Mushrooms of the Adirondacks: Laccaria on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012)

Explore the Adirondacks:
Mushroom Walk
8 August 2012

Mushrooms of the Adirondacks: Agaricus sp on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:   Amanita brunnescens on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Amanita flavoconia on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Amanita fulva on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Amanita rubescens on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Bankera fuligineo-alba on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Coltricia perennis on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Formitopsis pinicola on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Ganoderma applanatum on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Gymnopilus sp on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Hygrophorus conicus on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Hygrophorus sp on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Hygrophorus nitidus on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Laccaria sp on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Phaeolus schweinitzii on the Silviculture Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Phellodon alboniger on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Russula compacta on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Suillus americanus on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Suillus granulatus on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Suillus pictus on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Suillus placidus on the Heron Marsh Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012) Mushrooms of the Adirondacks:  Trichaptum abietinum on the Silviculture Trail at the Paul Smiths VIC (8 August 2012)
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Mushrooms of the Paul Smiths VIC

On 8 August 2012, mushroom expert Susan Hopkins led a walk on Paul Smiths VIC trails to identify different mushrooms that grow in the Adirondack Mountains. Our walk covered portions of the Heron Marsh Trail (from the VIC building to the floating bridge) and portions of the Silviculture Trail (from the floating bridge to the VIC building). Despite the fact that the weather prior to our walk had been quite dry, we found a great many mushrooms. Ms Hopkins identified 27 different mushrooms, most of them on the Heron Marsh Trail in mixed hardwood-conifer forest.


Suillus Americanus Gymnopilus sp
Agarucus sp Suillus placidus
Russula compacta Ganoderma applanatum
Suillus granulatus Laccaria sp
Amanita flavoconia Hygrophorus nitidus
Hygrophorus conicus Hygrophorus sp
Suillus pictus Fomitopsis pinicola
Amanita fulva Agaricus sp
Russula sp Amanita Rubescens
Amanita brunnescens Fuligineo alba
Coltricia perennis Phellodon alboniger
Gymnopus dryophilus Mycena pura
Gymnopilus sp Trichaptum abietinum
Phaeolus schweinitzii  



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