
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