The 1968 Ohio Foray

Abstract

The 1968 Ohio Foray of the Mycological Society of America preceded the annual meeting of the Mycological Society with the American Institute of Biological Sciences at the Ohio State University, Columbus. The Foray took place on Labor Day weekend. On Saturday we went to an oak woodland in which some pine plantations had been developed in south central Ross County 62 miles south of Columbus in Scioto Trails State Forest and State Park (I). The area is hilly, unglaciated, and lies west of the Scioto River. Sunday we visited two hollows, coves, or valleys in the Hocking Hills in Hocking State Forest. This was mixed woodland with hardwoods, hemlock [Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.] and scrub pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.). In the morning we collected in Crane Hollow (II), after lunch in the picnic area at Conkle's Hollow State Park, and in the afternoon we collected in Long Hollow (III). En route to Crane Hollow we stopped briefly along S. R. 180 about 2 miles west of Enterprise, Hocking Co. (II-A). Here several interesting fungi were found among herbs and willows along a nearby creek. The Hocking Hills are characterized by rugged terrain, the gorges being cut in conglomerate sandstone commonly called Black Hand. The area is unglaciated and the forests on the cliff slopes are relatively undisturbed. Monday's trip was to Camp Lazarus Boy Scout Preserve (IV) in Delaware Co. about 20 miles north of Columbus. Here we collected in a beech-maple forest with small pine plantations on glacial till over Ohio shale along a tributary of the Olentangy River, itself a tributary of the Scioto River. We wish to thank the Ohio State Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, and Division of Forests and Conservation, and the management of Camp Lazarus, for permission to collect in these areas.