2004 gros morne foray
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2004 Gros Morne Foray - Killdevil LodgeTRANSCRIPT
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SPONSORS:The Department of Environment, & Conservation
Western Newfoundland Model ForestGros Morne National Park
REPORT ON THE
Andrus Voitk
CONTENTS
Personelle 1
Participants & Trails 2
Program 3
REPORT 4
Species List 7
Logos Inside back cover
2005 Notice Back cover
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FACULTY:
GUESTS:
Ken Harrison Biologist, Forest Service, Fredericton, NBLorelei Norvell Editor-in-Chief, MycotaxonRoger Smith Wildlife photographer, University of New Brunswick, Frederickton, NB Greg Thorn Prof of Mycology, University of Western Ontario, London, ONRod Tulloss Amanita expert, New Jersey, USA
LOCAL:
Michael Burzynski Biologist, Gros Morne National ParkFaye Murrin Prof of Mycology, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St John’sAndrus Voitk Organizer; Humber Natural History SocietyGary Warren Mycologist, Canadian Forest Service, Corner Brook
FORAY LEADERS:
Michael BurzynskiKen HarrisonJudy MayFaye MurrinLorelei NorvellNoah SiegelRoger SmithGreg ThornRod TullossMaria VoitkGary 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
NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY 2004 PARTICIPANTS
Ed AndrewsCorner Brook [email protected]
Peggy Kelly AndrewsCorner Brook [email protected]
Lois BatemanCorner Brook [email protected]
Allan BennettPasadena NL
Clinton BennettSt Paul’s NL
Michael BurzynskiRocky Harbour [email protected]
Howard ClaseSt John’s [email protected]
Leila ClaseSt John’s [email protected]
Nathalie Djan-ChékarWitless Bay [email protected]
Jamie GrahamCorner Brook [email protected]
Jack GreeneStatesville [email protected]
Ken HarrisonFredericton [email protected]
Clara JenniexHumber Village [email protected]
John JenniexHumber Village [email protected]
Dorothy KingCorner Brook [email protected]
Lorna LafosseMargaree [email protected]
Margo LeamonMargaree NL
Francine LemireCorner Brook [email protected]
Henry MannPasadena [email protected]
Phyllis MannPasadena [email protected]
Anne MarceauRocky Harbour [email protected]
Barry MayHumber Village [email protected]
Judy MayHumber Village NL
[email protected] Murrin
St John's [email protected]
Lorelei NorvellPortland OReditor@mycotaxon
Jim ParsonsCorner Brook [email protected]
Karole HaycockPittmanRocky Harbour [email protected]
Gerry RideoutLabrador City [email protected]
Noah SiegelRoyalston [email protected]
Judy SkinnerPasadena NL
[email protected] Skinner
Pasadena [email protected]
Roger SmithFredericton [email protected]
Leah SoperCorner Brook [email protected]
Sheldon StoneRocky Harbour [email protected]
Carlo ThornLondon [email protected]
Greg ThornLondon [email protected]
Sue TizzardHumber Village [email protected]
Rod TullossRoosevelt [email protected]
Andrus VoitkHumber Village [email protected]
Maria VoitkHumber Village [email protected]
Gary WarrenCorner Brook [email protected]
Beatrice WhittleLabrador City [email protected]
Mark WilsonSt John’s NL
Dena WisemanWitless Bay, [email protected]
Patricia WisemanCorner Brook NL
[email protected] Zitani
London [email protected]
FORAY TRAILS
1. Western Brook Pond & SnugHarbour2. Bakers Brook Falls3. Killdevil grounds4. Stuckless Pond — to bridge only5. Stanleyville6. Lomond River - TOWARDParking Lot7. Lomond River - FROM ParkingLot8. Gros Morne9. Trout River Pond10. Lomond Campground, TroutRiver Pond Campground,Mackenzie’s Brook Picknic area,other picknic and camp grounds11. Stuckless Pond — beyondbridge12. Green Gardens — lower trail13. Green Gardens — upper trail14. Bonne Bay Big Pond area15. Lomond Highlands
Bakers Brook Falls
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FRIDAY, Sep 17, 2004
9:00 AM – 3:00 PMDiscovery Centre, Gros Morne National Park,Woody PointInternational Mushroom Photo ExhibitCarry-over of the highly successful exhibit by last year’sfaculty (mostly), open to public at Discovery Centre allsummer. While there, please also note the “Along theAppalachian Trail” quilt – it depicts the flora and fauna ofWestern Newfoundland, including some exquisite mush-room squares.
