Wormstall Wood
Sat 14 Jul 2007
Field event ID HF0708
OS Grid areas: SZ3598 SZ3698 SZ3598
Weather: Although the day was sunny and warm the forest was very wet following several weeks of rain.
Report: Despite several members of the group attending the Bolete workshop in Romsey there was still a good turn out for this often very productive site. The only bolete to be found was taken to the workshop and subsequently identified by Alan Hills as the rarely found leccinum schistophilum (previously L palustre). The stipe had turned a vivid turquoise blue by the time it reached Romsey, a striking character of the species. Two other unusual species were found. The first was Fomes fomentarius which is usually found on beech in Hampshire but on this occasion was found on birch which is the typical host in Scotland. The second was Cortinarius rubellus (better known as Cortinarius speciosissimus, the deadly webcap) again notable in Scotland where it has been mistaken for Cantharellus cibarius (Chanterelle). The toxins damage the kidneys and those unfortunate enough to have eaten it require a kidney transplant or permanent dialysis to survive. It has been found in the New Forest before but only once in the last 20 years.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Calocera cornea, Calocera pallidospathulata, Cantharellus cibarius, Coprinellus disseminatus, Cortinarius rubellus, Crepidotus cesatii, Crepidotus variabilis, Fomes fomentarius, Gymnopilus penetrans, Gymnopus fusipes, Gymnopus peronatus, Hapalopilus nidulans, Hydnum repandum, Hygrocybe conica, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Inocybe napipes, Laccaria amethystina, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius subumbonatus, Lactarius tabidus, Leccinum schistophilum, Lentinus tigrinus, Marasmiellus vaillantii, Megacollybia platyphylla, Melastiza contorta, Mutinus caninus, Mycena capillaripes, Mycena leptocephala, Mycena pura, Paxillus involutus, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pluteus cervinus, Psathyrella piluliformis, Rickenella fibula, Russula amoenolens, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula brunneoviolacea, Russula grisea, Russula nigricans, Russula ochroleuca, Russula silvestris, Russula vesca, Schizopora paradoxa, Stereum gausapatum, Stropharia semiglobata, Trochila ilicina, Tylopilus felleus