Van Cortlandt Park - Dec 21, 2025

A pleasant walk on the shortest day of the year. We visited the wetland that is further north than we usually venture. The weather started mild, but the temperatures dropped and the wind picked up as we reached the northern end of our walk. ~13 people on a ~2.25 hr walk.

*=new to park   **=new to city

 

Ascomycetes

Annulohypoxylon annulatum
**Ascocodinaea stereicola
tiny asco that I found on the Stereum while scoping the more visible white parasite
Ascocoryne cylichnium
Berkleasmium conglobatum
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Botryosphaeria sp.
Calycina citrina
Chlorociboria sp.
no fruiting bodies
Chlorosplenium chlora
Cryptovalsa prominens
*Dasyscyphella nivea
Endothia gyrosa
Eutypa spinosa
Gliocladium polyporicola
Hypoxylon rubiginosum
Hysterioid sp.
Mollisiaceae sp.
Nectriaceae sp.
anamorph salmon colored blobs on a variety of substrates
Nemania sp.
Orbilia sp.
Peroneutypa scoparia
Pseudolachnea hispidula
Psiloglonium sp.
Rhytisma acerinum
Rosellinia corticium
Rosellinia subiculata
*Thaxteriella pezizula
Whalleya microplaca
Xylaria liquidambaris
Zythia resinae
 

Atractiellomycetes

Helicogloea compressa
 

Coral & Club Fungi

Mucronella sp.
 

Crusts & Parchment

Aegerita candida
Athelia sp.
Botryobasidium sp.
*Byssocorticium sp.
*Dichostereum effuscatum
Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza
Hydnoporia olivacea
Merulius tremellosus
Peniophora albobadia
Peniophora cinerea
Peniophora incarnata
Phlebia incarnata
Phlebiopsis crassa
*Sarcodontia uda
Serpula himantioides
Steccherinum bourdotii
Steccherinum ochraceum
Stereum complicatum
Stereum fasciatum
Stereum lobatum
Xylobolus frustulatus
Xylobolus subpileatus
 

Cyphelloid Fungi

Henningsomyces sp.
 

Dimorphic Fungi

*Bartheletia paradoxa
 

Gasteromycetes

Apioperdon pyriforme
 

Gilled Fungi

Galerina marginata
*Galerina nana
on wood, slender, with an umbo, Adrienne found. Thick-walled metuloid (encrusted) pleurocystidia, unlike most Galerinas.
Hemimycena sp.
on oak leaf
Hypholoma lateritium
Mycena galericulata
Mycena sp.
Panellus stipticus
Resupinatus trichotis-IN01
Schizophyllum commune
 

Jelly Fungi

Auricularia sp.
Dacrymyces sp.
on hardwood
Exidia crenata
Naematelia aurantia
Tremella mesenterica
 

Myxomycetes

Lycogala epidendrum-complex
Metatrichia vesparia
 

Poroid Fungi

Daedaleopsis confragosa
Fulvifomes robiniae
Irpex lacteus
Neofavolus sp.
Trametes betulina
Trametes lactinea
Trametes sanguinea
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Tyromyces chioneus