Bramshill College
Sat 29 Oct 2005
Field event ID HF0519
OS Grid areas: SU7659 SU7660 SU7560
Report: On a damp mild day which promised a productive foray the group met at Bramshill House thanks to Andy Swan. Secuity is strict as the site is a Police College and we appreciated all the effort Andy had put in to obtain clearance for us and lead the foray. We started by exploring the grassland area after finding Astraeus hydrometricus once again under the Chestnuts. The were several hygrocybe species present of which the most notable perhaps was a grey waxcap which several people photographed and was subsequently identified by Alan as H radiata. We took an early lunch before setting off anticlockwise around the lake. Whilst walking along the edge of the football pitch Simon Moore noticed an unusual fruitbody amongst the Cystoderma amianthinum which on further inspection by Simon and Eric revealed itself to be Squamanita paradoxa. This species has been recently the subject of an article in Field Mycology (Jan 2005) and is included in the Red Data List Ed1 with only a few records on the BFRD. A specimen has been sent to the Kew Herbarium. The day continued to be good and the final total of over 140 species was one of the most prolific of the year.
Species list: Agaricus urinascens var. urinascens, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita gemmata, Amanita muscaria var. muscaria, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Ampulloclitocybe clavipes, Armillaria mellea, Armillaria ostoyae, Arrhenia griseopallida, Astraeus hygrometricus, Bisporella sulfurina, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus edulis, Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformis, Boletus pruinatus, Bovista plumbea, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. fruticulosa, Chalciporus piperatus, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Chondrostereum purpureum, Clavulina coralloides, Clavulinopsis corniculata, Clavulinopsis helvola, Clitocybe dealbata, Clitocybe gibba, Clitocybe nebularis, Clitocybe odora, Clitocybe vibecina, Coniophora puteana, Coprinus comatus, Cortinarius alboviolaceus, Cortinarius anomalus, Cortinarius delibutus, Cortinarius hemitrichus, Crepidotus mollis, Cystoderma amianthinum, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Datronia mollis, Dermoloma cuneifolium, Entoloma sericeum var. sericeum, Exidia glandulosa, Exidia nucleata, Fistulina hepatica, Ganoderma australe, Geoglossum fallax, Gliophorus irrigatus, Gliophorus laetus, Gliophorus psittacinus, Gymnopilus penetrans, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus foetidus, Gymnopus fusipes, Gymnopus peronatus, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Hebeloma pusillum, Helvella crispa, Hygrocybe chlorophana, Hygrocybe conica, Hygrocybe miniata, Hygrocybe pratensis var. pratensis, Hygrocybe punicea, Hygrocybe radiata, Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hypholoma fasciculare, Inocybe petiginosa, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius glyciosmus, Lactarius pubescens, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius tabidus, Lactarius torminosus, Lactarius turpis, Leccinum holopus, Leccinum scabrum, Lepiota castanea, Lepista nuda, Lycoperdon excipuliforme, Lycoperdon nigrescens, Lycoperdon perlatum, Lycoperdon pratense, Lyophyllum decastes, Macrotyphula fistulosa var. contorta, Macrotyphula juncea, Marasmius oreades, Mycena crocata, Mycena flavoalba, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena pelianthina, Mycena pura, Octospora rutilans, Oudemansiella mucida, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora quercina, Phaeolus schweinitzii, Phallus impudicus, Phanerochaete velutina, Phellinus igniarius, Pholiota aurivella, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus dryinus, Pseudaleuria fibrillosa, Psilocybe cyanescens, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rhytisma acerinum, Rickenella fibula, Rickenella swartzii, Rugosomyces carneus, Russula aeruginea, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula fellea, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nigricans, Russula ochroleuca, Russula parazurea, Russula puellaris, Russula sardonia, Russula vesca, Scleroderma citrinum, Sebacina incrustans, Skeletocutis nivea, Sparassis crispa, Squamanita paradoxa, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum subtomentosum, Stropholoma aurantiacum, Suillus grevillei, Suillus luteus, Tapinella atrotomentosa, Trametes versicolor, Tremella mesenterica, Tricholoma fulvum, Tricholoma sulphureum, Xylaria hypoxylon