Species list from Hartwood Acres on 11/30/2024

As luck would have it Saturdays walk was the coldest day since last winter, at approximately 20F at 10am. Fourteen hardy mushroom hunters braved the cold to see what we could find. The previous week had been above freezing and wet so there have been quite a few late fall mushrooms popping up. They were all flash frozen on Friday ready for our enjoyment on Saturday morning! As you can see from the list we found quite a few species including many fleshy mushrooms, some of them quite large too. We finished the walk a bit earlier than normal as everyone’s feet were getting cold. I found a bonus in my pictures, a little orange springtail that I think is Sminthurinus henshawi.

Species list entered by Richard Jacob and identified on the go as it was too cold for an ID table at the end of the walk..

Fungi:
Apioperdon pyriforme ( Pear-shaped Puffball ),
Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
Crepidotus mollis ( Jelly Crep/Soft Stumpfoot),
Daldinia childiae ( Carbon Balls),
Exidia crenata ( Brown jelly roll),
Galerina marginata ( Deadly galerina),
Ganoderma applanatum ( Artist’s conk),
Grifola frondosa ( Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head),
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca ( False Chanterelle),
Hypholoma lateritium ( Brick top),
Hypoxylon fragiforme ( Red Cushion Fungi),
Irpex lacteus ( Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
Ischnoderma resinosum ( Resinous Polypore),
Mycena galericulata ( Common Mycena; Rosy-gill Fairy-helmet),
Mycena inclinata ( Clustered bonnet / oak-stump bonnet cap),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Radulomyces copelandii ( Asian beauty),
Resupinatus applicatus ( Black Jelly Oyster),
Scleroderma citrinum ( Pigskin Poison Puffball),
Stereum complicatum ( Crowded Parchment),
Stereum lobatum ( ),
Taphrina caerulescens ( Oak Leaf Blister),
Trametes versicolor ( Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme ( Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Xylaria polymorpha ( Dead Man’s Fingers),
Xylobolus frustulatus ( Ceramic Parchment)