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OMPHALINForay registration & information issueISSN 1925-1858
Vol. V, No 4 Newsletter of Apr. 15, 2014
OMPHALINA OMPHALINA, newsletter of Foray Newfoundland & Labrador, has no fi xed schedule of publication, and no promise to appear again. Its primary purpose is to serve as a conduit of information to registrants of the upcoming foray and secondarily as a communications tool with members.
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OMPHALINA V Vol. V, No 4 OMPHALIN ISSN 1925-1858 Apr. 15, 2014
CONTENT
Editor’s comments ...... 2
Foray matters ...... 3
Killdevil Michael Burzynski ...... 4 How to get there Michael Burzynski ...... 5 Gros Morne trails Michael Burzynski ...... 6 Clothing, supplies, equipment Michael Burzynski ...... 8 Workshops Maria Voitk ...... 9 Mycoblitz, Sir Richard Squires Park ...... 10 Arts & Crafts table ...... 11 Registration Form, 2014 ...... 12 The genus Trametes in NL Leif Ryvarden, Andrus Voitk ...... 14 The Bishop’s sketchbook ...... 23 Neottiella vivida Andrus Voitk ...... 24 Book review—Ascomycetes of NA Dave Malloch ...... 25 Mail basket ...... 28 Partners ...... inside back cover Notice ...... back cover
This issue and all previous issues available for download from the Foray Newfoundland & Labrador website
OMPHALINA With this issue we announce our upcoming Foray. PLEASE NOTE DATES: September 12-14, 2014. VOTE TO NAME OUR TWO UNNAMED MORELS! An earlier version had wrong dates, and some such forms may still be fl oating about in the ether. If you If you have not submitted your vote happen to fi nd one, please destroy it! for the name of our two new morel species, you still have time. Voting Note the Mycoblitz on Friday (see p. 10). will remain open to the end of May. Note the Arts & Crafts Table (see p. 11). See current status on Letters page (p. The issue goes out to Members fi rst, and for a wider 28). This is your chance to help name distribution three weeks later—one of the benefi ts our own mushrooms, so review the of membership. Each of our last four years the foray February issue for details about the was sold out, with people on the waiting list, some names and how to vote. Everybody is of whom could not be accommodated. Last year set a eligible. new record, fi lling the foray within a week. And next month, when the morels Therefore, members, if you want to assure yourself come, please remember to collect some of a place in this year’s Foray, please take advantage and send us specimens from around of this advance notice to register. A Registration the province. One of the advantages of Form can be found on pages 12-13—if you do not having a club of amateurs interested want a full issue in full colour, set your printer to in mushrooms, is the ability to collect, print just these two pages (take care, because we sample and survey far more and wider do not number the covers, so pages 12 & 13 may than any single individual could be 14 & 15 for your printer). Alternately, you can do alone. This gives a much better download a Form from our website
See you at the Foray!
andrus
2 OMPHALINA FForayoray matters…matters…
Foray 2014 in Gros Morne species curve continues to rise steeply, there are still many species to discover. If the curve Last year’s foray on Fogo Island was a fl attens out, it indicates that we are coming wonderful experience, thanks to the close to the end of our inventory, at least in amazing support that we received from the Gros Morne area. the Shorefast Foundation. In the near future Gros Morne National Park is a World Heritage I hope that we can return to conduct our Site, and is one of the best-known national customary second collection year. However, parks in Canada. It contains a wide range of this year we will foray in Gros Morne National habitats including coastal meadows, coastal Park. forest (tuckamore), bogs, fens, lowland Our fi rst foray was held in Gros Morne in mixed forest, lowland coniferous forest, 2003. We had no idea how well it would be tundra, limestone cliffs, granite barrens, attended, or whether there would even serpentine barrens, and highland coniferous be a second foray. Eleven years later we forest. Each of these contains a different mix have had over 600 attendees, have worked of fungi and lichens. Each previous year that with experts from Belgium, Estonia, Finland, we were in Gros Morne we found a wealth Norway, Sweden, and The Netherlands, as of mushrooms and enjoyed the camaraderie well as from across the United States and and scenery of Killdevil Camp. I hope that Canada. We have identifi ed over 1,550 we will see you in Gros Morne this September, species of fungi (including 208 lichen species I am sure that this will be another great foray! collected and identifi ed in the last three Please note that for those able to make it, years). Our fungarium now contains about we begin the foray with a mycoblitz of Sir 9,000 collections, which have become a Richard Squires Memorial Provincial Park, valuable source of investigation, as you can leaving the parking area at exactly 11:00 read in every issue of OMPHALINA. AM, Fri., Sep. 12, 2014 (see pp 10-11). If you Repeating a foray in Gros Morne a decade come, bring your own lunch. after the fi rst will help us understand more Michael Burzynski about the number of fungus species in this President province. In 2003, 2004, and 2005 we forayed in Gros Morne. Then and since, each year we have added a new point to our cumulative species curve. Each point represents the number of completely new species identifi ed that year. Conducting another foray in Gros Morne will be a great test. As long as the
OMPHALINA 3 KILLDEVIL Killdevil Lodge (photo on back cover) has been a youth camp since 1959. Before that it was a salmon fi shing lodge, and originally it was part of the company town of Lomond, a logging community established in 1918. Lomond was situated near the waterfront for easy lading of oceangoing vessels (where the wharf is in the photo to the left). The townsite now is a campsite and place for wildfl owers and some meadow and lawn mushrooms. It was built when he original mill town, Stanleyville, a bit further out, was closed and operations moved to Lomond. We will foray on the trail to Stanleyville from Lomond, and on the trail from Lomond to Killdevil, both very prolifi c producers of mushrooms. Across the bay is Killdevil Mountain (fourth tallest on the Island), so named because reputedly it will kill any poor devil who climbs it. Camp Killdevil is more rustic—closer to camping—than most of the places we have forayed in the last few years, but it is home: this is where we began with our fi rst three forays. The buildings and camp are well maintained, and in one of the most beautiful parts of the national park. You will be supplied with bedding, (sheets, pillows, blankets), but please bring towels, soap, and shampoo. If you forget, they can be supplied for a one-time fee of $3.50. Also, bring a fl ashlight, in case the generator fails in the night. The fee for the Foray covers your accommodation and meals from supper Friday to lunch Sunday. If you wish to spend more time in the area, there is a wide choice of accommodations
MB 4 OOMPHALINAMPHALINA How to Get to Foray 2014 Drive or fl y to Deer Lake (YDF). Once you have found your way to Deer Lake on the west coast of Newfoundland, ge ng to the site of the Foray is pre y straigh orward. There are not a lot of roads in western Newfoundland, so you have to work hard if you want to get lost. The turnoff to the Great Northern Peninsula is about 1.5 km west along the Trans Canada Highway (Hwy 1) from Deer Lake Airport. At the overpass, take Route 430 north and drive for about 30 minutes, which will bring you to the community of Wiltondale on Gros Morne Na onal Park’s southern boundary. You will not need to stop at the park entrance kiosk because Foray a endees do not require a park user permit during the Foray.
