Mycology Culture Collection

Archive for May, 2018

Sunday, May 6th, 2018

Trametes pubescens

Possible ID: Trametes pubescens   Classification: Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae Genus: Trametes   Collection location: Trametes pubescens is a very common and widely distributed fungus in North America.1 The fungal samples my group and I collected on April 9th, 2018, were found on a branch from a hardwood tree in Dale’s Ridge trail in Lewisburg, PA.   Fruiting body appearance and growth: Collected fruiting bodies were growing outwards from the end of a hardwood branch, presenting very short lateral stipes. Fungal samples were clustered together and appeared to be laterally fusing with each other at the […]

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Saturday, May 5th, 2018

Cladosporium sp.

Possible ID: Cladosporium sp.   Classification: Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Dothideomycetes Order: Capnodiales Family: Davidiellaceae   Isolation and Culturing Methods: This specimen was isolated from soil samples in the Rooke Greenhouse, from a planter pot housing a Chenopodium oahuense plant. The soil was given a Nitrogen/Phosphorus blend four weeks prior to collection, and the greenhouse is kept at 26*C, >20% humidity and nightly UV light treatments. Specimen was grown in malt extract agar + chloramphenicol (MEA+C) for one week at room temperature, then hyphae that were not threatened by contamination were moved to a new sterile MEA+C plate and allowed to […]

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Saturday, May 5th, 2018

Schizophyllum commune

Possible ID: Schizophyllum sp., probably Schizophyllum commune   Classification: Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Schizophyllaceae Genus: Schizophyllum   Collection location: Schizophyllum commune is a very common and widely distributed fungus in North America.1 The fungal samples my group and I collected on April 9th, 2018, were found near each other attached to a decaying hardwood tree log along Dale’s Ridge trail in Lewisburg, PA.   Fruiting body appearance and growth: Collected fruiting bodies lacked stipes and were pretty small, measuring around 1-1.2 cm in width. The grayish white pilei of the fungal samples had a somewhat shell or […]

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