NEWFOUNDLANDFORAY 2003October 3-5Killdevil LodgeGros Morne
SPONSORS:The Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Recreation
Western Newfoundland Model ForestGros Morne National Park
The City of Corner Brook
REPORT ON THE
CONTENTS
Personelle 1
REPORT 2
Program 5
Participants & Trails 6
Tentative Species List 8
2004 Notice Inside back cover
Logos Back cover
FACULTY:
Dept Mycology, Estonian Agricultural University,Tartu, Estonia:Profs Kuulo Kalamees
Bellis KullmanAnu KollomVello Liiv
New Jersey, USA:Dr Rodham Tulloss, Amanita expert
Mycological Society of Toronto:w Jersey, USADr Vello Soots12-yr president
Dept Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St John’s:Prof Faye MurrinHead of Mycology
Canadian Foresty Service, Corner Brook:Dr Gary Warren, mycologist
College of the North Atlantic, Corner Brook:Stan Pieda, Instructor
Gros Morne National Park:Michael Burzynski, Biologist,
Humber Natural History Society:Andrus Voitk, Foray organizer
FORAY LEADERS:
Pat BurchellMichael BurzynskiJudy MayFaye MurrinStan PiedaVello SootsRod TullossAndrus VoitkMaria VoitkGary Warren
MUSHROOM COOK-OUT CHEFS:
Randy Tsang, Assistants: Michael BurzynskiChef-in-Chief Barry May
Sue Tizzard
SPECIES LIST DEVELOPERS:
Pat BurchellClaudia HanelNathalie Djan-Chékar
REGISTRARS:
Maria VoitkJudy May
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Oct 3-5, 2003, Killdevil Lodge in Gros MornePark was the site forNewfoundland's first mushroomForay, jointly sponsored by TheDepartment of Tourism, Cultureand Recreation, Gros MorneNational Park, The City of CornerBrook and the WesternNewfoundland Model Forest. Thelogo of the Foray was a new, asyet unnamed Amanita speciesfrom Newfoundland. The Facultywas made up of 4 mycologists
from the Estonian University of Agriculture(Profs Kuulo Kalamees, Bellis Kullman, VelloLiiv and Anu Kollom), the 12 year President (DrVello Soots) andTreasurer (PatBurchell) of theM y c o l o g i c a lSociety ofToronto, anAmanita special-ist from NewJersey (Dr RodTulloss), ProfFaye Murrinfrom MUN,M i c h a e lBurzynski fromGros Morne andDr Gary Warren,
Stan Pieda and Andrus Voitk, all from CornerBrook. There was such an unprecedented num-ber of Estonians on Newfoundland's West Coastthat the Estonian flag was flown at the Killdevilduring the Foray, something that touched thevisitors greatly.
The Foray opened with a reception by theDepartment of Tourism, Culture and Recreation,where presentations were made to the out ofprovince guests from both the people of
Newfoundland via theMinistry as well as GrosMorne Park. All regis-trants received a hand-some registration pack-age from the Ministry,with a Foray cap fromthe people of CornerBrook via the Mayor'soffice. A major speci-men displayed at thereception caused con-
sternation until it was noted to be an old rustedStyrofoam can which had burst in the woodswhere it had apparentlybeen discarded! First thingSaturday morning a youngmoose came onto the field,kneeled and began to eatsome of the mushroomson the lawn (Tricholomapessundatum)!
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REPORT
Small for-ager teamswent outS a t u r d a yand Sundayinto thewilderness,often follow-ing beart r a c k s .
Danger meantnothing tothese intrepidmushroomers- bears bedamned! - forthe woodswere filledwith mush-rooms to be
identified. First, they had to be identified on theforest carpet (in this picture, Hygrophorus
pudorinus), then sorted and identified on thetrail, then sorted further on the sorting tables or,as shown here, outside the display hall, whereat least the genus should be determined, then
f inal lyt h eexpertmycol-og is tsexam-i n e de a c hspeci-m e na n deither authenticated or
made a definitive identification, often with thehelp of consultation, microscopy and tomes ofbooks. The result was a large display of over170 identified species of mushrooms brought inby some 40 foragers. By the way, our group
made more andbetter use of theCollecting Slips,thus recordingbetter informa-tion, than any ofthe experts hadever seenbefore at anyother foray.
Edible mush-rooms ended upwith Chef-in-Chief Randy
Tsang and hishelpers, whoserved up amixture of for-est delightsbefore supper.