Turn le (west) at Wiltondale onto Route 431, and within ten minutes drive you will enter the park boundary near Lomond River Lodge. About 3.5 km past the boundary take the dirt road on the right (north) to Killdevil Camp. Three km down the road on the right (east) is the driveway into Killdevil Camp. Welcome to Foray 2014! Michael Burzynski
Watch out for moose!
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Outings during the Foray will use some of the park and community trails in the Gros Morne area. Following are descriptions of the main trails. Please remember that because mushroom collectors tend to move VERY slowly when the pickings are good, many groups will not complete the trail that is assigned to them.
1. Western Brook Pond Trail is the most-used trail in the park, 3 km in to the lake, with an optional loop that makes the return slightly longer (7 km total walk). The trail is relatively level, with two small hills. The trail base is gravel and boardwalk. The trail starts in the Lomond Trail and makes a 7.5 km loop around Stuckless scrubby coniferous forest, then crosses over a series of bogs Pond. After an initial section of boardwalk, the trail surface separated by slightly higher, forested, limestone ridges. The is gravel with several long hills. The trail crosses a fen, then trees in this area are dwarfed by wet soil and high winds. enters a forest of ir, spruce, and paper birch and climbs to the pond. The lower section of the trail can be very 2. Berry Head Pond Trail is a short loop that provides productive. an accessible route to the edge of the pond, 2 km total walk. The trail is lat. Trail base is gravel and boardwalk. 8. Stanleyville Trail is a short steep trail that scales a Coniferous forest at the beginning of the trail grades into hill between the Lomond Campground area and the old wind- and snow-contorted trees, to a beaver meadow, and community of Stanleyville. The trail is 4 km return, has a to open bog before heading back to the parking lot. gravel base, and involves two steep climbs. The forest is recovering from insect and wind damage, and there are 3. Lobster Cove Head has a network of short marked and several open sections. unmarked trails. The headland is lat and the second-growth trees make a dark forest loor that is great for mushrooms. 9. Partridgeberry Hill Trail climbs the hill above the park Near the coast is dense tuckamore, but only a hundred feet Discovery Centre, and is a 5 km return walk. The trail base is or more inland the trees are normal sized. gravel, and the route rises steeply to the lookout. The lower portion of the trail is mixed forest with spruce, ir, white 4. Bakers Brook Falls Trail starts in the Berry Hill pine, red maple, and paper birch. The trees get smaller as Campground and travels to Bakers Brook (9.5 km return). the trail rises, until the ir and spruce on the summit are It has only a few small hills, and the base is gravel and stunted tuckamore patches in open fen and bog wetland. boardwalk. The route alternates between wetland and Tundra vegetation crowns outcrops of bedrock. There are coniferous forest. The forest in this area has been heavily great views of Bonne Bay from the summit. hit by insets and wind, and its recovery slowed by moose grazing, so there are large open areas. 10. Green Gardens Trail starts at Long Pond, rises over peridotite (serpentine) barrens, then drops to the coast 5. Gros Morne Trail leads to a loop around the top of Gros through a forest of ir, spruce and birch. The length is 9 Morne Mountain, the whole trail is 15 km return. This trail km to the shore and back, and the trail bed is gravel with ranges from steep to extremely steep. The trail surface is sections of stairs. The return involves a steep climb. At the gravel with several sections of stairs. The lowland portion shore there are extensive coastal meadows, sea cliffs, sea of the trail runs through coniferous forest and small bogs, stacks, cobble beaches, and beautiful views. The full trail (24 and the mountain portion is mostly rock rubble and tundra Km loop) is too long to foray, but is easily among the top 10 vegetation. The early portion of the trail, near the brook, is hiking trails in the world. If you are hiking in the area and usually good for fungi. can only walk one trail, this is the trail. 6. Lomond River Trail starts at a parking lot on Route 431. 11. Trout River Pond Trail starts at the parking lot at the The trail is 12 km return, and is relatively lat. The irst northeast end and follows the northern shore 7.25 km in to part of the trail is boardwalk, and that grades into gravel. the narrows between the two lakes. The base is gravel, and After crossing rich fens the trail enters mixed forest, which the trail climbs a few small hills. After travelling through continues until the trail reaches the meadows at Killdevil forest, the trail exits onto the serpentine barrens, where Camp. only highly specialized plants are able to survive. This trail offers amazing views of the Tablelands and the two lakes. 7. Stuckless Pond Trail begins at the same parking lot as
6 OMPHALINA Partridgeberry Hill
OMPHALINA 7 Clothing , Supplies, and Equipment MMichaelichael BBurzynskiurzynski
Clothing Moose-hunting season often coincides with some. 5. Recording your foray is equally important, our foray, so it is prudent to wear a bright orange or bring a camera, extra memory cards, and batteries. red jacket when you are in the woods. We supply Finally, a fl ashlight may be prudent in case the an orange cap with our Foray logo when you check generator fails in the night. in (see Whistles and Caps below for more details). Whistles and Caps As mentioned, we provide an Bright coloured clothes also make it easier to spot orange cap along with a safety whistle—you must you if you become separated from your group. have both to participate. If you received one on a September can be rainy, and occasionally windy previous foray, please bring it. If you forget them, and cold. Loose, layered clothing is best. Bring a or if you have lost your old ones, we’ll provide waterproof and windproof jacket that you can carry replacements, but would appreciate a voluntary in your pack until it is needed. Wear comfortable payment (whistle, $10.00; cap, $ 15.00). Please warm hiking boots, and have a pair of sneakers for bring the cap and whistle with you on all outings. use around the camp and rubber boots in case it The whistles are not toys—only blow them when gets really wet. necessary. Especially, do not allow children to blow Mushroom Collecting Supplies The following supplies them for fun and do not blow them indoors. They are and equipment will help to ensure the proper very loud, and are serious safety devices, designed collection and storage of specimens while on the to be heard over great distances in the woods. The trails. 