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:
(Mayapple Rust), Allodus podophylli
(), Amanita citrina var citrina
(Yellow Patches), Amanita flavoconia
(Tawny Grisette), Amanita fulva
(Grisette), Amanita vaginata var. vaginata
(Pink Carnival Candy Slime), Arcyria denudata
(Smooth Chanterelle), Cantharellus lateritius
(Small Chanterelle), Cantharellus minor
(Coral Slime), Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
(Black trumpet), Craterellus fallax
(), Diatrype stigma
(Beech Jelly Roll), Exidia glandulosa
(Wood ear), Exidia recisa
(Hairy Rubber Cup), Galiella rufa
(), Hydnochaete olivaceus
(), Hymenopellis megalospora
(Bolete Mold), Hypomyces chrysospermus
(Straw-colored Fiber-head), Inocybe rimosa
(), Inocybe tahquamenonensis
(Amethyst Tallow-gill), Laccaria amethystina
(Common Laccaria; Deceiver Laccaria), Laccaria laccata
(Wolf’s Milk Slime), Lycogala epidendrum
(), Marasmius opacus
(Pinwheel Marasmius), Marasmius rotula
(Platterful Mushroom), Megacollybia rodmani
(), Otidea onotica
(Gilled Bolete), Phylloporus rhodoxanthus
(Oyster Mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus
(Deer mushroom), Pluteus cervinus
(), Polyporus mori
(), Psathyrella velutina
(Orange Moss Agaric), Rickenella fibula
(Green Quilt Russula), Russula crustosa
(Purple-bloom Russula), Russula mariae
(), Russula vinacea
(Split Gill), Schizophyllum commune
(Reddish Eyelash Cup), Scutellinia scutellata
(False Turkey-tail), Stereum ostrea
(), Suillellus luridus
(Lumpy bracket), Trametes gibbosa
(Turkey-tail), Trametes versicolor
(Jelly Leaf) Tremella foliacea
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.