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Newfoundland 2004

REPORT ON THE

NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY 2004 September 17-19 Killdevil Lodge Gros Morne

Andrus Voitk

SPONSORS: The Department of Environment, & Conservation Western Newfoundland Model Forest Gros Morne National Park CONTENTS

Personelle 1

Participants & Trails 2

Program 3

REPORT 4

Species List 7

Logos Inside back cover

2005 Notice Back cover FACULTY:

GUESTS:

Ken Harrison Biologist, Forest Service, Fredericton, NB Lorelei Norvell Editor-in-Chief, Roger Smith Wildlife photographer, University of New Brunswick, Frederickton, NB Greg Thorn Prof of , University of Western Ontario, London, ON Rod Tulloss Amanita expert, New Jersey, USA

LOCAL:

Michael Burzynski Biologist, Gros Morne National Park Faye Murrin Prof of Mycology, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St John’s Andrus Voitk Organizer; Humber Natural History Society Gary Warren Mycologist, Canadian Forest Service, Corner Brook

FORAY LEADERS:

Michael Burzynski Ken Harrison Judy May Faye Murrin Lorelei Norvell Noah Siegel Roger Smith Greg Thorn Rod Tulloss Maria Voitk Gary Warren

SPECIES LIST

Michael Burzynski, Nathalie Djan-Chékar, Andrus Voitk, Maria Voitk

DATABASE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VOUCHER SPECIMENS

Lois Bateman, Clinton Bennett, Michael Burzynski, Roger Smith, Mark Wilson

REGISTRARS:

Registrar-in-Chief: Leah Soper Assistants: Maria Voitk, Judy May

MUSHROOM COOK-OUT CHEFS:

Chef-in-Chief: Barry May Assistants:: Gerry Rideout, Sue Tizzard, Beatrice Whittle

1 NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY 2004 PARTICIPANTS Ed Andrews [email protected] [email protected] Corner Brook NL Faye Murrin Nina Zitani [email protected] St John's NL London ON Peggy Kelly Andrews [email protected] [email protected] Corner Brook NL Lorelei Norvell [email protected] Portland OR Lois Bateman editor@mycotaxon Corner Brook NL Jim Parsons FORAY TRAILS [email protected] Corner Brook NL Allan Bennett [email protected] Pasadena NL Karole HaycockPittman Clinton Bennett Rocky Harbour NL St Paul’s NL [email protected] Michael Burzynski Gerry Rideout Rocky Harbour NL Labrador City NL [email protected] [email protected] Howard Clase Noah Siegel St John’s NL Royalston MA [email protected] [email protected] Leila Clase Judy Skinner St John’s NL Pasadena NL [email protected] [email protected] Nathalie Djan-Chékar Wally Skinner Witless Bay NL Pasadena NL [email protected] [email protected] Jamie Graham Roger Smith Corner Brook NL Fredericton NB [email protected] [email protected] Jack Greene Leah Soper Statesville NC Corner Brook NL [email protected] [email protected] Ken Harrison Sheldon Stone Bakers Brook Falls Fredericton NB Rocky Harbour NL [email protected] [email protected] Clara Jenniex Carlo Thorn Humber Village NL London ON 1. Western Brook Pond & Snug [email protected] [email protected] Harbour John Jenniex Greg Thorn 2. Bakers Brook Falls Humber Village NL London ON 3. Killdevil grounds [email protected] [email protected] 4. Stuckless Pond — to bridge only Dorothy King Sue Tizzard Corner Brook NL Humber Village NL 5. Stanleyville [email protected] [email protected] 6. Lomond River - TOWARD Lorna Lafosse Rod Tulloss Parking Lot Margaree NL Roosevelt NJ 7. Lomond River - FROM Parking [email protected] [email protected] Margo Leamon Andrus Voitk Lot Margaree NL Humber Village NL 8. Gros Morne Francine Lemire [email protected] 9. Trout River Pond Corner Brook NL Maria Voitk 10. Lomond Campground, Trout [email protected] Humber Village NL River Pond Campground, Henry Mann [email protected] Pasadena NL Gary Warren Mackenzie’s Brook Picknic area, [email protected] Corner Brook NL other picknic and camp grounds Phyllis Mann [email protected] 11. Stuckless Pond — beyond Pasadena NL Beatrice Whittle bridge [email protected] Labrador City NL Anne Marceau [email protected] 12. Green Gardens — lower trail Rocky Harbour NL Mark Wilson 13. Green Gardens — upper trail [email protected] St John’s NL 14. Bonne Bay Big Pond area Barry May Dena Wiseman 15. Lomond Highlands Humber Village NL Witless Bay, NL [email protected] [email protected] Judy May Patricia Wiseman Humber Village NL Corner Brook NL

