Marlborough Deeps
Sun 12 Aug 2007
Field event ID HF0712
OS Grid areas: SZ2298 SZ2299
Weather: The previous week had seen some light showers but generally the ground had dried a little except for the Marl pits themselves which remained wet with extensive areas of surface water from the previous heavy rain this year. During the morning there was a mo
Report: We walked over the heathland from the car park to the Marl pits and found several species on the burnt gorse including the small shiny Daldinia vernicosa, the pink Peniophora incarnata upon which Tremella mesenterica is parasitic and at the base of one of the stems a Steccherinum which was confirmed later as ochraceum. As we entered the marlpit area and the dampness there was a flush of species including some fine Leotia lubrica (Jelly babies). After that we had to work hard to find specimens and most of those were growing on wood.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Antrodia albida, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Boletus aereus, Boletus subtomentosus, Bulgaria inquinans, Calocera cornea, Calocera viscosa, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Coprinellus micaceus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia fissa, Datronia mollis, Fuscoporia ferrea, Ganoderma australe, Ganoderma australe, Gymnopilus junonius, Hydnum repandum, Hymenochaete corrugata, Hyphoderma argillaceum, Hyphodontia arguta, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Incrucipulum ciliare, Inocybe rimosa, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius tabidus, Lenzites betulina, Leotia lubrica, Mensularia radiata, Mycena haematopus, Mycoacia fuscoatra, Panaeolus fimicola, Peniophora incarnata, Peniophora quercina, Phellinus igniarius, Phlebia radiata, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus salicinus, Pluteus salicinus, Polyporus tuberaster, Russula betularum, Russula densifolia, Russula ochroleuca, Russula vesca, Schizopora paradoxa, Steccherinum ochraceum, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum rugosum, Stereum subtomentosum, Tomentella bryophila, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Tremella mesenterica, Trichoderma pulvinatum, Tubaria conspersa, Vuilleminia comedens, Xerula radicata