Walk leaders Richard Jacob and Pia van de Venne. A large crowd for the second walk of the season but fairly slim pickings. There were a few spring mushrooms Coprinellus micaceus (Mica Cap) and Urnula craterium () to be found along with a few perennials like Artist’s Conk. Alas no morels.
Species list entered by Richard Jacob. Identifications by John Stuart, John Plischke III and Richard Jacob
List of species found on the walk at Murrysville Community Park joint with Friends of Murrysville Parks:
(Mica Cap), Coprinellus micaceus
(Wood ear), Exidia recisa
(Artist’s Conk), Ganoderma applanatum
(Split Gill), Schizophyllum commune
(), Trichia favoginea
(Devil’s Urn), Urnula craterium
Dried up specimens from last year
(Thin-maze Flat Polypore), Daedaleopsis confragosa
(Carbon Balls), Daldinia concentrica
(), Gloeoporus dichrous
(Birch Hypoxylon), Hypoxylon multiforme
(Milk-white Toothed-Polypore), Irpex lacteus
(Carbon Cushion, Brittle Cinder), Kretzschmaria deusta
(Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf), Laetiporus sulphureus
(Gilled polypore), Lenzites betulina
(Gem-studded Puffball), Lycoperdon perlatum
(Pear-shaped Puffball), Morganella pyriformis
(Hexagonal-Pored Polypore), Neofavolus alveolaris
(Spring Polypore), Polyporus arcularius
(), Poronidulus conchifer
(False Turkey Tail), Stereum ostrea
(Turkey Tail), Trametes versicolor
(Ceramic Parchment) Xylobolus frustulatus
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