2 PROGRAM

FRIDAY, Sep 17, 2004 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Gros Morne Park All Day Forays 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Discovery Centre, Gros Morne National Park, 1:00 – 2:00 PM, Dining Hall Woody Point Lunch International Photo Exhibit 2:00 – 5:00 PM, Gros Morne Park Carry-over of the highly successful exhibit by last year’s Afternoon Forays faculty (mostly), open to public at Discovery Centre all summer. While there, please also note the “Along the 4:30 – 6:30 PM, Lomond Room Patio Appalachian Trail” quilt – it depicts the flora and fauna of Mushroom cook-up Western Newfoundland, including some exquisite mush- room squares. 6:30 – 7:30 PM, Dining Hall 3:00 – 4:00 PM & later, Lomond Room Supper Registration 7:30 – 8:30 PM, Conference Room 4:00 – 6:00 PM, Lomond Room Greg Thorn: of Costa Rica Welcome reception 8:30 – 9:30 PM, Conference Room Hosted by the people of Newfoundland and Labrador Lorelei L. Norvell: Life with the Chanterelle through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, The Hon Tom Osborne, MHA, Minister. 6:00 – 7:00 PM, Dining Hall 9:30 – 10:00 PM, Conference Room Supper Interview with a World Première 7:00 – 8:00 PM, Conference Room Stage adaptation of award-winning essay by Diane Faye Murrin: Introduction to mushroom col- Pleninger. lecting & identification 8:00 – 9:00 PM, Conference Room Roger Smith: Mushroom photography SUNDAY, Sep 19, 2004

9:00 – 10:00 PM, Conference Room 8:00 – 9:00 AM, Dining Hall Ken Harrison: Boletes of Nova Scotia Breakfast Illustrated with pictures from the book of the same name by his father, the late Ken Harrison, Sr. 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Gros Morne Park Morning ID Forays 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Outside Park SATURDAY, Sep 18, 2004 Morning Forays for the Pot

8:00 – 9:00 AM, Dining Hall 12:00 – 1:00 PM, Dining Hall Breakfast Lunch 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Gros Morne Park 1:00 – 2:00 PM, Conference Room Morning Forays Andrus Voitk: Wrap-up & Thank you

3 REPORT Sept 17-19, 2004, As opposed to last year, Killdevil Lodge in Gros no moose appeared to Morne Park hosted eat the prized specimens Newfoundland's second and no bear tracks were mushroom Foray, jointly encountered. In the wild sponsored by The animal department, this Department of Environment year’s foragers encoun- & Conservation, The Hon tered Carlo Thorn explor- Tom Osborne, Minister, ing mud puddles, of Gros Morne National Park which there were a good- and the Western ly choice, and a mother Newfoundland Model caribou nursing her calf in Forest. 46 mushroom Killdevil Camp the morning mist. enthusiasts foraged the autumn woods of spectacular Gros Morne Park The intrepid for species to be identified with the help of foragers experts. This year the Foray was co-sponsored played the by the Humber Natural History Society, HNHS, game of and NAMA, the North American Mycological mushroom Association, the world’s largest mushroom interpretation club. As a result local mycophiles from all over well. They the province (GNP, West Coast, Avalon were very dili- Peninsula, Labrador) were joined in the hunt gent about by guests from the USA. The Faculty was the use of made up by experts from the USA (the furthest collecting expert arriving fom Oregon), mainland Canada slips - virtually no specimen and our local cadre of mycophiles and mycolo- SPLASH!!! Boots? gists. Compared to last year, there was a 10% came in with- increase and 45% return rate for registrants. out a slip. Specimens were sorted As last year, the Foray opened with a reception by with attempt to identify the Department of Environment & Conservation. at least to . Presentations of books, maps and other memora- These were submitted bilia were made to the out of province guests from to the experts’ eagle both the people of Newfoundland via the eyes and authenticated Department as well as Gros Morne Park. All reg- specimens taken to the istrants received a handsome registration pack- exhibition hall. Despite all this help, the experts age from the Department, containing, among Nursing caribou other things, an embroidered yellow sou’wester were still kept busy into foray cap. the night, seeking to finally pin a name on some elusive and pesky little mush- Small teams, rooms, using microscopes, chemicals, tomes of books under expert and each other for consultation. leadership, went forth into The result the wilderness was a dis- Saturday and play of 199 Sunday, forag- identified ing for mush- species. rooms Nature Although had co-operat- only 9% ed, for the more than woods were last year, bursting with the combi- Foray group in the woods nation of an fungi. At the sorting table earlier

