There were 15 participants including a former President of AMC, Doyle Horne who is now living in the Miami area (where there’s not many mushrooms). It had been raining on and off for the past week, with today being cloudy and in the high 70s.
The attendees split into 2 groups going in different areas. We were loaned GPS units from the Forest Service to mark waypoints of the mushrooms found. The information gathered will go to the ATBI Study of the Smokey Mts. Following a couple of hours of gathering fungi and having lunch the Identification session was begun and kept going till 48 species were IDed.
A couple of rangers arrived with a variety of items, one of which were elk horns. Some of the members had the fun of having them held up to their head to see what it would be like to carry around the huge antlers. We finished the day just in time to get our gear stored before the rain started to fall.
| Catalochee Foray 9-19-09 - unduplicated species list |
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| Name |
Common Name |
"Top 50" |
| Amanita citrina |
Citron Amanita |
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| Amanita fulva |
Tawny Grisette |
x |
| Amanita muscaria var. guessowii |
Fly Agaric |
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| Amanita vaginata |
Grisette |
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| Armillaria mellea |
Honey mushroom |
x |
| Boletus innixus (= B. caespitosus) |
Clustered Brown Bolete |
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| Boletus zerlleri |
Zeller's bolete |
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| Cantharellus cinnabarinus |
Cinnabar Chanterelle |
x |
| Cantharellus infundibuliformis |
Funnel-shaped Chanterelle |
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| Clavulinopsis fusiformis |
S[pindle-shaped yellow coral |
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| Coltricia cinnamomea |
Shiny Cinnamon Polypore |
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| Coltricia montagnei |
Montagne's polypore |
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| Cortinarius iodes |
Spotted Cort |
x |
| Craterellus cornucopiodes = C. fallax |
Black Trumpet |
x |
| Geastrum triplex |
Collared Earthstar |
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| Gymnopilus luteus |
Yellow Gymnopilus |
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| Gyroporus castaneus |
Chestnut Bolete |
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| Hydnum repandum |
Hedgehog |
x |
| Hydnum umbilicatum |
Navel Hedgehog |
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| Hygrocybe flavescens |
Golden Waxy Cap |
x |
| Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca |
False Chanterelle |
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| Hygrophorus borealis |
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| Hygrophorus nitidus |
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| Hypomyces lactifluorum |
Lobster |
x |
| Hypomyces luteovirens |
Yellow-green Hypomyces |
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| Lactarius chrysorheus |
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| Lactarius corrugis |
Corrugated Milk Cap |
x |
| Lactarius deceptivus |
Deceptive Milk Cap |
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| Lactarius volemus |
Apricot Milk Cap |
x |
| Laetiporus sulphureus |
Chicken of the Woods |
x |
| Leccinum snellii |
Snell's leccinum |
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| Leccinum subglabripes (= B. Subglabripes) |
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| Lepiota rubtrotincta |
Red-tinged lepiota |
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| Lepista nuda = Clitocybe nudum |
Blewit |
x |
| Lycoperdon perlatum |
Gem-studded Puffball |
x |
| Microglossum rufum |
Orange Earth Tongue |
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| Nolanea murraii (= Entoloma Murraii) |
Yellow Unicorn Entoloma |
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| Phylloporus rhodoxanthus |
Gilled bolete |
x |
| Polyporus varius (= P. elegans) |
Elegant polypore |
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| Psathyrella rugocephala |
Corrugated Psathyrella |
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| Russula virescens |
Green-quilt Russula |
x |
| Scutellinia scutellata |
Eyelash Cup |
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| Suillus luteus |
Slippery Jack |
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| Trametes versicolor |
Turkey Tail |
x |
| Trichoglossum hirsutum |
Velvety Black Earth Tongue |
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| Tylopilus gracilis |
Graceful bolete |
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| Tylopilus indecisus |
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| Xerula furfuracea |
Rooted agaric |
x |
| Xylaria polymorpha |
Dead Man's Fingers |
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| Species count = 50 |
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