Botany Report: Mushrooms, Oct. 12, 2015

Below is a list of the mushrooms we identified in the woodlands at 6069 Tsolum River Road on October 12th. Thanks, Jocie, for keeping track of them.

CVN Botany Group : List of Fungi 6069 Tsolum River Road, October 12th 2015
Agaricus moelleri
Aleuria aurantia
Amanita muscaria (white form)
Auriscalpium vulgare                                                tooth-pick/earpick fungus
Boletus zelleri                                                             Seller’s bolete
Cantharellus formosus                                              golden chanterelle
Clitocybe nebularis
Cortinarius anomlaus
Flammulina velutipes
Fomitopsis cajanderi                                                 rosy conk
_________ pinicola                                                red-belt conk
Gomphidius glutinosus
Gomphus floccosus                                                   wooly chanterelle
Gymnopilus ventricosus                                           big laughing Jim
Helvella lacunosa                                                       elphin saddle
Hypholoma fasciculare                                              sulphur tuft
Hypomyces cervingenus on Helvella lacunosa
Hypomyces lactifluorum on Russula brevipes     lobster mushroom
Inocybe geophylla
_________pudica
_________rimosa
Laccaria amethysto-occidentalis
Lactarius subflammeus
Mycena stipata
_______ sp.
Nidulus candidus
Pleurotus pulmonarius
Psathyrella sp.
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Ramaria sp
Russula brevipes
Russula occidentalis
Russula rosacea
Stropharia ambigua
Suillus lakei                                                                  Lake’s bolete
Xylaria hypoloxus                                                       carbon antlers

Aursicalpium vulgare (earpick fungus)

Aursicalpium vulgare (earpick fungus)

Photos of two of the highlights – Aursicalpium vulgare (earpick fungus) and Gymnopilus ventricosus ( big laughing Jim) , which were also among the examples on the display table at the CVN meeting last Sunday.

Gymnopilus ventricosus ( big laughing Jim)

Gymnopilus ventricosus ( big laughing Jim)

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