Ten people in attendance in intermittent rain, temperatures in the mid-40s. We walked the Hunter Island section of Pelham Bay Park and found over 80 species including the two-tone beauty Phlebia incarnata (with its constant companion—or maybe frenemy—Stereum ostrea). But the popular favorite of the day was Hohenbuehelia mastrucata. There was also a Merismodes sp. which bears a striking resemblance to M. anomala with encrusted hairs and the occasional enlarged, balloon-like tip. But there is something about it that looks different from the M. anomala we usually collect.

*=new to park   **=new to city