We had a full house in the barracks, and most of the cabins were rented by our group, and some folks set up home away from home in the campground.
This year had the largest attendance yet at 69. Some rain had fallen recently, but not in the previous week. Friday was a dry day, with Saturday afternoon producing a little rain, but not enough to dampen the spirits of all the folks walking on their forays and collecting.
On Friday evening we had a presentation by Dr. Coleman McCleneghan titled, “The World of Fungi: an ecological look at some of our Carolina Fungi" This talk explored the ultimate question; "Is it Edible?" and took a look at what roles these fungi are playing in the ecosystem.
Saturday evening, after a gourmet pot luck dinner, a silent auction was held that netted, along with registration fees, a sufficient amount of money to pay all the expenses of the weekend. It was followed by a presentation by Jay Justice who spoke about “The ABCs of Macrofungi: Newly described species of Amanitas, Botetes and Chanterelles in the SE US”. Jay issued us a challenge to keep up with all the name changes of fungi as more and more species have their DNA mapped. We ended our evening with Appalachian style entertainment from Todd and Doug Elliott along with Steve, Toni, and Addie Roberts and Matt Walter.
On Sunday we were treated to a walk around the tables, with Jay and Coleman pointing out the most important features of the fungi found so we might be able to identify them in the field.
Because of the dry conditions we did not see the profusion of mushrooms that were fruiting in previous years and some collections were not exactly in prime condition. But thanks to our dedicated ID team we ended up with 124 species, including 22 not previously recorded by the club. These included several insect parasites unearthed (sometimes literally) by Todd Elliott.
Oconee continues to amaze us with its fungal variety and unpredictability. In three years, we have collected 257 species. Only 21 of these (8%) turned up in all three years and 72 species (28%) were found twice. The vast majority (64%) were collected only in one year, despite the fact that we were re-visiting the same locations at the same time of year.
Jackie Schieb
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New to AMC |
"Top 50" |
| Amanita abrupta Peck |
Abrupt-Bulbed Lepidella |
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| Amanita amerifulva Tulloss nom. prov. = Amanita fulva sensu auct. amer. |
Tawny Grisette |
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| Amanita brunnescens G.F. Atk. |
Brown American Star-footed Amanita |
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| Amanita farinosa Schwein. |
Eastern American Flowery Amanita |
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| Amanita flavoconia G. F. Atk. var. flavoconia |
Yellow Patches |
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| Amanita hesleri Bas |
Hesler's Lepidella |
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| Amanita onusta (Howe) Sacc. |
Gunpowder Lepidella |
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| Amanita parcivolvata (Peck) J.E. Gilbert |
Ringless False Fly Agaric |
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| Amanita pelioma Bas |
Bruising Lepidella |
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| Amanita polypyramis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. |
Plateful of Pyramids Lepidella |
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| Amanita ravenelii (B&C) Sacc. |
Ravenel's Lepidella |
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| Amanita sp. (NC-AM-34) |
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| Amanita spreta (Peck) Sacc. |
Hated Caesar's Amanita |
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| Amanita subcokeri (Tulloss nom. prov.) = Amanita sp. 5 |
False Coker's Lepidella |
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| Austroboletus gracilis var gracilis (Pk.) Wolfe |
Graceful Bolete |
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| Beauveria sp. |
an insect pathogen |
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| Bjerkandera adusta (Willd.) P. Karst |
Smoky Polypore |
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| Boletellus ananas (M.A. Curtis) Murrill |
Shaggy Cap Bolete |
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| Boletus auriflammeus Berk. & M.A. Curtis |
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| Boletus auriporus Pk. |
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| Boletus curtisii Berk. |
Curtis' Bolete |
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| Boletus innixus Frost |
Clustered Brown Bolete |
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| Boletus longicurvipes Snell & Smith |
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| Boletus pallidoroseus Both |
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| Boletus roxanae Frost |
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| Bondarzewia berkeleyi (Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer |
Berkeley's Polypore |
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| Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pil‡t = Pulvuleroboletus hemichrysus |
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| Calostoma cinnabarina Desv. |
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball |
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| Cantharellus cibarius Fr. |
Gilled Yellow Chanterelle |
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| Cantharellus cinnabarinus Schw. |
