This years official foray was split between three walks in the morning and an online interview with Long Litt Woon due to the ongoing pandemic. The normal events were sorely missed especially the mushroom feast and the gathering of mycologicial expertise that we normally have. We held walks at Devils Elbow, Deer Shelters/Harmar shelter(Swimming pool) and Wyoming Shelter led by Fluff Berger, Richard Jacob and Cara Coulter respectively. Each walk had 5 or so participants. The weather was nice on the day and there had been some rain over the first couple of weeks of September setting things up nicely as far as the mushrooms went. For about the first time this year in the Pittsburgh region we found an abundance of Amanita and Bolete species. Although there were only three walks and less than 20 people involved we still found and identified over 100 different species. This year was not the lowest number of species found either, both 2002 and 2010 were lower with ~70 species each time due to very dry weather proceeding the foray. We expect that there would have been many more species discovered if it was a normal foray with more walks and people looking. Cara Coulter on the Wyoming Shelter walk added “Found a nice log filled with fresh Laetiporus sulphureus for our walk members to enjoy. A lovely walk filled with plenty of mushrooms. Highlight of the walk was finding Xanthoporia radiata a beautiful shelf fungus with orange hues.”
As always thanks to the walk leaders and club members who joined us for the morning and allowed us to continue our 20 year streak of collecting at the Lincoff foray in North Park.
Species list entered by Fluff Berger, Cara Coulter, Richard Jacob. Species identified by Fluff Berger, Cara Coulter, Richard Jacob La Monte Yarroll and others.
Combined list of species found on the walks at North Park:
(Eastern Flat Topped Agaricus) Agaricus placomyces
(), Agaricus pocillator
(Blusher), Amanita amerirubescens
(Destroying Angel) Amanita bisporigera
(Coker’s Amanita), Amanita cokeri
(Powder Cap Amanita), Amanita farinosa
(Yellow Patches), Amanita flavoconia
(Yellow Blusher), Amanita flavorubescens
(), Amanita minutula
(), Amanita multisquamosa
(False Caesars Mushroom), Amanita parcivolvata
(), Amanita ravenelii
(Shaggy Sister Ringless Amanita) Amanita rhacopus
(Rose-tinted Amanita), Amanita roseitincta
(Grisette), Amanita vaginata var. vaginata
(Honey Mushroom), Armillaria mellea
(Crown-tipped Coral Fungus), Artomyces pyxidatus
(Red-and-yellow Bolete; Bicolor Bolete), Baorangia bicolor
(Bouillon Bolete), Boletus pallidoroseus
(Pallid Bolete), Boletus pallidus
(Red-Mouth Bolete), Boletus subvelutipes
(), Boletus variipes
(), Boletus vermiculosoides
(Yellow Tuning Fork), Calocera viscosa
(Small Chanterelle), Cantharellus minor
(Coral Slime), Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
(), Cerioporus leptocephalus
(Mossy Maze Polypore), Cerrena unicolor
(Anise Scented Clitocybe) Clitocybe odora
(Sweetbread Mushroom), Clitopilus prunulus
(Iodine Cort / Viscid Violet Cort), Cortinarius iodes
(Flat Crep) Crepidotus applanatus
() Crepidotus crocophyllus
(), Dacrymyces capitatus
(Thick-maze Oak Polypore), Daedalea quercina
(Thin-maze Flat Polypore), Daedaleopsis confragosa
(), Diatrype stigma
(Brown jelly roll), Exidia crenata
(Frost’s Bolete; Candy Apple Bolete), Exsudoporus frostii
(Powder-scale Pholiota), Flammulaster erinaceellus
(Green Cheese Polypore), Fomitopsis spraguei
(Artist’s Conk), Ganoderma applanatum
(), Ganoderma sessile
(), Gloeoporus dichrous
(Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head), Grifola frondosa
(Oak-loving Collybia), Gymnopus dryophilus
(Oak-and-beech Bolete, Ruby Bolete), Hortiboletus rubellus
(), Hydnochaete olivaceus
(Spreading Yellow Tooth), Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza
(Bolete Mold), Hypomyces chrysospermus
(Amanita Mold), Hypomyces hyalinus
(Red Cushion Fungi), Hypoxylon fragiforme
(Common funnel), Infundibulicybe gibba
(), Inosperma calamistratum
(Red-hot Milky), Lactarius rufus
(Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf), Laetiporus sulphureus
(), Leccinum longicurvipes
(Wrinkled Scaber-Stalk), Leccinum rugosiceps
(Red-tinged lepiota), Lepiota rubrotincta
(White Dapperling), Leucoagaricus leucothites
(Onion-stalked Lepiota), Leucocoprinus cepistipes
(Fragile Dapperling), Leucocoprinus fragilissimus
(Wolf’s Milk Slime), Lycogala epidendrum
(Peeling Puffball), Lycoperdon marginatum
(Gem-studded Puffball), Lycoperdon perlatum
(Parasol Lepiota), Macrolepiota procera
(), Melanophyllum haematospermum
(), Merulius tremellosus
(Stump Fairy Mushroom), Mycena alcalina
(Bleeding Mycena), Mycena haematopus
(Orange Mycena), Mycena leaiana
(Sulfur Tuft), Naematoloma fasciculare
(Jack-o’-lantern), Omphalotus illudens
(Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster), Panellus stipticus
(), Parasola plicatilis
(Mustard Yellow polypore), Phellinus gilvus
(), Phlebia incarnata
(), Phlebia tremellosa
(Oyster Mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus
(Summer Oyster), Pleurotus pulmonarius
(Pleated Pluteus), Pluteus longistriatus
(Now known as Cerioporus varius), Polyporus varius
(), Poronidulus conchifer
(Stinky Squid), Pseudocolus fusiformis
(Gray Bolete), Retiboletus griseus
(Dry Woods Russula), Russula silvicola
(Variegated Russula), Russula variata
(), Schizophyllum commune
(Dingy Twiglet), Simocybe centunculus
(Crowded Parchment) Stereum complicatum
(False Turkey-tail), Stereum ostrea
(Multicolor Gill Polypore), Trametes betulina
(AKA Poronidulus conchifer), Trametes conchifer
(Turkey-tail), Trametes versicolor
(Violet Toothed-Polypore), Trichaptum biforme
(Decorated Mop), Tricholomopsis decora
(Plums-and-custard), Tricholomopsis rutilans
(Violet Brown Bolete), Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceous
(Reddish-Brown Bitter Bolete), Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
(), Xanthoconium purpureum
(), Xanthoporia radiata
(Red-Cracked Bolete), Xerocomellus chrysenteron
(), Xerocomus tenax
(Rooted Collybia), Xerula furfuracea
(), Xylobolus frustulatus
Species not currently on clubs life list:
Amanita magniverrucata
(), Crepidotus stipitatus
Chlorociboria sp.
Clitocybe fragrans
Gymnolopis sp.
Hypomyces sp.,
lacterius sp.
Lepiota sp.,
Leucoagaricus barssii,
(), Radulomyces paumanokensis
Russula sp.
Gerronema subclavatum or Arrhenia epichysium
Pictures by Cara Coulter and Richard Jacob.
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