Congratulations to Josh Mowris as walk leader for his first official club walk. Susan Lee wrote “What a fantastic morning today at Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area for a mushroom hike and ID led by Josh Mowris. It was quite a sizable group and so many new faces which gave opportunity to find so many different specimen for the ID table“.

Species list entered by Josh Mowris. Josh wrote ” Not an exhaustive list but, I would say this covers 90-95% of the species found.”

Agaricus campestris (Meadow Mushroom / Field Mushroom),
Apioperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped Puffball ),
Armillaria mellea (Honey Mushroom),
Artomyces pyxidatus (Crown-tipped Coral Fungus),
Asterophora lycoperdoides (),
Baorangia bicolor (Red-and-yellow Bolete; Bicolor Bolete),
Boletinellus merulioides (Ash-tree Bolete),
Boletus subvelutipes (Red-Mouth Bolete),
( Vase-shaped giant puffball / Purple Spored Puffball),
 Cantharellus cinnabarinus (Cinnabar-red Chanterelle),
 Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth chanterelle),
 Cerrena unicolor (Mossy Maze Polypore),
 Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina (Spindle Shaped Orange Coral),
 Clavulinopsis fusiformis (Spindle Shaped Yellow Coral),
 Lepista nuda (Blewit),
 Clitocybe odora (Anise Scented Clitocybe),
 Cordyceps militaris (Trooping Cordyceps),
 Cordyceps tenuipes (),
 Cortinarius harrisonii (),
 Cortinarius iodes (Iodine Cort / Viscid Violet Cort),
 Holwaya mucida (), ()),
 Entoloma abortivum (Aborted Entoloma),
 Entoloma quadratum (),
 Exsudoporus frostii (Frost’s Bolete; Candy Apple Bolete),
 Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s conk),
 Ganoderma sessile (),
 Ganoderma tsugae (Hemlock Varnish-shelf),
 Geastrum saccatum (Earthstar),
 Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods / Sheep Head),
 Gymnopilus luteus (),
 Gymnopus dryophilus (Oak-loving Collybia),
 Hortiboletus rubellus (Oak-and-beech Bolete, Ruby Bolete),
 Hygrocybe coccinea (Scarlet Waxy Cap),
 Hypomyces chrysospermus (Bolete Mold),
 Hypoxylon fragiforme (Red Cushion Fungi),
 Laccaria ochropurpurea (Purple-gilled Laccaria),
 Lactarius hygrophoroides (Hygrophorus Milky),
 Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
 Lentinellus ursinus (Bear Lentinus),
 Trametes betulina (), ()),
 Lepiota rubrotincta (Red-tinged lepiota),
 Lycoperdon perlatum (Gem-studded Puffball),
 Macrolepiota procera (Parasol Lepiota),
 Merulius tremellosus (),
 Mycena galericulata (Common Mycena; Rosy-gill Fairy-helmet),
 Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
 Hymenopellis furfuracea ( ),
 Oudemansiella rubrobrunnescens (),
 Pholiota squarrosoides (),
 Pleurotus pulmonarius (Summer Oyster),
 Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
 Pluteus petasatus (),
 Ramaria formosa (beautiful clavaria, handsome clavaria, yellow-tipped- or pink coral fungus)
 Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
 Scutellinia setosa (),
 Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
 Tricholomopsis rutilans (Plums-and-custard),
 Tylopilus felleus (Bitter Bolete),
 Typhrasa gossypina (),
 Xeromphalina campanella (Fuzzy-foot)

Species missing from list:
Varius Russula, Amanita, and Lactarius species.

Photos by Susan Lee