Eight intrepid folks braved the cold November rain to join us at Mingo Creek Park, some coming from as far away as Akron and Rochester!
We explored stands of Norway Spruce as well as mixed hardwood areas.
Species identified by Club Identifiers Jared White, John Plischke, and Sarah Banach. Species list entered by Jared White.

List of species found on the walk at Mingo Creek County Park:
Armillaria gallica (Honey Mushroom),
Ascocoryne sarcoides (Purple Jelly Drops),
Auricularia auricula (Tree-ear / Wood Ear),
Bisporella citrina (Yellow Fairy Cups),
Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Polypore),
Bovista pila (Tumbling Puffball),
Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Blue-green Stain),
Clitocybe clavipes (Fat-footed Clitocybe),
Clitocybe nuda (Blewit),
Exidia recisa (Brown jelly roll),
Galerina marginata (Deadly galerina),
Helvella crispa (White Saddle),
Laccaria laccata (Common Laccaria; Deceiver Laccaria),
Lenzites betulina (Multicolor Gill Polypore),
Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem-studded Puffball),
Morganella pyriformis (Pear-shaped Puffball),
Panellus serotinus (Late Fall Oyster),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s pollypore or velvet-top fungus),
Pholiota spumosa (),
Plicaturopsis crispa (),
Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
Poronidulus conchifer (),
Resupinatus applicatus (Black Jelly Oyster),
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
Trametes conchifer (),
Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
Trametes hirsuta (),
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore)