The third event of the Lincoff foray this time at North Park. The beautiful weather continued and even though the ground had dried pout a bit around Pittsburgh there were still plenty of mushrooms including a number that new to the club. The number of guest mycologists at the event really helped us expand our list and also made processing the species on the identifications tables go a bit faster. Thank you to Adam Haritan for the new clade signs that we used inside for the display tables.
There were a number of the newly observed and identified species of note. I liked Dialonectria episphaeria which starts of as red pustules that was found growing on Diatrype stigma, the common tar crust. Unlike some of its relatives the Gliophorus irrigatus or Slimy Waxcap is not so brightly colored, just a shade of brown, but still an interesting find. A fiber cab Mallocybe unicolor was identified for the first time. It seems to come from a rarely found or identified genus but know that we know what it looks like we will hopefully be able to find it more frequently. Another species with textured cap is Cyptotrama asprata. It is small but a bright golden yellow color and grown on dead wood, both hardwood and conifers.
Species list entered by Richard Jacob. Species identified by club identifiers, mycologists and guest mycologists. There are still a few more species to add to the list as pictures are identified online and from microscopic analysis.
List of species found on the walk at Lincoff Foray:
(Horse Mushroom), Agaricus arvensis
(American Orange-Brown Ringless Amanita), Amanita amerifulva
(Blusher), Amanita amerirubescens
(), Amanita amerivirosa
(The Yellow Caesar), Amanita banningiana
(Destroying Angel), Amanita bisporigera
(Cream Colored Cleft-foot Amanita), Amanita brunnescens
(Poison champagne amanita), Amanita crenulata
(Yellow Patches), Amanita flavoconia
(Yellow Blusher), Amanita flavorubescens
(), Amanita gemmata
(), Amanita lavendula
(), Amanita muscaria guessowii
(False Caesars Mushroom), Amanita parcivolvata
(Ravenel’s Lepidella), Amanita ravenelii
(Roosevelt Ringless Amanita), Amanita rooseveltensis
(Grisette), Amanita vaginata var. vaginata
(Crown-tipped Coral Fungus), Artomyces pyxidatus
(), Aureoboletus auriporus
(), Callistosporium pseudofelleum
(), Calycina citrina
(Smooth chanterelle), Cantharellus lateritius
(Small Chanterelle), Cantharellus minor
(Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore), Cerioporus squamosus
(), Cerioporus varius
(), Clitocybula oculus
(), Chlorociboria aeruginascens
(Shaggy Parasol), Chlorophyllum rhacodes
(Spindle Shaped Yellow Coral), Clavulinopsis fusiformis
(), Climacocystis borealis
(Northern Tooth Fungus), Climacodon septentrionalis
(Anise Scented Clitocybe), Clitocybe odora
(), Clitocybula oculus
(), Coprinopsis cinerea
(Corrugated Cap Cort), Cortinarius corrugatus
(), Cortinarius harrisonii
(), Cortinarius iodes
(Black Trumpet), Craterellus fallax
(Jelly Crep/Soft Stumpfoot), Crepidotus mollis
(), Cudoniella acicularis
(), Cuphophyllus pratensis
(Splash Cups), Cyathus striatus
(Thin-maze Flat Polypore), Daedaleopsis confragosa
(Carbon Balls), Daldinia childiae
(Common Tarcrust Fungus), Diatrype stigma
(Aborted Entoloma), Entoloma abortivum
(), Flammulaster erinaceellus
(Velvet foot; Enokitake), Flammulina velutipes
(), Fuscopostia fragilis
(Artist’s conk), Ganoderma applanatum
(Soft Artist’s Conk), Ganoderma lobatum
(Hemlock Varnish-shelf), Ganoderma tsugae
(Bicolored Bracket), Gloeoporus dichrous
(Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head), Grifola frondosa
(), Humidicutis marginata
(), Hydnellum scrobiculatum
(), Hydnellum zonatum
(), Hygrocybe cantharellus
(Gold Dust Waxy Cap), Hygrophorus chrysodon
(Fading Scarlet Waxy-cap), Hygrophorus miniatus
(Rooted Collybia), Hymenopellis furfuracea
(Yellow-green Russula Mold), Hypomyces luteovirens
(), Hypoxylon cohaerens
(Red Cushion Fungi), Hypoxylon fragiforme
