Last years pre-foray walk at Cook Forest State Park was dry, this year conditions were perfect. There was a both a huge variety and an abundance of specimens in the forest. We walked in two different areas, Hemlock old growth and Oak forest, and found species characteristic of both areas. There were lots of species that we do not normally see on the walks closer to Pittsburgh which made the identification all the more fun.

Species list entered by La Monte Yarroll. Species identified by Gary Lincoff, Walt Sturgeon, La Monte Yarroll, Garrett Taylor, Jim Tunney, Richard Jacob and others.

List of species found on the walk at Lincoff pre foray Cook Forest State Park:
Agaricus arvensis (Horse Mushroom),
Amanita abrupta (),
Amanita bisporigera (Destroying Angel),
Amanita brunnescens (Cream Colored Cleft-foot Amanita),
Amanita brunnescens var. pallida (Cream Colored Cleft-foot Amanita),
Amanita ceciliae (Strangulated Amanita),
Amanita cinereoconia (),
Amanita citrina var citrina (),
Amanita flavoconia (Yellow Patches),
Amanita fulva (Tawny Grisette),
Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric),
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii (Fly Agaric),
Amanita rubescens (Blusher),
Amanita submaculata (),
Amanita vaginata var. vaginata (Grisette),
Arcyria cinerea (White Carnival Candy Slime),
Armillaria mellea (Honey Mushroom),
Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
Austroboletus gracilis (Graceful Bolete),
Bisporella citrina (Yellow Fairy Cups),
Bolbitius titubans (Egg Yolk),
Boletus edulis (King Bolete; Porcini; Cepe; Steinpilz),
Boletus pallidus (Pallid Bolete),
Boletus subvelutipes (Red-Mouth Bolete),
Byssocorticium atrovirens (),
Calvatia craniformis (Skull Shaped Puffball),
Calvatia cyathiformis (Vase-shaped giant puffball / Purple Spored Puffball),
Cantharellus appalachiensis (Appalachian Chanterelle),
Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth chanterelle),
Cantharellus minor (Small Chanterelle),
Cantharellus tubaeformis (),
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Coral Slime),
Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Blue-green Stain),
Clavulina cinerea (),
Clavulina cristata (Crested Coral Fungus),
Climacocystis borealis (),
Clitocybe clavipes (Fat-footed Clitocybe),
Clitocybe nuda (Blewit),
Collybia abundans (),
Cordyceps militaris (Trooping Cordyceps),
Cordyceps ophioglossoides (),
Cortinarius alboviolaceus (),
Cortinarius armillatus (Bracelet Cort / Red Banded Cort),
Cortinarius cinnabarinus (),
Cortinarius corrugatus (Corrugated Cap Cort),
Cortinarius harrisonii (),
Cortinarius iodes (Iodine Cort / Viscid Violet Cort),
Cortinarius limonius (),
Cortinarius meinhardii (),
Cortinarius semisanguineus (Red-gilled Cort),
Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep),
Crucibulum laeve (White-egg Bird’s-nest Fungus),
Cuphophyllus pratensis (),
Cyanoboletus pulverulentus (),
Cystoderma amianthinum var. rugosoreticulatum (),
Dacrymyces palmatus (Orange Jelly; Witches’ Butter),
Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
Diatrype stigma (),
Elaphocordyceps capitata (),
Elaphomyces granulatus (),
Entoloma strictius (),
Exidia recisa (Wood ear),
Fistulina hepatica (Beefsteak Polypore),
Fomes fomentarius (Tinder Polypore),
Fomitopsis pinicola (Red Bealted Polypore),
Fomitopsis spraguei (Green Cheese Polypore),
Fuligo septica (Scrambled-egg Slime; Dog Vomit Slime),
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
Gerronema strombodes (The Golden-gilled Gerronema),
Gloeoporus dichrous (),
Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head),
Gymnopilus luteus (),
Gymnopus dryophila (),
Gyroporus castaneus (Chestnut Bolete),
Helminthosphaeria clavariarum (),
Helvella crispa (),
Helvella elastica (),
Helvella macropus (),
Hydnellum scrobiculatum (),
Hydnochaete olivaceus (),
Hydnum repandum (Sweet Tooth Hedgehog Fungus),
Hygrophorus flavescens (),
Hygrophorus marginatus (Orange-gilled Waxy-cap),
Hygrophorus miniatus (Fading Scarlet Waxy-cap),
Hypholoma fasciculare (),
Hypholoma sublateritium (Brick top),
Hypomyces cervinigenus (),
Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mold),
Hypomyces luteovirens (Yellow-green Russula Mold),
Hypomyces microspermus (),
Imleria badia (Bay Bolete),
Inocybe albodisca (),
Inocybe nigrodisca (),
Inonotus dryadeus (),
Irpex lacteus (Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
Ischnoderma benzoinum (),
Ischnoderma resinosum (Resinous Polypore),
