10 Hardy mushroomers hunted Deer Lakes Park in this year’s Fornof Foray. A wide variety of mushrooms were found. Although chanterelles were found, they were generally old and beyond their prime. Some of the more interesting species were Cortinarius iodes with it stunning purple color, many Hydnellum concresens (now know as Hydnellum zonatum), and two species of Leotia, i.e. the Green-headed Jelly Club and Yellow Jelly Babies.

Species list entered by Dick Dougall.

List of species found on the walk at Fornoff Foray, Deer Lakes Park:
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita bisporigera (Destroying Angel),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita flavoconia (Yellow Patches),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita muscaria var. muscaria (), (Red Fly Agaric)
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita rubescens (Blusher),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita vaginata var. vaginata (Grisette),
[icon style=”camera”] Aureoboletus innixus (Clustered Brown Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Baorangia bicolor (Red-and-yellow Bolete; Bicolor Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Boletus subvelutipes (Red-Mouth Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus cibarius (Common Chanterelle; Golden Chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus cinnabarinus (Cinnabar-red Chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus minor (Small Chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Cortinarius iodes (Iodine Cort / Viscid Violet Cort),
[icon style=”camera”] Galiella rufa (Hairy Rubber Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Hydnellum zonatum (),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius chrysorheus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius hygrophoroides (Hygrophorus Milky),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius piperatus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius quietus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius volemus (Voluminous-latex Milky),
[icon style=”camera”] Leotia atrovirens (), (Green-headed Jelly Club)
[icon style=”camera”] Leotia lubrica (Yellow Jelly Babies),
[icon style=”camera”] Marasmius rotula (Pinwheel Marasmius),
[icon style=”camera”] Megacollybia rodmani (),
[icon style=”camera”] Morganella pyriformis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Pseudoboletus parasiticus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Strobilomyces strobilaceus (Old Man-of-the-woods),
[icon style=”camera”] Tapinella atrotomentosa (),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylobolus frustulatus (Ceramic Parchment)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Various Bolete Species
Various Russula Species