginata var. vaginata (Grisette),
[icon style=”camera”] Arcyria denudata (Pink Carnival Candy Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth Chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus minor (Small Chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Coral Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Craterellus fallax (Black trumpet),
[icon style=”camera”] Diatrype stigma (),
[icon style=”camera”] Exidia glandulosa (Beech Jelly Roll),
[icon style=”camera”] Exidia recisa (Wood ear),
[icon style=”camera”] Galiella rufa (Hairy Rubber Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Hydnochaete olivaceus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hymenopellis megalospora (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mold),
[icon style=”camera”] Inocybe rimosa (Straw-colored Fiber-head),
[icon style=”camera”] Inocybe tahquamenonensis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Tallow-gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Laccaria laccata (Common Laccaria; Deceiver Laccaria),
[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”] Otidea onotica (),
[icon style=”camera”] Phylloporus rhodoxanthus (Gilled Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus mori (),
[icon style=”camera”] Psathyrella velutina (),
[icon style=”camera”] Rickenella fibula (Orange Moss Agaric),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula crustosa (Green Quilt Russula),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula mariae (Purple-bloom Russula),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula vinacea (),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Suillellus luridus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Tremella foliacea (Jelly Leaf)
Species not currently on clubs life list or not identified:
Russula species various red caped
Clitocybe species
Gray cup mushroom on wood.
Comments:
I was recently at Deer Lakes Park. I noticed which I thought that someone had dropped something in the grass. As I looked at it it was shiny black with white spots. I moved it with my foot and noticed it was a mushroom. I have never seen anything like that before. Is it a deadly mushroom?
Tom: Mushrooms need more description details. Even with a photo, it is not always easy to identify mushrooms with certainty. You should have been around on the Club’s mushroom walk in Deer Lakes Park on June 18th. We found lots of different mushrooms, and we could have showed you how to identify many of the common ones. Look up our future walks on the Club’s website, and try to come to one.