Lichen 1 -Physcia stellaris

Lichen 1 - Physcia stellaris

Name: Physcia stellaris
Common Name: Rosette Lichen
Family: Physciaceae
Collection Date: 10/06/2016
Habitat: Growing on rock and/ or tree bark 
Location: Nelson Ledges  
Description: Grayish in color; foliose structures

Keying Guide used: BLAST
Keying Steps: Nucleotide blast - Highly Similar (Mega blast)  - *Enter DNA Sequence* 1e-103 : 90% Identity - Physic stellaris
Keying Guide Source: Retrieved November 3, from BLAST https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cg

                                                               Figure1 :  Physcia stellaris sample 

Moss 4 - Leucobryum albidium

Moss 4 - Leucobryum albidium

Name: Leucobryum albidium
Common Name: Little pincushion moss
Family: Leucobryaceae 
Collection Date: 10/20/2016
Habitat: Growing in small mound/clump near base of tree on the edge of the woods that surrounded a swamp
Location: 3-D Ranch Bristolville, OH
Description:  Very short, whitish-green clump of moss











Figure 1: Leucobryum albidium


















Figure 2: Measurement of stem and leaves in cm

Keying Guide used: McKnight, K. B. & Rohrer, J. R. & Ward, K. M. & Perdrizet, W. J.(2013). Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Retrieved October 12, 2016, from Project MUSE database.
Keying Steps: From: Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians p 17 Acrocarp - Lance-leafed with no midrib,  Key II p 342-350
1.) Plants gray or whitish green (dry) to light green (wet); shoots very densely packed together forming domed mounds.  Leaves tubular in upper half and seemingly with out mid rib ... 2 2.) Stems less than 1 cm. tall; leaves 2-4mm long; often with capsules ... Leucobryum albidum 
Keying Guide Source: McKnight, K. B. & Rohrer, J. R. & Ward, K. M. & Perdrizet, W. J.(2013). Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Retrieved October 20, 2016, from Project MUSE database.

Fungi 3 - 1. Agaricus campestris

Fungi 3 Agarics campestris

Name: Agaricus campestris
Common Name: Pinkie mushroom, Meadow mushroom , Field mushroom
Family: Agaricaceae
Collection Date: 09/2016
Habitat: Grass in cemetery
Location: Cemetery in Bristolville Ohio - Name of cemetery unknown
Description:  Whitish cap and stipe with pink lamellae






Figure 1 : Bounty of Agaricus campestris picked form cemetery for consumption

Keying Guide used: Mushrooms Demystified - Key to the Agaricaceae 
Keying Steps: Key to the Agaricaceae (Agaricus) p 314 1.) Not as above; odor not phenolic; base of stalk typically not staining yellow (but may stain yellow-orange or orange) if staining yellow than sweet odor...7 7.) Not as above (odor rarely slightly almonds, but if so then flesh reddening when cut)...25 25.) Not as above (but cap and flesh may have reddish stains in old age or wet weather)...38 38.) Not as above; veil not sheath like or sandlike and/or stalk with central hollow in age... 39 39.) Cap white or whitish when fresh (but may discolor tan, yellowish or buff in age)...40 40.) Not as above; smaller and/or habitat different... 42 42.) Not as above; typically larger (cap 3cm broad or more; stalk 5mm thick or more)...44 44.) Not as above...45 45.) Not as above...46 46.) Growing in the open(usually in grass, occasionally in hard-packed soil); veil typically then and somewhat cottony, forming only a slight annulus om stalk or disappearing ; gills usually pink or brownish in button stage...47 47.) Cap white or sometimes with pale brown to grayish fibrils or scattered scales; very common and widespread ... A. campestris 
Keying Guide Source: Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press.

Fungi 5 - 1. Entoloma abortivum

Fungi 5 - Entoloma abortivum

Name: Entoloma abortivum
Common Name: Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp of the Woods
Family: Entolomataceae
Collection Date: 10/16/2016
Habitat: Growing on and around beech and other hardwoods
Location: Camp Asbury - Hiram Ohio
Description: White clumps, bumpy with pinkish/orangish tint on inside








Figure 1: E. abortivum growing wild 
                                                                                                                                  
Keying Guide used: Mushrooms Demystified - Key to Entoloma 
Keying Steps: Key to Entoloma 1.) Not as above; cap blue, gray, black, grayish-brown, grayish-yellow, olive brown, whitish, etc. (but may be dusted pinkish by spores)...2 2.) Cap gray to grayish-brown and gills usually decurrent "aborted" fruiting bodies often found (infected by mycelium of Armillariella mellea) that are whitish to pinkish-tan and bumpy on the outside, marbled within... E. abortivum
Keying Guide Source: Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press.