1. Basket or large non-plastic bag. 2. Plenty sound will harm your hearing. Please take care of of wax paper, paper bags, or small containers to them, and they can serve you for years to come. keep specimens Whistle Codes separate (some will be supplied). 3. An 1 blast: Where are inexpensive plastic you? / I hear you. fi shing tackle box for 2 blasts: Optional for smaller mushrooms internal signaling for is a good idea. 4. A a group, meaning to knife is a necessity to be agreed upon with properly remove the leader. mushrooms from their substrates. 5. Pen or 3 blasts Help!!! / I am pencil to complete lost. / Come here! the collecting slips 4 blasts: Everybody, which are provided. go to prearranged 6. Mushroom fi eld meeting place! This will guide: Voitk: A little be identifi ed by the illustrated book of trail leader at the start common mushrooms of the walk. of Newfoundland and Labrador (see Field Guide for ordering details). Field Guide Copies of A little illustrated book of common mushrooms of Newfoundland and Other Supplies 1. Water bottle. 2. Fly dope—fl ies Labrador can be purchased in the gift shops in and mosquitoes are usually not a problem on the the Gros Morne Discovery Centre (Woody Point) Island at this time of year, but one never knows. and at the Visitor Centre (Rocky Harbour). You 3. Sunscreen (we can always hope!). 4. Small can order one with your registration. To order one backpack to carry everything. 5. A whistle will be ahead of time, contact: Gros Morne Cooperating supplied (see below), should you become separated Association PO Box 130 Rocky Harbour, NL, A0K from your group while off the trail. REMEMBER TO 4N0, Canada Tel: 709-458-3610 Fax: 709-458-2162 TAKE IT WITH YOU! E-mail:
8 OMPHALINA WORKSHOPS Maria Voitk
The most benefi cial workshop for learning about our mushrooms is the TABLES SESSION. Everyone should partake of at least one Tables session each foray; a whole morning attending four is most instructive. Here an expert interprets and discusses the very fungi you and I have collected on our trails. As in past years, we also offer other workshops, some inside and some outside. This year’s specials are Dyeing with mushrooms and Watercolour sketching. Both require materials, so there will be a small fee to cover cost. This should be paid on registration to allow calculation and ordering of supplies. Attendance is limited and participants are signed up fi rst-come-fi rst-served. If the places are fi lled by the time your form arrives, you will be notifi ed, and money refunded.
Dyes from mushrooms with Trine is an experienced dyer, and will fi bre artist Trine Schioldan. $15.00. Cap and scarf knit with demonstrate and teach her craft in wool dyed with mushrooms a hands-on session. Each participant will take home about 225 g of wild- mushroom-dyed wool yarn—enough to a knit scarf or cap—as well as an understanding of the process and some knowledge of the mushrooms. The session is intense and thorough, with a brief set-up on Saturday evening, and a three-hour workshop on Sunday. [Yarn: knitting tension – 4.5 mm needle 20sts/10cm – pattern not provided] Come back next year with your own mushroom dyed cap or scarf! Wool, mushrooms, rubber gloves provided. Optional: apron, pen, paper. If you have some, bring your own dye mushrooms to share.
Wool dyed with mushrooms
Outdoor Watercolour sketching with artist Glynn Bishop. $41.00. This course has been very popular in past forays. You need a pocket watercolour kit with a small soft fi ne brush and a small sketchbook with hard covers. If you bring your own, you need not pay. Tick it off on your Registration Form, but stroke out the cost part. If you do not have one, you may purchase a quality pocket watercolour set and moleskin notebook for $41.00 and include this payment on the Registration Form. Also bring a 2Hb pencil, eraser, small water-container [eg empty pill bottle] You will learn how to capture botanical features for personal mushroom I.D documentation, with effi cient pencil and watercolour sketching. Like any skill, it improves with practice. Bring in a few fresh mushrooms from your hike to serve as your models. And enjoy practicing your new-found skill all year.
OMPHALINAMPHALINA 9 SRSM Gros Morne P Park Mycoblitz
Of Sir Richard To St. John’s squires memorial provincial park To Corner Brook For those able to make it, the foray will begin with a very rich in mushrooms with many unusual meadow mycoblitz of Sir Richard Squires Memorial Provincial species in the playground areas, and forest species in Park at the woods. Beside the entry road you can fi nd the full 11:00 AM, SHARP, on Friday, Sept 12, 2014. gamut from bright yellow to dark brown of the Suillus clintonianus/grevillei complex. A list of what the editor Coming from St. John’s, take Hwy 420 from the Trans has collected at Richard Squires is on the next page. Canada, going to Hampden, and immediately turn left onto 422. Coming from Deer Lake or Corner Brook, Park at the Park Offi ce before 11:00 AM, to set out take 422 from Hwy 430. Hwy 422 is mostly gravel with exactly on the hour. Bring your own lunch! We collect spots of washboard and pot holes. until 1:00 PM, then drive to Killdevil. That will provide time to sort your specimens, register, settle in and be This is a beautiful small park that sets aside a falls on ready to join the reception at 4:00 PM. the Upper Humber River where Atlantic salmon leap
If you come earlier, please be patient. The38 Registrar is upstream to breed. Do not expect to see what is 39 at the mycoblitz and will not be ready41 before36 4:00 PM. on the picture, next page, in September! The Park is 40 37 43 42 35 3434 4444 47 4646 3232 3333 48 3030 Not in 3131 Oh, and if you come, bring a lunch to eat in the fi eld. There are no 4949 use. 5050 2626 2727 5151 2929 stostores,ores, es,s, and a d supper suppe is s a lonlong o g wayswaywa away. 2525 2828 2323 2424
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R F B 1313 Boat Lockers A 1515 80 I G L L 1212 S 1111 70 Fishe 70 PARK Generator P rman’s 1010 arking OFFICE Shed 8 9 80 Big Fa 5 118 7 Storage Shed 70 lls Trail 6 3 117 4 115 80 Craft Hut 2 1 Fire Shed 120 114 119 Kitchen Shelter 112 116 110 View DAY po 122 121 113 109 int USE 107 111 Trailer 123 104 Pumphouse 125 Storage 108 101 106 124 105 100 93 91 89 83 127 103 97 95 87 85 126 102
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5353 Limit of Mapping B 155 157 I 130 G 80 132 154 131 81 F 5454 A 150 153 78 L 79 L 133 134 148 152 S 146 151 76 5656 5555 B 136 77 Not in R 138 144 use. 140 142 149 O 135 5757 O 75 74 5858 147 5959 Checkpoint K 137 145 71 139 141 143 Cormack 69 60 16 km 68 66 64 80 73 61 72 70 62 Tourist Lodge, Deer Lake Park Road / Traffic Flow Picni 67 65 Restaurant, 36 km 63 Store FIRE EXIT Buildings Playg ROAD Hiking Trail Wate
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Hampden Highway Metres OOMPHALINAMPHALINA 18 km 10 Contours in metres, Interval 10 metres AV’s list from Richard Squires Park Green signifi es meadow species, brown species grow on wood.
