MMC Foray at Meetinghouse Pond October 4, 2026
A satisfying foray on a great day with sun and fall foliage. We found lots of matsutakes to share and other tricholomas, honeys, suillus species, jelly feet, occasional hedgehogs plus a porcino. Also brickcaps, hydnellums, many milkcaps, at least three species of pholiota, an almond-scented russula, sundry leccinums, orange peel fungi and a surprisingly big haul of dye-worthy surprise webcaps. The weird find of the day was a possible Boletopsis grisea (GREY FALSE BOLETE). The following is my stab at a species list:
Amanita flavoconia YELLOW PATCHES vs A. frostiana FROST’S AMANITA
Amanita lavendula/citrina FALSE DEATH CAP/LAVENDAR-STAINED AMANITA
Apioperdon/Lycoperdon pyriforme PEAR-SHAPED PUFFBALL
Armillaria mellea etc. HONEY MUSHROOMS
Aleuria aurantia ORANGE PEEL
?Boletopsis grisea GREY FALSE BOLETE
Boletus edulis group KING BOLETE
Clavulina sp. CRESTED CORAL etc.
Cortinarius armillatus BRACELET CORT
Cortinarius cinnamomeus group CINNAMON CORT
Cortinarius corrugatus CORRUGATED/WRINKLED CORT
Cortinarius semisanguineus group SURPRISE WEBCAP
Craterellus ignicolor FLAME TRUMPET
Daedaleopsis confragosa BLUSHING BRACKET/MAZE POLYPORE
Fomes excavatus TINDER POLYPORE/HOOF FUNGUS
Fomitopsis betulina BIRCH POLYPORE
Fomitopsis ?ochracea OCHRE-BANDED CONK
Galerina marginata FUNERAL BELL
Ganoderma applanatum ARTIST’S CONK
Ganoderma tsugae HEMLOCK VARNISH CONK/REISHI
Gymnopus dryophilus OAK-LOVING GYMNOPUS
Humidicutis marginata ORANGE-GILLED WAXCAP
Hydnellum scabrosum BITTER TOOTH
Hydnum repandum HEDGEHOG
Hygrocybe conica complex WITCH’S HAT
Hypholoma lateritium BRICK CAP
Laccaria laccata DECEIVER
Lactarius camphoratus CANDY CAP
Lactarius deceptivus DECEPTIVE MILKY
Lactarius lignyotus CHOCOLATE MILKY
Leccinum holopus GHOST BOLETE
Leccinum scabrum group BROWN BIRCH BOLETE
Lycogala epidendrum WOLF’S MILK (slime mold)
Lycoperdon perlatum GEMMED PUFFBALL
Mycena epipterygia YELLOW-LEGGED BONNET
Panellus stipticus LUMINESCENT PANELLUS
Phaeolus schweinitzii/hispidoides DYER’S POLYPORE
Phellodon niger BLACK TOOTH vs P. melaleucus GREY TOOTH
Pholiota alnicola ALDER SCALYCAP
Pholiota aurivella GOLDEN SCALYCAP
Pholiota sqarrosa vs. squarrosoides SHARP-SCALY SCALYCAP
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum JELLY TOOTH
Russula sp. Red/pink RUSSULAS/BRITTLEGILLS
Russula compacta FISHBISCUIT
Russula fragrantissima group BITTER ALMOND BRITTLEGILL
Scleroderma citrinum PIGSKIN EARTHBALL
Stereum complicatum CROWDED PARCHMENT
Suillus brevipes SHORT-STEMMED SLIPPERY JACK
Suillus punctipes SPICY SUILLUS
Suillus spraguei PAINTED SUILLUS
Suillus weaverae BUTTERBALL/WEEPING BOLETE/DOTTED STALK SUILLUS
Trametes versicolor TURKEY TAIL
Trametes pubescens WHITE-ROT FUNGUS
Trichaptum biforme VIOLET-TOOTHED POLYPORE
Tricholoma ?equestre KNIGHT/MAN ON HORSEBACK
Tricholoma magnivelare EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN MATSUTAKE
George Caughey
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