3:00 – 4:00 PM & later, Lomond RoomRegistration
4:00 – 6:00 PM, Lomond RoomWelcome receptionHosted by the people of Newfoundland and Labradorthrough the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation,The Hon Tom Osborne, MHA, Minister.
6:00 – 7:00 PM, Dining HallSupper
7:00 – 8:00 PM, Conference RoomFaye Murrin: Introduction to mushroom col-lecting & identification
8:00 – 9:00 PM, Conference RoomRoger Smith: Mushroom photography
9:00 – 10:00 PM, Conference RoomKen Harrison: Boletes of Nova ScotiaIllustrated with pictures from the book of the same nameby his father, the late Ken Harrison, Sr.
SATURDAY, Sep 18, 2004
8:00 – 9:00 AM, Dining HallBreakfast
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Gros Morne ParkMorning Forays
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Gros Morne ParkAll Day Forays
1:00 – 2:00 PM, Dining HallLunch
2:00 – 5:00 PM, Gros Morne ParkAfternoon Forays
4:30 – 6:30 PM, Lomond Room PatioMushroom cook-up
6:30 – 7:30 PM, Dining HallSupper
7:30 – 8:30 PM, Conference RoomGreg Thorn: Mushrooms of Costa Rica
8:30 – 9:30 PM, Conference RoomLorelei L. Norvell: Life with the Chanterellefamily
9:30 – 10:00 PM, Conference RoomInterview with a FungusWorld PremièreStage adaptation of award-winning essay by DianePleninger.
SUNDAY, Sep 19, 2004
8:00 – 9:00 AM, Dining HallBreakfast
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Gros Morne ParkMorning ID Forays
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Outside ParkMorning Forays for the Pot
12:00 – 1:00 PM, Dining HallLunch
1:00 – 2:00 PM, Conference RoomAndrus Voitk: Wrap-up & Thank you
PROGRAM
REPORTSept 17-19, 2004,Killdevil Lodge in GrosMorne Park hostedNewfoundland's secondmushroom Foray, jointlysponsored by TheDepartment of Environment& Conservation, The HonTom Osborne, Minister,Gros Morne National Parkand the WesternNewfoundland ModelForest. 46 mushroomenthusiasts foraged theautumn woods of spectacular Gros Morne Parkfor species to be identified with the help ofexperts. This year the Foray was co-sponsoredby the Humber Natural History Society, HNHS,and NAMA, the North American MycologicalAssociation, the world’s largest mushroomclub. As a result local mycophiles from all overthe province (GNP, West Coast, AvalonPeninsula, Labrador) were joined in the huntby guests from the USA. The Faculty wasmade up by experts from the USA (the furthestexpert arriving fom Oregon), mainland Canadaand our local cadre of mycophiles and mycolo-gists. Compared to last year, there was a 10%increase and 45% return rate for registrants.
As last year, the Foray opened with a reception bythe Department of Environment & Conservation.Presentations of books, maps and other memora-bilia were made to the out of province guests fromboth the people of Newfoundland via theDepartment as well as Gros Morne Park. All reg-istrants received a handsome registration pack-age from the Department, containing, amongother things, an embroidered yellow sou’wester
foray cap.
Small teams,under expertl e a d e r s h i p ,went forth intothe wildernessSaturday andSunday, forag-ing for mush-rooms Naturehad co-operat-ed, for thewoods werebursting withfungi.
As opposed to last year,no moose appeared toeat the prized specimensand no bear tracks wereencountered. In the wildanimal department, thisyear’s foragers encoun-tered Carlo Thorn explor-ing mud puddles, ofwhich there were a good-ly choice, and a mothercaribou nursing her calf inthe morning mist.
The intrepidf o r a g e r splayed thegame ofm u s h r o o minterpretationwell. Theywere very dili-gent aboutthe use ofc o l l e c t i n gslips - virtuallyno specimencame in with-out a slip.
Specimens were sortedwith attempt to identifyat least to genus.These were submittedto the experts’ eagleeyes and authenticatedspecimens taken to theexhibition hall. Despiteall this help, the expertswere still kept busy intothe night, seeking to
finally pin a name on some elusive and pesky little mush-rooms, using microscopes, chemicals, tomes of booksand each other for consultation.
