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