(Milk-white Toothed-Polypore), Irpex lacteus
(Purple-gilled Laccaria), Laccaria ochropurpurea
(), Lacrymaria velutina
(), Lactarius chelidonium
(), Lactarius cinereus
(Corrugated-cap Milky), Lactarius corrugis
(Hygrophorus Milky), Lactarius hygrophoroides
(), Lactarius peckii
(), Lactarius piperatus
(), Lactarius piperatus var. glaucescens
(), Lactarius volemus
(), Lactifluus griseus
(Fishy Milkcap), Lactifluus volemus
(Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf), Laetiporus sulphureus
(), Leccinum albellum
(), Leccinum longicurvipes
(), Leccinum snellii
(Orange-Capped (or Red-Capped) Scaber-Stalk), Leccinum vulpinum
(Bear Lentinus), Lentinellus ursinus
(), Leotia viscosa
(Malodorous Lepiota), Lepiota cristata
(Blewit), Lepista nuda
(), Lepista subconnexa
(), Leucogloea compressa
(), Leucopholiota decorosa
(), Loweomyces fractipes
(), Mallocybe unicolor
(), Marasmius siccus
(Orange-yellow Marasmius), Marasmius strictipes
(Platterful Mushroom), Megacollybia rodmanii
(), Multiclavula mucida
(Walnut Mycena), Mycena crocea
(Bleeding Mycena), Mycena haematopus
(Clustered bonnet / oak-stump bonnet cap), Mycena inclinata
(Orange Mycena), Mycena leaiana
(Sulfur Tuft), Naematoloma fasciculare
(Hexagonal-pored Polypore), Neofavolus alveolaris
(), Niveoporofomes spraguei
(Jack-o’-lantern), Omphalotus illudens
(), Onnia tomentosa
(), Oudemansiella furfuracea
(), Pachyella clypeata
(Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster), Panellus stipticus
(), Paxillus involutus
(Dyer’s pollypore or velvet-top fungus), Phaeolus schweinitzii
(), Pholiota aurivella
(), Pholiota granulosa
(), Pholiota squarrosoides
(), Pluteus chrysophlebius
(Black-footed Polypore), Polyporus badius
(Powderpuff bracket), Postia ptychogaster
(Parasitic Bolete), Pseudoboletus parasiticus
(), Psilocybe caerulipes
(Cinnabar Red Polypore), Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
(Asian beauty), Radulodon copelandii
(), Radulomyces paumanokensis
(), Ramariopsis kunzei
(), Rhodocollybia butyracea
(Firm Russula), Russula compacta
(), Russula earlei
(Almond Scented Russula), Russula laurocerasi
(Purple-bloom Russula), Russula mariae
(), Russula modesta
(Blue-green Cracking Russula), Russula parvovirescens
(Variegated Russula), Russula variata
(), Russula vinacea
(), Scleroderma cepa
(), Scutellinia setosa
(), Sebacina schweinitzii
(), Serpula himantioides
(), Stereum complicatum
(), Stereum ostrea
(Old Man-of-the-woods), Strobilomyces strobilaceus
(American Slippery Jack; Chicken Fat Suillus), Suillus americanus
(Veiled Panus), Tectella patellaris
(Black-footed Marasmus), Tetrapyrgos nigripes
(), Thelephora palmata
(), Thuemenella cubispora
(Lumpy bracket), Trametes gibbosa
(Turkey-tail), Trametes versicolor
(Decorated Mop), Tricholomopsis decora
(), Trichaptum biforme
(Black Velvet Bolete), Tylopilus alboater
(), Tylopilus badiceps
(Bitter Bolete), Tylopilus felleus
(White Cheese Polypore), Tyromyces chioneus
(), Tyromyces fragilis
(Spotted Bolete), Xanthoconium affine
(), Xeromphalina campanella
(Dead Man’s Fingers) Xylaria polymorpha
(), Xylobolus frustulatus
Species not currently on clubs life list:
Clavaria fragilis
Coprinopsis cinerea
Cyptotrama asprata
Dialonectria episphaeria
Gliophorus irrigatus
Lepista subconnexa
Mallocybe unicolor
Oudemansiella rubrobrunnescens
Tricholoma acre
Tyromyces galactinus
Other incomplete observations:
Amanita sp.
Aureoboletus sp.
Calyptella sp.
Chlorociboria sp.
Coltricia sp.
Cortinarius sp.
Crepidotus sp.
Crucibulum sp.
Cyanosporus sp.
Entoloma sp.
Gymnopilus sp.
Hebeloma sp.
Helvella sp.
Hydnum sp.
Hygrocybe sp.
Lactarius sp.
Lentinellus sp.
lepiota sp.
Leucoagaricus sp.
Marasmius sp.
Melanophyllum sp.
Mollisia sp.
Onnia sp.
Pholiota Sect. Adiposae
Phylloporus sp.
Pluteus sp.
Pouzarella sp.
Psathyrella sp.
Russula Sect. nigricanacentaceae
Stereopsis sp.
Sterum sp.
Strobilomyces sp.
Pictures by Cara Coulter and Richard Jacob
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