MUSHROOM MANIA 2017
Top Row: Botryobasidium, Byssocorticium,
Second Row: Phlebia incarnata, Radulon copelandii
Third Row: Peniophora albobadia, Lenzites betulina,
Bottom Row: Trichaptum biforme, Ascocoryne cylichnium
SEEN IN CLASS NYBG OCT 25
Pleurotus ostretus
Grifola frondosa
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes versicolor
Truchaptum biforme
Stereum biforme
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SEEN IN CLASS CENTRAL PARK NOVEMBER 1
Ganoderma curtiii
Ganoderma sessile
Trametes versicolor
Phellinus gilvus
Phellinus robiniae
Lenzites betulina
Laetiporus sulphureus
Peniophora cinerea
Xylaria polymorpha
Botryobasidium sp.
Stereum spp.
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SEEN at NYBG with class on November 15th:
POLYPORES
Maitake (Hen of the Woods) – Grifola frondosa
Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor)
Trametes gibbosa (common invasive)
Fomitopsis dryadeus -large mushroom about stump
Antrodia malicola – tiny polypore on fence
Lenzites betulina (Gilled Polypore)
Trichaptum biforme (Purple-edge toothed polypore)
Irpex lacteus (White Toothed Polypore)
GILLED MUSHROOMS
Mycena – different species on wood
OLD oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
JELLU FUNGI
Exidia recisa
CRUST FUNGI
Hydnochaete olivacea (brown toothed crust)
Peniophora cinerea (gray crust)
Stereum ostrea (parchment fungus)
ASCOMYCETES
Apiosporina morbosa (Black Knot of cherry)
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum (tiny matchstick on Trichaptum)
Powdery mildew on tulip-poplar leaves
Tar-spot on maple leaves (Rhytisma acerinum)
PUFFBALLS
Calvatia gigantea (by parking lot)
SLIME MOLDS
Lycogala epidendrum
etc.
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Wednesdays, beginning October 25 ……….10 am- 1 pm
Second Class…………November 1 …..Meet in Central Park (at the Boathouse at 10am)
Third Class……………November 8 ……….postponed
Third Class…………….November 15…….Meet at NYBG at 10 am (Thain Forest hunt)
Fourth Class…………..November 29……MEET AT NYBG at 10am
Also,
Mushroom Walk – Saturday October 28th – Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island
Mushroom Walk – Sunday November 5th – Cunningham Park, Queens, 11 am – Meet at Union Turnpike & Francis Lewis Blvd bus stop – entrance to park…..
Mushroom Walk – Weekend of November 10 – Van Cortlandt Park – East – see Blog for directions……we found more than 100 different mushrooms !
Expect to find even more this weekend – at Pelham Bay Park – November 18th………
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Earlier Years……………….
MUSHROOM MANIA
- Wine Cap (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
- Smooth Wood-ear (Exidia recisa)
- Hen of the Woods (Grifola frondosa)
- Orange Peel (Aleuria aurantia)
- Chicken Mushroom (Laetiporus sulphureus)
- Big Laughing Gym (Gymnopilus spectabilis)
- Mushroom Mania 2014
- Blewit (Clitocybe nuda)
- Destroying Angel (Amanita "virosa")
- Agaricus placomyces complex
- Stinkhorn (Phallus ravenelii)
- Mutinus elegans (stinkhorn) eggs
BOT 361 / MUSHROOM MANIA 2017
Instructor: Gary Lincoff
Syllabus
Certificate Elective
4 WEDNESDAYS, October 25, November 1, 8, 15……10am – 1pm
Optional trip to Chinatown !
Please see my “Blog” – what appears on my website when you first click onto it – for directions to the next 3 weekend walks plus the Nov. 1st all-day mushroom fest near Morristown, NJ
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Some mushrooms that might be seen during our MUSHROOM MANIA NYBG class:
GILLED MUSHROOMS
Amanita citrina (Citron Amanita) – brought into class
Amanita “virosa” (Destroying Angel)
Amanita muscaria (Fly-Agaric) – brought into class
Armillaria mellea (Honey Mushroom) – brought into class
Armillaria tabescens (Ringless Honey Mushroom)
Clitocybe nuda (Blewit) – brought into class
Coprinus sp. (Inky-cap)
Flammulina velutipes (Wild Enoki) – brought into class
Lactarius vinaceorufescens (Yellow-milk Milky Mushroom) – brought into class
Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom) – brought into class
Stropharia rugosoannulata (Wine Cap) – brought into class
Russula sp.
BOLETES
Suillus americanus (Chicken-fat Bolete)
POLYPORES
Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk) – brought into class
Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi)
Grifola frondosa (Hen of the Woods, Maitake)
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom)
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Polypore)
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail)
PUFFBALLS
Calvatia gigantea (Giant Puffball)
Lycoperdon perlatum (Gemmed Puffball)
Lycoperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped Puffball)
Scleroderma polyrhizon (False Puffball)
ASCOMYCETES
Apiosporina morbosa (Black-knot of Cherry)
Xylaria polymorpha (Dead-man’s Fingers)
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MUSHROOM CLUBS IN THE AREA – Each club has a website and a Facebook page
NYMS – New York Mycological Society
NJMA – New Jersey Mycological Association
COMA – Connecticut / Westchester Mycological Association
CVMS – Connecticut Valley Mycological Society
MHMA – Mid-Hudson Mycological Association
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CONSOLIDATED CHECKLIST OF THE MUSHROOMS WE FOUND ON THE GROUNDS OF THE NYBG DURING MUSHROOM MANIA
More than 60 different mushrooms seen on the grounds of the NYBG during Mushroom Mania 2014 – October 2-23.
