A good sized crowd for this walk that were buoyed by the nice weather. We mostly found dried up mushrooms, crusts and remains of last years puffballs. However, we did find two of the seasonally appropriate morel species in a location that the whole group has agreed to keep secret! There was some discussion over the Bovista pila find and whether it was a wasp gall or fungi.  Robert Bosiljevac did the work up and determined that there were fungal spores and material inside.

Species identified by Josh Mowris and Richard Jacob. Species list entered by Josh Mowris.

Fungi:
Apioperdon pyriforme ( Pear-shaped Puffball ),
Bovista pila (Tumbling Puffball),
Coprinellus micaceus ( Mica Cap),
Daedaleopsis confragosa ( Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
Diatrype stigma ( Common Tarcrust Fungus),
Exidia crenata ( Brown jelly roll),
Galerina marginata ( Deadly galerina),
Ganoderma applanatum ( Artist’s conk),
Hydnoporia olivacea ( Brown-toothed Crust Fungus),
Hypoxylon rubiginosum (),
Morchella diminutiva ( Tulip Morel),
Morchella punctipes ( Half-free Morel),
Neofavolus alveolaris ( Hexagonal-pored Polypore),
Schizophyllum commune (),
Stereum complicatum ( Crowded Parchment),
Stereum fasciatum (),
Stereum lobatum ( ),
Trametes betulina ( Multicolor Gill Polypore),
Trametes gibbosa ( Lumpy bracket),
Trametes versicolor ( Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme ( Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Tubakia suttoniana ( ),
Xylobolus frustulatus ( Ceramic Parchment)

Calvatia sp. ( probably Vase-shaped giant puffball / Purple Spored Puffball),
Chlorociboria sp. ( Blue-green Stain),
Scutellinia sp.

Species missing from list:
Annulohypoxylon bovei