Xylobolus frustulatus (ceramic parchment fungus) image credit: Andrew Khitsun, Storrs Lake 2026
Storrs Lake Wildlife Area
Milton, Wisconsin
42°46’46”N-88°55’04”W
Elevation- 284m (934 ft.) - Soil type- silt loam (assumed based on maps)
Dominant ectomycorrhizal trees- red oak, shagbark hickory
Dominant endomycorrhizal trees- black locust, box elder, basswood, black cherry
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Milton, Wisconsin
42°46’46”N-88°55’04”W
Elevation- 284m (934 ft.) - Soil type- silt loam (assumed based on maps)
Dominant ectomycorrhizal trees- red oak, shagbark hickory
Dominant endomycorrhizal trees- black locust, box elder, basswood, black cherry
Click Here for more WMS foray species lists from other sites & years.
Click Here for WMS events calendar with current & upcoming events
Species list February 15, 2026
Soil temperature - slightly less-than frozen ground
Foray Leader - Brennon Strnad
Aleurodiscus oakesii
("Smooth Patch")
Apioperdon pyriforme
("Pear-Shaped Puffballs")
Apiosporina morbosa
("Black Cherry Knot")
Bicogniauxia sp.
("Black Patch Canker")
Botryobasidium sp.
(a crust that is in the same order as chanterelles - Cantherales!)
Camarops petersii
("dog's nose fungus")
Cerioporus squamosus
("pheasantback" aka "dryad's saddle")
Daldinia childiae
("carbon balls")
Exidia sp.
(a jelly fungsus)
Flammulina velutipes
("ennoki" aka "velvet foot" aka "velvet shank")
Fomitiporia punctata
Fulvifomes robiniae
Galerina marginata
Gloeoporus dichrous
Grifola frondosa
Hydnoporia olivacea
Hypoxylon atropunctata
Irpex lacteus
Ischnoderma resinosum
Laetiporus sulphureus
Merulius tremellosus
Mycena meliigena
Mycena sp. (overholtsii?)
Myxarium nucleata
Neofavolus americanus
Panellus stipticus
Physcia millegrana
Pleurotus citrinopileatus
Plicatura crispa
Polyporaceae as-yet unidentified
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
Punctelia rudecta
Schizophyllum commune
Stereum ostrea group
Stereum complicatum
Trametes conchifer
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Xylobolus frustulatus - observation link
Some of what we see in the winter is left over from the previous year - sometimes still identifiable on inspection. These are old oysters (Pleurotus sp.) from 2022, spotted in 2023.
Species list January 15th, 2023
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Inspecting a crustoid ('crust-shaped', 'crust-formed') fungal specimen at 'Snowshoes and Shrooms' 2022, Storrs Lake
Species list January 23, 2022
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