The resultwas a dis-play of 199i d e n t i f i e ds p e c i e s .A l t h o u g honly 9%more thanlast year,the combi-nation of ane a r l i e r
Killdevil Camp
Boots?SPLASH!!!
Nursing caribou
Foray group in the woodsAt the sorting table
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Foray and a warmer sum-mer allowed us to collect57% new species com-pared to last year, bring-ing our cumulative list to296 species in just twoyears.
This year photographywas added to the activi-ties under the guidance ofCanadian nature photog-rapher Roger Smith . Thisgenerated much interestand produced the expect-ed spate of artistic pic-tures. Roger’s task also
extended to documentation. Once specimens had beenauthenticated andentered into theexhibition hall, dataentry was made foreach specimen,each was pho-tographed and driedfor herbarium archiv-ing as list vouchers.With this we entereda more rigorous and
scientific era:henceforth theNEWFOUNDLANDFORAY will onlyproduce a list forwhich data isentered, photo-graphic record keptand voucher speci-mens exist.
Barry May, a mere kitchen boy last year, displayed a phe-nomenal rise through the ranks to become Chef-in-Chieffor the traditional mushroom cook-up or mycological
degustation held Saturday evening. In addition to ediblesspecifically collected for this purpose outside the Park, alledible copies were sacrificed under his knife. The effortsof his cook-up team provided the foragers with an enjoy-able forum for fellowship and swapping of mushroom lore.
The evening scientific programs provided bountiful oppor-tunity to learn about mushrooms from the experts as wellas insights into the mysterious mushroom world. Lecturesranged from a basic introduction to collecting and identifi-cation, to description of specific genera in the Maritimes,an overview of mushrooms in Costa Rica and a review ofeveryone’s favourite edible, the Chanterelle, and its rela-tives.
The highlight of the program turned out to be a dramatiza-tion of an essay by Diane Pleninger, a NAMA memberfrom Anchorage, Alaska. Dorothy King in her dramaticcharacterization of Dorothy King, radio interviewer, surelycreated a true-to-life character who will remain with theaudience for years. No less of a surprise was provided bythe stellar Barry May, who, hardly rid of his chef’s apron,rose to the challenge of depicting the dung-dwellingPilobilus 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 SierraClub,who were in a retreat-cum-planning-session near-by.
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Fungal degustation in progress
Rogerengaged inflagrant docu-mentation
Backlit forageress
Amanita muscaria split
Inadvertent duplication of Lactarius deliciosus andCantharellus tubaeformis specimens became fodder to thecook-out crew’s well-greased pans
Tthe roving photographer caught a cou-ple wistfully gazing onto the salt waterinlet, already pining for next year’s foray.
Photographs by Roger Smith, Michael Burzynski, JamieGraham, 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 theHumber Natural History Society’s web page,<http://www.swgc.mun.ca/hnhs/>.
Pilobilus crystallinus interviewed by Dorothy King
At the end participants were lined up for a group portrait.A light drizzle made the sou’westers a welcome headgearchoice. After two days in the woods under gray skies,plenty of mushrooms, good fellowship, sleeping in bunkbeds, washing their own dishes and sleeping throughevening lectures, the participants were still smiling!
Another Foray had come to an end. 199 species were col-lected, identified and recorded with photographs andvoucher specimens. 113 new species were added to ourcumulative list, bringing it to 296 species. Several speciesnew to Newfoundland, Canada and North America wereidentified, making a good foundation to a reliable provin-cial data-base.
Now we think 2005!
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MUSHROOMS (mostly gilledAGARICALES)
Agaricus haemorrhoidariusAgaricus cf subrufescens
Amanita elongata*Amanita flavoconia*Amanita muscaria var. guessowii
(= Amanita muscaria var. formosa)
Amanita porphyriaAmanita virosa (incl. A. bisporigera)
Amanita species NFL 7 (R. Tulloss)
Arrhenia acerosa f. latispora
Asterophora parasitica
Bolbitius vitellinus
Calocybe carnea
Camarophyllus pratensis(= Hygrophorus pratensis)
Catathelasma ventricosa
Clitocybe clavipes(=Ampulloclitocybe clavipes)
SPECIES LIST199 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. Taxonomy in Barron: Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada has been followed, except where marked. Common usage orsense 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 specimen4. Names in bold print denote new species this year.5. List tentative - further study may cause mninor revisions.