Aleuria aurantia amianthinum Hydnellum peckii Lactarius deceptivus Morganella subincarnata Amanita fulva Entoloma Hydnellum Lactarius helvus Mycena adonis Amanita muscaria fumosobrunneum scrobiculatum Lactarius hibbardae Mycena borealis Ampulloclitocybe Entoloma sericellum Hydnellum suaveolens Lactarius lignyotus var. Panellus stipticus clavipes Entoloma sp. Hydnum repandum canadensis Peziza sp. Armillaria ostoyae Entoloma sp. Hygrocybe acutoconica Lactarius rufus Phaeolus schweinitzii Arrhenia philonotis Entoloma sp. Hygrocybe cantharellus Lactarius thyinos Pholiota granulosa Bankera violascens Pholiota Bjerkandera squarrosa adusta Polyozellus Calocera furcata multiplex Catathelasma Porphyrellus ventricosa porphyrosporus Chaliporus Pseudohydnum piperatus gelatinosum Clavaria fumosa Ramaria Clavariodelphus apiculata var. ligula brunnea Clavulinopsis Ramaria fl accida fusiformis Ramaria Collybia cirrhata leptoformosa Collybia tuberosa Ramaria Connnopus rubripermanens acervatus Rhodocollybia Cortinarius acutus butyracea Cortinarius Rugosomyces alboviolaceus fallax Cortinarius Russula fragilis armillatus Russula Cortinarius bivelus paludosa Cortinarius Russula redolens caperatus Russula Cortinarius xerampelina cinnamomeus Spathularia Cortinarius fl avida collinitus Spathulariopsis Entoloma subsinuatum Hygrocybe Lactarius torminosus velutipes Cortinarius evernius phaeococcinea Entoloma Lactarius Suillus clintonianus Cortinarius glaucopus xanthoserrulatum Hygrophoropsis vinaceorufescens Suillus fl avus Cortinarius incognitus Galerina sphagnorum aurantiaca Lecinum vulpinum Suillus grevillei Cortinarius saturninus Gloeophyllum sepiarium Infundibulicybe gibba Lentinellus cochleatus Trichaptum abietinum Cortinarius Gomphidius borealis Inocybe geophylla Lepiota cristata semisanguineus Tricholoma saponaceum Gymnopilus penetrans Inocybe lacera Lycoperdon peckii Cortinarius stillatitius Tricholoma transmutans Gymnopilus sapineus Jahnoporus hirtus Lycoperdon perlatum Craterellus tubaeformis Tricholomopsis decora Gymnopus dryophilus Laccaria bicolor Lycoperdon umbrinum Cudonia circirans Xeromphalina Gymnopus enefi cola Laccaria fraterna Lyophyllum decastes Cudonia circirans campanella Hebeloma Laccaria laccata Megacollybia rodmanii Cystoderma crustuliniforme Lactarius controversus Morganella pyriformis
Show or Sell table at the Foray will be set up in the dining room for arts and crafts related to mushrooms. Artisans, please bring along your creations that you are willing to show, or wish to sell. Rules are simple: Each artisan is responsible for her own goods, and for any transactions. Label your work, so that a participant wishing to purchase it can contact you directly. The Foray provides the table, does not charge any commission on sales, and assumes no responsibility for theft, breakage or any other damage. To give an idea of table space required, please register with Glynn Bishop
OMPHALINA 11 Registration & Acknowledgment of Foray Participant’s Responsibility, Express Assumption of Risk, and Release of Liability Killdevil Camp September 12-14, 2014; Faculty Foray September 9-12, 2014 VERY IMPORTANT! 1. Please note: registrations must be received by August 22, 2014. Before registering, 2. Spaces are limited, so registrations are accepted on a fi rst-come-fi rst-served INFORMATION basis. We can only accept payment by cash, cheque or money order. A registration is only recorded when a full payment and a signed posted on our website Acknowledgment have been received. < please read 3. Please make cheques out to “FORAY NL“ as wellwww.nlmushrooms.ca as published in issueabout 4the of Foray 4. Please print out this Form, fi ll out, sign and send along with cheque to: the Mr. Geoff Thurlow O 16 Hammond Drive MPHALINA Corner Brook, NL, A2H 2W2, CANADA , 2014. >, Name: ______Date ______
Address: St.: ______
City: ______Prov/State:______Code:______Country:____
Tel: (______)______-______E-mail: ______
Participation fee (in CAD) 240.00 ______Children under 12 free. Youth 13-17 pay 50% 120.00 ______Database Team: student - no fee; non-student veterans 50% 120.00 ______
This is a “Members-only” foray. Your membership fee included in participation fee. The membership lasts until the beginning of the following year’s foray. The participation fee covers accommodation and meals at the foray. To avoid ordering more material than we need, please pre-register for the two workshops below. Places are limited, so again, fi rst- come-fi rst-served. If the session is full, your money will be refunded.
Watercolour workshop - kit $41.00 (Do not pay if you have your own) 41.00 +______Dye workshop - materials $15.00 per participant 15.00 +______Book purchase: I wish to buy _____ NL mushroom fi eld guides @ 20.00 ea +______This is a special members’ price. We do not sell them at the foray.
FUNGI magazine: I wish to subscribe to FUNGI, fi ve issues for 46.00 CAD +______As a service to members, FNL will place a block subscription at cost once a year right after the foray.
