Bramshaw Wood
Sat 18 Nov 2006
Field event ID HF0621
OS Grid areas: SU2517
Weather: Occasional drizzle but following further rain and mild weather.
Report: We had not visited Bramshaw wood for some years and once again it proved a very productive visit. Notable finds included Cordyceps canadensis growing on a buried Elaphomyces (truffle). This name still seems acceptable in the UK although Nordic Macromycetes Vol 1 describes either C capitata or C longisegmentis depending upon habitat, spore length and shininess of the cap including C canadensis (sensu auct) in the latter. Phillips' illustration has been renamed as C longisegmentis in the second edition and B&K Vol 1 has a description of C capitata which it states is easy to recognise in the field perhaps implying there is only one similar species. I am not sure if anyone looked at the spores but my photographs do not have a very shiny tip so maybe this is C capitata.
The end of the foray will be remembered for the physical help needed in lifting a non members car over a ridge around the edge of the car park she had driven over!!
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita fulva, Amanita pantherina, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Aurantiporus alborubescens, Auriscalpium vulgare, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus badius, Boletus edulis, Calocera viscosa, Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clavulina coralloides, Coltricia perennis, Coniophora arida, Cordyceps canadensis, Cortinarius bolaris, Cortinarius elatior, Cortinarius sanguineus, Craterellus cornucopioides, Crepidotus cesatii, Crepidotus luteolus, Crepidotus variabilis, Dacrymyces stillatus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Exidia thuretiana, Fuscoporia ferrea, Ganoderma australe, Gliophorus psittacinus, Gymnopilus penetrans, Gymnopus peronatus, Helvella crispa, Heterobasidion annosum, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hypholoma fasciculare, Ischnoderma benzoinum, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius camphoratus, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius turpis, Lactarius vellereus, Lactarius vietus, Leotia lubrica, Megacollybia platyphylla, Mutinus caninus, Mycena epipterygia, Mycena galopus var. candida, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena polygramma, Mycena vitilis, Neobulgaria pura var. pura, Oudemansiella mucida, Panellus mitis, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Phaeolus schweinitzii, Phallus impudicus, Phlebia radiata, Phlebia tremellosa, Phlebiella sulphurea, Phleogena faginea, Pholiota alnicola var. alnicola, Pleurotus cornucopiae, Pleurotus ostreatus, Postia stiptica, Postia wakefieldiae, Psathyrella piluliformis, Psathyrella tephrophylla, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Russula anthracina, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula fellea, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nigricans, Russula nobilis, Rutstroemia firma, Schizophyllum commune, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma citrinum, Serpula himantioides, Skeletocutis amorpha, Sparassis crispa, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Thelephora terrestris, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Tricholoma sciodes, Tricholoma ustale, Tylopilus felleus, Xylaria hypoxylon