Forest Park - May 18, 2024

About 30 people showed up for a slow-as-molasses walk through Forest Park, Queens. Why so slow? Lots of fungi! The most gilled mushrooms we've seen since early last winter! Some highlights: a fresh fruiting of Abortiporus biennis (welcome back, old friend!!), a gaggle of deformed, sickly Megacollybia rodmanii, and the marvelous asco Coccomyces triangularis - not seen in the park since May 13, 2018! Thanks to all who came out.

*=new to park   **=new to city

 

Ascomycetes

Annulohypoxylon annulatum
Apiosporina morbosa
Arachnopeziza sp.
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Camillea punctulata
Camillea tinctor
Coccomyces triangularis
Daldinia childiae
Diatrype decorticata
Endothia gyrosa
Erysiphe liriodendri
on Liriodendron tulipifera seed pods
**Erysiphe lonicerae
on Lonicera cf. japonica
**Geohypha terrestris
Graphostroma platystomum
*Hyalorbilia sp.
Hypoxylon howeanum
Kretzschmaria deusta
Lachnum sp.
*Macrodiplodiopsis desmazieri
Nemania sp.
Nitschkia broomeana
**Pezizales sp.
*Podosphaera pannosa
on Rosa multiflora
*Scutellinia sp.
*Taphrina caerulescens
**Taphrina sp.
Taphrina farlowii or T. deformans - on Prunus sp.
Trichoderma sp.
Whalleya microplaca
Xylaria polymorpha
Xylaria sp.
 

Crusts & Parchment

Athelia sp.
Botryobasidium sp.
Hydnoporia olivacea
Peniophora albobadia
Radulomyces copelandii
Stereum complicatum
Stereum fasciatum
Stereum lobatum
Stereum subtomentosum
Xylobolus frustulatus
 

Cyphelloid Fungi

*Flagelloscypha minutissima
 

Gilled Fungi

Agrocybe pediades
*Agrocybe praecox-complex
Armillaria sp.
rhizomorphs
Candolleomyces candolleanus
Coprinellus Sect.-Micacei
Crepidotus sp.
*Delicatula sp.
Delicatula integrella?
Flammulina velutipes
*Hypholoma sp.
*Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
Marasmius rotula
Megacollybia rodmanii
Mycena galericulata
Mycena haematopus
Mycena spp.
Panellus stipticus
*Parasola conopilea
Pluteus cervinus-complex
Schizophyllum commune
Xeromphalina kauffmanii
 

Jelly Fungi

Auricularia sp.
Calocera cornea
Dacrymyces sp.
Exidia crenata
 

Lichens

Candelaria concolor
*Candelariella efflorescens
*Crespoa crozalsiana
Flavoparmelia caperata
*Lecanora sp.
*Lepraria sp.
Lepraria cf. finkii
*Phaeophyscia pusilloides
*Phaeophyscia rubropulchra
Physcia millegrana
Physcia stellaris
*Punctelia rudecta
*Rinodina sp.
*Teloschistaceae sp.
Athallia or Xanthocarpia or "Caloplaca"... something in this family
*Xanthoria parietina
 

Myxomycetes

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Lycogala epidendrum-complex
Stemonitis sp.
*Trichiales spp.
 

Polypores

*Abortiporus biennis
Ceriporia purpurea
*Dentocorticium portoricense
Fulvifomes robiniae
Ganoderma curtisii
*Gloeophyllum trabeum
Irpex lacteus
*Lentinus arcularius
*Polyporus sp.
formerly Bresadolia craterella
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
 

Rusts

*Puccinia phyllostachydis
on Phyllostachys aurea