Evening hours were devot-ed to lectures, a total of sixtalks and one film, givenby the faculty, offering for-agers an insight into thefascinating and mysteriousworld of mushrooms. Themost memorable of thesewas the lecture by FayeMurrin, when all the vari-ous paraphenalia of mod-ern technology gave upt h e
ghost, one after the other.Prof Murrin did not bat aneye but, like the Evereadybunny, just kept lecturingon courageously, as if thiswere the most naturalthing in the world! Facultywho had some time offfrom identifying and lectur-ing were often seen photo-graphing their willing subjects. Indeed, an inter-national exhibition of spectacular mushroomphotography was put on at the Discovery Centreas both lead-up to and part of this Foray.
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At theclose,t h ehappyf o r -a g e r sposedfor ag roupp o r -
trait, before going home to recharge for nextyear's Foray (booked Sept 17-19, 2004 at theKilldevil). The specimens were packed in mossto preserve them and transported to CornerBrook, where they were put on display for the
public, free of charge, all identified. The exhibitwas visited by over 100 people, including theMayor of Corner Brook, Mrs Priscilla Boutcher,who was presented with a Foray cap in gratitudefor the City's support of the Foray.
The final validated Species List is on theHumber Natural History Society web page at<http://www.swgc.mun.ca/hnhs/>. Only speciesidentified or validated by professional mycolo-gists are included. Some identifications are ten-tative and may be changed pending furtherinvestigation. This is the beginning of the firstprovincial species list for mushrooms and formsthe basis on which future lists will be built. Theinitial plan is to return to the same area for a fewyears and then to move the Foray to otherareas, in an attempt eventually to survey thewhole province and thus develop a true provin-
cial species list. Several rare and perhaps unex-pected species were encountered, among themAlbatrellus caeruleoporus, Catathelasma impe-rialis and Amanita albocreata. A report on theForay has been submitted to Inoculum, thenewsletter of the Mycological Society of Americaand reports of the list and special finds will besubmitted to the mycological literature.
Photographs by Michael Burzynski, Jamie Graham, Barry/JudyMay & Andrus Voitk
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FRIDAY, Oct 3, 2003Welcome reception4:00 – 6:30 PM, Lomond RoomHosted by the people of Newfoundland andLabrador through the Ministry of Tourism,Culture and Recreation, The Hon Julie Bettney,MHA, Minister.
Mushrooms – What’s in it for me?5:15 – 6:15 PM, Conference HallAndrus Voitk An introduction to mushrooms for the novice,talk given to Holy Heart science high school students attending
a Science Field Trip.Foray members welcome!
Fruits of Underground Networking: MycorrhizalMushrooms of Terra Nova National Park6:30 – 7:15 PM, ChapelFaye Murrin
Supper7:15 – 8:15 PM, Dining Hall
Fungi and Wood Decay: Implications in Forestryand Industry8:15 – 9:00 PM, ChapelGary Warren
Those Wild, Wild Mushrooms!9:00 – 9:15 PM, ChapelArt Makosinski: Short comedy classic from the National
Film Board
SATURDAY, Oct 4, 2003
Breakfast8:00 – 9:00 AM, Dining Hall
Morning Forays9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Gros Morne Park
All Day Forays9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Gros Morne Park
Lunch1:00 – 2:00 PM, Dining Hall
Afternoon Forays2:00 – 5:00 PM, Gros Morne
Mushroom cook-up5:00 – 6:30 PM, Lomond Room Patio
Supper 6:30 – 7:30 PM, Dining Hall
Mushrooms of Estonia7:30 – 8:30 PM, ChapelOverview of Estonian mushrooms, with comparison toNewfoundland: Text: Kuulo Kalamees, Slides Vello Liiv,
Co-Authors: Anu Kollom, Bellis Kullman
Recent thoughts on the history and distributionof the genus Amanita8:30 – 9:30 PM, ChapelRod Tulloss
SUNDAY, Oct 5, 2003
Breakfast8:00 – 9:00 AM, Dining Hall
Morning ID Forays9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Gros Morne Park
Morning Pick-for-the-Pot Forays9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Outside Park
Lunch1:00 – 2:00 PM, Dining Hall
Mushrooms from the other west coast – theNAMA Foray in Oregon2:00 – 2:45 PM, Old Dining HallVello Soots
Wrap-up & Thank You2:45 – 3:00 PM, Old Dining HallAndrus Voitk
Round Table Discussion: Role of this and futureForays in Increasing Public Awareness of theImportance of Mushrooms in our Ecosystem3:00 – 4:00 PM, Old Dining HallVoluntary discussion for interested FORAY participants and nat-uralists with Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation staff.
MONDAY, Oct 6, 2003*
Meet our Fungi5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Room AS220 (BiologyProject Room) Sir Wilfred Grenfell College,Corner BrookDisplay of species from foray open to the public for viewing. Nocharge.
