Classification: Maybe Stereum hirsutum Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order  Russulales Family Stereaceae Isolation and culturing methods: This fruiting body was collected on April 15th at Dale’s Ridge Trail in Lewisburg, PA, It was on a fallen trunk, in clusters. It was placed in a paper bag and brought back to the lab to further analyze and identify. Culture appearance and growth Many caps are fused together. The cap is not that thick or big. The fungi vary in sizes. The cap is a fan shape. The texture is velvety and the cap is zonate. It ranges in color from grey to orange. […]

Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Polyorales Family Polyporaceae Isolation and culturing methods: This fruiting body was collected on April 2nd in Turtle Creek Park in Lewisburg, PA. It was collected from the ground under a fallen branch. It was placed in a paper bag and brought back to the lab to further analyze and identify. Culture appearance and growth The cap is large, around 6 cm at the larest diameter. The cap is irregularly oval shaped. It is very thin and easy to break. However, the cap is sticky corky. The hymenium is pored and dark brown. The cap also gens brown possibly […]

Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Agaricales Family Tricholomataceae Isolation and culturing methods: This fruiting body was collected on April 15th at Dale’s Ridge Trail in Lewisburg, PA. It was collected from a branch that had fallen (shown in image). It was placed in a paper bag and brought back to the lab to further analyze and identify. Culture appearance and growth The fungus is a crust fungus. It is really small, its diameter is around .5 cm. It has hymenium is gilled. The fungi are fan shaped and slightly overlap each other. They seemed to have been flattened down during collection.

  Possible ID A Polypore Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Polyorales Family   Isolation and culturing method : These were found on Dales Ridge in Central Pennsylvania. These were found about a foot off the ground on a stump.  They were growing in a cluster, on top of each other.   Culture appearance and growth: These fungi are the shape of half circles, with central stipes. They grow off of bark, in this case they grow on a dead tree. The surface has blue, yellow and white segmentation. The bottom of the fungi is pored.It had a dirty smell […]

  Possible ID Flavoparmelia caperata Classification: Phylum Ascomycota Class Lecanoromycetes Order Lecanorales Family Parmeliaceae   Isolation and culturing method : The sample was found on Dales Ridge trail in Central Pennsylvania. The specimen was found on a piece of bark on a dying hardwood tree. There were various types of fungi also cohabitating the dying tree. These lichens were found spanning the entire height of the tree, and were found on all sides of the tree. A small part of the tree bark was removed and brought back to the lab for inspection and photographs.   Culture appearance and growth: […]

Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Polyporales Family: Meruliaceae Genus: Phlebia Date collected:4/9/18   Collection site: Isolated from Dale’s Ridge in Lewisburg, PA from branch of a hardwood tree.   Appearance and growth: Appears as a crust fungi, with no gills present. Thin and flaky to touch, specimen measures 0.5-0.7×1-1.3cm. Light brown in middle with white outer edges.  

Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Polyporales Family Polyporaceae Isolation and culturing methods: This fruiting body was collected on April 15th at Dale’s Ridge Trail in Lewisburg, PA. It was collected from a branch that had fallen. It was placed in a paper bag and brought back to the lab to further analyze and identify. Culture appearance and growth Many caps are fused together. The cap is not that thick or big. Around 3 cm across. The cap shape varies but takes on a bracket, semicircular shape. It has a hairy / velvety texture. The cap is zonate, alternating between […]

Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Hymenochaetales Family Hymenochaetaceae Isolation and culturing methods: This fruiting body was collected on April 2n2  in Turtle Creek Park in Lewisburg, PA. It was collected from a tree trunk and it was pretty high up. It was placed in a paper bag and brought back to the lab to further analyze and identify. Culture appearance and growth The cap is very large, around 12 cm in diameter. It is corky and tough. The cap actually feels very woody. Because it is thick, it is hard to break or even bend. The hymenium is light […]

Classification: Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Polyporales Family Polyporaceae Isolation and culturing methods: This fruiting body was collected on April 15th at Dale’s Ridge Trail in Lewisburg, PA. It was collected from a branch that had fallen. It was placed in a paper bag and brought back to the lab to further analyze and identify.   Culture appearance and growth This mushroom has a semicircular cap. This cap has a velvety texture and has zonate zones ranging from a cream color to a gray color. The texture seems to alternate through zones. The cap feels tough and corky and hard […]

Possible ID: Trametes pubescens   Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae Genus: Trametes Date collected:4/9/18   Collection site: Isolated from Dale’s Ridge in Lewisburg, PA from branch of a hardwood tree.   Appearance and growth: Cap is thin, light blue with rings of shades of blue, white, and brown, and is velvety/fuzzy, measuring 4-6×6-8 cm. Grows on the side of branches and on the bottom of hardwood stumps. Contains pores on underside, distinguishing it from a Sterum ostrea.