Cinnabar Chanterelle |
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| Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Nyl.) Kanouse ex C.S. Ramamurthi, |
Blue-green Wood Stain |
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| Clavaria rubicundula Leathers |
Smoky Worm Coral |
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| Clavaria vermicularis Batsch |
White Worm Coral; Fairy Fingers |
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| Clavariadelphus pistillaris (L.) Donk |
Pestle-shaped Coral |
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| Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina (Schw.) Corner |
Orange Spindle Coral |
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| Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link |
Trooping Cordyceps |
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| Cortinarius distans Peck |
Brown Cortinarius |
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| Craterellus cornucopioides (L.) Pers |
Black Trumpet |
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| Crepidotus applanatus (Pers.) P. Kumm |
Flat Crep |
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| Cyathus striatus (Huds.) Willd. |
Bird's Nest Fungus |
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| Dacrymyces palmatus (Schw.) Bres. |
Orange Jelly Fungus |
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| Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin |
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| Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J. Schršt. |
Thick-maze Oak Polypore |
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| Erynia sepulchralis (Thaxt.) Remaud. & Henneber = Entomophthora sepulchralis |
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| Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With. |
Beef Steak Mushroom |
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| Fomitopsis cajanderi (P. Karst.) Kotl. & Pouzar |
Rosy Conk |
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| Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. |
Artist's Conk |
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| Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst. |
Reishi |
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| Gibellula sp. |
(a pathogen of spiders) |
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| Gymnopus iocephalus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Halling |
Violet Collybia |
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| Gymnopus subnudus (Ellis ex Peck) Halling |
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| Heimioporus betula (Schwein.) E. Horak = Astroboletus betula |
Shaggy stalk Bolete |
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| Hericium coralloides (Scop.) Pers. |
Bear's Head Tooth; Comb Tooth |
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| Humidicutis marginata (Peck) Singer = Hygrophorus marginatus var marginatus |
Orange-gilled Waxy Cap |
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| Hydnellum aurantiacum (Batsch) P. Karst |
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| Hymenopellis furfuraceae (Peck) Redhead et al. = Xerula furfuracea |
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| Hymenopellis incognita (Methven & R.H. Petersen) = Xerula incognita |
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| Hypomyces chrysospermus Tul. |
Golden hypomyces |
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| Hypomyces hyalinus (Schwein.) Tul. & C. Tul. |
Parasitizes Amanitas |
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| Hypomyces lactifluorum (Schwein.) Tul. & C. Tul. |
Lobster |
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| Laccaria ochropurpurea (Berk.) Peck |
Purple Gilled Laccaria |
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| Laccaria sp. |
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| Lactarius allardii Coker |
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| Lactarius corrugis Peck |
Corrugated Milky |
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| Lactarius gerardii Peck |
Gerard's Mikly |
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| Lactarius glaucescens Crossl. |
Green Staining Peppery Milk Cap |
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| Lactarius indigo (Schw.) Fr. |
Indigo Lactarius |
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| Lactarius salmoneus Peck |
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| Lactarius volemus (Fr.) Fr |
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| Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull) Murr. |
Chicken of the Woods |
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| Lasiosphaeria ovina (Pers.) Ces. & De Not |
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| Lentinus levis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill = Pleurotus levis |
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| Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr. |
Gilled Polypore |
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| Lenzites elegans (Spreng.) Pat.= Trametes elegans |
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| Leucopaxillus giganteus (Sowerby) Singer |
Giant Clitocybe |
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| Marasmiellus opacus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Singer |
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| Marasmiellus praecutis (Ell.) Halling |