TUESDAY, Oct 7, 2003*
Identification of wild mushrooms for amateurs7:30 PM - Rm AS378, Sir William GrenfellCollege, Memorial University, Corner BrookRegular monthly meeting of the Humber NaturalHistory Society. No charge.Gary Warren
* Note: The events of Monday and Tuesday are notpart of NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY 2003, but are list-ed here for the interest of those people who mightwish to attend.
PROGRAM
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PARTICIPANTS
Bateman, LoisCorner Brook, NLHead of Science, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial [email protected]
Burchell, PatToronto ONTreasurer, Mycological Society of [email protected]
Burzynski, MichaelRocky Harbour, NLVegetation Biologist, Gros Morne [email protected]
Djan-Chékar, NathalieWitless Bay, NLBotanist, NL Inland Fish & Wildlife [email protected]
Graham, JamieCorner Brook, NLCardiologist, Western Health Care [email protected]
Goh, MargaretLark Harbour, [email protected]
Goh, Poh SengLark Harbour, [email protected]
Hanel, ClaudiaLittle rapids, NLSecretary, Humber Natural History [email protected]
Hertzberg, GeneSt John’[email protected]
Hertzberg, KarenSt John’[email protected]
Kalamees, KuuloTartu, EstoniaChairman, Department of Mycology, Estonian University of [email protected]
Kollom, AnuTartu, EstoniaDirector of Mycological Herbarium, Estonian University of [email protected]
Kullman, BellisTartu, EstoniaSenior Scientist, Dept of Mycology, Estonian University of [email protected]
Le Drew, Betty-LouCorner Brook, NLCo-owner, Newfoundland [email protected]
Lights, NicoleLocationBotanist, Parks & Natural [email protected]
Liiv, VelloSaaremaa, [email protected]
Lori, BettinaNorris Point, NLTour Operator, Atlantic Canada Adventure [email protected]
Mann, HenryPasadena, NLProfessor of Botany, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial [email protected]
Mann, PhyllisPasadena, NL
[email protected], Anne
Rocky Harbour, NLInterpretation Specialist, Gros Morne [email protected]
May, BarryHumber Village, NLRespirologist, Western Health Care [email protected]
May, JudyHumber Village, [email protected]
Mayo, LemDeer Lake, NLMain River Planner, Parks & Natural [email protected]
Mayo, MaryDeer Lake, [email protected]
Murrin, FayeSt John's, NLProfessor of Mycology, Memorial University, St John's, [email protected]
Pieda. StanCorner Brook, NLNatural Resources Instructor, College of the North [email protected]
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Ryan, PierreSt John's [email protected]
Schmelzer, IsabelCorner Brook, NLEcologist, Wildlife [email protected]
Skinner, JudyPasadena, [email protected]
Skinner, WallyPasadena, [email protected]
Soots, VelloToronto, ONPresident, Mycological Society of [email protected]
Soper, LeahCorner Brook, NLEcologist, Dept Forest Resources & [email protected]
Tizzard, SueHumber Village, [email protected]
Tsang, JudyCorner Brook, [email protected]
Tsang, RandyCorner Brook, [email protected]
Tulloss, RodRoosevelt, NJ, [email protected]
Voitk, AndrusHumber Village, NLPresident, NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY [email protected]
Voitk, MariaHumber Village, NLRegistrar, NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY [email protected]
Warren, GaryCorner Brook, NLForest Pathologist/Mycologist, [email protected]
Williams, KateSt John's [email protected]
Wiseman, DenaWitless Bay, [email protected]
Zemp, FrankNorris Point, NL
FORAY TRAILS1. Stuckless Pond — beyond bridge2. Stuckless Pond — to bridge only 3. Killdevil ground4. Lomond River5. Trout River Pond — to narrows only6. Gros Morne7. Bakers Brook Falls — first half8. Stanleyville9. Trout River Campground10. Berry Head Pond ± Green Point11 Discovery Centre Lookout ± Mackenzie’sBrook Campground12. Western Brook Pond13. Green Gardens — upper trail14. Baker’s Brook Falls — falls area15. Green Gardens — lower trail16. Bonne Bay Big Pond North17. Lomond Highlands
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MUSHROOMS (mostly gilled AGARICALES)
Amanita bisporigera see Amanita virosaAmanita elongata
Amanita muscaria var. formosa see Amanitamuscaria var. guessowii [new name, RT]Amanita muscaria var. guessowii (= Amanita muscariavar. formosa)Amanita porphyriaAmanita virosaAmanita species 32, section Amanita (R. Tulloss)Amanita species GRL2, section Vaginata (R. Tulloss)