SUBTOTAL ...... +______TOTAL ……………………….………...... ………………………… ______
Special needs/wishes: Dietary or other needs ______
______Expertise preference Willing to (co)lead foray______Willing to identify specimens______Wish to help in other ways (suggest) ______
* Database team members with organizational or employer support, please pay full fee. Contact M. Burzynski if you have questions:
Leif Ryvarden, Andrus Voitk
Trametes is a genus of small earlier,2 and Postia balsamea). markedly with exposure to sunlight, bracket fungi, relatively common Even on the mainland, where so that brackets on the lower side white rot recyclers of hardwood in everything is much easier, of a log in the deep forest may look our province. Most have a relatively identifi cation of these species pose quite different from those on top light coloured cap and a whitish problems. A recent phylogenetic of an exposed stump in a clear-cut pore surface with small, round study of the Trametes group of opening. Although not hygrophanous, pores. The most colourful and best polypores showed that these four the hairs (a signifi cant identifi cation known species, known for its active species formed nice phylogenetic feature) swell and lie plastered to anti-cancer components, Trametes clusters with good support.3 the cap if wet, like a gelatinous layer; versicolor, was reviewed on these However, the misidentifi cation rate in hairs also disappear with age. Many 1 pages by Henry Mann. Review by that study for the same four species animals fi nd these brackets to their LR of our collections made over found in our province was around liking and engage in mandibular a decade revealed four species in 15%. rearrangement of their appearance. the province: Trametes hirsuta, T. The pores may disintegrate and ochracea, T. pubescens, and T. versicolor Why such diffi culties with become angular or even tooth-like. (Figure 1). Fruiting bodies were identifi cation of this genus? Well, When they dry, all species take commonest between March and for one thing, the species look on a buff colour, indistinguishable May, with a smaller second peak in alike. That may not be apparent if from each other. And, yes, there is September and October (Figure you read a description or look at a signifi cant overlap in spore size, 2). This study also revealed that it pictures, but many books present often making it diffi cult to know is a diffi cult genus to identify: of the “typical” look, or, even worse, the which species is examined. Even 14 collections, only 6 (43%) were look that happened to be available. descriptions in books show some correctly identifi ed; another 6 (43%) The fruiting bodies have a very wide variation, including in measurable were misidentifi ed to species, and 2 spectrum of appearance, infl uenced characters: for example, one (14%) were from another species by many variables. Young, mature authority gives spore length as (Antrodiella canadensis, described and old fruiting bodies often look 5.2-6.5μm, and another as 6-9μm entirely different. Their colour varies 14 OMPHALINA for the same species. Some Use this hair-key to identify the differences in descriptions are mushroom in the title banner to be expected, of course, but BEFORE reading further. It they do add to the problem. should not be too diffi cult, so Make this a personal challenge! do not cheat! When you travel in the If you thought that broad and woods, collect these brackets light fuzzy bands alternating OCHRACEA VERSICOLOR HIRSUTA PUBESCENS and take them home. Give with bald and narrow dark yourself ample time, and try bands makes this T. ochracea,
to fi gure out which species you are in agreement with METES METES A
you have. On our part, we also the authors. OK, now you are RAMETES RAMETES R RA take up a personal challenge. ready to begin determining T T T T We shall try to do the best you own fi nds. Sounds we can to describe them in simple, but as evidenced by Figure 1. Trametes species found in AV and such a manner that we all can experience, if you accept the Foray collections over a decade. Contrary to improve our identifi cation challenge, you will encounter the mainland, T. versicolor is not the commonest accuracy. If you wish, dry and several more diffi cult situations, species in our province. That honour belongs to T. ochracea, which is probably even commoner than keep your identifi cations where you need to consider these results suggest. with a few small notes (date, a host of other characters to site, substrate and your make a determination. Each determination), and bring your one will not be obvious, this collection to AV at the next much we can guarantee. foray. He will try to get expert First you have to know that confi rmation for you. your bracket is a Trametes. Our Although many people like Trametes species jut out at to begin identifi cation by a right angles from the wood like
consideration of colour, this is a thin shelf (not a thick conk), TEMBER ARCH CTOBER AY probably not the best choice are tough and pliable (not PRIL EP M A S O for this group. Colour tends to hard or soft), usually grow in M be so variable, particularly for overlapping groups but are not Figure 2. Distribution of Trametes collections T. versicolor and T. ochracea, that fused, and are small (Figure 3). through the year. Usually described as primarily an examination of the hairs on annual, in our province they seem to revive after If you make sure the substrate winter, noticeable during thaws early in the year, the cap might make a better is deciduous wood, you starting point. before the snow has gone. A double peaked season immediately exclude Antrodiella is common to many mushrooms that seem unable A quick approach that may canadensis and Postia balsamea, to tolerate the warmest and driest period in the help with our four species is to both of which had crept into summer. Characteristically both peaks are highest key them our by their hairs: our identifi cations, as well on the sides abutting snow. Although the numbers as most Trichaptum species. are small, it seems that all four species showed 1. Short, soft, velvety hairs a similar seasonal preference. Since forays are with a silken sheen (T. Admittedly, our species have been reported to grow on held in September only, foray material omitted to versicolor). prevent skewing results. coniferous wood on occasion, 2. Long, soft hairs on raised but the occurrences are so Thickness bands, alternating with rare, that in the beginning you 2-15 mm hairless bands; if hairs will be safe to ignore that. Last, adpressed, a matte look, no make sure the pores are small, sheen. (T. ochracea) even and round or nearly so. 3. Minimal zonation with soft, Poremouths that are maze-like Projection or form gills or near-gills put 1-7 cm short hairs even in sunken Breadth your fi nd in another genus. bands (T. pubescens). 1-10 cm 4. Entire cap covered with Now you have a Trametes, and it is only a matter of deciding upright long hairs that Figure 3. Dimensions of Trametes brackets. are seldom adpressed (T. which of four. Should be a Breadth is longest axis, projection is extent from hirsuta). snap! wood, thickness at base of bracket. OMPHALINA 15 Trametes versicolor Trametes versicolor, the turkey tail, is the species most people think of when they think of Trametes. It is the commonest of the species on the mainland, and the species most often featured in fi eld guides. It is also the species gaining attention because of its promise as an anticancer agent. Here it is not nearly as common. Recognition is easy if it has the classical blue look— the only species in the group with true blue colour.
Two “classical” gunmetal blue clusters of T. versicolor. Also, radial cross section to show dark line (arrow) between hairy upper layer and white fl esh.
Photo: Henry Mann Photo: Henry Mann
16 OMPHALINA However, many times it is not blue, and many times it may be diffi cult to distinguish “gun- metal blue” from other gray to black shades. T. ochracea is the our primary species with which it can be confused readily. Apart from having blue colour (sometimes), T. versicolor differs from T. ochracea by: 1. The zonate bands are narrower and there are more of them. 2. All bands are hairy, even the brown sunken Illustrations on this page show ones. non-blue colour variations of T. 3. The hairs are shorter and denser, soft fuzzy, versicolor. Note the satin sheen often with a sheen like silk or satin. in the top photo and the small 4. The pore mouths are smaller (4-5/mm vs. 3-4). one above—not always seen, but if there, it is diagnostic. Note 5. The spores are somewhat smaller (5-6 x also that the sunken brown bands 1.5-2.5 μm vs. 6-8 x 2-3). are hairy, not bare. Photo: Henry Mann
Photo: Henry Mann
OMPHALINA 17 Trametes ochracea Trametes ochracea is our commonest species of the genus. Compared to T. versicolor it is paler, more evenly coloured and less zonate, although at times this may not be so. Its bands are fewer and wider. Characteristically raised, wide, light bands alternate with sunken, bare (hairless), brown ones. The hair on the wide bands is more obvious, longer and softer. This separates it from T. versicolor, with short, dense, shiny hairs and from T. hirsuta with its stiff, bristly hairs. T. pubescens has similar hairs, but is considerably paler, more evenly coloured with less obvious bands (less zonate).
