Sunday, September 19, 2004
List of fungi found.
Mushrooms of the Chicago Region. A four hour class given by Dr. Patrick Leacock, Adjunct Curator, the Field Museum. This program was part of the Learn from the Experts series, cosponsored by the Fox Valley Park District, St. Charles Park District and the Kane County Forest Preserve District.
Two dozen people searched a small area of woods in 40 minutes and found more than 50 species of fungi, plus 3 slime molds. The following list are those fungi that could be identified. This is a very respectable number of fungi considering the dry condition of the woods. With better rainfall and optimum conditions, about 100 fungi could be found in these woods with three hours of searching.
Except for the Polyporus squamosus, all of the following are new records for Kane County.
Gilled mushrooms
Galerina autumnalis
Hohenbuehelia petaloides
Inocybe
Lentinellus ursinus
Mycena galericulata
Mycena iodiolens
Mycena luteopallens (yellow, on nuts)
Pleurotus ostreatus
Psathyrella
Russula cf. foetentula
Russula
Xerula radicata
..unknown mushroom
Boletes
Boletus chrysenteron
Boletus pulverulentus
Gasteroid fungi
Calvatia gigantea
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon pyriforme
Scleroderma areolatum
Scleroderma michiganense RARE!
Jelly fungi
Tremella foliacea
Bjerkandera adusta (uncommon)
Cerrena unicolor
Fomitopsis spraguei
Ganoderma applanatum (old)
Grifola frondosa
Irpex lacteus
Ischnoderma resinosum
? Laetiporus sulphureus (old)
Oligoporus tephroleucus
Phellinus gilvus
Polyporus alveolaris
Polyporus badius (P. picipes)
Polyporus elegans
Polyporus squamosus
Trametes conchifer
Trametes hirsuta
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Tyromyces chioneus
Crust fungi
Dendrothele (on American elm)
Phlebia tremellosa
Schizophyllum commune
Stereum complicatum
Stereum
..unknown crust
Tooth fungi
Climacodon septentrionale (Steccherinum septentrionale) (on sugar maple)
Bisporella citrina (small yellow cups)
Jafnea semitosta (big brown hairy cups)
Daldinia concentrica (carbon balls)
Hypomyces chrysospermus (on bolete)
Hypoxylon (carbon crust)
Lycogala epidendrum
? Physarum small whitish
..unknown tiny red slime mold