New York Mycological Society
Survey of New York City Mushrooms
Van Cortlandt Park, the Bronx
NYC – Westchester County Line, Van Cortlandt Park S. bet. Broadway and Jerome Ave., the Bronx
Acres: 1146.43
Van Cortlandt Park–more than a thousand acres atop the ridges and valleys of the northwest Bronx–is New York City’s fourth largest park. Playing fields and playgrounds are scattered about the park’s edges, surrounding a richly forested heartland fed by Tibbets Brook. The park is home to the country’s first public golf course, the oldest house in the Bronx, and the borough’s largest freshwater lake. [NYC Parks]
Summary: We have found over 200 different mushrooms by surveying only a very small part of Van Cortlandt Park. We search the wooded area north of 242nd St. (at the end of the #1 subway line), our traditional summer foray site, and the wooded area at the end of the #4 subway line, our traditional winter foray site.
1 – 7/16/06
2 – 7/19/09
3 – 3/13/11…..50+ species
4 – 7/17/11………..24 !
5 – 1/29/12
6 – 5/27/12
7
8 – 1/20/13
9 – 7/14/13
10- 3/9/14………….50
11 -5/26/14………60
12 – 5/31/14….included?…..70
13 – 7/13/14
14 – 4/5/15…..not included yet…..50
15 – 5/3/15 – BioBlitz….not included yet……50
16 – 7/19/15…..not included yet but many new mushrooms to post…..100+
17 – 1/17/16………..85+
18 – 3/19/16……50
19 – 5/28/16…….70
20 – 7/17/16……….159+ species
21…………Feb 26, 2017…..70 specie
22 July 16, 2017……135 species
ASCOMYCETES
Annulohypoxylon multiforme
Annulohypoxylon sp.
Apiognomonia venata (2016)
Apiosporina morbosa
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Biscogniauxia marginata
Bisporella citrina
Bulgaria inquinans
Camarops petersii
Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Chromelosporium sp.
Coccomyces coronatus
Cosmospora sp. (2016)
Daldinia concentrica
Dasyscyphus sp.
Diaporthe sp. ?
Diatrype stigma
Diatrype virescens
Eutypella scoparia (2016)
Helvella acetabulum ?
Helvella crispa
Helvella macropus
Hypocrea sulphurea
Hypomyces aurantius
Hypomyces chrysospermus
Hypomyces conigenus
Hypomyces rosellus ?
Hypoxylon fragiforme
Hypoxylon howeanum
Hypoxylon cf multiforme
Hypoxylon cf rubiginosa
Hypoxylon sp.
Hysterium sp. (2016)
Kretzschmaria deusta
Mollisia sp.
Morchella americana
Mycosparella punctiformis
Nectria cinnabarina
Nectriaceae
Nitschkia broomeana (2016)
Patellaria atrata (2016)
Peziza phyllogena
Peziza sp.
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum
Rhytisma acerinum
Rosellinia corticium (2016)
Rosellinia subiculata (2016)
Scutellinia scutellata
Ustulina deusta
Xylaria cf cubensis
Xylaria liquidambar
Xylaria polymorpha
Black crust on hawthorn
Penicellium sp. on P. squamosus
JELLY FUNGI
Auricularia auricula
Calocera cornea
Exidia glandulosa
Exidia nucleata
Exidia recisa
Tremella aurantia
Tremella mesenterica
Tremellodendron pallidum
CORAL and TOOTH FUNGI
Clavaria zollingeri (1980′s)
Clavicorona pyxidata
Clavulina cristata
Climacodon pulcherrimus
Hydnellum scrobiculatum
Ramaria sp.
CHANTERELLES
Cantharellus cf cibarius
Cantharellus lateritius
CRUST and PARCHMENT FUNGI
Aleurodiscus oakesii
Athelia sp. (2016)
Botryobasidium aureum
Corticium cf roseum ?
Cylindrobasidium laeve
Hydnochaete olivacea
Hyphodontia bombycinum
Peniophora albobadia
Peniophora cinerea
Peniophora incarnata
Peniophora rufa
Phanerochaete chrysorhiza
Sarcodontia setosa
Phlebia incarnata
Phlebia livida
Phlebia radiata
Phlebia rufa
Phlebia tremellosa
Steccherinum ochraceum
Stereum complicatum
Stereum hirsutum
Stereum ostrea
Stereum striatum
Thelephora sp.
Xylobolus frustulatus
POLYPORES
Abortiporus biennis
Antrodia sp.
Bjerkandera adusta
Bondarzewia berkeleyi
Bjerkandera adusta
Cerrena unicolor
Ceriporia spissa ?
