Creech Wood
Sat 21 Oct 2006
Field event ID HF0616
OS Grid areas: SU6411
Weather: The day consisted of moderate showers with some dry patches
Report: Peter Thompson travelled back to his old patch to guide us around Creech Wood, part of the old Bere Forest. There were plenty of fungi to be found and we were misled by an early find of a 'peziza' which later Eric found to be Otidea bufonia. We found Helvella lacunosa looking very pale and on checking realised that apart from the darker colour the edge of the 'cap' is attached to the stipe whereas in H crispa it is completely free. We later found the thin Macrotyphula junceus but not Typula phacorrhiza which has the same macroscopic appearance but arises from a sclerotia and was previously seen here by Rosemary. Other interesting finds included a lepiota that rapidly developed an orange stain when bruised determined as Lepiota georginae and the Red Data List species Cantharellus cinereus (Grey chanterelle). With the continuing wet warm weather October 06 is promising to be a very good month after the dry autumns of the last few years and today was no exception with over 130 species recorded.
Species list: Agaricus bitorquis, Aleuria aurantia, Amanita citrina var. alba, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Amanita vaginata, Ampulloclitocybe clavipes, Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Armillaria mellea, Armillaria ostoyae, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Bisporella sulfurina, Boletus badius, Boletus edulis, Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformis, Boletus porosporus, Byssomerulius corium, Calocera cornea, Calocera viscosa, Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus cinereus, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Clavulina coralloides, Clavulinopsis helvola, Clitocybe gibba, Coprinellus micaceus, Coprinopsis picacea, Coprinus comatus, Crepidotus epibryus, Crepidotus variabilis, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Datronia mollis, Exidia nucleata, Geastrum triplex, Gymnopilus penetrans, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus peronatus, Helvella crispa, Helvella lacunosa, Hemimycena tortuosa, Humaria hemisphaerica, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypocrea gelatinosa, Hypomyces chrysospermus, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina, Kuehneromyces mutabilis, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius deterrimus, Lactarius pyrogalus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius subdulcis, Lactarius subumbonatus, Lactarius tabidus, Lactarius turpis, Lactarius vellereus, Lenzites betulina, Leotia lubrica, Lepiota castanea, Lepiota cristata, Lepista nuda, Leucoagaricus georginae, Leucocoprinus brebissonii, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Lyophyllum decastes, Macrotyphula juncea, Marasmiellus ramealis, Megacollybia platyphylla, Mutinus caninus, Mycena epipterygia, Mycena galericulata, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena polygramma, Mycena rosea, Mycoacia uda, Otidea bufonia, Oudemansiella mucida, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora limitata, Phaeolus schweinitzii, Phallus impudicus, Phlebia tremellosa, Pholiota gummosa, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus dryinus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus chrysophaeus, Pluteus leoninus, Pluteus salicinus, Psathyrella piluliformis, Ramaria stricta, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rhopographus filicinus, Rickenella fibula, Russula amoenolens, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula brunneoviolacea, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula densifolia, Russula fellea, Russula heterophylla, Russula nigricans, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula risigallina, Russula rosea, Russula vesca, Rutstroemia firma, Schizophyllum commune, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma areolatum, Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma verrucosum, Skeletocutis nivea, Sparassis crispa, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum subtomentosum, Suillus bovinus, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Tremella mesenterica, Trichaptum abietinum, Tricholomopsis rutilans, Trochila ilicina, Vuilleminia comedens, Xylaria longipes