Laccaria laccata (Common Laccaria; Deceiver Laccaria),
Laccaria ochropurpurea (Purple-gilled Laccaria),
Lacrymaria velutina (Weeping widow),
Lactarius allardii (),
Lactarius camphoratus (Aromatic Milky),
Lactarius corrugis (Corrugated-cap Milky),
Lactarius deceptivus (),
Lactarius deliciosus (),
Lactarius hygrophoroides (Hygrophorus Milky),
Lactarius lignyotellus (),
Lactarius lignyotus (),
Lactarius pseudomucidus (),
Lactarius pubescens (Bearded Milkcap mushroom),
Lactarius serifluus (Watery Milkcap),
Lactarius sordidus (),
Lactarius subpurpureus (),
Lactarius subvellereus (),
Lactarius vinaceorufescens (Yellow Latex Milky),
Laetiporus cincinnatus (Chicken of the woods),
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
Leccinum longicurvipes (),
Leccinum scabrum (Birch Scaber Stalk),
Leotia lubrica (Yellow Jelly Babies),
Lepiota aspera (),
Leucogloea compressa (),
Lophodermium pinastri (),
Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem-studded Puffball),
Lyophyllum decastes (Fried Chicken Mushroom),
Marasmius opacus (),
Megacollybia rodmani (Platterful Mushroom),
Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
Mycena inclinata (Clustered bonnet / oak-stump bonnet cap),
Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
Nectria cinnabarina (Coral Spot Fungus),
Omphalotus illudens (Jack-o’-lantern),
Onnia tomentosa (),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Paxillus atrotomentosus (Velvet-footed Pax),
Paxillus involutus (),
Peziza phyllogena (),
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s pollypore or velvet-top fungus),
Phallus ravenelii (),
Phellodon niger (),
Phellodon tomentosus (Zoned cork hydnum),
Phlebia tremellosa (),
Phlebiella vaga (),
Pholiota alnicola (),
Pholiota squarrosa (Scaly Pholiota),
Pholiota squarrosoides (),
Phylloporus rhodoxanthus (Gilled Bolete),
Piptoporus betulinus (Birch Polypore),
Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
Psathyrella candolleana (),
Psathyrella conissans (),
Pseudoboletus parasiticus (Parasitic Bolete),
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum (),
Ramaria aurea (Golden Coral),
Ramaria formosa (beautiful clavaria, handsome clavaria, yellow-tipped- or pink coral fungus),
Ramaria stricta (),
Ramariopsis kunzei (),
Rickenella fibula (Orange Moss Agaric),
Russula brevipes (),
Russula compacta (Firm Russula),
Russula crustosa (Green Quilt Russula),
Russula dissimulans (Blushing russula ),
Russula foetens (),
Russula fragilis (Fragile Russula),
Russula granulata (),
Russula mariae (Purple-bloom Russula),
Russula modesta (),
Russula peckii (),
Russula rubescens (),
Scleroderma cepa (),
Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
Sebacina incrustans (),
Simocybe serrulata (),
Stemonitis splendens (Chocolate Tube Slime),
Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Parchment),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Strobilomyces confusus (Old Man-of-the-woods),
Strobilomyces strobilaceus (Old Man-of-the-woods),
Suillus americanus (American Slippery Jack; Chicken Fat Suillus),
Suillus granulatus (Dotted-stalk Suillus; Granulated Slippery Jack),
Suillus placidus (),
Suillus spraguei (Painted Suillus),
Thuemenella cubispora (),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum abietinum (Conifer Polypore),
Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Tricholomopsis decora (Decorated Mop),
Tricholomopsis sulfureoides (),
Tubifera ferruginosa (Raspberry slime mold),
Tylopilus felleus (Bitter Bolete),
Tylopilus indecisus (),
Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
Tyromyces fragilis (),
Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red-Cracked Bolete),
Xerocomus hortonii (Corrugated Bolete),
Xeromphalina campanella (Fuzzy-foot),
Xerula furfuracea (Rooted Collybia),
Xerula radicata (),
Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers),
Xylobolus frustulatus (Ceramic Parchment)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Agaricus sp. (large in duff under pine)
Clitocybe sp.
Diatrypella sp.
Gymnopilus sp (tiny)
Hebeloma sp. (white cap)
Hydnellum sp. ?
Hygrophorus spp.
Hymenochaete sp. ?
Inocybe spp. (3 species)
Lycoperdon sp. (pinkish brown subincarnatum?)
Russula sp. (purple cap)
Russula spp. (several other species)
Trichoglossum sp. (hirsutum?)

Comments:
Pictures by Richard Jacob, Adam Haritan and Garrett Taylor. If you recognise one of the species in an unlabeled image please comment and we will add it.

Identified as Ischnoderma benzoinum