South Mountain Reservation - Oct 18, 2025

We met at South Mountain Reservation in New Jersey in the hopes that we could find some fall mushrooms. Conditions on the ground were quite dry. Large fleshy mushrooms were scarce. There were plenty of polypores and dots on sticks, however. ~25 attended a ~4 hr. walk.

*=new to park   **=new to city

 

Ascomycetes

Annulohypoxylon annulatum
*Arachnopeziza delicatula
*Berkleasmium concinnum
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
*Biscogniauxia marginata
Calycina citrina
*Calycina heterospora
Camarops petersii
Camillea punctulata
Camillea tinctor
Chlorociboria sp.
Chlorosplenium chlora
Daldinia childiae
Diatrype decorticata
Diatrype virescens
Eutypa limiformis
Graphostroma platystomum
*Hyalorbilia inflatula
*Hyalorbilia sp.
Hypoxylon rubiginosum
Lachnum sp.
*Lasiosphaeria ovina
Mollisiaceae sp.
Nemania sp.
Orbilia sp.
*Orbilia vinosa
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum
Rosellinia subiculata
Scutellinia sp.
Trichoderma sp.
Trichoderma sulphureum
*Xylaria polymorpha
 

Crusts & Parchment

Aegerita candida
Hydnoporia olivacea
Hydnoporia tabacina
Merulius tremellosus
Peniophora albobadia
*Peniophora cinerea
Steccherinum bourdotii
Stereum complicatum
Stereum fasciatum
Stereum lobatum
*Tomentella sp.
Vararia investiens
Xylobolus frustulatus
*Xylobolus subpileatus
 

Cyphelloid Fungi

*Henningsomyces candidus
Merismodes sp.
 

Gasteromycetes

Apioperdon pyriforme
 

Gilled Fungi

Amanita lavendula
Armillaria sp.
Gymnopilus sp.
Lentinellus ursinus
Mycena meliigena
Panaeolus foenisecii
Panellus stipticus
*Parasola sp.
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Pluteus cervinus-complex
Schizophyllum commune
Tapinella atrotomentosa
 

Jelly Fungi

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

Lichens

Flavoparmelia caperata
*Phaeophyscia rubropulchra
 

Myxomycetes

Arcyria sp.
Lycogala sp.
Metatrichia vesparia
*Trichia craterium
 

Poroid Fungi

Cerioporus squamosus
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Fomitopsis betulina
Fomitopsis quercina
Fulvifomes robiniae
Ganoderma applanatum
Ganoderma lobatum
Ganoderma sessile
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Irpex lacteus
Ischnoderma resinosum
Laetiporus sulphureus
Neofavolus sp.
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
Trametes betulina
Trametes cinnabarina
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes hirsuta
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Tyromyces chioneus