Puttles Bridge & Blackwater Arboretum
Sun 1 Oct 2006
Field event ID HF0612
OS Grid areas: SU2702 & 2604
Report: (Mary and Neville Diserens) Only two members turned up to accompany the leaders on this foray at Puttles Bridge. The weather was better than the forecast had led us to fear and the number and variety of fungi were also better than expected, the recent rains at last having the desired effect. A marked absence of 'paint on branches' meant that we could maintain a healthy pace. The highlights were several groups of Amanita pantherina, a group of Boletus (Xerocomus) look alikes and an almost white Boletus edulis (Cep) for which B persoonii was also considered. A visit to the Blackwater Arboretum in the afternoon proved less fruitful foraying. On the South side of Oberwater (SU272028) we also found a bolete which looked very like Xerocomus armeniacus (Court & Duhem 1652) which apparently does not occur in Britain. There were several specimens with reddish pink cracking caps, bright yellow pores but not as bright as Aureoboletus gentilis, yellow stipe apex markedly reddening below. All blueing violently. The nearest tree was a hawthorn.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita excelsa, Amanita fulva, Amanita pantherina, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Boletus aereus, Boletus appendiculatus, Boletus badius, Boletus chrysenteron, Boletus edulis, Boletus edulis, Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformis, Calocera pallidospathulata, Calocera pallidospathulata, Calocera viscosa, Calocera viscosa, Chalciporus piperatus, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clavulinopsis helvola, Clitopilus prunulus, Cordyceps militaris, Cortinarius purpurascens, Daedalea quercina, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Fistulina hepatica, Fuscoporia ferrea, Gymnopilus junonius, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus peronatus, Gymnopus peronatus, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Laccaria amethystina, Lactarius camphoratus, Lactarius deliciosus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius quietus, Leccinum aurantiacum, Leccinum duriusculum, Lyophyllum decastes, Megacollybia platyphylla, Megacollybia platyphylla, Mycena galericulata, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena leptocephala, Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus, Paxillus involutus, Phaeolus schweinitzii, Phaeolus schweinitzii, Phellinus igniarius, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus cervinus, Rhizopogon luteolus, Rhizopogon luteolus, Rhodocollybia maculata, Rhopographus filicinus, Rickenella fibula, Russula caerulea, Russula risigallina, Russula sanguinea, Russula virescens, Scleroderma citrinum, Sparassis crispa, Stereum hirsutum, Stropharia semiglobata, Suillus bovinus, Suillus grevillei, Suillus luteus, Trametes versicolor, Tricholoma fulvum, Trochila ilicina, Trochila ilicina