Walk Leader Joyce Gross.
Joyce led the group along the edge of the woods in mossy and grassy area under large trees. Joice described the symbiotic relationships the mushrooms have with the near by trees and how to identify the different species that were found.
Species list entered by Richard Jacob. Species identified by Joice Gross, Dick Dougall and Richard Jacob.
List of species found on the walk at Northmoreland Park:
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita flavoconia (Yellow Patches),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita jacksonii (North Eastern American Caesars Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita rubescens (),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita vaginata var. vaginata (Grisette),
[icon style=”camera”] Boletus frostii (Frost’s Bolete; Candy Apple Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Boletus innixus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Boletus subvelutipes (Red-Mouth Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Gyroporus castaneus (Chestnut Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypocrea citrina (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypomyces hyalinus (Amanita Mold),
[icon style=”camera”] Inocybe lacera (Torn Fiber-head),
[icon style=”camera”] Inocybe rimosa (Straw-colored Fiber-head),
[icon style=”camera”] Inocybe tahquamenonensis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Irpex lacteus (Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Tallow-gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius piperatus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Lycoperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Megacollybia rodmani (Platterful Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Neofavolus alveolaris (Hexagonal-pored Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula mariae (Purple-bloom Russula),
[icon style=”camera”] Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Strobilomyces floccopus (Old Man-of-the-woods),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceous (Violet Brown Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Xanthoconium affine (Spotted Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers)
Need someone to identify a mushroom growing in my back yard.
May be hen of the woods. Have twelve of them in me yard.
If hen of the woods will share. Have pictures.
Best to send pictures to the facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/WPAMC
Or our yahoo discussion group:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wpamushroomclub/info