[Several others were brought into class but are not included in the checklist here.]
CUP FUNGI
Aleuria aurantia (Orange peel Cup)
Apiosporina morbosa (Black knot of Cherry)
JELLY FUNGI
Dacryopinax spathularia
Exidia recisa (Smooth Wood-ear)
Tremella mesentica (aurantia) (Witch’s butter)
CORAL FUNGI
Ramaria stricta
CRUST and PARCHMENT FUNGI
Punctularia strigoso-zonata
Stereum complicatum
Stereum hirsutum
Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail)
POLYPORES
Antrodia albida
Ganoderma curtisii (Blue Reishi)
Gloeophyllum sepiarium (Dark-brown gilled polypore)
Grifola frondosa (Maitake, Hen of the woods)
Irpex lacteus
Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken mushroom)
Lenzites betulina (Pale gilled polypore)
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dye polypore)
Polyporus squamosus (Dryad’s saddle)
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes hirsuta
Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail)
Trichaptum biforme (Purple edged polypore)
Tyromyces chioneus (White cheese polypore)
BOLETES
Boletus chrysenteron
Boletus subtomentosus
Suillus granulatus
GILLED MUSHROOMS
Agaricus placomyces (Yellow foot Agaricus)
Amanita crenulata
Amanita “virosa” (bisporigera) (Destroying angel)
Amanita volvata complex
Armillaria mellea complex (Honey mushroom)
Clitocybe nuda (Blewit)
Coprinus atramentarius (Alcohol inky)
Coprinus micaceus (Mica inky-cap)
Coprinus plicatilis (Japanese parasol inky-cap)
Gymnopilus penetrans
Gymnopilus spectabilis complex (Big laughing gym)
Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulfur-tuft)
Hypholom lateritium (sublateritium) (Bricktops)
Hypsizygus tesselatus (Stalked oyster mushroom)
Mycena corticola (tiny, white)
Mycena inclinata
Mycena sp. (dark cap, gray gills)
Inocybe spp. (Fiber caps)
Panaeolus foenisecii (Lawn mower’s mushroom)
Panaeolus “subbalteatus” (cinctulus) ?
Pluteus cervinus (Fawn mushroom)
Psathyrella velutina (Velvety psathyrella)
Psilocybe cyanescens (Magic mushroom)
Russula (3 or more spp. – one green, one pink, one purple)
Stropharia rugosoannulata (Wine cap)
Tubaria sp.
GASTEROMCYETES
Calvatia gigantea (Giant puffball)
Crucibulum laeve (Bird’s nest fungus)
Lycoperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped puffball)
Mutinus elegans (Red-headed stinkhorn)
Phallus hadriani (Green-headed stinkhorn)
Scleroderma polyrhizon (Earthstar false puffball)
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Labor Day through Halloween is one of the
best times to harvest a host of wild
mushrooms in our area. Learn how to identify
many of these species, how to differentiate
edible from poisonous kinds, and where they
tend to grow. Survey the great variety of
mushrooms in our region and learn the
differences between groups of mushrooms,
especially look-alikes. An optional trip to Bear Mountain
to collect mushrooms can be scheduled if an agreed upon
date can be found. Classes will involve slide lectures & field trips.
RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
Lincoff, Gary. 2010. The Complete Mushroom Hunter. Quarrybooks.
Lincoff, Gary. 1981. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Knopf.
This is the lawn mower mowing down all the Psathyrella velutina…..
A class photo with Psathyrella velutina
This is Psathyrella velutina. The white gills are deceptive. The mature spores are almost black. The mature gills will show that, as will a spore print. That’s why you can’t rush an accurate identification with gilled mushrooms.
This is Armillaria tabescens – the Ringless Honey Mushroom. It has white gills and will produce a white spore print.
Thie is the Wine Cap (STROPHARIA RUGOSO-ANNULATA), the mushroom we find in wood-chip mulch. It’s got an almost purple-black spore print.
The two mushrooms below are the Destroying Angel (AMANITA VIROSA) and the Death Cap (AMANITA PHALLOIDES)….both deadly – and both found in NYC!
This is the Fly-Agaric, AMANITA MUSCARIA…..the world’s most photogenic mushroom…..
This is AGARICUS SUBRUFESCENS – an anise-smelling, orange, scaly capped species of AGARICUS. It has a chocolate brown spore print.
Here’s a Lepiota. It’s called the Shaggy Parasol, MACROLEPIOTA RHACODES. It has a white spore print. It can be confused with an AMANITA, but it has no universal veil and the scales on the cap are true scales, not removable patches of the universal veil.