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Fungi and Forests Foray at Luckiamute Meadows - November 9, 2025

On this day of exploration, a group of 27 participants led by Lorelle Sherman and Nick Hazelton walked through and explored the diverse forest habitat along the Luckiamute Meadows Trail in Kings Valley. The focus of this foray was on deepening an understanding of mycorrhizal connections between trees and fungi, and unique symbiotic relationships between wildlife, fungi, and trees.

Fungi and Forest Foray at Luckiamute Meadows Species List by Lorelle Sherman, Nick Hazelton and Suzanne Teller (November 9, 2025)
Photography courtesy of Sarah Siefken and Suzanne Teller

Latin Name	Common Name
Parasola auricoma	Goldenhaired Inkcap
Agaricus xanthodermus	Yellow Stainer
Hypholoma fasciculare	Sulfur tuft
Mycenae spp.	Bonnet mushrooms
Inocybe spp.	Fiber caps
Inocybe lilacina	Lilac Fibercap
Xylaria hypoxylon	Candle snuff
Galerina marginata	Funeral bell
Picipes badius	Bay Polypore
Lactarius rubrilacteus	Red-bleeding milk cap
Daedalea quercina	Oak mazegill
Fomitopsis mounceae	Red belted conk
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum	Jelly tooth
Lepiota rubrotinctoides	No common name
Auriscalpium vulgare	Ear pick fungus
Stereum ostria	False turkey-tail
Pholiota decorata	No common name
Calocera cornea	Orange tuning fork
Lycoperdon perlatum	Common puffball
Gerronema atrialbum	No common name
Suillus luteus	Slippery jack
Suillus ponderosus	Ponderous Slippery Jack
Clavaria fragilis	Fairy fingers
Turbinellus floccosus	Woolly chantarelle
Helvella vespertina	Western black elfin saddle
Armillaria spp.	Honey mushroom
Marasmius plicatulus	Red Pinwheel
Marasmiellus candidus	Fairy parachute
Pleurotus pulmonarius	Oyster mushroom
Phaeocollybia olivacea	Olive Phaeocollybia
Xerocomellus atropurpureus	Cracked cap bolete
Xerocomellus mendocinensis	Cracked cap bolete
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis	Western amethyst laccaria
Collybia nuda	Blewit
Tremella mesenterica	Witch’s butter/jelly
Marasmius plicatulus	Red pinwheel
Gomphidius subroseus	Rosy slime spike
Bolbitius titubans	Yellow fieldcap
Psathyrella piluliformis	Common stump brittlestem
Cerioporus leptochephalus	Blackfoot polypore
Clitopilus hobsonii	Miller’s oysterling

Total number of identified species: 39 (plus an additional 3 genus level identifications)

Link to iNaturalist project for this foray: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/luckiamute-fungi-foray (Thank you, Sarah S., for putting this together!)

• Since our party sometimes broke up into two smaller groups during the foray, this list does not include all of the observations made that day. Please feel free to add your photos and observations to this project if you'd like! The project should automatically gather any observations you upload from that day and area.

Who ate my mushroom? blog article, by Lorelle Sherman: https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/collegeofforestry/2025/10/31/who-ate-my-mushroom/

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About the Foray Leaders:

Lorelle Sherman

Lorelle is a bird nerd, wild foods forager, and forest ecologist. Foraging for mushrooms and plants for over ten years inspired Lorelle to study the forest ecosystems she was spending her time in. Merging her interests, she now studies the interconnections between forests, fungi, and wildlife. Lorelle studied Wildlife Biology at the University of Vermont and Forest Ecology while at Oregon State University. Today, she serves as the OSU Extension Forester for Benton, Linn, and Polk Counties where she hopes to inspire people to connect with and steward the land.

Nick Hazelton

Nick is a yak and goat rancher on the Luckiamute River. He is part of the 4th generation of a family that emigrated to the Luckiamute Watershed in the early 1900’s, and has lived his whole life on the farm he manages now. Nick’s main passion is connecting people with their food and the land we live on. Understanding the details of the local ecology and how fungi play a role is fascinating to him.

Thank you to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund for supporting this event!