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Clitopilus prunulus
Collybia tuberosa
Conocybe filarisConocybe lactea
Coprinus comatus
Cortinarius acutusCortinarius alboviolaceus*Cortinarius armeniacusCortinarius armillatusCortinarius bolarisCortinarius lanigerCortinarius limoniusCortinarius malicoriusCortinarius mucosusCortinarius pyriodorusCortinarius rubellusCortinarius scutulatusCortinarius semisanguineusCortinarius traganusCortinarius vibratilisCortinarius violaceus*
Cystoderma amianthium var. ami-anthiumCystoderma amianthium var.rugosoreticulatum
Entoloma cf. caeruleopolitumEntoloma lividumEntoloma majaloides
(=Rhodopolium majaloides)
Entoloma sinuatum
Galerina autumnalis
(=G. marginata)
Galerina sphagnorum
Gomphidius maculatus*
Gymnopilus penetransGymnopilus picreus
Gymnopus confluens(= Collybia confluens)
Hebeloma crustiliniforme(= H. crustuliniformis)
Hebeloma strophosum
Hemimycena gracilis
Hygrocybe acutoconicaHygrocybe cantharellus*Hygrocybe conicaHygrocybe flavescensHygrocybe miniata
Hygrocybe punicea
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Hygrophorus cf. piceae
Hypholoma capnoidesHypholoma fasciculare*
Inocybe castaneaInocybe geophyllaInocybe laceraInocybe lilacinaInocybe fastigiata
(=I. rimosa)
Inocybe subcarpta
Laccaria laccata
Lactarius affinis var. viridilactisLactarius camphoratuLactarius deceptivusLactarius deterrimus*Lactarius glyciosmus*Lactarius hibbardaeLactarius cf. leonisLactarius lignyotusLactarius mucidusLactarius piperatusLactarius rufusLactarius subdulcisLactarius torminosusLactarius vinaceorufescens
Lepiota cristata
Lyophyllum connatum
Marasmius androsaceusMarasmius pallidocephalus*Marasmius thujinus*
Mycena abramsii Mycena epipterygiaMycena galericulataMycena leptocephalaMycena murinaMycena puraMycena pura var. alba
Nolanea quadrata
Panellus serotinusPanellus stipticus
Paxillus involutus
Pholiota astragalina
Phyllotus porrigens(= Pleurocybella porrigens)
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Pluteus atricapillus(= P. cervinus)
Pluteus atromarginatus
Psathyrella cf. sarcocephala
Psilocybe pelliculosa
Rhodocollybia maculata
Rozites caperata
Russula cf. aerugineaRussula compacta*]Russula decoloransRussula densifoliaRussula emetica s.l.*Russula fragilisRussula heterophyllaRussula cf. laurocerasiRussula sanguineaRussula viscida
Stropharia alcis
Tricholoma equestreTricholoma pardinum]Tricholoma pessundatumTricholoma sejunctum
Tricholomopsis decora
Tubaria confragosa**
Xeromphalina campanella
BOLETES (poroid AGARI-CALES)
Austroboletus gracilis
Boletus badiusBoletus edulis
Chalciporus piperatus(= Boletus piperatus)
Fuscoboletinus glandulosusFuscoboletinus grisellus
(= Suillus grisellus)
Fuscoboletinus laricinusFuscoboletinus spectabilis
Leccinum holopusLeccinum scabrum
Suillus cavipes(= Boletinus cavipes)
Suillus grevilleiSuillus luteus
Tylopilus chromapes*Tylopilus felleus*
POLYPORES(APHLLOPHORALES, fami-lies Polyporaceae,Ganodermataceae,Boletopsidaceae and poroidHymenochaetaceae)
Amylostereum chailletii
Antrodia heteromorpha
Cerrena unicolor
Fomes fomentarius
Fomitopsis pinicola
Ganoderma applanatum
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Hirschioporus abietinus (=Trichaptum abietinum)
Ininotus obliquus**
Ischnoderma benzoinum
Jahnoporus hirtus(=Polyporus hirtus [new name])
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Phellinus ferruginosus*Phellinus igniarius
Piptoporus betulinus
Polyporus badiusPolyporus borealisPolyporus brumalisPolyporus elegans
Polyporus varius
CHANTARELLES AND REL-ATIVES (APHYL-LOPHORALES, familyCantharellaceae)
Cantharellus cibariusCantharellus tubaeformis
Gomphus clavatusGomphus floccosus
TOOTH FUNGI (APHYL-LOPHORALES, familyHydnaceae and similar gen-era)
Bankera violascensHydnellum diabolusHydnellum cf. frondosum
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Hydnellum geogeniumHydnellum multiceps
