Mushroom Foray

Hot cider once again welcomed the 60 participants to the Otto Resource Center for this year’s annual Mushroom Foray. With rain in the forecast but hardly enough to discourage a woodsy trek, the dry summer- autumn leading up to the foray added a bit of concern whether or not our specimen hunt would bear its many fruits of the ground as years past.

Lo and behold, our concerns were unfounded as the specimen baskets came in full from each of our four preserves. To the delight and surprise of both leaders and foragers, and perhaps due to expertise or simply diligence, a bounty of exceptional fungi to be identified filled our tables. From the rainbow chanterelle Cantharellus roseocanus , to old man’s beard Stobilomyces floccopus, Shaggy Parasol Chlorophyllum rhacodes and many others, the species list was long and diverse, suggesting a healthy eco-system all around.

Dr. Fred Rhoades, a well-known mycologist along with his expert team, were enthusiastic, sharing knowledge both for the novice and veteran, together bonding over curiosity and celebration of our forest floor and its fungal network. A list of our finds will be added here soon!

A treasure of specimens from the Otto Preserve.

Once a year LIHT collects and identifies fungal specimens. We do not allow foraging in the preserves.

Mushroom Foray 2024

photo: courtesy of Alika Herreshoff

The below fungi were identified by Dr. Fred Rhoades & his associates with the Northwest Mushroomers Association in October of 2024. Top of the list from the Otto Preserve is a new specimen found and named by one of the identifiers, the mycologist Buck MacAdoo! This holotype is now widely known as the Agaricus buckmacadooi. Thank you Buck, for giving Lummi Island the prestige of a newly-found species!

Otto Preserve:

1.     Agaricus buckmacadooi

2.     Amanita sylvicola

3.     Armillaria solidipes

4.     Cantharellus roseocanus

5.     Clavariadelphus truncatus

6.     Geastrales (order, “Earth Star”)

7.     Gomphidius oregonensis

8.     Helvella sp.

9.     Humaria hemispherica

10.  Hydnum umbilaticum

11.  Hygrocybe conica

12.  Hypomyces lactiflorum

13.  Inocybe pallidicremea

14.  Lepiota clypeolaria

15.  Marasmiellus candidus

16.  Mycena haematopus

17.  Pholiota sp.

18.  Pluteus sp.

19.  Russula olympiana

20.  Russula xerampelina

21.  Strobilurus trullisatus

22.  Suillus sp.

23.  Xerocomellus atrotomentosus

Baker Preserve:

1.     Agaricus deardorffensis

2.     Armillaria solidipes

3.     Cantharellus roseocanus

4.     Chlorophyllum olivieri

5.     Collybiopsis peronata

6.     Cortinarius californicus

7.     Fomitopsis cajanderi 

8.     Gomphidius sp.

9.     Helvella elastica

10.  Hygrocybe miniata

11.  Hypholoma fasciculare

12.  Hypomyces lactifluorum

13.  Jahnoporus hirtus

14.  Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis

15.  Laccaria sp.

16.  Lepiota clypeolaria

17.  Melanoleuca evenosa

18.  Mycena pura

19.  Pholiota squarrosa

20.  Pluteus cervinus

21.  Ramaria sp. (“coral mushroom”)

22.  Russula densifolia

23.  Russula occidentalis or vinosa

24.  Russula sp.

25.  Suillus caerulescens

26.  Tricholoma sulphureum

27.  Xerocomellus diffractus

 Curry Preserve:

1.     Agaricus hondensis

2.     Armillaria nabsnona

3.     Chlorophyllum olivieri

4.     Clavulina cinerea (parasitized by Helminthosporium)

5.     Cyathus striatus

6.     Gomphidius oregonensis

7.     Gymnopilus aurantiophyllus

8.     Hebeloma velutipes

9.     Helvella elastica

10.  Hygrocybe conica

11.  Inocybe geophylla

12.  Inocybe sp.

13.  Jahnoporus hirtus

14.  Laccaria laccata

15.  Lactarius luculentus var. laetus

16.  Lactarius substriatus

17.  Marasmius plicatulus

18.  Otidea sp.

19.  Paxillus involutus

20.  Pholiota limonella

21.  Pluteus exilis

22.  Psathyrella sp.

23.  Pseudohydnum gelatinosum

24.  Ramaria stricta

25.  Stereum gausapatum

26.  Stropharia ambigua

Aiston Preserve (Reflection Woods):

1.     Agaricus buckmacadooi

2.     Apioperdon pyriforme

3.     Clavaria cristata

4.     Clavicorona pyxidate

5.     Clitocybe deceptive

6.     Collybiopsis peronata

7.     Cystodermella granulosa

8.     Geastrum saccatum

9.     Gerronema atrialbum

10.  Gomphidius subroseus

11.  Helvella verspertina

12.  Lepiota sp. (aspera?)

13.  Leucopaxillus gentianeus

14.  Mycena galericulata

15.  Pholiota limonella

16.  Pleurotus ostreatus

17.  Pseudoarmillariella ectypoides

18.  Russula brevipes

19.  Strobilurus albipilatus

20.  Suillus lakei

21.  Tapinella atrotomentosa

22.  Trametes versicolor

23.  Xerocomellus diffractus