                                                                                                        Figure 2: E. abortivum picked
                        

Fungi 4 - Pholiota squarrosoides

Fungi 4 - Pholiota squarrosoides

Figure 1: Pholiota squarrosoides after picking


















Figure 2: Pholiota squarrosoides dried- underside of cap

Name: Pholiota squarrosoides
Common Name: Shaggy Scalycap
Family: Strophariaceae
Collection Date: 10/16/2016
Habitat: Decomposing stump
Location: James H. Barrow Field Station - Hiram College - Hiram Ohio
Description: Yellowish whitish scaly/spiney

Keying Guide used: Mushrooms Demystified - Key to Philota
Keying Steps: Key to Philota p385 1.) Not typically growing in ashes...3 3.) Not as above (if blue-greenish when young found in Eastern North America)...4 4.)Growing on wood (occasionally buried) or in wood chip mulch...5 5.) Not as above...6 6.) Not growing when the snow is melting, or if so then not as above...7 7.) Not as above; color or habitat different or stalk thinner and/or scalier...8 8.) Not with above features...9 9.) Not as above; if brightly colored then cap bald or with few scattered fibrillose veil remnants (one species tawny to whitish with erect or recurved scales)...11 11.) Not with above features...12 12.) Cap and stalk with prominent erect or recurved scales (which may be obliterated or flattened somewhat in age); stalk typically less than 1.5 cm thick...13 13.) Cap often dry at first but a viscid layer beneath the scales usually evident in age; gills not greenish tinged; o wood or ground...14 14.) Typically found on hardwood stumps or logs; cap and stalk very scaly when young, the scales tawny or paler... P. squarrosoides
Keying Guide Source: Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press.

Fungi 2 - 1. Cyathus striatus

Fungi 2 : Cyathus striatus

Figure 1: side view of Cyathus striatus

Name: Cyathus striatus
Common Name: Bird's nest fungus
Family: Nidulariaceae
Collection Date: 10/07/2016
Habitat: Growing amongst / on mulch
Location: Hiram College Hurd Garden - Hiram Ohio
Description: Small, fingertip sized funnel/cups cinnamon colored on outside with dark brown almost black periodoles (eggs)






                                                                                                 Figure 2: Cyathus striatus growing in/on mulch


Keying Guide used: Mushrooms Demystified- Key to the Nidulariales
Keying Steps: Key to the Nidulariales p 779 1.) Not as above; fruiting body cylindrical to mug or cup-shaped when mature, containing more than one egg...2 2.) Not as above fruiting body typicaly with "lid" when very young, the nest usually well formed and persistent, eggs may or my not be imbedded in a mucilage...4 4.) Eggs white to gray, brown or black, often (but not always) attached to side of nest by a minute cord or short stalk, not imbedded in a mucilage, sides of nest vertical or tapered...6 6.) Interior of nest long longitudinally striate (with distinct radial groves) ... Cyathus striatus
Keying Guide Source: Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press. 

Fungi 6 - 1. Armillaria gallica

Fungi 6 - Armillaria gallica

Figure 1: Armillaria gallic growing with Entoloma Abortivum







                                                                                                          Figure 2: Close up of cap and partial veil 

Name: Armillaria gallica
Common Name: Honey Mushroom
Family: Armillariaceae
Collection Date: 10/16/2016
Habitat: Growing around/ on base of beech tree
Location: Camp Asbury - Hiram Ohio
Description: brownish red cap with some scales/hairs whitish partial veil and stipe.
Keying Guide used: MycoKey.org
Keying Steps:  Type of fungi: mushroom with gills. - Ecology: On wood - Partial Veil: membraneous  - Lamellae: Shortly decurrent - Pilus: Arched to semiglobose - Stipe: Ring present - Lamellae color: White to grayish cream - Stipe color: Buff to pale brown - Pileus surface: Scaly - Pileus surface color: Vivid brown - Armillaria genus - Armillaria gallica
Keying Guide Source: Retrieved November 10, 2016, from http://www.mycokey.org/agaric1.shtml?language=uk&localLanguage=uk&searchMode=easy&atlasmode=false