Hydnellum cf. scrobiculatum
Hydnellum suaveolens
Hydnum repandumHydnum umbilicatum
Phellodon niger var alboniger
Phellodon niger var niger
Sarcodon imbricatusSarcodon stereosarcinonSarcodon cf. subfelleus
CORAL FUNGI AND REL-ATIVES (APHYLLOPHO-RALES, familyClavariaceae, includingEarth fans)
Clavulina cristata
Clavaria fumosa
PUFFBALLS AND RELA-TIVES (GASTEROMYCETES)
Bovista pila
Lycoperdon perlatumLycoperdon pyriformeLycoperdon umbrinum
JELLY FUNGI AND RELA-TIVES (AURICULARIALES,DACRYMYCETALES andTREMELLALES)
Dacrymyces palmatus
Guepiniopsis alpina
Tremiscus helvelloides(=Guepinia helvelloides)
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
Cudonia circinans
Helvella crispaHelvella lacunosa
Hypomyces chrysosper-mus
Leotia lubricaLeotia viscosa
Peziza cf. praetervisa
Podostroma alutaceum
SLIME MOULDS(MYXOMYCETES)
Lycogala epidendrium
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Last year’s logo was an asyet undescribed andunnamed species ofAmanita, Section Vaginata,photographed along theGreen Gardens Trail inAugust, 2000..Unfortunately a specimenwas not preserved for defin-itive identification, so we’llnever be able to report thisnew species. It illustratesthe many undescribed andunique mushrooms avail-ab lef o r
discovery in Newfoundlandand was chosen partly for thisreason, partly for its simplebeauty.
This year we thought we’d fol-low last year’s example -chose a beautiful but unnamedand unidentified local mush-room. The depicted mushroomwas seen May 28, 2001 alongthe Appalachian Trail betweenHumber Village & CornerBrook. This time I took a fewsmall specimens, but since itlooked like just anotherMycena to me, didn’t pay it toomuch heed. I saw it again onthe Great Northern Peninsulaone month later, but againignored it. Well, it turns out it’snot a Mycena. I don’t knowwhat it is and so far have notbeen able to find out. The small dried samples are vir-tually gone from sending them around the world foridentification, without being closer to an answer. AndI have not seen this brown beauty again!
So — keep on the lookout for these and otherinteresting species, for you never know whatmay turn out to be a new and exciting find. Allsuch finds will receive an award and an awardwill be given to the “Find of the Day”.
The Newfoundland pine martin (Martes ameri-
cana ssp atrata), now an endan-gered species, is the logo of theHumber Natural History Society. Itis an obvious symbol of the fragili-ty of our natural environment andour need to know somethingabout it in order to preserve it.This concept underscores theimportance of our Foray. While wehave a list of endangered animalsand plants, which we updatethrough constant monitoring, we don’t even knowwhich mushrooms exist here, let alone their frequen-cy, rarity, distribution, prevalence, function, relation-
ships or needs. Thus we can have no list of endan-gered mushroom species and may, in fact, be losingspecies without being aware of it.
LOGOS
2005 EXPERTS (tentative):
Andreas Bresinsky
Dave Malloch
Tom VolkOthers tba
What the Experts said about 2004:
A very positive event. I have attended a number of forays over the years
and this was among the best organized. Ken Harrison
The week at the thoroughly delightful Newfoundland Foray
2004 was time well spent.Lorelei Norvell
This really was one of the best forays I've ever been on.
Greg Thorn
VERY impressive! Excellent list, collecting … in both
QUANTITY and QUALITY. The standard of the photogra-
phy was IMPRESSIVE. It seems a GREAT time was had
by all and once again my congratulations.George Barron
NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY 2005
AdvanceNotice!!!
Killdevil LodgeGros Morne National Park
A UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sept 2-5, 2005Labour Day Week-End
Mark your calendars!