Monadnock Mushroom Club's first foray of 2026, led by Noah Siegel, was held May 3rd on a beautiful
bracing spring day, with 15 attendees. The event was a joint expedition with Pioneer Valley Mycological Association (PVMA), with the principal aim of finding morels, two of which were found--so we were a bit early for this season's morels. There were quite a few attractive, recently emerged hexagonal-pored polypores (Neofavolus alveolaris), luminescent pannelus (Panellus stypticus), and jelly fungi (Excisa and Tremella) as well as the usual overwintering wood-rotters. There was a near-complete absence of terrestrial gilled fungi, thanks perhaps to the dry spring. Here is a species list:
Chlorociboria sp. GREEN STAIN
Exidia crenata/recisa AMBER JELLY ROLL
Exidia nigricans/glandulosa BLACK WITCH’S/WARLOCK’S BUTTER
Fomes excavatus TINDER POLYPORE/HOOF FUNGUS
Fomitopsis betulina BIRCH POLYPORE
Hydnoporia olivacea BROWN-TOOTHED CRUST
Hypoxylon fragiforme group BEECH WOODWART
Morchella americana group YELLOW MOREL
Neofavolus alveolaris group HEXAGONAL-PORED/HONEYCOMB POLYPORE
Panellus stipticus LUMINESCENT PANELLUS
Stereum complicatum CROWDED PARCHMENT
Trametes versicolor TURKEY TAIL
Tremella/Naematelia sp. WITCH’S BUTTER
Trichaptum biforme VIOLET-TOOTHED POLYPORE
