Macrofungi of Coastal Sand Dunes
Prince Edward Island is blessed with many costal sand dunes. Dune plant species, such as beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) and woolly beachheather (Hudsonia tomentosa), often get all the attention and credit for dune stabalization, however these dunes are also home to a great diversity of fungi that make it possible for those plants to thrive. Non-descript, hard to identify and growing where you do not normally look for mushrooms has resulted in this group of fungi being under reported in North America.
Please remember sand dunes are fragile ecosystems that are easily disturbed. Please do not walk on dunes. Walking on the dunes in the National Park is prohibited and will result in a fine.
Inventory effort since the fall of 2021 has improved our understanding of the rich diversity of coastal sand dune macrofungi, documenting 81 different species to date. This number will likely change as DNA sequences for submitted specimens are recieved.
Highlights
Reports
A Provisional Survey of the Macrofungi on Sand Dunes in Prince Edward Island National Park - 2022 Research Report for PEI NP
Key Species
For the purposes of this inventory the coastal sand dunes on PEI have been broken into different habitat types based on vegetation and fungal observations. These habitats often intermingle, specially around blowouts or other changes in dune morphology.
Name | Fall 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Entoloma "dark and small" | - | - | X |
Agaricus bisporus | X | - | - |
Alloclavaria | - | - | X |
Amanita cornelihybrida | - | - | X |
Amanita muscaria guessowii | - | X | X |
Ascomycota "partial cup" | - | - | X |
Astraeus smithii | X | X | X |
Calocybe fallax | - | - | X |
Clavulina coralloides | - | - | X |
Clitocella popinalis | - | - | X |
Clitocybe "big funnel" | - | - | X |
Clitocybe "pink caps" | - | - | X |
Collybia "in soil" | - | - | X |
Collybia "no sclerotia" | - | - | X |
Collybia cookei | - | - | X |
Coltricia perennis | - | X | - |
Coprinellus | - | X | - |
Coprinopsis | - | X | X |
Cortinarius "like fallax" | - | - | X |
Cortinarius "nipple" | - | - | X |
Cortinarius "serated gills" | - | - | X |
Cortinarius "shiny hog" | - | - | X |
Cortinarius "sp-PEI01" | - | X | - |
Cortinarius "sp-PEI02" | - | X | X |
Cortinarius "wet area" | - | - | X |
Cortinarius impolitus | - | X | - |
Cortinarius psammocola | - | X | X |
Crucibulum laeve | - | - | X |
Cyathus stercoreus | - | - | X |
Dermocybe "crowberry" | - | - | X |
Entoloma "Basin-head 2023" | - | - | X |
Galerina "bay berry" | - | - | X |
Gyroporus subalbellus | - | - | X |
Hebeloma sordidulum | - | X | X |
Hygrocybe conicoides | - | X | X |
Hygrocybe jackmanii | - | X | X |
Hygrocybe substrangulata | - | - | X |
Hypholoma "pholiota" | - | - | X |
Inocybe "brown capped" | - | - | X |
Inocybe "sp-PEI01" | - | X | - |
Laccaria "forest" | - | - | X |
Laccaria trichodermophora | - | X | X |
Laccaria trullisata | - | X | X |
Lactarius helvus | - | - | X |
Lactarius pubescens | - | X | X |
Leccinum "brown arenicola" | - | - | X |
Leccinum "cranberry" | - | - | X |
Leccinum "on edge" | - | - | X |
Leccinum arenicola | - | X | X |
Lycoperdon | X | - | X |
Lycoperdon "tiny" | - | - | X |
Marasmiineae "frilled" | - | - | X |
Marasmius "ammophila stems" | - | - | X |
Marasmius "spruce cones" | - | - | X |
Marasmius "wide gills" | - | - | X |
Marasmius oreades | - | X | X |
Marasmius wettsteinii | - | - | X |
Melanoleuca "cinereifolia-PEI01" | X | - | - |
Mutinus elegans | - | - | X |
Mycena "2023-01" | - | - | X |
Mycena "bay berry medium" | - | - | X |
Mycena "bay berry tiny" | - | - | X |
Mycena "black pond" | - | - | X |
Mycena "FR grassy" | - | - | X |
Mycena "griseoviridis-IN01" | - | X | - |
Mycena epipterygia | - | - | X |
Paragymnopus perforans | - | - | X |
Peziza ammophila | X | X | X |
Phallus hadriani | - | - | X |
Psathyrella "tiny" | - | - | X |
Psathyrella arenulina | X | X | X |
Rhodocollybia "sp-IN01" | - | X | X |
Rhodocollybia lentinoides | - | - | X |
Rickenella | - | - | X |
Russula "sp-IN118" | - | X | X |
Russula ventricosipes | - | - | X |
Scleroderma septentrionale | - | X | X |
Suillus ampliporus | - | - | X |
Thelephora terrestris | - | X | X |
Tricholoma equestre | - | - | X |
Tulostoma brumale | - | - | X |