Armillaria mellea complex see Armillaria ostoyaeArmillaria ostoyae
Camarophyllus borealis see Hygrocybe virginea[new name, Barron] Camarophyllusniveus see Hygrocybe virginea [new name, Barron]Camarophyllus pratensis (= Hygrophorus pratensis)
Catathelasma imperialisCatathelasma ventricosa
Clitocybe clavipesClitocybe gibba
Clitopilus prunulus
Collybia acervata see Gymnopus acervatus[new name, Barron]
Collybia cirrhataCollybia confluens see Gymnopus confluens
[new name, Barron]Collybia dryophila see Gymnopus dryophilus
[new name, Barron]
Collybia tuberosa
Coprinus comatus
Cortinarius alboviolaceusCortinarius anomalousCortinarius armillatusCortinarius collinitusCortinarius camphoratusCortinarius cf. cinnamomeus
Cortinarius cf. glaucopusCortinarius cf. pilatiiCortinarius pholideusCortinarius pulchellusCortinarius semisanguineusCortinarius traganus
Cystoderma amianthinumCystoderma amianthinum var. rugosoreticulatum
Entoloma abortivumEntoloma sericeum
Gomphidius subroseus
Gymnopilus spectabilis
Gymnopus acervatus (= Collybia acervata)Gymnopus confluens (= Collybia confluens)Gymnopus dryophilus (= Collybia dryophila)
Hebeloma crustiliniformis
Hygrocybe conicaHygrocybe marginataHygrocybe cf. miniataHygrocybe puniceaHygrocybe virginea (= Camarophyllus borealis,Camarophyllus niveus)
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Hygrophorus camarophyllusHygrophorus chrysodonHygrophorus erubescensHygrophorus cf. olivaceoalbus
Hygrophorus pratensis see CamarophylluspratensisHygrophorus pudorinusHygrophorus purpurascensHygrophorus speciosus
Hypholoma capnoidesHypholoma fasciculare
Inocybe geophyllaInocybe geophylla var. violacea
TENTATIVE SPECIES LIST (171 SPECIES)
Recorded by Pat Burchell, Claudia Hanel and Nathalie Djan-Chékar.
Authenticators (in aphabetical order): Kuulo Kalamees, Anu Kollom, Bellis Kullman, Vello Liiv, FayeMurrin, Vello Soots, Rod Tulloss and Gary Warren.
NOTE: List tentative only. Some specimens undergoing further analysis and name may change as aresult.Some additions not yet in.
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Laccaria laccataLaccaria proxima
Lactarius affinisLactarius aquifluusLactarius aquizonatusLactarius aspideoidesLactarius camphoratusLactarius deceptivusLactarius deliciosusLactarius deterrimusLactarius griseusLactarius hibbardaeLactarius lignyotusLactarius mucidusLactarius oculatusLactarius peckiiLactarius pubescensLactarius thejogalusLactarius vinaceorufescens
Lepista glaucocana
Lyophyllum connatumLyophyllum cf. decastes
Mycena amabillisimaMycena cf. diosmaMycena galericulataMycena zephiza
Panellus serotinusPanellus stipticus
Paxillus involutus
Phaeocollybia gregaria
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Phyllotus porrigens (= Pleurocybella porrigens)
Pleurocybella porrigens see Phyllotus porrigens[new name, Barron]
Pluteus cervinus
Psathyrella septentrionalis
Rozites caperata
Russula adustaRussula brevipesRussula claroflavaRussula paludosaRussula roseipesRussula sanguinea
Stropharia semiglobata
Tricholoma caligatumTricholoma flavobrunneumTricholoma focaleTricholoma inodermeumTricholoma leucophyllllumTricholoma luridumTricholoma pardinumTricholoma pessendatumTricholoma portentosumTricholoma saponaceumTricholoma sculpturatumTricholoma cf. sejunctumTricholoma cf. terreumTricholoma vaccinumTricholoma cf. virgatum
Tricholomopsis decora
Xeromphalina campanella
BOLETES (poroid AGARICALES)
Boletinus cavipes see Suillus cavipesBoletus piperatus see Chalciporus piperatus
Boletus subtomentosus
Chalciporus piperatus (= Boletus piperatus)
Fuscoboletinus spectabilis
Leccinum atrostipitatumLeccinum holopusLeccinum scabrumLeccinum cf. snellii
Suillus cavipes (= Boletinus cavipes)Suillus granulatusSuillus grevilleiSuillus grisellusSuillus umbonatus
Tylopilus chromapes
POLYPORES (APHYLLOPHORALES, familiesPolyporaceae, Ganodermataceae,Boletopsidaceae and poroidHymenochaetaceae)
Albatrellus caeruleoporus
Bjerkandera adusta
Coltricia perennis
Fomes fomentarius
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
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Ischnoderma resinosum
Merulius tremellosus see Phlebia tremellosa
Oligoporus chioneus see Tyromyces chioneus
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Phlebia tremellosa (= Merulius tremellosus)
