Mycologist Roz Lowen and I led a 6 day course called 'Mushrooms and Other Fungi' at the Humboldt Research Institute at Eagle Hill in Steuben, Maine. The venue is located on the Maine coast and the trees are largely spruce, hemlock and birch. While we found a number of mushrooms we have in NY and Connecticut, we also found several unique to the Maine habitat. We thoroughly enjoyed working with the students, who were studious, enthusiastic and a wonderful pleasure to spend time with. Below is a list of most of the species collected:
Amanita abrupta, Amanita bisporigera, Amanita brunnescens, Amanita brunnescens var. alba, Amanita flavoconia, Amanita fulva, Amanita muscaria var. guessowii, Amanita vaginata
Apiosporina morbosa, Artomyces pyxidatus, Ascotremella faginea, Asterophera lycoperdoides, Asterophera parasitica, Bankera violescens, Boletus (Retiboletus) ornatipes, Boletus subvelutipes, Boletus sp., Calocera cornea, Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus minor, Craterellus cornucopioides, Craterellus ignicolor, Craterellus lutescens, Craterellus tubaeformis (= C. infundibuliformis), Clavulina cristata, Clavaria cinerea, Clavulinopsis fusiformis, Coltricia cinnamomea, Coltricia perennis, Cortinarius armillatus, Cortinarius collinitus, Cortinrius corrungis, Cortinarius croceofolius, Cortinarius ioides, Cortinarius sp., Crucibulum laeve, Dacrymyces palmatus, Dacrymyces chrospermus, Diatripe stigma, Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides, Entoloma luteum, Entoloma murraii, Entoloma sp., Entoloma sinuatum, Entoloma strictius, Fomes fomentarius, Fomitopsis cajanderi, Fomitopsis pinicola, Gomphus floccosus, Gleophyllum sepiarium, Gyroporus cyanescens var. violatinctus, Helminthosporium clavariarum, Hemitrichia serpula , Humidicutis marginatus, Hydnellum aurantiacum, Hydnellum ferrugineum, Hydnellum peckii, Hydnellum scrobiculatum, Hydnellum suaveolens, Hydnochaete olivaceum, Hydnum repandum, Hygrocybe cantharellus, Hygrocybe coccinea, Hygrocybe irrigata (check), Hygrocybe marginata var. concolor, Hygrocybe marginata var. olivascens, Hygrocybe miniata, Hygrocybe vitellina, Hygrocybe unguinosa, Hygrophorus nitratus, Hypomyces hyalinus, Hypomyces lactifluorum, Inocephalus quadratus (Nolanea quadrata = Nolanea salmonea)
Inonotus obliquius, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius deceptivus, Lactarius gerardii, Lactarius glyciosmus, Lactarius lignyotus Lactarius lignyotellus, Lactarius piperatus, Lactarius sp., Lactarius vinaceorufescens, Laetiporus sulphureus, Lasiophaeria spermoides, Lenzites betulina, Leccinum atrostipitatum, Leccinum scabrum, Leotia lubrica, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Megacollybia rodmani form murina = (Megacolyybia platyphylla), Marasmius rotula, Mollisa discolor, Mucilago crustacea, Mycena leiana, Phellinus ignarius, Phellinus pini, Physarum virescens, Pilobolus crystellinus, Piptoporus betulinus, Pulveroboletus ravenelii, Ramaria formosa, Ramaria stricta, Rickenella fibula, Cortinarius (Rozites) caperata, Russula albonigra, Russula brevipes, Russula compacta, Russula modesta, Russula peckii, Russula spp., Scleroderma citrinum, Scutellinia scutellata, Spathulariaopsis velutipes, Stropharia hardii, Stropharia rugosoannulata, Suillus granulatus, Syzygites megalocarpus, Tapinella atrotomentosa, Thelephora vialis,Trametes versicolor, Trichaptum biforme, Trichoglossum farlowii, Tylopilus felleus, Tyromyces chioneus, Xylaria polymorpha (anamorph)

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