4 Foray and a warmer sum- mer allowed us to collect 57% new species com- pared to last year, bring- ing our cumulative list to 296 species in just two years.

This year photography was added to the activi- ties under the guidance of Canadian nature photog- Roger rapher Roger Smith . This engaged in generated much interest flagrant docu- and produced the expect- Inadvertent duplication of deliciosus and mentation ed spate of artistic pic- Cantharellus tubaeformis specimens became fodder to the tures. Roger’s task also cook-out crew’s well-greased pans extended to documentation. Once specimens had been authenticated and split entered into the exhibition hall, data entry was made for each specimen, each was pho- tographed and dried for archiv- ing as list vouchers. With this we entered a more rigorous and

scientific era: Backlit forageress henceforth the NEWFOUNDLAND degustation held Saturday evening. In addition to edibles FORAY will only specifically collected for this purpose outside the Park, all produce a list for edible copies were sacrificed under his knife. The efforts which data is of his cook-up team provided the foragers with an enjoy- entered, photo- able forum for fellowship and swapping of mushroom lore. graphic record kept and voucher speci- The evening scientific programs provided bountiful oppor- mens exist. tunity to learn about mushrooms from the experts as well as insights into the mysterious mushroom world. Lectures Barry May, a mere kitchen boy last year, displayed a phe- ranged from a basic introduction to collecting and identifi- nomenal rise through the ranks to become Chef-in-Chief cation, to description of specific genera in the Maritimes, for the traditional mushroom cook-up or mycological an overview of mushrooms in Costa Rica and a review of everyone’s favourite edible, the Chanterelle, and its rela- Fungal degustation in progress tives.

The highlight of the program turned out to be a dramatiza- tion of an essay by Diane Pleninger, a NAMA member from Anchorage, Alaska. Dorothy King in her dramatic characterization of Dorothy King, radio interviewer, surely created a true-to-life character who will remain with the audience for years. No less of a surprise was provided by the stellar Barry May, who, hardly rid of his chef’s apron, rose to the challenge of depicting the dung-dwelling Pilobilus crystallinus with a simple yet powerful verisimili- tude bordering on the unbelievable. For this historic per- formance we were pleased to host members of the Sierra Club,who were in a retreat-cum-planning-session near-by.

5 At the end participants were lined up for a group portrait. A light drizzle made the sou’westers a welcome headgear choice. After two days in the woods under gray skies, plenty of mushrooms, good fellowship, sleeping in bunk beds, washing their own dishes and sleeping through evening lectures, the participants were still smiling!

Another Foray had come to an end. 199 species were col- lected, identified and recorded with photographs and voucher specimens. 113 new species were added to our cumulative list, bringing it to 296 species. Several species new to Newfoundland, Canada and North America were identified, making a good foundation to a reliable provin- cial data-base. Pilobilus crystallinus interviewed by Dorothy King Now we think 2005!

Tthe roving photographer caught a cou- ple wistfully gazing onto the salt water inlet, already pining for next year’s foray.

Photographs by Roger Smith, Michael Burzynski, Jamie Graham, Judy May and Andrus Voitk.

Copies of this Report, the 2003 Report and the species lists, 2003, 2004, cumulative, can be downloaded in pdf form from the Humber Natural History Society’s web page, .

6 SPECIES LIST 199 SPECIES

Developed by Nathalie Djan-Chekar, Michael Burzynski, Andrus Voitk

Authenticators: Ken Harrison, Faye Murrin, Lorelei Norvell, Greg Thorn, Rod Tulloss, Andrus Voitk, Gary Warren.

NOTE: 1. in Barron: Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada has been followed, except where marked. Common usage or sense has been followed for species not named in that book. 2. Species marked by single asterisk* have no photo, but voucher specimen is available. 3. Species marked by double asterisk** have no photo or voucher specimen 4. Names in bold print denote new species this year. 5. List tentative - further study may cause mninor revisions.

