Pelham Bay Park - May 31, 2026

On our pop-up walk in Pelham Bay Park we met some new members—one was a young recruit who brought along the Mushroom Hunting for Beginners by Gary Lincoff. The find of the day was Sarcoscypha occidentalis, but certainly a runner up had to be the two Helvellas that the kids on the walk found. A ~4.5 hr. walk with ~17 people

*=new to park   **=new to city

 

Ascomycetes

Anteaglonium globosum
Apiosporina morbosa
Arachnopeziza delicatula
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Camillea punctulata
Chlorociboria sp.
stained wood, no fruiting bodies
Cryptosphaeria ligniota
Daldinia sp.
Diatrype stigma
Eutypa spinosa
Golovinomyces artemisiae
on Artemisia vulgaris
*Helvella solitaria
Helvella sp.
Hypoxylon rubiginosum
Kretzschmaria deusta
Lachnum sp.
*Lophodermium nitens
on Pinus strobus
Mollisiaceae sp.
Mytilinidion parvulum
Patellaria crassispora
Peroneutypa scoparia
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum
Phomopsis sp.
Rosellinia subiculata
Sarcoscypha occidentalis
Scutellinia sp-IN01
sequenced
Trichoderma sp.
Whalleya microplaca
Zythia resinae
 

Coral & Club Fungi

Artomyces pyxidatus
 

Crusts & Parchment

Athelia sp.
Botryobasidium sp.
*Erythricium aurantiacum
Hydnoporia olivacea
Hydnoporia tabacina
Peniophora albobadia
Peniophora cinerea
Stereum fasciatum
Stereum lobatum
Xylobolus frustulatus
 

Gilled Fungi

*Agrocybe sp.
Coprinellus sect.-Micacei
Crepidotus sp.
Gymnopus dryophilus
*Kuehneromyces marginellus
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
Megacollybia rodmanii
Mycena haematopus
Mycena sp.
*Panaeolus foenisecii
Pluteus cervinus-complex
Psathyrella sp.
Resupinatus trichotis-IN01
*Rickenella fibula
Schizophyllum commune
 

Jelly Fungi

Auricularia sp.
Exidia crenata
Myxarium nucleatum
 

Lichens

**Acarospora fuscata
Candelaria concolor
Candelariella efflorescens
Chrysothrix caesia
**Cladonia peziziformis
this is in addition to the Cladonia sp. already on the list, which might be Cladonia strepsilis
Cladonia sp.
Flavoparmelia caperata
*Hyperphyscia adglutinata
Lecanora sp.
Lepraria sp.
cf. finkii
Megasporaceae sp.
Parmelia sulcata
*Phaeophyscia pusilloides
Phaeophyscia rubropulchra
Phaeophyscia sp.
cf. adiastola
Physcia millegrana
Physcia stellaris
*Physciella chloantha
Porpidia albocaerulescens
Punctelia rudecta
*Sarcogyne clavus
*Xanthoparmelia sp.
X. plittii or X. conspersa
 

Myxomycetes

*Arcyria sp.
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
*Lindbladia tubulina
Smells like mothballs. (will eventually be changed to Cribraria tubulina at the taxonomy star chamber meeting).
Physarum sp.
*Stemonitis axifera
*Trichiaceae sp.
*Tubifera magna
 

Poroid Fungi

Cerioporus leptocephalus
Cerioporus squamosus
Fulvifomes robiniae
Fuscoporia gilva
Heterobasidion irregulare
Irpex lacteus
Neofavolus sp.
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
Old
Trametes betulina
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes hirsuta
Trametes lactinea
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme