Millyford Bridge & Wood Crates
Sun 15 Oct 2006
Field event ID HF0615
OS Grid areas: SU2607 SU2608
Weather: The day, although itself dry and warm, promised to be very productive as there had been rain again in the previous week and the season seemed to be peaking
Report: There were nineteen forayers at Millyford Bridge which was led by Alan Lucas and our visiting guest Martyn Ainsworth. A group of members had met the previous night to hear another of Martyn's excellent talks, this time the subject was the sex lives of fungi which turned out to be far more complex than our own but once again Martyn managed to convey the complexity in a clear and easily understood delivery.
There were certainly an abundance of fruitbodies around the car park and an early high was seeing the totally yellow blue staining Boletus psuedosulphureus noted by Neville earlier in the week. Wood Crates is one of the best sites for beechwood species in Britain and Europe and we were not disappointed. During the day we found many of the beechwood indicator species (see EN report 597 available on the web or ask me to email it to you) including a new one Coriolopsis gallica. This was found once again by Alan on the log where we all too busy eating our lunch and chatting to see it! In addition we found several perfect specimens of the notably red gilled cortinarius C. phoeniceous. And several patches of Amanita pantherina and A. Aspera with it's yellow veil remnants on the cap. Podoscypha multizonata was in prime condition under an oak and the spiny fungi were represented by the red data species Hydnellum concrescens, H spongiosipes and Phellodon melaleucus. It was a day with plenty of common species many special and rare fungi and good photo opportunities and turned out to be one of the highlight days of the year.
Species list: Agaricus campestris var. campestris, Agaricus sylvaticus, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita franchetii, Amanita fulva, Amanita muscaria var. muscaria, Amanita pantherina, Amanita porphyria, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Aurantiporus alborubescens, Aurantiporus fissilis, Aureoboletus gentilis, Basidioradulum radula, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus aereus, Boletus badius, Boletus calopus, Boletus edulis, Boletus junquilleus, Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformis, Boletus subtomentosus, Calocera cornea, Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Ceriporiopsis gilvescens, Ceriporiopsis pannocincta, Clavulina coralloides, Clavulinopsis helvola, Clitocybe odora, Clitopilus prunulus, Coniophora olivacea, Coniophora puteana, Coprinellus micaceus, Coprinus comatus, Cordyceps militaris, Coriolopsis gallica, Cortinarius bolaris, Cortinarius delibutus, Cortinarius elatior, Cortinarius hemitrichus, Cortinarius obtusus, Cortinarius purpurascens, Cortinarius purpureus, Craterellus cornucopioides, Crepidotus applanatus, Crepidotus variabilis, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Datronia mollis, Exidia glandulosa, Fistulina hepatica, Fomitiporella cavicola, Galerina marginata, Ganoderma australe, Ganoderma pfeifferi, Gliophorus psittacinus, Gloeohypochnicium analogum, Gymnopilus junonius, Gymnopus fusipes, Gymnopus peronatus, Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium, Hydnellum concrescens, Hydnellum spongiosipes, Hydnum repandum, Hygrocybe conica, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hymenoscyphus rokebyensis, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria bicolor, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius controversus, Lactarius hysginus, Lactarius pallidus, Lactarius serifluus, Lactarius subumbonatus, Lactarius torminosus, Lactarius turpis, Leccinum aurantiacum, Leccinum crocipodium, Leccinum cyaneobasileucum, Leccinum variicolor, Lepiota ignivolvata, Lycoperdon perlatum, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Megacollybia platyphylla, Mensularia nodulosa, Mycena abramsii, Mycena galericulata, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena hiemalis, Mycena inclinata, Mycena pseudocorticola, Mycena pura, Mycena rorida, Mycena tenerrima, Mycena vitilis, Mycoacia nothofagi, Neobulgaria pura, Orbilia cyathea, Otidea onotica, Oudemansiella mucida, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora quercina, Peziza micropus, Phellodon melaleucus, Phlebia rufa, Phlebia tremellosa, Phlebiella sulphurea, Phleogena faginea, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus chrysophaeus, Pluteus hispidulus, Pluteus pellitus, Pluteus phlebophorus, Pluteus plautus, Pluteus plautus, Pluteus podospileus, Podoscypha multizonata, Poronia punctata, Psathyrella piluliformis, Ramaria stricta, Rhodocollybia prolixa var. distorta, Rickenella swartzii, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula brunneoviolacea, Russula caerulea, Russula claroflava, Russula densifolia, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula gracillima, Russula nigricans, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula risigallina, Russula rosea, Russula sanguinea, Russula sardonia, Russula velenovskyi, Russula vesca, Russula virescens, Rutstroemia firma, Schizophyllum commune, Schizopora flavipora, Schizopora paradoxa, Simocybe centunculus var. centunculus, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rameale, Stereum subtomentosum, Stropharia semiglobata, Suillus variegatus, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Tricholoma fulvum, Tricholoma saponaceum var. saponaceum, Tricholoma sejunctum, Tricholoma ustale, Typhula quisquiliaris, Xerula radicata, Xylaria hypoxylon