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| Megacollybia rodmanii J.L. Mata, Aime & T.W. Henkel |
Broad Gilled Mushroom |
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| Micromphale foetidum (Sowerby) Singer |
Fetid Marasmius |
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| Microporellus obovatus (Jungh.) Ryvarden |
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| Neolentinus lepideus (Fr.) Redhead & Ginns |
The Train Wrecker |
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| Nolanea strictia (Peck) Largent |
Straight-stalked Entoloma |
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| Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl |
Jack-O'- Lantern Mushroom |
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| Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P. Karst. |
Luminescent Panellus |
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| Phaeocalicium polyporaeum (Nyl.) Tibell |
Small stalked parasitic fungus on Trichaptum biforme |
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| Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. |
Dyer's Polypore |
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| Phellinus robiniae (Murrill) A. Ames |
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| Phellodon niger (Fr.) Karst |
Black Tooth |
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| Pholiota squarrosoides (Pk.) Sacc. |
Scaled Pholiota |
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| Phylloporus rhodoxanthus (Schwein.) Bres. |
Gilled Bolete |
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| Pisolithus arhizus (Scop.) Rauschert = P. tinctorius (Pers.) Coker & Couch |
Dye-Makers False Puffball |
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| Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm. |
Oyster Mushroom |
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| Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr.) QuŽl. |
Summer Oyster |
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| Pseudomerulius curtisii (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns |
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| Pulveroboletus ravenelii (B & C) Murr. |
Ravenel's Bolete |
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| Punctularia strigosozonata (Schwein.) P.H.B. Talbot |
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| Retiboletus griseus (Frost) Manfr. Binder & Bresinsky = Boletus griseus |
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| Retiboletus ornatipes (Peck) Manfr. Binder & Bresinsky = Boletus ornatipes |
Ornate Stalked Bolete |
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| Russula compacta Frost |
Firm Russula |
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| Russula flavida Frost |
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| Russula variata Banning |
Variable Russula |
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| Scleroderma polyrhizum (J. F. Gmel.) Pers. |
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| Scleroderma citrinum Pers. |
Common Earth Ball |
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| Sparassis crispa (Wulfen) Fr. |
Cauliflower Mushroom |
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| Stereum ostrea (Blume & T. Nees) Fr. |
False Turkey Tail |
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| Stereum rameale (Schwein.) Burt = S. complicatum |
Goldern Parchment Fungus |
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| Strobilomyces confusus Singer or S. strobilaceus (Scop.) Berk. |
Old Man of the Woods |
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| Strobilurus conigenoides (Ellis) Singer |
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| Suillus americanus (Pk.) Snell |
Chicken Fat Suillus |
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| Suillus granulatus (Fr.) Kuntze |
Butterball Mushroom |
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| Suillus pictus (Peck) A.H. Sm. & Thiers |
Painted Suillus |
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| Suillus salmonicolor (Frost) Halling |
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| Tapinella atrotomentosa (Batsch) ?utara = Paxillus atrotomentosus |
Velvet-footed Paxillus |
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| Thelephora terrestris Ehrh. |
Common Fiber Vase |
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| Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd |
Turkey Tail Fungus |
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| Trichaptum abietinum (Dicks.) Ryvarden |
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| Trichaptum biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden |
Violet-Toothed Polypore |
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| Trichoglossum hirsutum (Fr.) Boud. |
Velvety Earth Tongue |
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| Tricholomopsis decora (Fr.) Singer |
Decorated Mop |
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| Tyromyces chioneus (Fr.) Karsten |
White Cheese Polypore |
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| Xeromphalina kauffmani A.H. Smith |
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| Xylaria magnoliae J. D. Rogers |
Magnolia Cone Xylaria |
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| Xylobolus frustulatus (Pers.) Boidin |
Ceramic Parchment |
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| Xylobolus subpileatus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Boidin |
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