Photo: Roger Smith
Photo: Roger Smith
Water and age can render the hair key useless. When wet (left upper), the hairs can fl atten like a knobbly gelatinous layer, but often, after it dries (left middle—same mushroom) the hairs will again resume their shape and reveal the sunken bands to be hairless. With age the hairs may become adpressed (left lower, both right), resulting in a velvety cap, so that the identifi er needs to use other characters. Notice that this one is matte, lacking the sheen of T. versicolor. 18 OMPHALINA Photo: Henry Mann Photo: Maria Voitk
Grays and blacks are diffi cult to separate from gray- blue, causing one of the authors to lose a dollar bet on the upper left specimen. It is easy to think there are two populations, T. ochracea and T. versicolor. In fact, the gray ones are the revived fruiting bodies and the pale ones have not revived, both T. ochracea. Little more attention to the hair key would have saved the dollar. Like many small shelf fungi, caps of Trametes often become the home for species of algae, colouring them green (upper right). Whether there is a deeper functional relationship between the two organisms is unknown, but lower right photo may make you think of T. versicolor. we do know that green caps make identifi cation more Applying the hair key will steer you straight. diffi cult. Note the longer and softer hair than on T. versicolor on T. ochracea may be very colourful,luring you into a cross section. As in the latter, the cap “skin” appears as a money-losing misidentifi cation. Despite lacking blue, the dark line between hair and fl esh.
OMPHALINA 19 Trametes pubescens
Photo: Henry Mann troops, with irregular small nodules and fresh caps arising from the mature caps. The pore surface is more straw coloured than the other species, which are whitish to grayish in comparison (especially T. hirsuta). The cross section lacks a dark band, al- though the “skin” is visible as a bit darker ocher line Trametes pubescens has only been collected twice in between the pale cap hairs and whitish fl esh. The a decade. The hairs are fi ne and downy, and may be species contains several ecotypes, some with thinner adpressed. It is much paler, and far less zonate. There fl esh and paler caps. One such, resembling the photo are no signifi cant raised and sunken bands, and not a above, has been known as T. velutina, but phyloge- vibrant colour spectrum. The radial waviness, com- netic studies have shown it to be synonymous with T. mon to all our Trametes species, is more pronounced pubescens. in this species. So is the tendency to grow in large
Photo: Henry Mann
20 OMPHALINA Trametes hirsuta
Trametes hirsuta has only been collected twice in a decade, once in central Newfoundland and once at Terra Nova National Park. We have only one photograph. The cap is completely covered with upright hair, which is almost never adpressed. Zonation is clearly evident, although the colours may not show much contrast: bands range from whitish, cream, light ochre to yellowish ochre. This is out largest species, whose cap regularly reaches the upper 10 cm limit in maximal diameter. With time the poremouths also become grayish and the cap turns a dirty looking gray. In old species, or after long wet periods, there is often a greenish tinge due to algae moving in between the hairs. The cap edge is usually dark, whereas that of T. pubescens is usually light. On cross section this species has a defi nite dark band between the cap and white fl esh. All the four species seem to attract algae (see picture of T. ochracea and cover picture), although perhaps more noticeably with T. hirsuta than the others. This is not unique to this genus, but well documented in other small bracket fungi on hardwood as well (e.g. Cerrena, Lenzites, Trichaptum, etc), so is not a useful identifi cation character for the genus. The exact relationship between the Trametes and the alga is unclear, although a mutualistic relationship akin to basidiolichens is not postulated.
Photo: Roger Smith
OMPHALINA 21 TRAMETES versicolor ochracea pubescens hirsuta CAP projects 1-5 cm 1-5 cm 1-5 cm 1-7 cm widest 1-6 cm 1-7 cm 2-5 cm 2-10 cm diameter thickness 2-5 mm 5-15 mm 2-10 mm 2-10 mm colour colourful, browns, often colourful, even coloured, white-cream-tan; grays-blacks, grays and browns white-cream-yellow turns gray gun metal blue zonation noticeable; many noticeable, bands usually almost usually almost narrow bands wider, not as many azonate azonate hair short, felty, satiny fuzzy hair on broad short, downy dense long hairs over sheen, all bands hairy bands, narrow sunken entire cap, almost bands hairless; felty if bristly adpressed PORES size 4-6 3-4 3-5 2-4 colour white to cream white to cream white-cream to straw white-cream-straw, turns gray CONTEXT colour white cream white white line dark dark faint dark SPORES length 4.5-6.5 5-8 5-7 6-9 width 1.5-2.5 1.5-3 1.5-2.5 2-2.5
You may have noticed from Figure 1 that Trametes ochracea is almost as common as all the others References put together. If our provincial government were to introduce a mandatory Trametes identifi cation 1. Mann H: Turkey tales. OMPHALINA 2(2):2. 2011. program (MTIP), where citizens get a dollar for every 2. Ryvarden L: Antrodiella canadensis—a rare correct identifi cation and pay a dollar for every polypore. OMPHALINA 4(6):8. 2013. mistake, you will break even if you always guess T. ochracea. Hence, with just a little extra knowledge 3. Justo A, Hibbett DS: Phylogenetic classifi cation you could always make money from the government. of Trametes (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) based The above tabular key summarizes the characters on a fi ve-marker dataset. Taxon 60:1567-1583. that may be of help to distinguish between these four 2011. species. Add that to the descriptions and photos, and readers of OMPHALINA should be able to increase their chances for earnings markedly above the break-even Sources consulted for tabular key of always guessing T. ochracea. If you do, the authors Boulet B: Les champignons des arbres de l’est de c would appreciate a modest 10% cut, sent /o the l’Amerique du Nord. Les Publications du Québec. editor, OMPHALINA. We have expenses—see all the Québec. 2003 photographers we need to pay, etc. Good luck! Niemelä T: Käävät, puiden sienet. Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History. Helsinki. 2005. Note: These brackets often harbour insects that will devour even dried specimens. If you collect them, after Ryvarden L, Gilbertson RL: European Polypores. drying, put them in the deep freeze for 10 days, then Fungifl ora. Oslo. 1994. lightly re-dry if moist or soft. This should take care of insects without the use of toxic chemicals.
