Yesterday's foray on a windless, warm and sunny day at Meetinghouse Pond in Marlborough NH offered the opportunity to acknowledge the good sense of some fungal genera for opting not to fruit during historic drought conditions. Notable for their absence were hedgehogs, amanitas, russulas, honeys, chickens, hens, scalycaps and stinkhorns. Notable finds included matsutakes in sub-prime condition, exuberant green cheese polypores, a large jelly tooth (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum), emerging fall oysters (Sarcomyxa serotina) in good edible shape, a graceful bolete (Australoboletus gracilis), and an ash-tree bolete (Boletinellus meruloides). The latter two fungi were our only boletes. The pond, fall foliage, and birdlife were spectacular--making for a nice walk in the woods. Bring on the rain!
George
Species list for MMC Meetinghouse Pond Foray Oct 5, 2025
Austroboletus gracilis GRACEFUL BOLETE
Boletinellus merulioides ASH-TREE BOLETE
Bondarzewia berkeleyi BERKELEY’S POLYPORE
Chlorociboria sp. GREEN STAIN
Daedaleopsis confragosa BLUSHING BRACKET/MAZE POLYPORE
Fomes fomentarius/excavatus TINDER POLYPORE/HOOF FUNGUS
Fomitopsis betulina BIRCH POLYPORE
Fomitopsis/Niveoporofomes spraguei GREEN CHEESE POLYPORE
Galerina marginata FUNERAL BELL
Ganoderma applanatum ARTIST’S CONK
Ganoderma tsugae HEMLOCK VARNISH CONK/REISHI
Hypoxylon fragiforme group BEECH WOODWART
Laccaria laccata DECEIVER
Lactarius glyciosmus COCONUT MILKY
Lycogala epidendrum WOLF’S MILK (slime mold)
Lycoperdon/Apioperdon pyriforme PEAR-SHAPED PUFFBALL
Mycena sp.
Pluteus cervinus group DEER MUSHROOM
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum JELLY TOOTH/CAT’S TONGUE
Sarcomyxa serotina LATE OYSTER
Stereum complicatum CROWDED PARCHMENT
Trametes versicolor TURKEY TAIL
Trichaptum biforme VIOLET-TOOTHED POLYPORE
Tricholoma magnivelare MATSUTAKE
Tyromyces chioneus WHITE CHEESE POLYPORE
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