Walk leader, and BioBlitz specialist, La Monte Yarroll with assistance from Adam Haritan and Jim Tunney. There were two walks at Phipp’s BioBlitz, one in the morning rain, and one in the afternoon.
Species list entered by La Monte Yarroll.
List of species found on the walk at Phipp’s BioBlitz 2016:
(Hemispheric Agrocybe), Agrocybe pediades
(Pink Carnival Candy Slime), Arcyria denudata
(Honey Mushroom), Armillaria mellea
(Red-Cracked Bolete), Boletus chrysenteron
(Coral Slime), Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
(White Worm Coral Fungus), Clavaria vermicularis
(White Dunce Cap), Conocybe lactea
(Mica Cap), Coprinellus micaceus
(), Diatrype stigma
(), Hemitrichia calyculata
(Bearded Tooth), Hericium erinaceus
(), Inocybe rimosa
(), Lentinellus ursinus
(Wolf’s Milk Slime), Lycogala epidendrum
(), Marasmius pyrrhocephalus
(Pinwheel Marasmius), Marasmius rotula
(Bleeding Mycena), Mycena haematopus
(Orange Mycena), Mycena leaiana
(), Panaeolus foenisecii
(), Parasola plicatilis
(), Perenniporia subacida
(Angel-wing Mushroom), Pleurocybella porrigens
(Oyster Mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus
(Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore), Polyporus squamosus
(Split Gill), Schizophyllum commune
(Reddish Eyelash Cup), Scutellinia scutellata
(), Stemonitis axifera
(Crowded Parchment), Stereum complicatum
(False Turkey-tail), Stereum ostrea
(), Trametes hirsuta
(Carbon Cushion), Ustulina deusta
(Dead Man’s Fingers) Xylaria polymorpha
Comments:
There was a red-staining Agaricus that is been investigated by Jim Tunney. A. mellea was rhizomorphs, not fruiting bodies. The identity of Stemonitis axifera was confirmed under the microscope—it had smooth spores.
All photos by Adam Haritan
What is the name for the mushroom that is called “Sheep’s Head”. My dad used to hunt these and are usually found at the base if oak trees. Would love to be able to find these on my own.
Sheep’s Head is also know as Hen of the Woods is Grifola frondosa. You can typically find them at the base of oak trees in September and October as well as a few earlier or later. The reported incidence is about 1 in 100 trees.