Holmes Educational State Forest Foray – June 25, 2010
Foray Leaders: Jackie Schieb and Ginger Fisher
Foray Location: Holmes Educational State Forest near Hendersonville, NC. Small groups broke out onto Talking Tree Trail, Soil and Water Trail, Demonstration Trail, and Wildcat Rock Trail. The foragers regrouped at noon at the Picnic shelter to enjoy lunch and identify mushrooms. Members worked on the identification process with Steve Peek & Arnie Cremer leading the process. Over 39 species were found, including 18 on the AMC Top 50 List, and two that were new to our cumulative foray species list: Galiella rufa, and Russula pulchra.
Foray Habitat and Weather: The foray trails included both flat and hilly trials in a mixed hardwood forest with a few firs and a boggy area. The location received rain over the previous few days, and the forest floor was wet. Temperatures were in the 80's.
Summary: Holmes Educational State Forest is a new foray site for the Asheville Mushroom Club. It offers a variety of trails, picnic sites, interesting educational exhibits, convenient restrooms, and an on-site Ranger Station. A total of 24 Asheville Mushroom Club members enjoyed finding Lactarius, Cantharellus (chanterelles), Amanita, Russula and other species varieties on this first summer foray of the 2010 season.
| Species |
Common name |
Top 50 |
| Amanita bisporigera |
Destroying Angel |
x |
| Amanita flavoconia |
Yellow Patches |
x |
| Amanita porphyria |
Purple-brown Amanita |
|
| Amanita rubescens |
Blusher |
x |
| Armillaria mellea |
Honey |
|
| Boletus auriflammeus |
|
|
| Boletus ornatipes |
Ornate-stalked Bolete |
|
| Boletus hortonii |
Corrugated Bolete |
|
| Calostoma cinnabarina |
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball |
x |
| Cantharellus lateritius |
Smooth Chanterelle |
|
| Clavariadelphus truncatus |
Flat-topped Fairy Club |
|
| Clavulina cristata |
Crested Coral |
|
| Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina |
Orange Spindle coral |
|
| Xerula megalospora |
Lesser Rooting Xerula |
|
| Craterellus fallax |
Black Trumpet |
x |
| Daedaleopsis confragosa |
Thin-walled Maze Polypore |
x |
| Galiella rufa |
Hairy Rubber Cup |
|
| Gyroporus castaneus |
Chestnut Bolete |
|
| Lactarius camphoratus |
Fragrant Lactarius |
|
| Lactarius corrugis |
Corrugated Lactarius |
|
| Lactarius gerardii |
Gerard’s Lactarius |
|
| Lactarius peckii |
Peck’s Lactarius |
x |
| Lactarius volemus |
Apricot Milk Cap |
x |
| Leotia lubrica |
Ochre Jelly Club |
|
| Megacollybia platyphylla |
Platterful mushroom |
x |
| Omphalotus illudens |
Jack O Lantern |
x |
| Paxillus atromentosus |
Velvet-footed Paxillus |
x |
| Phylloporus rhodoxanthus |
Gilled Bolete |
x |
| Pleurotus ostreatus |
Oyster |
x |
| Russula pulchra |
Red Russula |
|
| Russula virescens |
Green Quilt Russula |
x |
|
Scleroderma citrinum |
Earthball |
x |
| Spathulariopsis velutipes |
Velvet-foot Fairy Fan |
|
| Sparassis spathulata |
Cauliflower |
x |
| Stereum ostrea |
False Turkey Tail |
|
| Strobilomyces floccopus |
Old Man of the Woods |
x |
| Trichoglossum hirsutum |
Velvety Black Earth Tongue |
|
| Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus |
Violet Bitter Bolete |
x |
| Xylaria magnoliae |
Magnolia Cone |
|
|
|
24 |
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