MUSHROOMS (mostly gilled (= Amanita muscaria var. formosa) ) Amanita porphyria Calocybe carnea Amanita virosa (incl. A. bisporigera) haemorrhoidarius Amanita species NFL 7 (R. Tulloss) Camarophyllus pratensis Agaricus cf subrufescens (= Hygrophorus pratensis) Arrhenia acerosa f. latispora Amanita elongata* ventricosa Amanita flavoconia* Asterophora parasitica Amanita muscaria var. guessowii Clitocybe clavipes Bolbitius vitellinus (=Ampulloclitocybe clavipes)

7 (=G. marginata) Lactarius affinis var. viridilactis Galerina sphagnorum Lactarius camphoratu Lactarius deceptivus Gomphidius maculatus* Lactarius deterrimus* Lactarius glyciosmus* Gymnopilus penetrans Lactarius hibbardae Gymnopilus picreus Lactarius cf. leonis Lactarius lignyotus Gymnopus confluens Lactarius mucidus (= Collybia confluens) Lactarius piperatus Lactarius rufus Hebeloma crustiliniforme Lactarius subdulcis (= H. crustuliniformis) Lactarius torminosus Hebeloma strophosum Lactarius vinaceorufescens

Hemimycena gracilis Lepiota cristata

Hygrocybe acutoconica Lyophyllum connatum Hygrocybe cantharellus* Hygrocybe conica Marasmius androsaceus Hygrocybe flavescens Marasmius pallidocephalus* prunulus Hygrocybe miniata Marasmius thujinus*

Collybia tuberosa Mycena abramsii Mycena epipterygia Conocybe filaris Conocybe lactea Mycena leptocephala Mycena murina Coprinus comatus Mycena pura Mycena pura var. alba Cortinarius acutus Cortinarius alboviolaceus* Nolanea quadrata Cortinarius armeniacus Cortinarius armillatus Panellus serotinus Cortinarius bolaris Panellus stipticus Cortinarius laniger Cortinarius limonius Paxillus involutus Cortinarius malicorius Cortinarius mucosus Pholiota astragalina Cortinarius pyriodorus Cortinarius rubellus Phyllotus porrigens Cortinarius scutulatus Hygrocybe punicea (= Pleurocybella porrigens) Cortinarius semisanguineus Cortinarius traganus Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca Cortinarius vibratilis Cortinarius violaceus* Hygrophorus cf. piceae

Cystoderma amianthium var. ami- Hypholoma capnoides anthium Hypholoma fasciculare* Cystoderma amianthium var. rugosoreticulatum Inocybe castanea cf. caeruleopolitum Inocybe lacera Entoloma lividum Inocybe lilacina Entoloma majaloides Inocybe fastigiata (=Rhodopolium majaloides) (=I. rimosa) Inocybe subcarpta

Galerina autumnalis Laccaria laccata

8 Boletus badius Ininotus obliquus** Boletus edulis Ischnoderma benzoinum Chalciporus piperatus (= Boletus piperatus) Jahnoporus hirtus (=Polyporus hirtus [new name]) Fuscoboletinus glandulosus Fuscoboletinus grisellus Phaeolus schweinitzii (= Suillus grisellus) Fuscoboletinus laricinus Phellinus ferruginosus* Fuscoboletinus spectabilis Phellinus igniarius

Leccinum holopus Piptoporus betulinus Leccinum scabrum Polyporus badius Suillus cavipes Polyporus borealis (= Boletinus cavipes) Polyporus brumalis atricapillus Suillus grevillei Polyporus elegans (= P. cervinus) Suillus luteus Pluteus atromarginatus Polyporus varius Tylopilus chromapes* Psathyrella cf. sarcocephala Tylopilus felleus* CHANTARELLES AND REL- pelliculosa ATIVES (APHYL- LOPHORALES, family Rhodocollybia maculata ) Rozites caperata Cantharellus cibarius Cantharellus tubaeformis cf. aeruginea Russula compacta*] Gomphus clavatus Russula decolorans Gomphus floccosus Russula densifolia Russula emetica s.l.* Russula heterophylla TOOTH FUNGI (APHYL- Russula cf. laurocerasi (APHLLOPHORALES, fami- LOPHORALES, family Russula sanguinea lies Polyporaceae, and similar gen- Russula viscida Ganodermataceae, era) Boletopsidaceae and poroid Stropharia alcis violascens Hymenochaetaceae) diabolus equestre Hydnellum cf. frondosum ] Amylostereum chailletii Antrodia heteromorpha

