Today’s walk was great! There was an awesome turnout and we found so many more mushrooms than expected.

Species list entered by Dirk Cappo.

Fungi:
Apioperdon pyriforme ( Pear-shaped Puffball ),
Armillaria mellea ( Honey Mushroom),
Artomyces pyxidatus ( Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
Aureoboletus auriporus (Sour Gold-pored Bolete),
Aureoboletus innixus ( Clustered Brown Bolete),
Baorangia bicolor ( Red-and-yellow Bolete; Bicolor Bolete),
Calocera cornea ( Yellow tuning fork),
Cantharellus flavolateritius ( American smooth Chanterelle),
Cerioporus leptocephalus ( Elegant Polypore),
Clitopilus prunulus ( Sweetbread Mushroom),
Cortinarius torvus ( ),
Crepidotus applanatus ( Flat Crep),
Dacryopinax spathularia ( Spathula Shapped Yellow Jelly),
Daedaleopsis confragosa ( Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
Daldinia childiae ( Carbon Balls),
Echinoderma asperum ( Freckled Dapperling),
Fomitopsis betulina (Birch Polypore),
Gymnopus dryophilus ( Oak-loving Collybia),
Hapalopilus rutilans ( Tender Nesting Polypore),
Hydnoporia olivacea ( Brown-toothed Crust Fungus),
Hypomyces chrysospermus ( Bolete Mold),
Infundibulicybe gibba (),
Laccaria laccata ( Common Laccaria; Deceiver Laccaria),
Laccaria ochropurpurea ( Purple-gilled Laccaria),
Lactifluus piperatus ( ),
Lactarius quietus var incanus ( ),
Lactarius subvellereus ( ),
Laetiporus sulphureus ( Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
Lentinellus ursinus ( Bear Lentinus),
Marasmius capillaris ( ),
Marasmius siccus ( Orange pinwheel),
Mycena haematopus ( Bleeding Mycena),
Pseudoboletus parasiticus (Parasitic Bolete),
Tapinella atrotomentosa ( ),
Picipes badius ( Black-footed Polypore),
Pleurotus pulmonarius ( Summer Oyster),
Trametes cinnabarina ( ),
Schizophyllum commune ( Split Gill),
Scleroderma citrinum ( Pigskin Poison Puffball),
Stropharia rugosoannulata ( Wine Cap Stropharia),
Tetrapyrgos nigripes ( Black-footed Marasmus),
Trametes cubensis (),
Trametes versicolor ( Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme ( Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Tylopilus badiceps ( ),
Tyromyces chioneus ( White Cheese Polypore)

Species missing from list:

Xylaria tentaculata – Fairy Sprinklers
Golovinomyces asterum ( Aster Powdery Mildew ),

Agaricus – maybe leptocaulis or placomyces
Amanita sect. Vaginatae – possibly amerifulva
Hortiboletus (campestris or rubellus)
Strobilomyces (confusus or strobilaceus)
Xerocomellus – maybe chrysenteron
Hydnellum (concresens and/or spongiosipes)
Lactarius – possibly camphoratus
Melanoleuca (griseobrunnea/graminicola) – highly probable but taxon/group is poorly described at present
Oudemansiella – did not appear to be furfuracea, so likely limonispora or megalaspora
Russula (crustosa) – probably
Russula (grata or fragrantissima, possibly pectinatoides)

Cortinarius sp. – Webcaps, 2 species
Mycena sp.
Pluteus sp. – Deer Mushrooms
Psathyrella sp. – Brittlestems
Ramaria sp. – Corals
Russula sp. – red thru pink, whitish/gray
Stemonitis sp. – Chocolate Tube Slimes

Lichens:
Parmelia sp. – Shield Lichens
Pseudevernia sp. (maybe) – Antler Linens

Specimens were not collected for microscopy or DNA sequencing.

Photos by Beth Ace.