Species list entered by Richard Jacob. Walk leaders Richard Jacob and Pia van de Venne from Friends of Murrysville Parks.

A very wet day! Weather varied from heavy rain to torrential downpour. The mushrooms of course do not care and will be there anyway. Only four of us on this walk as the rain kept everyone else away. The first half of the park we walked through had a lot of ground cover, mushrroms were present but not so many. At about the half way point the forest opened up and we walked into a patch of Cinnabar-red Chanterelles and Small Chanterelles. Down the hillside were quite a few  Old Man-of-the-woods and Blushers.  A little further along the path was a large patch of Voluminous-latex Milky, enough to collect for a meal. Next was a mossy patch with Witch’s Hats and Parrot mushrooms. I haven’t found these mushrooms very many times and they have beautiful colors. We stated to head down the hill and found an area covered in Black Trumpets. Paper bags were shared and we each collected plenty to cook up once we were at home. As we started to walk back to the pavilion the paths had turned into streams and the mud was becoming treacherous. The last find of the day was Golden Gilled Gerronema. We identified as many species as we could before the damp and cold sent us home.

There are questions about the number of actual species in the Strobilomyces genus so the “Strobilomyces floccopus“ Old Man-of-the-woods speciment was selected for DNA barcoding. As we don’t see Cantharellus cinnabarinus ( Cinnabar-red Chanterelle), Hygrophorus conicus ( Witch’s Hat) or Hygrophorus psittacinus ( Parrot Mushroom) very often they were also selected for barcoding as well.

Identifications by John Plishke III and Richard Jacob.

List of species found on the walk at Townsend Park:

[icon style=”camera”] Allodus podophylli ( Mayapple Rust),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita bisporigera ( Destroying Angel),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita flavorubescens ( Yellow Blusher),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita frostiana ( Frost’s Amanita),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita fulva ( Tawny Grisette),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita rubescens var. alba ( ),
[icon style=”camera”] Xanthoconium affine var. maculosus ( Spotted Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus cinnabarinus ( Cinnabar-red Chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus fallax ( Black Trumpet),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus lateritius ( Smooth chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus minor ( Small Chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Clavicorona pyxidata ( Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Crepidotus applanatus ( Flat Crep),
[icon style=”camera”] Crucibulum laeve ( White-egg Bird’s-nest Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Daedaleopsis confragosa ( Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Fomitopsis spraguei ( Green Cheese Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma applanatum ( Artist’s Conk),
[icon style=”camera”] Gerronema strombodes ( Golden Gilled Gerronema),
[icon style=”camera”] Hygrophorus conicus ( Witch’s Hat),
[icon style=”camera”] Hygrophorus psittacinus ( Parrot Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypholoma fasciculare ( ),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypomyces chrysospermus ( Bolete Mold),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypomyces hyalinus ( ),
[icon style=”camera”] Lactarius volemus ( Voluminous-latex Milky),
[icon style=”camera”] Marasmiellus nigripes ( Black-footed Marasmus),
[icon style=”camera”] Marasmius opacus ( ),
[icon style=”camera”] Marasmius siccus ( ),
[icon style=”camera”] Megacollybia platyphylla ( Platterful Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Panellus stipticus ( Luminescent Panellus),
[icon style=”camera”] Phylloporus rhodoxanthus ( Gilled Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus ostreatus ( Oyster Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus ( Fawn (Deer) Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus badius ( Black-footed Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Rickenella fibula ( Orange Moss Agaric),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula mariae ( Purple-bloom Russula),
[icon style=”camera”] Schizophyllum commune ( Split Gill),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum ( Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea ( False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Strobilomyces floccopus ( Old Man-of-the-woods),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor ( Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Tremellodendron pallidum ( Jellied False Coral),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme ( Violet Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylobolus frustulatus ( Ceramic Parchment)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Platterful with viral infection

Few pictures of mushrooms in the field as it was so wet.

Cantharellus cinnabarinus or Cinnabar-red Chanterelle. By Richard Jacob.
Cantharellus fallax or Black Trumpet. By Richard Jacob.
Allegheny alligator sighted in the woods!
Pia van de Venne and another member of Friends of Murrysville Parks check out the Lincoff Mushroom guide.
Identification table. There were some more plates on the bench seats too.
A plate of assorted Russulas.
Amanita bisporigera or Destroying Angel. By Richard Jacob.
Hygrophorus conicus or Witch’s Hat, By Richard Jacob.
Hygrophorus psittacinus or Parrot mushroom. By Richard Jacob.
Hygrophorus psittacinus or Parrot mushroom. By Richard Jacob.
Cantharellus cinnabarinus or Cinnabar-red Chanterelle. By Richard Jacob.
Cantharellus cinnabarinus or Cinnabar-red Chanterelle. By Richard Jacob.
Strobilomyces floccopus or Old Man-of-the-woods, By Richard Jacob.
Strobilomyces floccopus or Old Man-of-the-woods, Sliced for drying showing color change. By Richard Jacob.