Forest Park - Jan 11, 2026

A lovely pop-up walk in Forest Park, Queens. We started at our usual spot in the east end of the park, crossed Metropolitan Ave. then crossed the railroad tracks and even made it to the grove of old Eastern White Pines near Myrtle Ave. Since all of our recent rains were the night before, there were lots of jellies and ascos. In the pines we encountered the pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare. There was a nice fruiting of Hohenbuehelia grisea. Elan found a nice patch of the Diderma floriforme—which looks like tiny baby pacifiers. Since it was such a long walk we did a before and after photo. Thanks to Monika for leading the walk. Temperatures around the mid-40s F ~15 people on a ~4 hr. walk.

*=new to park   **=new to city

 

Ascomycetes

Annulohypoxylon annulatum
Apiosporina morbosa
*Ascocoryne sarcoides
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Biscogniauxia mediterranea
Calycina citrina
*Calycina heterospora
nom. prov.
Camillea punctulata
Chlorociboria sp.
no fruiting bodies
Chlorosplenium chlora
*Cordyceps sp.
Daldinia childiae
Endothia gyrosa
Eutypa spinosa
Graphostroma platystomum
*Helminthosporium oligosporum
**Hyphodiscus sp.
Hypoxylon rubiginosum
Kretzschmaria deusta
*Lachnaceae sp.
Mollisiaceae sp.
Nectriaceae sp.
Cosmospora s.l. on a pyrenomycete
Nemania sp.
Nitschkia broomeana
Peroneutypa scoparia
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum
**Phyllachora sp.
on Dichanthelium sp.
Psiloglonium stygium
Rhytisma acerinum
Rosellinia subiculata
Trichoderma sp.
teleomorph-formerly known as Hypocrea
Whalleya microplaca
Xylaria liquidambaris
 

Crusts & Parchment

Athelia sp.
Botryobasidium simile
*Dendrothele sp.
on oak
Erythricium aurantiacum
on Physcia millegrana
Hydnoporia olivacea
Hydnoporia tabacina
Merulius tremellosus
Peniophora albobadia
Peniophora cinerea
Peniophora incarnata
Phlebia incarnata
Phlebiopsis crassa
Plicatura crispa
Radulomyces copelandii
Serpula himantioides
Stereum complicatum
Stereum fasciatum
Tulasnella aurantiaca
Xylobolus frustulatus
 

Cyphelloid Fungi

Merismodes sp.
 

Gasteromycetes

Apioperdon pyriforme
Calvatia cyathiformis
Scleroderma polyrhizum
 

Gilled Fungi

Collybia nuda
Flammulina velutipes
Galerina sp.
cf. nana PNW03/PNW04
Hohenbuehelia grisea
Mycena meliigena
Mycena sp-IN10
*Mycena sp-IN25
fragile, long stemmed growing from oak leaf
Panellus stipticus
Resupinatus sp.
Schizophyllum commune
 

Jelly Fungi

Auricularia sp.
*Dacrymyces sp.
on hardwood
Exidia crenata
Exidia nigricans
Myxarium nucleatum
Naematelia aurantia
Tremella mesenterica
 

Lichens

Candelaria concolor
Candelariella efflorescens
*Chrysothrix caesia
*Cladonia sp.
Flavoparmelia caperata
Lecanora sp.
cf. strobilina
Lepraria sp.
cf. finkii
Phaeophyscia pusilloides
Phaeophyscia sp.
cf. adiastola
Physcia millegrana
Physcia stellaris
Physciella chloantha
Punctelia rudecta
*Xanthomendoza weberi
*Xanthosyne varians
 

Myxomycetes

*Diderma floriforme
*Lycogala sp.
Metatrichia vesparia
Oligonema favogineum
 

Poroid Fungi

Daedaleopsis confragosa
Dentocorticium portoricense
Fomitopsis quercina
Fulvifomes robiniae
Ganoderma curtisii
Ganoderma lobatum
Heterobasidion irregulare
Irpex lacteus
*Irpiciporus mollis
Neofavolus sp.
Physisporinus sanguinolentus
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
Trametes cinnabarina
Trametes lactinea
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
 

Rusts

Puccinia phyllostachydis
on Phyllostachys cf. aurea