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:
[icon style=”camera”] Auricularia angiospermarum (Tree-ear / Wood Ear),
[icon style=”camera”] Artomyces pyxidatus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Clitocybe gibba (Funnel Clitocybe),
[icon style=”camera”] Gymnopus dryophilus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Coprinellus micaceus (Mica Cap),
[icon style=”camera”] Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep),
[icon style=”camera”] Disciotis venosa (Veined Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Neofavolus alveolaris (),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
[icon style=”camera”] Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
[icon style=”camera”] Lycogala epidendrum (Wolf’s Milk Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Morchella deliciosa (White Morel),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena acicula (),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Phellinus robiniae (Cracked cap polypore, Locust polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus elegans (Elegant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata (Psilocybe Ovoid),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore)
[icon style=”camera”] 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.