Basin Head | Brackley Beach | Greenwich |
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Amanita cornelihybrida | Astraeus smithii | Alloclavaria |
Astraeus smithii | Clitocella popinalis | Amanita muscaria guessowii |
Cortinarius 'like fallax' | Cortinarius impolitus | Ascomycota 'partial cup' |
Entoloma 'Basin-head 2023' | Hebeloma sordidulum | Astraeus smithii |
Gyroporus subalbellus | Laccaria trullisata | Cortinarius 'sp-PEI02' |
Hygrocybe jackmanii | Cortinarius psammocola | |
Hygrocybe substrangulata | Cabot Park | Crucibulum laeve |
Laccaria trichodermophora | Astraeus smithii | Hebeloma sordidulum |
Laccaria trullisata | Calocybe fallax | Hygrocybe conicoides |
Marasmiineae 'frilled' | Coprinopsis | Hygrocybe substrangulata |
Mycena epipterygia | Crucibulum laeve | Laccaria trichodermophora |
Russula ventricosipes | Cyathus stercoreus | Laccaria trullisata |
Scleroderma septentrionale | Entoloma 'dark and small' | Lactarius pubescens |
Tricholoma equestre | Hygrocybe conicoides | Leccinum 'cranberry' |
Laccaria 'forest' | Leccinum 'on edge' | |
Black Pond | Laccaria trullisata | Leccinum arenicola |
Amanita muscaria guessowii | Lactarius pubescens | Mutinus elegans |
Ascomycota 'partial cup' | Leccinum arenicola | Psathyrella 'tiny' |
Astraeus smithii | Lycoperdon | Rickenella |
Clavulina coralloides | Marasmius oreades | Thelephora terrestris |
Clitocella popinalis | Melanoleuca 'cinereifolia-PEI01' | |
Clitocybe 'big funnel' | Mycena '2023-01' | Hog Island |
Clitocybe 'pink caps' | Mycena 'black pond' | Amanita muscaria guessowii |
Collybia 'no sclerotia' | Peziza ammophila | Astraeus smithii |
Cortinarius 'like fallax' | Psathyrella arenulina | Clitocella popinalis |
Cortinarius 'nipple' | Rhodocollybia lentinoides | Clitocybe 'pink caps' |
Cortinarius 'serated gills' | Thelephora terrestris | Collybia 'in soil' |
Cortinarius 'sp-PEI02' | Tulostoma brumale | Collybia cookei |
Dermocybe 'crowberry' | Coltricia perennis | |
Hygrocybe conicoides | Cavendish Spit | Cortinarius 'shiny hog' |
Hygrocybe jackmanii | Agaricus bisporus | Cortinarius 'wet area' |
Hygrocybe substrangulata | Coprinopsis | Cortinarius psammocola |
Hypholoma 'pholiota' | Crucibulum laeve | Hygrocybe conicoides |
Inocybe 'brown capped' | Melanoleuca 'cinereifolia-PEI01' | Hygrocybe substrangulata |
Inocybe 'sp-PEI01' | Psathyrella arenulina | Laccaria trichodermophora |
Laccaria trichodermophora | Peziza ammophila | Lactarius pubescens |
Laccaria trullisata | Conway Island | Leccinum arenicola |
Lactarius helvus | Astraeus smithii | Marasmius 'ammophila stems' |
Leccinum 'brown arenicola' | Cortinarius 'like fallax' | Marasmius 'wide gills' |
Leccinum arenicola | Cortinarius psammocola | Phallus hadriani |
Marasmius 'ammophila stems' | Crucibulum laeve | Russula 'sp-IN118' |
Mycena 'bay berry medium' | Galerina 'bay berry' | Thelephora terrestris |
Mycena 'black pond' | Hebeloma sordidulum | |
Paragymnopus perforans | Hygrocybe conicoides | South Rustico Beach |
Rhodocollybia 'sp-IN01' | Laccaria trullisata | Coprinopsis |
Rhodocollybia lentinoides | Lycoperdon | Crucibulum laeve |
Russula ventricosipes | Marasmius 'ammophila stems' | Cyathus stercoreus |
Scleroderma septentrionale | Marasmius 'wide gills' | Melanoleuca 'cinereifolia-PEI01' |
Suillus ampliporus | Mycena 'bay berry tiny' | Peziza ammophila |
Thelephora terrestris | Psathyrella arenulina | Psathyrella arenulina |
Tricholoma equestre | Russula 'sp-IN118' | |
Tracadie Harbour | ||
Blooming Point | Darnley Point | Astraeus smithii |
Marasmius 'wide gills' | Laccaria trullisata | Cortinarius psammocola |
Peziza ammophila | Peziza ammophila | Crucibulum laeve |
Psathyrella arenulina | Psathyrella arenulina | Cyathus stercoreus |
Hebeloma sordidulum | ||
Bothwell Beach | French River Beach | Laccaria trullisata |
Cortinarius 'sp-PEI01' | Coprinellus | Lactarius pubescens |
Mycena 'griseoviridis-IN01' | Coprinopsis | Leccinum arenicola |
Russula ventricosipes | Crucibulum laeve | Peziza ammophila |
Scleroderma septentrionale | Cyathus stercoreus | Psathyrella arenulina |
Lycoperdon 'tiny' | Russula 'sp-IN118' | |
Marasmius 'ammophila stems' | ||
Marasmius 'spruce cones' | ||
Marasmius oreades | ||
Marasmius wettsteinii | ||
Melanoleuca 'cinereifolia-PEI01' | ||
Mycena 'FR grassy' | ||
Peziza ammophila | ||
Psathyrella arenulina |