About 20 people joined walk leader Richard Jacob and took the woods. It was a nice change to have a dry weekend. We explored “mushroom valley” finding a variety of small species before lopping back through the oak forest and picking up Russula vinacea the first Russula species of the season. There were a couple of unknowns at the end of the walk. A dark brown cap, stem and gilled mushroom looked like it should be easy to identify. After flicking through the Lincoff Audubon guide I was pretty sure I had a match. A drop of Ammonia or KOH to the cap generated a nice green (green blue) reaction which confirmed the identification as Gymnopus alkalivirens. There was a leafy jelly mushroom too, Tremella foliacea (Jelly Leaf). Finally, there is one other interesting ascomycetes on a stick that has now been ID’ed as Colpoma quercinum.
Species list entered by Adam Hartian, Dick Dougall, John Stuart, Judy Mackenroth and Richard Jacob.
List of species found on the walk at Spring walk at Hartwood acres:
(Hemispheric Agrocybe), Agrocybe pediades
(Hophornbeam Disc), Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae
(Mayapple Rust), Allodus podophylli
(Crown-tipped Coral Fungus), Artomyces pyxidatus
(Coral Slime), Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
(), Colpoma quercinum
(Splash Cups), Cyathus striatus
(), Dacrymyces capitatus
(Thin-maze Flat Polypore), Daedaleopsis confragosa
(Beech Jelly Roll), Exidia glandulosa
(Brown jelly roll), Exidia recisa
(Green Cheese Polypore), Fomitopsis spraguei
(Deadly galerina), Galerina marginata
(Artist’s Conk), Ganoderma applanatum
(Oak-loving Collybia), Gymnopus dryophilus
(), Gymnopus alkalivirens
(Weeping widow), Lacrymaria velutina
(White-Pored Chicken of the Woods ), Laetiporus cincinnatus
(Platterful Mushroom), Megacollybia rodmani
(Bleeding Mycena), Mycena haematopus
(Clustered bonnet / oak-stump bonnet cap), Mycena inclinata
(Hexagonal-pored Polypore), Neofavolus alveolaris
(Japanese Umbrella Inky), Parasola plicatilis
(Common Brown Cup), Peziza badio-confusa
(Oyster Mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus
(Deer mushroom), Pluteus cervinus
(Black-footed Polypore), Polyporus badius
(Dryad’s Saddle, Pheasant Polypore), Polyporus squamosus
(Orange Moss Agaric), Rickenella fibula
(), Russula vinacea
(Split Gill), Schizophyllum commune
(), Schizopora paradoxa
(Reddish Eyelash Cup), Scutellinia scutellata
(Crowded Parchment), Stereum complicatum
(False Turkey-tail), Stereum ostrea
(), Trametes hirsuta
(Turkey-tail), Trametes versicolor
(Jelly Leaf), Tremella foliacea
(Violet Toothed-Polypore), Trichaptum biforme
(Fringed Tubaria), Tubaria furfuracea
(Ceramic Parchment) Xylobolus frustulatus
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