Date:  Sunday, August 27, 2023. 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: Water Valley Area – Private Acreage

Foray Leader(s):  Christine Costello, Barb Shworak

Attendees: 34

Weather: Sunny, temperatures in the low 20’C range. Conditions were rather dry.

Mostly aspen / poplar with some spruce. Some areas were quite grassy.

A fair assortment of mushrooms was found although not in any large quantities and the quality was not ideal due to the lack of adequate rain. Only a very few edibles were found. Listed below are the names of specimens found – names may not necessarily reflect the most current scientific genus.

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  1. Agaricus sp.
  2. Amanita sp.
  3. Amanita muscaria – Fly Agaric
  4. Armillaria sp – Honey Mushroom
  5. Bjerkandera adjusta / Smoky bracket
  6. Coprinopsis atramentaria / Inky Cap
  7. Cortinarius sp – various 
  8. Flammulina velutipes
  9. Ganoderma applanatum / Artist’s conk
  10. Gomphidius glutinosus / Slimy Spike Cap
  11. Gyromitra infula
  12. Hericium coralloides
  13. Lactarius deliciosus group
  14. Lactarius piperatus
  15. Lactarius sp (repraesentaneus? )
  16. Leccinum insigne
  17. Lentinellus sp.
  18. Lycoperdon pyriforme / Puffballs on rotting wood
  19. Mycena sp.
  20. Paxillus involutus / Poison pax
  21. Peziza sp
  22. Pholiota squarrosa / Scaly pholiota
  23. Phyllotopsis nidulans
  24. Pluteus cervinus / Deer mushroom
  25. Polyporus elegans
  26. Ramaria sp
  27. Russula brevipes / Short stemmed russula
  28. Russula ochroleuca / Yellow russula
  29. Russula decolorans
  30. Russula emetica
  31. Russula foetid group
  32. Russula sp
  33. Stropharia kauffmanii
  34. Tramates trogii
  35. Trichaptum biforme