Sequencing Updates
Updates from the 2025 Foray!
Approximately 1500 total collections were made at the 2025 foray, and of those around 1100 were sampled for sequencing. John Plischke is hard at work this winter uploading the thousands of photos he took at the foray to match with samples sequenced. Additionally, the Volunteer Sequence Validation Corps are working through the data, matching it to observations already created and John's photos as he creates observations.
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2024 Foray Updates
At the 2024 Sam Ristich Foray on Cape Cod, 526 specimens were collected and vouchered for DNA Sequencing thanks to John Plischke and the rest of the team. Stay tuned for updates!
Two of the many specimens sampled and vouchered at the foray.
2023 Foray Updates
At NEMF 2023 in Kerhonksen, NY, 237 specimens were sampled for DNA sequencing. If you attended that foray, you likely encountered John Plischke whisking mystery fungi over to his work station where he documented each find. With assistance by Gabriela D'Elia and Kim Plischke, and sequencing by Stephen Russell, we now have an exciting list of results that includes a number of rare and novel species!
For the 237 specimens that were sampled, we got back 177 sequences.
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Sequencing is a vital tool for indentifying many of these rare and novel species, since it's impossible to identify all of them while on the tables at the foray. We're appreciative of the dedicated teams working on sequencing both at the forays and beyond!
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Looking ahead to NEMF 2024 on Cape Cod, our goal is to voucher and sequence as many specimens as possible.
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Species Name | Rarity | Link to Observation |
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Cortinarius subrimosus | Very Rare | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184241443 |
Cortinarius fillionii | Very Rare | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184311385 |
Cortinarius turgidipes | Very Rare | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184223456 |
The species listed below had no matches in the DNA database, so it's likely that many of them are novel.