Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycota Order: Leotiomycetes Genus: Ionomidotis Date collected: 4/9/18   Collection site: Collected on bark of hardwood tree in Dale’s Ridge park in Lewisburg, PA.   Appearance and growth: Cup measures 3-4 x 6-7 cm and is dark purple, growing in clusters on hardwood bark. No gills are present clustered cups are thin and flakey to touch. Stem not evident.

Possible ID A False Morel of Some Sort Classification: Phylum Ascomycota Class Pezizomycetes Order Pezizales Family Discineacae   Isolation and culturing method : This specimen was found on a hill on the Bucknell Campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. This was found slightly sticking out of the mulch. The mulch had to be dug about 6 inches to remove the entire fruit body. It was surrounded by nondescript white fruit bodies with cap like cups, and thin stems.   Culture appearance and growth: The fruit body feels slick. It is a dull orange-yellow color. It seems to have protruding pores. The pieces […]

Possible ID: Coprinellus micaceus   Classification: Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Psathyrellaceae Genus: Coprinellus   Collection location: Coprinellus micaceus is a very common and widely distributed fungus in North America.1 The first fungal sample was collect from a dense gregarious cluster of mushrooms on the ground approximately 10 meters away from a hardwood tree along Moore Avenue near the ELC at Bucknell University on May 1st, 2018, which was a nice, clear, sunny day. Sample site pictures on May 1st, 2018:       Because this sample was observed to have deliquesced into a black inky fluid a […]

Possible ID: Sordariomycota   Classification: Phylum Ascomycota Class Sordariomycota   Isolation and culturing methods: Isolated from a soil sample that was then grown in a lab culture for multiple weeks. The soil was gathered from outside the Tau Kappa Epsilon house in Lewisburg PA, underneath the large tree out front. The sample was grown at room temperature for multiple weeks before any significant growth had happened. After the significant growth the organism was isolated and set in a pure culture.   Culture appearance and growth: The fungus had grown into a circular culture and had tints of purple or dark […]

Possible ID: Mucor Classification: Phylum Zygomycota Class Mucouromycota Order Mucorales Family Mucoraceae Genus Mucor   Isolation and culturing methods: This specific culture was isolated from a plate that was placed underneath an air duct in the 3rd floor mens bathroom on the biology side of the Rooke Building located at Bucknell University. The plate was left under the duct for 2 hours and was left to grow for multiple weeks. The organism was then extracted and isolated in a pure culture grown at room temperature.   Culture appearance and growth: The culture was very fast growing and in just a […]

Possible ID: Aspergillus   Classification: Phylum Ascomycota Class Eurotiomycetes Order Eurotiales Family Trichocomaceae Genus Aspergillus   Isolation and culture methods: Isolated from a plate that was left outside for 2 hours in the Grove Park, Lewisburg PA. The sample was extracted from a plate with many different species on it and it took many times to isolate this organism into a pure culture. It took about 4 weeks to finally obtain a pure culture in a sample that was grown in room temperature.   Culture appearance and growth: The surface of the culture is a dark green to brown powdery […]

Possible Species ID: Trametes pubescens   Classification: Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae   Collection Location/Substrate: This specimen was collected April 15, 2018 at Dale’s Ridge Trail in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The specimen was growing on dead wood off the side of a trail. Conditions were cool and humid, average 11*C, intermittent light rain and wind.    Macroscopic Characters: Stipeless shelf with pileus covered in irregular white “fuzz” that was velvety to the touch. Pileus measured 45mm from it’s substrate attachment, 87mm across, 9mm thick at substrate attachment. Hymenium cream colored, pores round-angular. Pores stop 1-2mm from pileus edge, […]

Possible ID “False Tinder Conk” Phellinus tremulae Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Hymenochaetales Family Hymenochaetaceae   Isolation and culturing method : This was found at Dales Ridge Trail in Central Pennsylvania. This specific specimen was found living about five feet above ground level on a living tree. There was another that seemed to be of the same species about three feet about this one.   Culture appearance and growth: The fruit body of this was incredibly dense and hard. Th surface of the fruit body was white and pored. The sides of the fruit body were much darker than […]

  Possible ID Trametes Versicolor Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Polyporales Family Polyporaceae   Isolation and culturing method : These fruiting bodies were found across from Turtle Creek dog park in central Pennsylvania. The specimen were encountered when there was snow on the ground, in late fall/early spring. They were found in a gregarious cluster on a branch that had (seemingly recently) fallen, as there was no signs of rot.   Culture appearance and growth: These grew quite flat on a branch that had fallen off a tree. They are brown in color, with rings visible on the fruit […]

Possible ID Schizophyllum commune “Common Split Gill” Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Agaricales Family Schizophyllum   Isolation and culturing method : This specimen was found while traversing Dales Ridge Trail in central Pennsylvania. These were found in a gregarious cluster. The bodies were found at all heights on the tree, and on the branches that littered the ground below the tree.   Culture appearance and growth: The common split gill was found living saprobically on a living tree and a on a few branches that had seemingly fallen off the same tree below the living tree. The bodies were […]