22 OMPHALINA The Bishop’s Sketchbook
OOMPHALINAMPHALINA 23 NeottiellaNeottiella vividavivida Andrus Voitk
Photo: Maria Voitk
Sometimes there is no particular reason to show a mushroom. Except simply that it is beautiful, a joy to share. There are many small orange cups, whose identifi cation can be diffi cult, partly because they are not often encountered. From its picture Dave Malloch suspected this to be a Neottiella. From several quite similar Neottiella species, this fi t with either N. rutilans or N. vivida: habitat (moss on a sandy meadow), habitus (seated deep in sand among moss), macroscopic appearance (size; cup orange inside and out, hairy edge, short pale stem). As you can learn from the new Ascomycete book by Beug, Bessette, and Bessette, Their difference is microscopic: N. rutilans has smooth, reticulate spores, N. vivda has fi nely warty spores. The spores of this specimen were fi nely warty. The asco book, already useful, is reviewed by Dave, beginning on the next page. Photo: Michael Burzynski
24 OMPHALINA BBookook rrevieweview DDaveave MMallochalloch
472 pp. Texas University Press MW Beug, AE Bessette, AR Bessette Austin TX 2014 ASCOMYCETE FUNGI An order from Amazon.ca totalled $84.00 CAD, taxes and shipping included. The discounted web Of North America $80.00 price at the publishers website, is US$56.95. A MUSHROOM REFERENCE GUIDE
This new book on North American pages for each species include a in detail. In some species there ascomycetes is a welcome surprise. simple description of macro- and may also be some comments on Treating about 600 species of microscopic features followed by edibility. The book ends with a ascomycetes it compares favorably a paragraph outlining habitat and glossary of mycological terms, with any of the larger books on geographic distribution. A fi nal a list of photo credits, an index North American basidiomycetes. paragraph, labelled for common names and one for The authors have attemptedtempted scientiscientifi c nnames. to bridge the gap between tween TThehe introdintroductoryu section is brief, beginners and ddeclaringeclaring a detailed discussion more advanced of ascomascomyceteyc biology to be enthusiasts by bebeyondyond tthehe scope of the book. taking a fairly Michael W. Beug TThehe photphotographsog of microscopic scholarly approach Alan E. Bessette ffeatureseatures aarere clear but few in to their subject ASCOMYCETE FUNGI Arleen R. Bessette numbernumber aandn not likely to inspire while at the same ETE FUNGI of North America a new gegenerationn of amateur time presenting the microscopists.microsco I suspect most material in a very A MUSHROOM REFERENCE GUIDE readersreaders wwill quickly skip over user-friendly way. thisthis secsectiont and get on with the They have arranged excellentexcelle keys, descriptions the descriptions and andand ilillustrations,lu which are the illustrations in a formatmat realreal strengthst of this unabashed that is taxonomically of North America y fi eld gguide. up-to-date and not necessarily intuitive,, TThehe keys really are good. but have provided entryntry ThThee authors undoubtedly to this system throughgh ggaveav them a great deal of a creative use of pictureture ththoughto and somehow keys that anyone cann easileasilyy mmanaged to integrate
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The book includes an BEUG et al. an ttraditional dichotomous introduction to ascomycetes mycetes kkeys. Users can take an accompanied by severalvSheeral ntifi c unknown collectionc through these photographs of microscopicrmerousosco pic es “Comments”“Comments” kkeyseys step bby step, or they can just characteristics, an identidentifi cation contains a discussion of the skim over tthe thumbnails until key combining texts and pictures contains a discussion of the correct name for the species and they come upon the species they and a main section made up of also a short overview of similar have in hand. As an educator, I descriptions and illustrations of species not treated by the book have long known that some people individual species. The descriptive are verbal in their approach to OMPHALINA 25 Picture Key to the Major Types 2b. Interior hollow or of thick folds of mush- of Included Ascomycetes room tissue ...... 3 of both macro- and microscopic 1a. Epigeous (aboveground) Ascomycetes features are detailed enough 3a. Interior hollow or folds of tissue, usually (see also 3b) ...... 9 buried at maturity, spores forcibly dis- to be useful to most users. The 1b. Hypogeous (below ground) Ascomycetes charged or not ...... 4 ...... 2 descriptions of microscopic 3b. Interior hollow, opening to the surface at the structures are quite precise and top by splitt ing into rays, spores forcibly dis- 2a. Interior near or at maturity ± completely charged, sometimes with an audible hiss will be useful to professional fi l l e d ...... 5 mycologists. Greater detail will only be found in technical journals. Writers of popular basidiomycete books could learn a lesson or two here. Under the heading “Occurrence” the authors outline what is known about the specifi c habitat of the species as well as its known Sarcosphaera coronaria Peziza ammophila A (sand dunes) p. 204 Chorioactis geaster W, NE p. 250 Texas p. 139 geographic distribution. Readers in Newfoundland, as well as the rest of Canada, will fi nd there are some inaccuracies regarding our country. For example, the location “northeastern North America” Geopora pellita QC p. 89 Geopora arenicola NE + CO p. 89 Geopora sepulta E p. 90 is often used when the authors really mean “northeastern USA DISTRIBUTION NOTES USED IN CAPTIONS: A = ince abbreviations are standard except that and adjacent parts of Canada”. widespread; N, S, E, W = region in North Amer- NE = northeast, not Nebraska; MX = Mexico; ica; M = mountains; C = coast; B = boreal; WC = west coast; EC = east coast. Mitrula paludosa is said to occur MW = Midwest; ? = uncertain; state and prov- in northeastern Canada, although it really is known mainly from southern Canada. Neocudoniella Beginning of thumbnail key: both word and picture guide the reader radicella is quoted as growing in to the correct identifi cation; “thumbnails” are of good size and “boreal forests across Canada and excellent quality. probably the northern portions of North America”. I suspect that they really mean “northern portions of Ascomycete Fungi of North America 16 the USA”.