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Favolus alveolaris
Fistulina hepatica
Fomitopsis spraguei
Ganoderma applanatum
Ganoderma lucidum
Gloeoporus dichrous
Hapalopilus nidulans
Inonotus dryadeus
Inonotus hirsutus
Irpex lacteus
Ischnoderma resinosum
Laetiporus cincinnatus
Laetiporus sulphureus
Lenzites betulina
Perenniporia spissa
Phaeolus schweinitzii (2016 – Bruch) (2017)
Phellinus gilvus
Phellinus rimosus
Piptoporus betulinus
Polyporus arcularius
Polyporus brumalis
Polyporus craterellus
Polyporus elegans/varius
Polyporus radicatus (2016)
Polyporus squamosus
Porodisculus pendulus
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
Spongipellis pachyodon
Trametes cervina
Trametes conchifer
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes hirsuta
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Tyromyces chioneus
Poroid resupinate
BOLETES
Boletus campestris
Boletus chrysenteron
Boletus frostii (found by Bruch Reed, 2015)
Boletus cf roxanae
Boletus subvelutipes complex
cf Boletus discolor
cf Boletus luridiformis
cf Boletus rufocinnamomeus
Boletus variipes
Boletus sp. (Boletus ornatipes-like with red cap?)
Buchwaldoboletus lignicola (2017)
Gyroporus castaneus
Gyroporus cyanescens
Leccinum scabrum
Tylopilus ballouii
Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
GILLED MUSHROOMS
Agaricus placomyces
Agrocybe dura
Agrocybe pediades
Agrocybe praecox (2016)
Amanita abrupta
Amanita bisporigera
Amanita brunnescens
Amanita cf cokeri
Amanita flavoconia
Amanita flavorubescens
Amanita crenulata (gemmata)
Amanita muscaria (2016)
Amanita onusta
Amanita rubescens
Amanita russuloides
Amanita vaginata
Amanita volvata complex
Amanita sect. Lepidella
Amanita sect. Lepidella
Armillaria mellea
Chlorophyllum brunneum
Chlorophyllum molybdites
Clitocybe sp.
Collybia cf dryophila
Conocybe lactea
Coprinus atramentarius
Coprinus disseminatus
Coprinus micaceus
Coprinus radians
Crepidotus applanatus
Crepidotus crocophyllus (2016)
Crepidotus sp.
Entoloma strictius (2016)
Entoloma sp.
Flammulina velutipes
Galerina autumnalis
Gymnopus luxurians
Gymnopilus sp.
Hohenbuehelia mastrucatus
Hypholoma fasciculare
Inocybe caesariata
Inocybe spp.
Laccaria laccata
Laccaria ohiensis
Lactarius hygrophoroides
Lentinellus ursinus
Lentinus conchatus
Lentinus strigosus (Panus rudis)
Lepiota cristata (2016 – Bruch)
Lepiota procera
Lepiota sp.
Marasmiellus nigripes
Marasmius nigrodiscus
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius sp.
Megacollybia platyphylla
Melanoleuca sp.
Mycena galericulata
Mycena inclinata
Mycena spp.
Neolentinus lepideus
Ossicaulis lignatilis (2016)
Panaeolina foenisecii
Panellus stipticus
Pholiota aurivella
Phylotopsis nidulans
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pluteus cervinus
Pluteus petasatus (2016)
Pluteus sect. Cellulodermi
Psathyrella bipellis
Psathyrella candolleana
Psathyrella spp.
Psilocybe caerulipes
Resupinatus applicatus
Russula compacta
Russula cyanoxantha
Russula mariae
Russula mutabilis
Russula ochroleucoides
Russula parvovirescens
Russula pectinatoides
Russula silvicola
Russula subfoetens
Russula vinacea (2016)
Russula spp.
Schizophyllum commune
Simocybe centunculus (2016)
Stropharia rugosoannulata
Stropharia sp. (cream cap)
Tapinella (Paxillus) atrotomentosa ?
Tubaria furfuracea
Xerula radicata complex
GASTEROMYCETES
Calvatia gigantea
Crucibulum laeve
Cyathus stercoreus
Cyathus striatus
Lycoperdon pyriforme
Lycoperdon sp.
Mutinus elegans
Phallus ravenelii
Phallus rubicundus
Scleroderma cepa
Scleroderma sp.
RUST FUNGI
Gymnosporangium
juniperi-virginiae
MYXOMYCETES
Arcyria denudata
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Enteridium lycoperdon
Fuligo septica
Hemitrichia clavata
Hemitrichia serpula
Lycogala epidendrum
Metatrichia vesparium
Oligolema flavisum
Perichaena depressa
Physarum diderma
Stemonitis sp.
Trichia sp.
- Cantharellus lateritius- example of more information
- Laetiporus cincinnatus- and another example of more information.
For more information click on the pictures!