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:
[icon style=”camera”] Agrocybe firma (),
[icon style=”camera”] Apioperdon pyriforme (),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita citrina (False Death-Cap),
[icon style=”camera”] Amanita muscaria var. guessowii (Fly Agaric),
[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”] Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep),
[icon style=”camera”] Crucibulum laeve (White-egg Bird’s-nest Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Daedalea quercina (Thick-maze Oak Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Daldinia childiae (Carbon Balls),
[icon style=”camera”] Entoloma abortivum (Aborted Entoloma),
[icon style=”camera”] Exidia crenata (Brown jelly roll),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma applanatum (),
[icon style=”camera”] Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypocrea chromosperma (),
[icon style=”camera”] Ischnoderma resinosum (Resinous Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Lacrymaria velutina (Weeping widow),
[icon style=”camera”] Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
[icon style=”camera”] Lepista nuda (Blewit),
[icon style=”camera”] Macrolepiota rachodes (),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena crocea (Walnut Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena galericulata (Common Mycena; Rosy-gill Fairy-helmet),
[icon style=”camera”] Naematoloma fasciculare (Sulfur Tuft),
[icon style=”camera”] Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
[icon style=”camera”] Phlebia tremellosa (),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus badius (Black-footed Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Psathyrella delineata (Wrinkled-cap Psathyrella),
[icon style=”camera”] Radulodon copelandii (),
[icon style=”camera”] Rickenella fibula (Orange Moss Agaric),
[icon style=”camera”] Scleroderma cepa (),
[icon style=”camera”] Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Spinellus fusiger (),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Tetrapyrgos nigripes (Black-footed Marasmus),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy bracket),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Tricholomopsis decora (Decorated Mop),
[icon style=”camera”] Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylobolus frustulatus (Ceramic Parchment)

Species not currently on clubs life list:
Russula sp. (multiple)
Scutellinia sp.
Bolete sp.
Lactarius sp.

Pictures by Richard Jacob and Susan Lee