Piptoporus betulinus
Polyporus albellus see Tyromyces chioneusPolyporus brumalisPolyporus varius
Trichaptum abietinum
Tyromyces chioneus (= Oligoporus chioneus, Polyporusalbellus)
CHANTARELLES AND RELATIVES (APHYL-LOPHORALES, family Cantharellaceae)
Cantharellus cibariusCantharellus tubaeformis
Gomphus clavatusGomphus floccosus
TOOTH FUNGI (APHYLLOPHORALES, familyHydnaceae and similar genera)
Bankera fuligineo-alba
Hydnellum aurantiacumHydnellum concrescensHydnellum peckiiHydnellum suaveolens
Hydnum repandumHydnum umbilicatum
Phellodon niger
CORAL FUNGI AND RELATIVES (APHYL-LOPHORALES, family Clavariaceae, includingEarth fans)
Clavariadelphus borealis
Clavulina cristata
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
PUFFBALLS AND RELATIVES (GAS-TEROMYCETES)
Lycoperdon pyriforme
JELLY FUNGI AND RELATIVES (AURICULARI-ALES, DACRYMYCETALES and TREMELLALES)
Guepinia helvelloides see Tremiscus helvel-loides
Phlogiotis helvelloides see Tremiscus helvel-loides
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Tremella mesenterica
Tremiscus helvelloides (= Guepinia helvelloides,Phlogiotis helvelloides)
CUP FUNGI AND RELATIVES (ASCOMYCOTINA,including the DISCOMYCETES and PYRENO-MYCETES)
Bisporella citrina
Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Cudonia circinans
Helvella crispaHelvella elasticaHelvella lacunosaHelvella sulcata
Hypomyces chrysospermus
Leotia lubrica
Neolecta irregularis
Scutellinia scutellata
SLIME MOULDS (MYXOMYCETES)
Lycogala epidendrum
A note on names used: Generally, preference has beengiven to the name used by George Barron inMushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada. In somecases, references have been made from names used inother commonly consulted sources. For species not list-ed in Barron’s book, the name used is generally thename provided by the authenticator for new species.For species already listed on the checklist originally pro-vided by Pat Burchell, the name on the checklist hasbeen retained except as noted.
Pat Burchell, October 9, 2003
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AdvanceNotice!!!
NEWFOUNDLAND FORAY 2004
Killdevil LodgeGros Morne National Park
Sept 17-19, 2004
Mark your calendars!
In 1986 Dr Kuulo Kalamees described Amanitaolivaceogrisea (left) in Estonia. In 1988 Dr RodTulloss described A sinicoflava (centre) in theEastern US and in 2001 he described occur-rence of A olivaceogrisea in Great Britain.Hearing that Prof Kalamees would be coming toNewfoundland, Dr Tulloss was eager to join ourForay in order to meet his distinguished col-league.
In 2001 the Amanita in the picture to the rightwas found on the lower Green Gardens Trail inmixed, mostly deciduous (old birch) woods.Both Drs Kalamees and Tulloss agree it is aclose relative of one of their discoveries, butprobably represents an as yet undescribed andunnamed species of Amanita, Section Vaginata.Unfortunately the specimen was not preservedfor definitive identification. However, because itties together two of our faculty, becuase it illus-trates the many undescribed and unique mush-rooms available for discovery in Newfoundlandand because of its simple beauty, it was chosenfor our logo.
Those of you foraging along the Green GardensTrail — keep on the lookout for this species. Aspecial prize will be awarded to the finder. In
fact, everyone is encouraged to keep a sharplookout for different species, for you never knowwhat may turn out to be a new and exciting find.All such finds will receive an award and anaward will be given to the “Find of the Day”.
The Newfoundland pine martin (Martes ameri-cana ssp atrata), now an endangered species,is the logo of the Humber Natural HistorySociety. It is an obvious symbol of the fragility ofour natural environment and our need to knowsomething about it in order to preserve it. Thisconcept underscores the importance of ourForay. While we have a list of endangered ani-mals and plants, which we update through con-stant monitoring, we don’t even know whichmushrooms exist here, let alone their frequency,rarity, distribution, prevalence, function, relation-ships or needs. Thus we can have no list ofendangered mushroom species and may, infact, be losing species without being aware of it.
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