There was the threat of rain but in the end it held off and we had a pleasant fall walk. The weekend was probably peak honey mushroom in the Pittsburgh region. We found honey mushrooms all the way up the hill and aborted entolomas all the way down the other side. We found quite a few species that were new to the location and a couple that are either rarely seen or rarely identified. One of these was Agrocybe firma, a species that was on the clubs life list but has not been reported in at least 8 years was identified by Garrett Taylor in the clubs monthly ID session after the main meeting has ended.
Species list entered by Richard Jacob. Species identified by Tom McCoy from MAW and Richard Jacob.
List of species found on the walk at Townsend park:
(), Agrocybe firma
(), Apioperdon pyriforme
(False Death-Cap), Amanita citrina
(Fly Agaric), Amanita muscaria var. guessowii
(Honey Mushroom), Armillaria gallica
(Purple Jelly Drops), Ascocoryne sarcoides
(Yellow Fairy Cups), Bisporella citrina
(Flat Crep), Crepidotus applanatus
(White-egg Bird’s-nest Fungus), Crucibulum laeve
(Thick-maze Oak Polypore), Daedalea quercina
(Carbon Balls), Daldinia childiae
(Aborted Entoloma), Entoloma abortivum
(Brown jelly roll), Exidia crenata
(), Ganoderma applanatum
(Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head), Grifola frondosa
(), Hypocrea chromosperma
(Resinous Polypore), Ischnoderma resinosum
(Weeping widow), Lacrymaria velutina
(Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf), Laetiporus sulphureus
(Blewit), Lepista nuda
(), Macrolepiota rachodes
(Walnut Mycena), Mycena crocea
(Common Mycena; Rosy-gill Fairy-helmet), Mycena galericulata
(Sulfur Tuft), Naematoloma fasciculare
(Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster), Panellus stipticus
(), Phlebia tremellosa
(Oyster Mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus
(Deer mushroom), Pluteus cervinus
(Black-footed Polypore), Polyporus badius
(Wrinkled-cap Psathyrella), Psathyrella delineata
(), Radulodon copelandii
(Orange Moss Agaric), Rickenella fibula
(), Scleroderma cepa
(Pigskin Poison Puffball), Scleroderma citrinum
(), Spinellus fusiger
(Crowded Parchment), Stereum complicatum
(False Turkey-tail), Stereum ostrea
(Black-footed Marasmus), Tetrapyrgos nigripes
(Lumpy bracket), Trametes gibbosa
(Turkey-tail), Trametes versicolor
(Violet Toothed-Polypore), Trichaptum biforme
(Decorated Mop), Tricholomopsis decora
(White Cheese Polypore), Tyromyces chioneus
(Ceramic Parchment) Xylobolus frustulatus
Species not currently on clubs life list:
Russula sp. (multiple)
Scutellinia sp.
Bolete sp.
Lactarius sp.
Pictures by Richard Jacob and Susan Lee
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