Mark Ash Wood
Sat 8 Oct 2005
Field event ID HF0515
OS Grid areas: SU2406 SU2506
Report: On the weekend of 8/9th October, Geoff Kibby came amongst us... The mushroom pickings resembled the curate's egg, but on the whole a good time was had by all: On Saturday, Sue Rogerson, Neville and Mary Desirens, Gordon Dixon, Ann Leonard, Eric and Sue Janke, Sara Cadbury, Peter Thomson (down for the weekend), Tony and Pat Mundell and Joan Taylor were led around Mark Ash by Alan Lucas. The pickings were pretty good from the start, although they improved once we entered the Alder Bog near the Phellodon niger site (still fruiting nicely) - one advantage of the dry season is that bogs become accessible. Among the (identified) finds of note were Cortinarius anomalus and Naucoria subconspersa. Not too many varieties of Kibby-specialists were found apart from Russulas alnicola and sphagnophyla (to go with the one Eric found on the previous visit) and plenty of Leccinum cyanobasileucum (FKA brunneogriseolum), with mouse-like “fur” at the top of the stipe and variicolor. The undoubted find of the day was Inonotus nodulosus, found, identified and confirmed by Alan - he was chuffed!
Species list: Abortiporus biennis, Agaricus campestris var. campestris, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita excelsa, Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Ampulloclitocybe clavipes, Armillaria gallica, Baeospora myosura, Boletus badius, Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformis, Boletus pruinatus, Bulbillomyces farinosus, Calocera cornea, Calocera viscosa, Cantharellus cibarius, Ceriporia excelsa, Ceriporiopsis gilvescens, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clitopilus hobsonii, Clitopilus prunulus, Coprinopsis radiata, Coprinus comatus, Cordyceps militaris, Cortinarius anomalus, Cortinarius atropusillus, Cortinarius bolaris, Cortinarius delibutus, Cortinarius flexipes var. flexipes, Cortinarius mucifluus, Cortinarius uliginosus, Cystoderma amianthinum, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Datronia mollis, Fistulina hepatica, Ganoderma australe, Gymnopilus junonius, Gymnopilus penetrans, Hebeloma sacchariolens, Hemimycena tortuosa, Henningsomyces candidus, Hygrocybe cantharellus, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hypholoma elongatum, Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypochnicium punctulatum, Hypoxylon rubiginosum, Incrucipulum ciliare, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius hepaticus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius subdulcis, Lactarius subumbonatus, Lactarius tabidus, Leccinum cyaneobasileucum, Leccinum variicolor, Leotia lubrica, Lycoperdon nigrescens, Lycoperdon perlatum, Mensularia nodulosa, Mensularia radiata, Mollisia cinerea, Mycena epipterygia, Mycena filopes, Mycena flavescens, Mycena galericulata, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena leptocephala, Mycena pelianthina, Mycena polygramma, Mycena pura, Mycena stylobates, Mycena tenerrima, Mycoacia aurea, Orbilia xanthostigma, Oudemansiella mucida, Paxillus involutus, Phellodon niger, Phlebia radiata, Phlebia tremellosa, Pholiota gummosa, Pholiota squarrosa, Physisporinus sanguinolentus, Physisporinus vitreus, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus dryinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus plautus, Postia caesia, Postia subcaesia, Psathyrella piluliformis, Resinicium bicolor, Resinomycena saccharifera, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rickenella fibula, Russula alnetorum, Russula anthracina, Russula betularum, Russula brunneoviolacea, Russula caerulea, Russula claroflava, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula fellea, Russula graveolens, Russula nitida, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula parazurea, Russula risigallina, Russula sardonia, Russula silvestris, Scleroderma citrinum, Serpula himantioides, Simocybe centunculus var. centunculus, Stropharia semiglobata, Thelephora terrestris, Trametes versicolor, Trichaptum abietinum, Tricholoma ustale, Trochila ilicina, Xylaria hypoxylon