Transcript VMS shows, van Dusen garden and Richmond Nature Park

VMS shows, van Dusen garden
and Richmond Nature Park
Species new to VMS shows since
2003
Agaricus subrufescens
Almond
mushroom
Edible, taste and
fragrance of
almonds.
In compost,
manure,
and rich soil.
Photo by Nathan Wilson. http://mushroomobserver.org/549
Alloclavaria purpurea
Purple club coral,
was Clavaria p.
On wet soil near
conifers.
Apparently edible
Image Number 78452 at Mushroom Observer, Dan K.
Amanita aprica
Normally only
found in spring.
With Douglas
fir and pine.
Poisonous.
New to science
In 2005!
Image Number 159765 at Mushroom Observer
Amanita rubescens
The blusher.
Bruises pink.
Rare in BC and sometimes confused with
Amanita novinupta .
Edible, but easy to
confuse with
dangerous Amanitas.
Piacenza's mountains, september 2005, by Archenzo
Annulohypoxylon multiforme
Old name:
Hypoxylon m.
Crust on birch and
alder.
Annulohypoxylon
species used as
growth medium
for Tremella
fuciformis,
Chinese snow
fungus, with
culinary, cosmetic
and medicinal
uses!
Photo H. Krisp
Armillaria sinapina
Member of
A. mellea
group
Honey
mushroom
Name refers
to “mustard”
“Senf,
sennep,
senap”
Ken Stavropoulos (pennybun)
Clavulina rugosa
Wrinkled coral
“Can be eaten”
In woods and
pastures.
Walter Siegmund (talk)
Cordyceps militaris
Scarlet caterpillar club
On insect larvae and
pupae.
Jose Ramon Pato from Coruña, España
Contains anti-cancer
agent Cordycepin
Cortinarius callisteus
Tawny web-cap. Another small potentially poisonous cort
to avoid!
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Geoglossum fallax
Black earth tongue
Often on clay
or ravine slopes
Photo © Biopix: JC Schou
Hygrophorus agathosmus
Almond scented
waxy-cap.
Has strong
almond smell
that disappears
on cooking.
Of medicinal
interest for
anti-bacterial
properties.
Found under
Conifers.
Ryane Snow (snowman)
Hygrophorus russula
Pinkmottle
waxy cap
With hardwood.
Edible and
good.
Matt Sherman (Shermanii)
Melampsora occidentalis
Cotton wood rust.
Life-cycle require
both deciduous
leaves and Douglas
fir needles as
hosts.
Pathogen damages
the deciduous tree,
but not the conifer.
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Melastiza chateri
False eyelash fungus
Colonizes bare soil.
Similar to Aleuria
aurantia, but smaller
and has brownish discoloration at margin.
Otidia leporina
Rabbit ears
On mosses with conifers. Reported to be edible
Peziza vesiculosa
Bladder cup
On manure
and rotting
straw.
Poisonous
raw.
H. Krisp
Postia guttulata
A.k.a. oligoporus guttolatus
Wood rotter
mostly on
conifers.
Also causes butt
rot on living
spruce
Taste bitter
Stropharia hornemannii
Conifer roundhead
With decayed wood
Edibility unknown,
but taste
disagreeable
(Arora)
Thaxterogaster pinguis
a.k.a. Cortinarius p.
Gastroid cort
In duff under
conifers
Edibility
unknown,
but taste
said to be
unpleasant.
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Tricholoma bufonium
a.k.a. T. sulphueum?
The stinker
Taste and
smell very
unpleasant
so toxicity
is unknown.
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Tricholoma caligatum
Brown matsutake
Similar to pine mushroom Tricholoma magnivolare.
Reports on taste
and odor very
variable.
Edible, some say
it is very good,
but most find
it disappointing.
May be more
Than one species.