Another beautiful spring day in Frick Park. WPMC participated in the Frick park Earth day 2015. There were two walks on the day with about an equal number of participants. Not may ground based fungi but enough wood-decaying fungi were found to make the walks interesting.

Species list entered by Jim Tunney.

List of species found on the walk at Earth Day at Frick Park:

Daldinia concentrica (Carbon Balls),
Flammulina velutipes (Velvet foot; Enokitake),
Galerina marginata (Deadly Galerina),
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
Irpex lacteus (Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
Ischnoderma resinosum (Resinous Polypore),
Phellinus gilvus (Mustard-yellow Polypore),
Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
Polyporus squamosus (Pheasant Polypore),
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Trametes elegans (aka Lenzites elegans),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Ustulina deusta (Carbon cushion or brittle cinder),

Species not fully identified:
Ganoderma sp.
Hypoxylon sp.

 

Second walk group meet up. Photo by Adam Haritan.
Photo by Adam Haritan.
A spring fruiting of Galerina marginata, Deadily Galerina. Photo by Adam Haritan.
Walk leaders Richard Jacob and Jim Tunney. Photo by Adam Haritan.
Out on the trail. Photo by Adam Haritan.
Wax paper bags to collect samples. Photo by Adam Haritan.
Looking at Armillaria sp. (Honey mushroom ) rhizomorphs. Photo by Alexis Rzewski.
Photo by Alexis Rzewski.
Passing around a specimen. Photo by Alexis Rzewski.
Photo by Alexis Rzewski.
Young mycologist examining Flammulina velutipes (Velvet foot; Enokitake) specimen. Photo by Richard Jacob
Polyporus squamosus (Pheasant Polypore or Dryads Saddle). Photo by Adam Haritan.
Flammulina velutipes (Velvet foot; Enokitake) specimen. Photo by Richard Jacob
Center: young Polyporus squamosus (Pheasant Polypore or Dryads saddle) specimen. Photo by Richard Jacob
Center: spring fruiting of Galerina marginata (Deadly Galerina). Photo by Richard Jacob