Rowlands Castle
Sat 4 Nov 2006
Field event ID HF0619
OS Grid areas: SU7310 SU7410
Report: The foray at Rowlands Castle was held on a clear sunny day following the first few nights of frost this autumn. The find of the last few years, Phyllotopsis nidulans, was absent from the fallen beech but there were some fine specimens of Ganoderma pfeifferi providing a good photo opportunity. The day produced several species of Lepiota including procera (Parasol), mastoidea (Slender Parasol), castanea (Chestnut dapperling) aspera (Freckled Dapperling) and the green scaled L grangei (Green Dapperling) whose only other Hampshire site is Crab Wood. After lunch we visited a fine patch of Craterellus cornucopiae (Horn of Plenty) mixed together with the poisonous Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) and Amanita pantherina (Panther Cap). Towards the end of the day Alan found Pluteus thomsonii with it's curiously veined cap surface looking like the pattern of a river system. Alan's find of the day was probably Junghuhnia lacera (formerly separabilima ), a new species for Hampshire and known only from three other sites in Britain one of which was also found by Alan. Although the ground was not covered with as many fruitbodies as the previous week they were still plenty of fungi to be seen and nearly 120 species were recorded during the day.
Species list: Agaricus arvensis, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita pantherina, Amanita phalloides, Amanita vaginata, Armillaria ostoyae, Ascocoryne sarcoides, Auricularia auricula-judae, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Bisporella citrina, Bisporella sulfurina, Bisporella sulfurina, Bjerkandera adusta, Bulgaria inquinans, Calocera cornea, Ceriporia purpurea, Clavaria acuta, Clavulina coralloides, Clitocybe nebularis, Coprinopsis picacea, Craterellus cornucopioides, Crepidotus cesatii, Cristinia eichleri, Daedalea quercina, Daldinia concentrica, Datronia mollis, Echinoderma asperum, Eichleriella deglubens, Fuligo septica var. septica, Fuscoporia ferruginosa, Ganoderma australe, Ganoderma pfeifferi, Gloeocystidiellum porosum, Gymnopilus junonius, Helvella crispa, Helvella lacunosa, Heterobasidion annosum, Hygrophorus eburneus, Hymenochaete corrugata, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypoxylon rubiginosum, Junghuhnia lacera, Kuehneromyces mutabilis, Laccaria amethystina, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius fulvissimus, Lactarius romagnesii, Laetiporus sulphureus, Lepiota castanea, Lepiota clypeolaria, Lepiota grangei, Lepista flaccida, Lepista nuda, Limacella delicata var. glioderma, Litschauerella clematidis, Lycoperdon excipuliforme, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Macrolepiota mastoidea, Macrolepiota mastoidea, Macrolepiota procera var. procera, Marasmius wynneae, Melanoleuca melaleuca, Meripilus giganteus, Mutinus caninus, Mycena crocata, Mycena haematopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena pura, Mycoacia aurea, Neobulgaria pura var. pura, Oudemansiella mucida, Panellus stipticus, Peniophora incarnata, Peniophorella pubera, Phallus impudicus, Phanerochaete velutina, Phlebia livida, Phlebia rufa, Phlebia tremellosa, Phlebiella sulphurea, Phleogena faginea, Pholiota squarrosa, Pleurotus dryinus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus chrysophaeus, Pluteus ephebeus, Pluteus phlebophorus, Pluteus salicinus, Pluteus thomsonii, Polyporus durus, Polyporus leptocephalus, Postia caesia, Postia wakefieldiae, Ramaria stricta, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula nigricans, Russula rosea, Schizophyllum commune, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma verrucosum, Skeletocutis nivea, Steccherinum fimbriatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rameale, Stereum rugosum, Stereum subtomentosum, Stropharia aeruginosa, Trametes versicolor, Tremella mesenterica, Trichaptum abietinum, Tricholoma sulphureum, Tubaria dispersa, Tubaria furfuracea, Xerula radicata, Xylaria hypoxylon, Xylaria longipes, Xylaria polymorpha