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.”

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

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

Photos by Susan Lee