Fosters Creek Foray
July 9, 2011
Arnie Cremer, Leader
Seventeen AMC members, a guest from the Mushroom Club of Georgia, and a dog met at the Mills River Food Lion Plaza and car-pooled to the Fosters Creek trailhead.
We split into groups and forayed in three different directions for about 2 hours. The weather was warm and humid with plenty of moisture in the ground. A good variety of fungi was collected but there were relatively few boletes and less edibles than we found when we visited this location last August. The lack of a large quantity of edibles did not seem to dampen the group's enthusiasm.
After a quick lunch, Charlotte Caplan and Tom Bodnar set about identifying our collections, which covered three tables. Charlotte then led a quick tour of the tables emphasizing the differences between similar species, such as the Apricot Milky (Lactarius volemus) and Peck's Milky (L. peckii), and the three common species of Suillus. Everyone admired a beautiful specimen of the Indigo Milky (L. Indigo).
We were able to identify 59 species, listed below, including one new to AMC records: the aptly-named Rabbit Ears (Wynnea americana) an ascomycete belonging to the Cup Fungus family.
Photos:
Eastern American Caesar's mushroom (Amanita jacksonii)
Winston on a log
Amanita jacksonii
Amanita jacksonii - just after the universal veil has broken
A rare find: an apparently healthy, mature American Chestnut tree (Castanea dentata)
Our finds awaiting identification
Unknown species of Cortinarius
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| Species found at Fosters Creek on 7/9/2011 |
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| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
| Amanita amerirubescens =Amanita rubescens |
The Blusher |
| Amanita brunnescens |
Cleft Foot Amanita |
| Amanita brunnescens var. Alba |
Cleft Foot Amanita |
| Amanita flavoconia |
Yellow Patches |
| Amanita fulva |
Tawny Grisette |
| Amanita jacksonii |
Eastern American Caesar's Mushroom |
| Boletus innixus |
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| Calostoma cinnabarina |
Hot Lips; Puffball in Aspic |
| Cantharellus cibarius |
Golden Chanterelle |
| Cantharellus cinnabarinus |
Cinnabar Chanterelle |
| Cantharellus lateritius |
Smooth Chanterelle |
| Chlorociboria aeruginascens |
Blue-green Wood Stain |
| Clavulinopsis aurantia cinnabarina |
Orange Spindle Coral |
| Clavulinopsis fusiformis |
Spindle-shaped Yellow Coral |
| Cortinarius corrugatus |
Wrinkled Cort |
| Cortinarius iodes |
Viscid Violet Cort; Spotted Cort |
| Craterellus cornucopiodes |
Black Trumpet |
| Crucibulum laeve |
Common Birds Nest |
| Fomitopsis cajanderi |
Rosy Polypore |
| Galiella rufa |
Hairy Rubber Cup |
| Gerronema strombodes = Chrysophilla strombodes |
Golden-gilled Gerronema |
| Gyroporus castaneus |
Chestnut Bolete |
| Hygrocybe flavescens |
Yellow Waxy Cap |
| Lactarius argillaceifolius |
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| Lactarius croceus |
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| Lactarius indigo |
Indigo Milky |
| Lactarius peckii |
Peck's Milky |
| Lactarius rufus |
Red Hot Milky |
| Lactarius volemus |
Apricot Milky |
| Leotia lubrica |
Jelly Babies |
| Leotia viscosa |
Green Jelly Babies |
| Lycogala epidendron |
Wolf's Milk Slime |
| Lycoperdon pyriforme |
Pear-shaped Puffball |
| Megacollybia rodmani |
Broad Gill |
| Panellus stipticus |
Luminescent Panellus |
| Phaeolus schweinitzii |
Dyer's Polypore |
| Phylloporus rhodoxanthus |
Gilled Bolete |
| Polyporus varius |
Elegant Polypore |
| Retiboletus ornatipes |
Ornate-stalked Bolete |
| Russula compacta |
Firm Russula |
| Russula flavida |
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| Schizophyllum commune |
Split Gill |
| Scleroderma citrinum |
Poison Pigskin Puffball |
| Sparrasis crispa |
Cauliflower |
| Spathularia velutipes |
Velvety Fairy Fan |
| Stereum ostrea |
False Turkey Tail |
| Strobilomyces floccopus or S. Strobilaceus |
Old Man of the Woods |
| Suillus americanus |
Chicken Fat Suillus |
| Suillus granulatus |
Dotted-stalk Suillus |
| Suillus pictus |
Painted Suillus |
| Trametes versicolor |
Turkey Tail |
| Tremella mesenterica |
Witches Butter |
| Tremellodendron pallidum |
False White Coral |
| Trichaptum biforme |
Violet-toothed Polypore |
| Tricholomopsis rutilans |
Plums & Custard |
| Tylopilus eximius |
Violet Brown Polypore |
| Wynnea americana |
Rabbit Ears |
| Xanthoconium affine |
Spotted Bolete |
| Xerula furfuracea |
Rooting mushroom |
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