Rans Wood and Stubbs Wood
Sat 28 Jul 2007
Field event ID HF0710
OS Grid areas: SU3602 3603 3703
Weather: The showers continued during the preceding week but there were no outbursts of heavy rain. The ground was still very boggy along the stream sides but the day itself was fine with just one light shower in the afternoon.
Report: Once again our high hopes of finding summer boletes were not to be satisfied by the one find of B rubellus, clearly this is not to be the summer of boletes. As if to make up for it, the stipitate hynoids were surfacing early and we were treated to a fine display to tax our recognition skills. The first was a patch of Phellodon with thick stipes, “not melaleucus then” said our recorder only to be informed by Alan that melaleucus can possibly have woolly socks after all! With the black centre, surely this could not be confluens? After heavy rains, oh yes it can we were informed. Life is never straight forward. The rest of the week was relatively dry and the true identity was confirmed on a return visit - it was P confluens (Fused tooth) after all. The two species of Hydellum were less problematical and were identified as H spongiosipes (Velvet tooth) and H concrescens (Zoned tooth). Once again we were able to admire Phellinus robustus in about it's 15th year on the same tree, definitely an old favourite. Other finds of interest during the foray were a solitary specimen of Amanita pantherina (Panther Cap), Hapalopilus rutilans doing it's trick of changing colour with alkali and the fairly uncommon but attractive cup fungus with the dark centre to the disks, Eriopezia caesia. After some intensive homework with the microscopes several new species for the HFRG were noted. Alan added Botryobasidium danicum and Ann Leonard was into dung and added Coprinopsis trispora, Coprotus ochraceus, Coprotus granuliformis and Podospora fimiseda, the latter three all new to Hampshire. On the FRDBI the New Forest is the only site that Botryobasidium danicum has been recorded. Summer forays can certainly keep you busy.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Basidioradulum radula, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Bisporella sulfurina, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus rubellus, Botryobasidium danicum, Bulgaria inquinans, Byssomerulius corium, Calocera cornea, Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clitocybe gibba, Coprinopsis trispora, Coprotus granuliformis, Coprotus ochraceus, Crepidotus cesatii, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia concentrica, Datronia mollis, Dichomitus campestris, Eriopezia caesia, Exidia glandulosa, Exidia nucleata, Fomitiporia robusta, Fuscoporia ferrea, Ganoderma australe, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus fusipes, Hapalopilus nidulans, Helvella dissingii, Hydnellum concrescens, Hydnellum spongiosipes, Hydnum repandum, Hydropus floccipes, Hymenochaete corrugata, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hyphodontia barba-jovis, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius subdulcis, Lactarius tabidus, Laetiporus sulphureus, Lycoperdon nigrescens, Lycoperdon perlatum, Marasmiellus ramealis, Marasmius rotula, Mensularia radiata, Mollisia cinerea, Mycena haematopus, Oudemansiella mucida, Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus, Panellus stipticus, Peniophora cinerea, Peniophora quercina, Phallus impudicus var. impudicus, Phellinus igniarius, Phellodon confluens, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus cervinus, Podospora fimiseda, Polyporus tuberaster, Postia subcaesia, Propolis farinosa, Psathyrella piluliformis, Radulomyces confluens, Radulomyces molaris, Rickenella fibula, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula densifolia, Russula fellea, Russula grata, Russula nigricans, Russula ochroleuca, Russula risigallina, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma citrinum, Skeletocutis nivea, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rugosum, Stereum subtomentosum, Trametes versicolor, Tremella foliacea, Tremella mesenterica, Trichoderma pulvinatum, Tubaria furfuracea, Tylopilus felleus, Vuilleminia comedens, Xerula radicata, Xylaria polymorpha