Date: Sunday, August 27, 2023. 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Water Valley Area – Private Acreage
Foray Leader(s): Christine Costello, Barb Shworak
Attendees: 34
Weather: Sunny, temperatures in the low 20’C range. Conditions were rather dry.
Mostly aspen / poplar with some spruce. Some areas were quite grassy.
A fair assortment of mushrooms was found although not in any large quantities and the quality was not ideal due to the lack of adequate rain. Only a very few edibles were found. Listed below are the names of specimens found – names may not necessarily reflect the most current scientific genus.
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- Agaricus sp.
- Amanita sp.
- Amanita muscaria – Fly Agaric
- Armillaria sp – Honey Mushroom
- Bjerkandera adjusta / Smoky bracket
- Coprinopsis atramentaria / Inky Cap
- Cortinarius sp – various
- Flammulina velutipes
- Ganoderma applanatum / Artist’s conk
- Gomphidius glutinosus / Slimy Spike Cap
- Gyromitra infula
- Hericium coralloides
- Lactarius deliciosus group
- Lactarius piperatus
- Lactarius sp (repraesentaneus? )
- Leccinum insigne
- Lentinellus sp.
- Lycoperdon pyriforme / Puffballs on rotting wood
- Mycena sp.
- Paxillus involutus / Poison pax
- Peziza sp
- Pholiota squarrosa / Scaly pholiota
- Phyllotopsis nidulans
- Pluteus cervinus / Deer mushroom
- Polyporus elegans
- Ramaria sp
- Russula brevipes / Short stemmed russula
- Russula ochroleuca / Yellow russula
- Russula decolorans
- Russula emetica
- Russula foetid group
- Russula sp
- Stropharia kauffmanii
- Tramates trogii
- Trichaptum biforme