Today we forayed in Friedsam Town Forest, in Chesterfield NH. Conditions for the preceding week had been warm and dry, so we were prepared for a meager showing of fruitbodies. But near the stream, we did find a decent number of hedgehogs in prime condition. Surprisingly, butterball Suillus fruited abundantly in several locations. There was a smattering of other boletes, many aging ungracefully, and, for the first time this summer, zero amanitas. Wood-rotting polypores were plentiful, and some pleuratoid agarics. Fresh beech rooters pushed up in several sites, although it was discouraging to see how many beech leaves were infected with the nematode that some predict will profoundly affect our forests in the coming years. I'm attaching a species list from today's foray.
August 17, 2025, in MMC Friedsam Town Forest, Chesterfield NH
Baorangia bicolor BICOLOR BOLETE
Cerioporus leptocephalus BLACKFOOT POLYPORE
Chlorociboria sp. GREEN STAIN
Fomes fomentarius/excavatus TINDER POLYPORE/HOOF FUNGUS
Fomitopsis betulina BIRCH POLYPORE
Fomitopsis/Niveoporofomes spraguei GREEN CHEESE POLYPORE
Ganoderma applanatum ARTIST’S CONK
Hydnum sp. HEDGEHOG
Hypoxylon fragiforme group BEECH WOODWART
Mycena leaiana ORANGE MYCENA
Oudemansiella ?furfuracea ROOTING SHANK/BEECH ROOTER
Pleurotus levis LYNX PAW
Pleurotus pulmonarius SUMMER OYSTER
Plicaturopsis crispa CRIMPED POLYPORE
Rigidoporus/Oxyporus populinus MOSSY MAPLE POLYPORE
Russula spp. pink/red RUSSULAS/BRITTLEGILLS
Russula ?variata VARIABLE BRITTLEGILL
Stemonitis ?splendens CHOCOLATE TUBE SLIME
Stereum complicatum CROWDED PARCHMENT
Suillus ?americanum CHICKEN FAT
Suillus spraguei PAINTED SUILLUS
Suillus weaverae aka granulatus BUTTERBALL/WEEPING BOLETE
Trametes versicolor TURKEY TAIL
Trichaptum biforme VIOLET-TOOTHED POLYPORE
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