Storrs Lake Wildlife Area Species Lists

Storrs Lake Wildlife Area
Milton, Wisconsin
42°46’46”N-88°55’04”W
Elevation- 284m (934 ft.) - Soil type- silt loam (assumed)
Dominant ectomycorrhizal trees- red oak, shagbark hickory
Dominant endomycorrhizal trees- black locust, box elder, basswood, black cherry

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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
Soil temperature - frozen ground
Foray Leader - Tavis Lynch

Aleurodiscus oakesii
Apioperdon pyriforme
Apiosporina morbosa
Biscogniauxia atropunctata
Botryobasidium aureum
Calvatia gigantea
Camillea punctulata
Cerioporus squamosus
Cerrena unicolor
Clitocyboid SLWA-01 (unnamed)
Collybiopsis subnuda
Cryptoporus volvatus
Cylindrobasidium evolvens
Daldinia childiae
Exidia crenata
Flammulina velutipes
Fulvifomes everhartii
Fuscoporia gilva
Galerina marginata
Ganoderma applanatum
Gloeoporus dichrous
Irpex lactea
Laetiporus sulphureus
Lycogala epidendrum
Neofavolus americanus group
Panellus stipticus
Phellinus robiniae
Phlebia tremellosa
Picipes badius
Pleurotus citrinopileatus
Poronidulus conchifer
Psathyrella incerta
Schizophyllum commune
Steccherinum nitidum
Stereum complicatum
Stereum hirsutum
Stereum lobatum
Stereum subtomentosum
Trametes gibbosa
Trametes pubescens
Trametes versicolor
Trichaptum biforme
Xylobolus frustulatus

Inspecting a crustoid ('crust-shaped', 'crust-formed') fungal specimen at 'Snowshoes and Shrooms' 2022, Storrs Lake

Species list January 23, 2022
Soil temperature - frozen ground
Foray Leader - Tavis Lynch

(Under construction! All previous years' species lists will be added)

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Species list January 23, 2022Soil temperature - frozen groundForay Leader - Tavis Lynch(Under construction! All previous years' species lists will be added)

Species list January 23, 2022
Soil temperature - frozen ground
Foray Leader - Tavis Lynch

(Under construction! All previous years' species lists will be added)