Species list from Townsend Park on 10/19/2024

This is week “4” of the fall colors and Pennsylvania Fall Foliage Report was reporting/predicting best colors in Westmoreland county. It was indeed beautiful! Warm and dry weather helped make it a great day to be outside. The general lack of rain this summer and fall make it less conducive for many mushroom species. On this walk we found quite a few species under conifer and a lot less under deciduous trees. The end result was still over 40 species once you add in the handful of unidentified ones.

Species identified by Barbora Batokova and Richard Jacob. Species list entered by Richard Jacob.

Fungi:
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii ( Fly Agaric),
Ampulloclitocybe clavipes ( Fat-footed Clitocybe),
Armillaria gallica ( Honey Mushroom),
Clavulina cristata ( Crested Coral Fungus),
Coprinellus micaceus ( Mica Cap),
Crepidotus applanatus ( Flat Crep),
Entoloma abortivum ( Aborted Entoloma),
Fuscoporia gilva ( Mustard Yellow polypore),
Galerina marginata ( Deadly galerina),
Ganoderma applanatum ( Artist’s conk),
Gloeoporus dichrous ( Bicolored Bracket),
Gymnopilus junonius ( ),
Gymnopus dryophilus ( Oak-loving Collybia),
Hymenochaete rubiginosa ( Oak Curtain Crust fungus),
Hypomyces chrysospermus ( Bolete Mold),
Ischnoderma resinosum ( Resinous Polypore),
Lactarius tabidus ( Birch Milkcap),
Lepiota cristata ( Malodorous Lepiota),
Lepista nuda ( Blewit),
Lycogala epidendrum ( Wolf’s Milk Slime),
Lycoperdon perlatum ( Gem-studded Puffball),
Lyomyces sambuci ( Elder whitewash),
Merulius tremellosus ( ),
Mycena crocea ( Walnut Mycena),
Mycena haematopus ( Bleeding Mycena),
Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus, bitter oyster),
Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus ( Hairy Long Stem Marasmius),
Stereum complicatum ( Crowded Parchment),
Stereum ostrea ( False Turkey-tail),
Suillus weaverae ( Dotted-stalk Suillus; Granulated Slippery Jack),
Trametes versicolor ( Turkey-tail),
Trichaptum biforme ( Violet Toothed-Polypore),
Tricholomopsis decora ( Decorated Mop),
Tricholomopsis rutilans ( Plums-and-custard),
Typhrasa gossypina ( ),
Xerocomellus chrysenteron ( Red-Cracked Bolete),
Xylobolus frustulatus ( Ceramic Parchment)