Mushroom Exploration Walk in Van Cortlandt Park with Paul Sadowski, 9/6/2025

Registrar: Mary Braza
Participants: 6
Weather: 80 degrees and sunny with storm approaching

Paul Sadowski, a long-standing member of the New York Mycological Society, led us on a walk through Van Cortlandt Park, giving us an introduction to mushrooms and fungi.  He showed us how to use a hand lens to examine the species more closely and explained the complex life cycle of mushrooms.

Species List

Ganoderma sessile
Tyromyces chioneus (Cheese Polypore)
Fulvifomes robiniae (Cracked Cap Polypore)
Auricularia angiospermarum (Wood Ear Fungus)
Trichaptum biforme (Violet-toothed Polypore)
Daedaleoposis confragosa (Thin-Walled Maze Polypore)
Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball)