Species List for 2o22 NMMS Foray in Taos

As the reader pores over this list, it may seem surprisingly short. Britt Bunyard, one of our two Foray Mycologists for 2o22, estimated that the count should be about 150 species. Yet, we came up closer to 100, including Genera not identified to species. So what happened? I have included an explanation in the Notes at the bottom of the page. (dmw)

Species with a positive or likely Identification
• Agaricus augustus
• Albatrellus confluens
• Albetrellus ovinus
• Amanita barrowsii
• Amanita multisquamosa (western version) per JJ
• Amanita muscaria
• Amanita nishidae
• Amanita novinupta
• Amanita prairiicola
• Amanita stannea
• Armillaria solidipes
• Bjerkandera adusta
• Boletus rubriceps
• Calvatia booniana
• Cantharellus roseocanus
• Clavariadelphus pistillaris
• Clavariadelphus truncatus
• Clitocybe nuda
• Coprinellus flocculosus (uncommon find)
• Coprinus comatus (no tag found for this one, but we all watched it melt during the Foray)
• Coprinellus micaceous
• Cortinarius violaceous
• Crucibulum laeve
• Cudonia circinans
• Dacrymyces chrysospermus
• Deconica coprophila
• Flammulina populicola
• Floccularia luteovirens
• Fomitopsis schrenkii
• Gloeophyllum sepiarium
• Gymnopus dryophilus
• Gyromitra infula
• Helvella crispa
• Hemipholiota destruens (H.populnea)
• Hydnellum suaveolens
• Hydnum repandum
• Hygrocybe conica
• Hygrophorus erubescens
• Hygrophorus inocybiformis
• Hygrophorus pudorinus
• Hygrophorus speciosus
• Hypomyces lactiflorum (probably on Russula brevipes - lobster mushroom)
• Hypomyces (not lactiflorum - on Boletus specimen - no species ID)
• Hypsizygus tessulatus
• Infundibulicybe gibba
• Jahnoporus hirtus
• Laccaria laccata
• Laccaria nobilis
• Leccinum discolor
• Leccinum kaibabensis
• Limacella illinita
• Lycoperdon pyriforme
• Melanoleuca melaleuca
• Mycena hæmatopus
• Mycena pura
• Neolecta vitellina
• Onnia tomentosa
• Otidea alutacea
• Panaeolus semiovatus
• Paraxerula americana (one of our rare finds)
• Peniophora rufa
• Phellinus gilvus
• Pholiota squarrosa
• Phylloporus rhodoxanthus
• Phyllotopsis nidulans
• Pleurotus pulmonarius
• Podostroma alutacea       (Rare)
• Polyozellus atrolazulinus
• Ramaria abietina
• Sarcodon imbricatum
• Sarcosphaera crassa
• Suillus amabilis
• Suillus lakei
• Tremellodendropsis tuberosa
• Trichaptum biforme
• Trichaptum subchartaceum
• Tricholoma flavovirens (aka T.equestre)
• Tricholoma terreum
• Turbinellus floccosus (formerly Gomphus floccosus)

Identified to Genus

• Auricularia (this was probably what we call A.auricula, which was definitely represented among our collections.)

• Cuphophyllus
• Hebeloma
• Lyophyllum
• Thelophora

Collections without verified Identification (probably correct)

• Agrocybe praecox
• Alloclavaria purpurea
• Catathelasma ventracosa
• Clitocybe odora
• Clitopilus prunulus
• Dacrymyces chrysos
• Dacrymyces palmatus
• Gomphidius glutinosis
• Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
• Lactarius “deliciosus” (Although L.deliciosus is a European species, we use this name for some of the Lactarii common to our area.)

• Leucopaxillus albissimus
• Leucopaxillus gentianeus
• Lycogala epidendrum
• Pholiota aurivella (or squarrosa)
• Tricholoma saponaceum

• Hericium
• Neolentinus
• Phaeolus

Notes

• I created this list from the field slips which we collected at the conclusion of the Foray. The reason it is not more complete is because Sunday morning cleanup began prematurely and unsupervised. As a result, Some (or many) of the identification slips were lost in the trash.

• Some species are obviously missing. There were other Boletus species, and numerous Russulas, Lactarius, &c.

• Pluteus is one One genus which was absent. P.cervinus is common in aspen areas, and it was surprising that none came in this year.
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