Morrs Palmer was the leader of this vigorous walk through the rocky ups and downs of the gorgeous Fahnestock woods. We had a good turnout with perhaps 20 people aging in range from infancy to the sagely mature. Marge Morris was an inspiration not only keeping up but often passing us, while stopping occasionally to assist us in identifying some of the more unusual finds.
We collected the following species: 2 unidentified species of Amanita; Amanita flavoconia; Amanita fulva; Amanita rubescens; Amanita vaginata; Strobilomyces floccopus; Arcyria sp.; 2 unidentified species of Boletes; Boletus subvelutipes; Cantharellus sp.; Clitocybe sp.; Collybia dryophila; Coltricia cinnamonea; Craterellus fallax; Dacrymyces palmatus; Crepidotus applanatus; Favolus alveolaris; Fomes fomentarius; Ganoderma tsugae; Hygrophorus sp.; Lactarius sp.; Laetiporus cincinnatus; Lycogala epidendrum; Marasmius rotula; Phylloporus rhodoxanthus; Piptoporus betulinus; Polyporus varius; Several unidentified Russula sp.; Russula aeruginea; Russula variata; Scleroderma sp.; Stemonitis fusca; Stereum ostrea; Trametes versicolor; Trichaptum biformis; Megacollybia(Tricholomopsis)platyphylla; Tylopilus sp; Xylaria polymorpha
(Click on each photo for helpful commentary about each fungi).