Central Park - Nov 8, 2025

This walk celebrates the legacy of the inimitable Gary Lincoff who guided the NYMS with his knowledge and wit for decades. This walk marks the end of our scheduled walk season. There are many powdery mildews and rusts included in this list, most of them provided by Andrew Cannon and Wilton Rao. There were some Cortinarius and Hebeloma, plus an Orbilia and Arachnopeziza to scope. After the walk, we all went to Irene Liberman's for a wonderful banquet in the backyard at 95th Street that Irene and Gary shared for several decades. Thanks so much to Irene for inviting us to her home and for a lovely banquet. ~60 people on a ~4 hr. walk.

*=new to park   **=new to city

 

Ascomycetes

*Arachnopeziza delicatula
*Ascocoryne cylichnium
Biscogniauxia marginata
Calycina citrina
Camillea punctulata
Daldinia childiae
Diatrype stigma
Endothia gyrosa
**Erysiphe clintonii
on Tilia americana
*Erysiphe euonymicola
on Euonymus sp.
**Erysiphe lentaginis
on Viburnum cf. lentago
*Erysiphe liriodendri
**Erysiphe paeoniae
on Paeonia sp.
**Erysiphe parvula
on Celtis occidentalis
**Erysiphe radulescui
on Brassica oleracea
**Erysiphe ravenelii
on Gleditsia triacanthos
Erysiphe sp.
cf. viburniphila - on Viburnum cf. dilatatum
**Erysiphe symphoricarpi
on Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Erysiphe sp.
probably the undescribed Erysiphe on Quercus cf. palustris
Eutypa sp.
Golovinomyces artemisiae
Golovinomyces asterum
var. solidaginis
**Golovinomyces eurybiarum
on Eurybia divaricata
*Golovinomyces monardae
on Monarda fistulosa
Hypoxylon rubiginosum
Hypoxylon sp.
*Hysterioid sp.
Kretzschmaria deusta
Mollisiaceae sp.
Nectriaceae sp.
Nitschkia broomeana
Orbilia sp.
Peroneutypa scoparia
Phaeocalicium polyporaeum
**Platychora ulmi
on Ulmus sp. Found by mycosaccharide_. This is a distinctive elm leaf spot that people on iNat often call Stegophora ulmea, which I
**Podosphaera amelanchieris
on Amelanchier sp. Found by Kim-Nora
*Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis
on Erigeron annuus
Rhytisma acerinum
**Sawadaea bicornis
f. polyphaga - on Acer pseudoplatanus
*Sphaerellopsis sp.
on Uromyces silphii
Xylaria liquidambaris
Xylaria polymorpha
 

Crusts & Parchment

*Erythricium aurantiacum
on Physcia millegrana
Hydnoporia olivacea
Merulius tremellosus
Peniophora albobadia
*Phlebiopsis crassa
Plicatura crispa
Stereum complicatum
Stereum fasciatum
Stereum lobatum
Xylobolus frustulatus
 

Gasteromycetes

Calvatia gigantea
Cyathus striatus
 

Gilled Fungi

Agaricus bitorquis
*Amanita muscaria
*Armillaria gallica
Collybia nuda
Coprinellus sect.-Micacei
*Cortinarius sp.
*Gymnopilus subspectabilis
*Hebeloma crustuliniforme
Hypholoma fasciculare
Mycena meliigena
Mycena spp.
Panellus stipticus
**Paragymnopus foliiphilus
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Pleurotus ostreatus
Resupinatus sp.
Resupinatus trichotis-IN01
Schizophyllum commune
*Tectella patellaris
 

Jelly Fungi

*Auricularia angiospermarum
Exidia crenata
Exidia nigricans
Naematelia aurantia
 

Lichens

Candelaria concolor
*Cladonia sp.
*Phaeophyscia orbicularis
*Phaeophyscia rubropulchra
Physcia millegrana
*Physcia stellaris
Physciella chloantha
 

Myxomycetes

Lycogala sp.
Metatrichia vesparia
 

Poroid Fungi

Cerioporus squamosus
Fulvifomes robiniae
Grifola frondosa
Irpex lacteus
Trametes betulina
Trametes cinnabarina
Trametes conchifer
Trametes hirsuta
*Trametes sanguinea
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Tyromyces chioneus
 

Rusts

*Coleosporium solidaginis
on Solidago caesia
*Gymnosporangium sabinae
on Pyrus calleryana
Gymnosporangium sp.
on Crataegus
**Phragmidium mexicanum
on Potentilla indica
*Pileolaria brevipes
on Toxicodendron radicans
*Puccinia polygoni-amphibii
on Persicaria virginiana
*Puccinia smilacis
on Smilax rotundifolia
*Puccinia violae
on Viola sp.
*Tuberculina sp.
on Gymnosporangium sabinae (rust hyperparasite)
*Uromyces silphii
on Juncus tenuis