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MID HUDSON MYCO-NEWS AN OCCASIONAL PUBLICATION OF THE MID HUDSON MYCOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Volume 3, Issue 1……………………………………............................................……………………January 2007 Winter Mushroom Sessions nd Dec. 2 Potluck/Meeting Educational Series Scheduled for Winter/Spring Recap by David C. Work By David Work Many Many Thanks to everyone who was able to Howdy Folks! It’s that time again! Time for us to come in from make it to this feast and make it a real community event! the woods for a while and gather indoors to teach each other. Everybody helped out and contributed their part and it felt (though with this weather, we could probably be out there really nice to be there! picking!) Starting around midday, a small group of us Our winter sessions this year will continue at the wonderful gathered in the Marbletown Community Center kitchen to Marbletown Community Center in Stone Ridge, NY. I was able get things rolling. I wanted to make sure that there were to schedule a regular meeting time for all four meetings on the wild mushroom dishes there, (this is a mushroom club!) so 3rd Thursday of the month from January to April at 7pm. I’d gone all out and brought mushrooms and supplies to prepare 8-10 items for the dinner. There was peeling, This year, two of our sessions, both by Bill Bakaitis, will be chopping, blending, breading, frying and sautéing. There accompanied by companion newsletter articles. The first article, were dishes being done, and as more folks arrived, tables focusing on Amanita, begins on page 2. and chairs set up, glasses of wine consumed and general good conversation had. See the Calendar on page 8 for more details By midafternoon, when the meeting was supposed to take place, there weren’t enough folks there INSIDE THIS ISSUE really to have a meeting, so we just kept cooking, deciding to have the meeting after dinner. 1 Winter Mushrooms Sessions Dinner was delicious and varied. We had eggplant from Marshall’s garden, chips, dips, soups, casseroles, 1 Recap December Potluck Feast stuffed mushrooms, Cynthia’s homemade Pear Wine (wonderful!), Chicken Mushroom Nuggets, Pickled baby 2 Amanita in the Northeast – Bill Bakaitis Honey Mushrooms, Porcini Risotto and a couple of wild mushroom quiches I’d thrown together the night before. 6 Membership renewal form There were many more things I can’t recall as well. We also had fabulous jazz piano music from John Simon. 7 The Wild Epicurean by David Work After dinner, the meeting started with a report by Cynthia Fisher and we discussed some walk sites, but I 8 Mushroom of the Moment must admit, due to the power outage the night before, spending the morning locating refrigerator space to save the food I’d already prepared and working all day in the kitchen, I forgot completely most of what I wanted to cover in the meeting. So the meeting just petered out. Sorry about that! I had a great time, though and I think everyone who came was glad they did! Woops! As I rushed to press on the last newsletter, I made a stupid mistake. I cut and pasted the membership form from a much older newsletter, totally forgetting that we changed the membership dues last Spring. If the folks who renewed on last newsletter’s form could send in the extra $5 that would be great! -- David Myco News 1 4. Large bulb, cleft or marshmallow, AMANITA IN THE 5. Base w multiple rings, 6. Base w adhering cup, NORTHEAST 7. Stout sacklike volva, 8. Deep volva, A Companion Article to the Upcoming 9. Turnip shaped or Rooting Bulb. January 18 Lecture These groupings are kept in a binder on small index cards By Bill Bakaitis with a listing of species for each type along with additional characteristics for the individual species. As a taxonomic concept, containing both conjunctive and disjunctive properties, the Genus Amanita has remained I have described this method of field work in detail in a intact for about 300 years. It has stood the test of time, its more comprehensive article published elsewhere. (Winter basic integrity maintained through the many challenges of 2006, Mushroom, The Journal of Wild Mushrooming ) What advanced research techniques, systemic, and nomenclatural follows are some of my notes for this typology from one of changes. By comparison many other taxonomic constructs my notebooks. In an upcoming meeting of MHMA I will (e.g. Collybia, Hypholoma, Boletus) have undergone illustrate the mushrooms, and provide commentary. I hope periodic revision and swing in and out of official existence to see you there, and, for maximal utility, when you come as the battles between splitters and lumpers proceed. bring this newsletter with you. In addition to the Amanita, I will illustrate