Over 15 people braved the rain to join us at Mingo this weekend. The sun came out as soon as the walk started and it turned out to be a beautiful day. We found many interesting species and even a couple (old rotting) morels! A good sized Laetiporus made an appearance and we discovered a wild honeybee hive as well!
Thanks to everyone that came out!
Species list entered by Jared White.
List of species found on the walk at Mingo Creek County Park:
Auricularia angiospermarum (Tree-ear / Wood Ear),
Artomyces pyxidatus (),
Clitocybe gibba (Funnel Clitocybe),
Gymnopus dryophilus (),
Coprinellus micaceus (Mica Cap),
Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep),
Disciotis venosa (Veined Cup),
Neofavolus alveolaris (),
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
Morchella deliciosa (White Morel),
Mycena acicula (),
Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
Phellinus robiniae (Cracked cap polypore, Locust polypore),
Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
Polyporus elegans (Elegant Polypore),
Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata (Psilocybe Ovoid),
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore)
Xerula megalospora (),
I spoke to a women who walks dogs at Mingo and averages 10 miles a day last Thursday. She said that a group had been at Mingo on Tues and Wed and they hauled garbage bags of morels out of the park. All I found were the ones that were past prime.