Bit of a wet weather walk this morning but the leaf canopy always keeps some of the rain off! John Plischke III led the ten or so intrepid mushrooms hunters for a walk in a tulip popular heavy part of Pine Ridge park. A variety of species found including a number of waxy caps and a distinctive Yellow Unicorn Entoloma. A couple of us visited a local orchard on the way home to pick up fresh apple donuts, honeycrisp apple cider and a variety of apples – Yum!

Species list entered by John Plischke III.

List of species found on the walk at Pine Ridge Park:
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita citrina var citrina (),
[icon style=”camera”] Armillaria gallica (Honey Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Ascocoryne sarcoides (Purple Jelly Drops),
[icon style=”camera”] Bisporella citrina (Yellow Fairy Cups),
[icon style=”camera”] Camarops petersii (Dog Nose fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Blue-green Stain),
[icon style=”camera”] Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina (Spindle Shaped Orange Coral),
[icon style=”camera”] Crucibulum laeve (White-egg Bird’s-nest Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Cyathus striatus (Splash Cups),
[icon style=”camera”] Entoloma abortivum (Aborted Entoloma),
[icon style=”camera”] Galerina marginata (Deadly galerina),
[icon style=”camera”] Hericium coralloides (Bear’s Head Tooth),
[icon style=”camera”] Hygrocybe flavescens (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hygrophorus marginatus (Orange-gilled Waxy-cap),
[icon style=”camera”] Hygrophorus pratensis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypholoma lateritium (Brick top),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius chrysorrheus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Lenzites betulina (Multicolor Gill Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Megacollybia rodmani (Platterful Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Morganella pyriformis (Pear-shaped Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Neofavolus alveolaris (Hexagonal-pored Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Phlebia tremellosa (),
[icon style=”camera”] Pholiota limonella (),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Plicaturopsis crispa (Crimp gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Psathyrella delineata (Wrinkled-cap Psathyrella),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Stropharia hardii (),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Tyromyces fragilis (),
[icon style=”camera”] Xerula furfuracea (Rooted Collybia)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Entoloma murrayi
Unidentified Lactarius, Pholotia and Russula species. Also two unidentified Ascomyces.

Photos by Kim Plischke and Richard Jacob