Tricholomopsis decora Cerrena unicolor

Tubaria confragosa** Fomes fomentarius

Xeromphalina campanella Fomitopsis pinicola

Ganoderma applanatum BOLETES (poroid AGARI- CALES) Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Austroboletus gracilis Hirschioporus abietinus (=Trichaptum abietinum)

9 Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

Tremiscus helvelloides (= Guepinia helvelloides, Phlogiotis helvelloides)

CUP FUNGI AND RELA- TIVES (ASCOMYCOTINA, including the DIS- COMYCETES and PYRENO- MYCETES)

Bisporella citrina

Chlorociboria aeruginascens Dacrymyces palmatus Hydnellum multiceps Cudonia circinans Hydnellum cf. scrobiculatum Guepiniopsis alpina Helvella crispa Tremiscus helvelloides Helvella lacunosa (=Guepinia helvelloides) repandum Hypomyces chrysosper- mus

Phellodon niger var Leotia lubrica alboniger Leotia viscosa niger var niger Peziza cf. praetervisa imbricatus Sarcodon stereosarcinon Podostroma alutaceum Sarcodon cf. subfelleus SLIME MOULDS CORAL FUNGI AND REL- (MYXOMYCETES) ATIVES (APHYLLOPHO- RALES, family Lycogala epidendrium , including Earth fans)

Clavulina cristata

Clavaria fumosa

PUFFBALLS AND RELA- TIVES (GASTEROMYCETES)

Bovista pila

Lycoperdon perlatum Lycoperdon pyriforme Lycoperdon umbrinum

JELLY FUNGI AND RELA- TIVES (AURICULARIALES, DACRYMYCETALES and TREMELLALES)

10 LOGOS

Last year’s logo was an as cana ssp atrata), now an endan- yet undescribed and gered species, is the logo of the unnamed species of Humber Natural History Society. It Amanita, Vaginata, is an obvious symbol of the fragili- photographed along the ty of our natural environment and Green Gardens Trail in our need to know something August, 2000.. about it in to preserve it. Unfortunately a specimen This concept underscores the was not preserved for defin- importance of our Foray. While we itive identification, so we’ll have a list of endangered animals never be able to report this and plants, which we update new species. It illustrates through constant monitoring, we don’t even know the many undescribed and which mushrooms exist here, let alone their frequen- unique mushrooms avail- cy, rarity, distribution, prevalence, function, relation- able for discovery in Newfoundland and was chosen partly for this reason, partly for its simple beauty.

This year we thought we’d fol- low last year’s example - chose a beautiful but unnamed and unidentified local mush- room. The depicted mushroom was seen May 28, 2001 along the Appalachian Trail between Humber Village & Corner Brook. This time I took a few small specimens, but since it looked like just another Mycena to me, didn’t pay it too much heed. I saw it again on the Great Northern Peninsula one month later, but again ignored it. Well, it turns out it’s not a Mycena. I don’t know what it is and so far have not been able to find out. The small dried samples are vir- ships or needs. Thus we can have no list of endan- tually gone from sending them around the world for gered mushroom species and may, in fact, be losing identification, without being closer to an answer. And species without being aware of it. I have not seen this brown beauty again!

So — keep on the lookout for these and other interesting species, for you never know what may turn out to be a new and exciting find. All such finds will receive an award and an award will be given to the “Find of the Day”.

The Newfoundland martin (Martes ameri- What the Experts said about 2004: Ken Harrison A very positive event. I have attended a number of forays over the years and this was among the best organized. Lorelei Norvell Advance The week at the thoroughly delightful Newfoundland Foray 2004 was time well spent. Greg Thorn

This really was one of the best forays I've ever been on.

VERY impressive! Excellent list, collecting … in both Notice!!! QUANTITY and QUALITY. The standard of Georgethe photogra- Barron phy was IMPRESSIVE. It seems a GREAT time was had by all and once again my congratulations.

NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY 2005

Killdevil Lodge Gros Morne National Park

A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sept 2-5, 2005 Labour Day Week-End

(tentative):

2005 EXPERTS Andreas Bresinsky Mark your calendars! Dave Malloch Tom Volk Others tba

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