some look-alikes which share similarities What modern research does demonstrate, however, is a rich based upon stipe and bulb configuration. discrimination among species within the Genus Amanita. Whereas the great mycologists of the past,(e.g. Persoon, Species descriptions are primarily from Jenkins and Tulloss. Hooker, and Roze) who gave us the Genus could ponder the My selection is based on those species actually reported for differences and similarities of perhaps 30 to 50 species in this region as well as those likely to migrate here due to Europe, well over 100 species are recognized in America. Global Warming. David Jenkins describes 128 species (plus another 30 or so varieties) in his 1986 monograph, Amanita of North America . Rodham Tulloss catalogues 500 to over 600 names of taxa within the Genus in his various, up dated, web sites. (See resources below.) Most field guides will list only a dozen or so Amanita species, very often the same dozen: The Destroying Angels (virosa/bisporigera ), The Fly Agaric ( muscaria and var formosa ), Caesar’s Mushroom (cesaria/hemibapha/jacksonii ). The Blusher ( rubescens ), The Grisette ( vaginata ), The Death Cap (actually Death Cup) phalloides – even though it is extremely rare, and perhaps brunescens, citrina, cecilia and an odd lepidella or two. These are easily recognized forms and authors would be remiss to not mention them. By the same token, however, it would be a mistake for mushroom collectors to be unaware of the rich diversity of Amanita that actually exists. What I hope to do here is to provide a way of making preliminary distinctions of most of the Amanita we are likely to encounter in the Northeast based upon a few macroscopic characteristics observed at the base of the stipe. In my working field notebook, I discriminate among nine stipe bases/volva types: Above: The Amanita muscaria var. formosa, is an 1. Club shaped bulb, example of a base with multiple rings. Photo by David 2. Radial margin bulb/ small ring zone, Work 3.Bulb w/ single collar, Continued page 3 Myco News 2 Amanita, Continued from page 2 PILEUS RADIAL SIZE CLUB SHAPED BULB MARGIN A. RUBESCENS stains red no * 2-6” A. FLAVORUBESCENS yellowish, base stains red no* 2-4” A. FLAVOCONIA yellow patches no *faint 1-3” A. PARCIVOLVATA no annulus yes 1-3” A. SPISSA stout shiny gray brown no* 2-6” A. # 38 spissa w/ appendiculate margin (Tulloss) A. FARINOSA no annulus, powdery gray brown yes 1-3” A. WELLSII salmon yellow patches & annulus faint 1-5” A. CRENULATA DEADLY brownish beige – yellow tan yes 1-4” A. FRANCHETTI rich brown cap, bright yellow no* 2-6” bright yellow warts, annulus, volval fragments * = amyloid spores usually smooth margin RADIAL MARGIN BULB SMALL RING ZONE A. GEMMATA buff yellow, cream patches yes 1-4” = junquillea, russuloides, mappa A. CRENULATA DEADLY brownish beige – yellow tan yes 1-4” A FROSTIANA red orange yes 1-4” A. FARINOSA powdery gray brown exannulate yes 1-3” A. CINEREOCONIA brownish gray, usually exannulate no* 1-3” BULB WITH SINGLE COLLAR A. PANTHERINA brown, white patches yes fine 1-6” VAR MULTISQUAMOSA whitish tan, tall yes 1-6” = COTHURNATA A. ALBOCREATA exannulate, cream pale yellow yes 1-3” will fruit in early June BASE W/ MULTIPLE RINGS A. MUSCARIA VAR MUSCARIA red yes 2-6” VAR FORMOSA orange yes 2-6” VAR ALBA white yes 1.5 – 6” 2 southern species VAR FLAVIVOLVATA yellow orange yes w/rings, ring zones VAR PERSICINA melon/yellow yes A. COKERI recurved ring/scales white pyramidal warts no* 3-6” double edged annulus LARGE BULB CLEFT OR MARSHMALLOW CLEFT: A. BRUNNESCENS VAR BRUNNESCENS brown no* 2-6” VAR PALLIDA (Kreiger) white no* 2-6” = AESTIVALIS (Singer) A. LIGNOPHILA gray brown cap & patches no* 1-2” brunnescens w/o marginate bulb Continued page 4 Myco News 3 Amanita, Continued from page 3 PILEUS RADIAL SIZE MARSHMALLOW: MARGIN A. ABRUPTA white no* 2-4” A. CITRINA yellow (potato odor) no* 2-4” VAR LAVENDULA lavender A. PORPHYRIA gray-brown to purple no* 1-3” A. SOLANIOLENS olive brown (potato odor) no* 1.75” BASE WITH ADHERING CUP A. CECILIA no annulus, no basal bulb yes 2-4.5” = inaurata tannish brown, chevron stipe = strangulate A. W2 (Tulloss) white cecilia many A. NJ 42 (Tulloss) olive cecilia unnamed A. N 12 (Tulloss) orange cecilia in this series A SPRETA white stem/ annulus yes 2-5” STOUT SACKLIKE VOLVA DESTROYING ANGELS:DEADLY A. VIROSA white, shaggy stalk, KOH+ (yellow stain) no* 2-6” A. BISPORIGERA white, smooth stalk, KOH+ (=virosa?) no* 1-3” A. VERNA white, smooth stalk, KOH- no* 2-6” 10-15 species: see Jenkins p 140-141 A. PHALLOIDES “death cup” brassy yellow olive oct-nov no* 2.5-6” A. HEMIBAPHA red-orange. yellow annulus, white volva yes 2-5.25” = caesaria, umbonata, jacksonii A. # 16 (Tulloss) orange brown caesaria A.