The New River Valley Mushroom Club met at Pandapas Pond in late August for a 4-hour mushroom foray. The group of 25 “hunters” scoured the forest and then met up again at the picnic tables to sort and identify their finds. Below are some photos of the bounty of mushrooms they collected. It was a fine day outdoors with old friends and new!

The captions on the photos are approximate names. I am not a mushroom expert!

Gem studded puffballs

Beefsteak polypore (underside, young)

Hedgehog- Hydnum sp.?

A bolete with a white pore surface. Sp.?

Young Cortinarius sp.?

Entoloma salmoneum?

Cortinarius sp.

Amanita (The Grisette?)

Coker’s Amanita?

Sorting the collection

Coker’s Amanita

Indigo Lactarius

A bolete with a white pore surface. Sp.?

Cortinarius sp?

A bolete with a white pore surface. Sp.?

The Lactarius group

Maybe Amanita jacksonii?

Entoloma salmoneum?

Beefsteak polypore (top)