identifi cation while others are more Sphaeronaemella helvellae. In The comments on each species visual. This book takes both by the turning to the page indicated by the are again far from condescending. hand and walks them through to thumbnail, we come to the main Some readers will get more than their goal. Wonderful! The keys page for Gyromitra infula, where they need here, while professionals do not take the identifi er just to a under the Comments paragraph and advanced amateurs will fi nd featured species, but may include there is a detailed description a great deal of useful information. species not given a major entry of S. helvellae, a very small Discussions of nomenclature but nevertheless included in more ascomycete growing parasitically and taxonomy are carefully detailed comments. By and large, within the cap of G. infula. documented by current literature the thumbnails are large enough There are no photographs of the citations. Occasionally the to be useful but a few may be Sphaeronaemella and it is doubtful descriptive pages have a short somewhat unclear to those not the thumbnail in the key would be paragraph dealing with edibility. already familiar with the species. chosen by a person who actually This seems a little inconsistent: One unexpected diversion is observed it. with morels and similar fungi found among the thumbnails of this makes sense but it can be The main descriptive pages are spotty elsewhere. For example Gyromitra species, where a rather nicely organized. The descriptions mutilated fruiting body is labelled Sarcoscypha austriaca is declared
26 OMPHALINA Gyromitra infula (Schaeff er: Fries) Quélet Saddle-Shaped False Morel to be “nonpoisonous but not MACROSCOPIC FEATURES: fruitbody consisting of a recommended”, but there is no cap and stalk; cap 2.5– 10 cm wide × 2– 10 cm high, comment on the edibility of S. usually saddle-shaped or sometimes trilobate, mar- gin incurved; upper surface wrinkled to convo- coccinea on the following page. luted or sometimes nearly smooth, moist when Some species of Helvella have fresh, reddish brown to dark brown or sometimes comments on edibility while yellow-brown, lacking distinct violet to lavender tints; lower surface paler, minutely velvety; interior others do not. hollow or chambered, fl esh britt le; stalk 2– 6 cm long × 2– 2.5 cm thick, dry, hollow, fi nely granular, The treatment of morels is right at whitish to pinkish buff . the cutting edge of our knowledge MICROSCOPIC FEATURES: spores 18– 23 × 7– 10 μm, elliptic, smooth, with 2 large oil drops when and lays out, perhaps for the fi rst mounted in water, uniseriate, nonapiculate, hya- time in such a book, the baffl ing line; asci 250– 330 × 14– 15 μm, 8-spored; paraphyses array of known species. These cylindrical, septate, forked, and enlarged apically. OCCURRENCE: solitary, scatt ered, or in groups on species are hard to tell apart and decaying wood or humus; summer and fall, also are still mostly the territory of winter and spring in coastal California; widely dis- tributed in North America; occasional to locally molecular biologists. However, common. Gyromitra infula most readers who have searched EDIBILITY: poisonous. for morels will probably fi nd COMMENTS: Th is false morel is unusual for the ge- nus Gyromitra in that it typically fruits in the sum- (P. Karsten) P. Karsten grows on the living fruit- the discussions fascinating. mer and fall rather than spring, except for coastal bodies of Gyromitra infula and Gyromitra ambigua. Fortunately, according to these California where it fruits in the spring. We have Sphaeronaemella helvellae gives Gyromitra fruit- found versions of this species less than 1 cm tall in bodies a velvety, withered appearance but Gyromi- authors, all morels are edible if the spring. Helvella infula Schaeff er is a synonym. tra ascospores are always present, indicating that well cooked, so taxonomy should Gyromitra ambigua (P. Karsten) Harmaja is very the infection does not occur until host maturity. not interfere with the delight of similar and also fruits in the summer and fall, but Sphaeronaemella helvellae fruitbodies are super- its cap and stalk have distinct violet to lavender fi cial to semi-immersed in the spore-bearing area eating these little morsels. tints, with the cap a dark red-brown, nearly chest- of the host. Th ey are composed of perithecia that nut colored, and its spores are larger (21– 30 × 7– measure 0.09– 0.25 mm in diameter, are nearly There are several pages devoted 12 μm) and indistinctly apiculate (Harmaja 1969a). spherical to ovoid, bald, smooth, and have a long to species of truffl es and truffl e- Some authors consider Gyromitra ambigua and Gy- neck through which the spores emerge. Th ey are like fungi. These may be less romitra infula to be synonyms, but the combination colored bright yellow-orange and are densely gre- of fruiting body color and spore characteristics garious. Th eir spores are 8– 10.5 × 3– 4.5 μm, unilat- useful to Newfoundlanders than to appear to be consistent diagnostic features (Ab- erally fl att ened-elliptic in side view, elliptic in face western Americans but are great bott and Currah 1997). Sphaeronaemella helvellae view, smooth, hyaline, and yellowish in mass. to see. Most books simply ignore Example of text page: 17 x 25 cm, ample room, legible text, beautiful photo, full them. One practice here I do not description, discussion includes similar species. condone is the use of so-called Pezizomycetes 150 “nomina nuda”, that is, names that have yet to be formally published well thought out. The glossary on North American ascomycetes. of terms is thorough, as is the The authors understate its according to agreed-upon Beug-final.indb 150 10/14/13 2:59 PM procedures. In this book several bibliography. The authors are to importance by citing Seaver’s unpublished names are introduced be congratulated on their efforts to monumental North American Cup in the genus Elaphomyces with the be as up-to-date as possible. The Fungi in its 1978 reprint rather than comment “in preparation”. Once indices of common and scientifi c pointing out that this was originally these illegitimate names make names are thorough. The scientifi c published in two volumes in their way into the wider literature index even includes some plant 1942 and 1951. We have waited they become confusing. Should species although not all. I would a long time for such a book. It someone publish names for these have preferred to see the scientifi c may contain a small percentage species before the ones used here index to be alphabetized by species of the ascomycetes we are likely are published we will have yet as well as genus, since many of to fi nd and is mainly restricted to another set of useless names to us have yet to adapt to the latest the larger and more conspicuous deal with. While nomina nuda can generic names and may have species but is nevertheless a be sorted out by professionals, diffi culty fi nding the entry for a wonderful aid to identifi cation. I they can become a nightmare for species we are familiar with. enthusiastically recommend this amateurs and non-specialists. In summary, despite a few small book to amateurs and professionals alike, and congratulate its authors The fi nal sections of the book are quibbles, I like this book very much. It is a landmark publication on a job very well done. OMPHALINA 27 the mail bag or why the passenger pigeons assigned to serve the lavish Corporate and Editorial offices of OMPHALINA get hernias
As soon as I got the last issue I ordered two hot pink Andromeda Bog Rakes, payment including the pink surcharge. I was told that due to heavy demand, fulfi llment of my order would be delayed for 30 days. Mind you, we have a short bog season in California, and I’m itching to get out into the fi eld (although that rash could be caused by something I ate) with my new Andromeda Bog Rakes. Please en- sure my delivery takes place by April 1. David Rust
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