Calveslease Copse, Roydon
Sat 25 Aug 2007
Field event ID HF0714
OS Grid areas: SU3200
Weather: A dry warm preceding week with dry conditions underfoot except in the alder and sphagnum bog and around the stream.
Report: There was a good turn out of forayers including two newcomers Chris and Tim Roberts in what is turning out to be a dry month. Many were thankful we were foraying in the woodland cover. We followed the stream downhill and soon came to the spot where we saw Lindtneria trachyspora for the first time last year. Once again there were small patches of fruitbody with it's vivid chrome colouration. In B&K two species are mentioned one with spikes on like the collar of the bulldogs in Tom & Jerry and one with wings. The spores I looked at had two sides, sixty percent with spikes and forty percent with two rings like a skirt and petticoat. Several forayers found the small delicate Hydropus floccipes with it's black spotted stem which was present on several mossy tree trunks. There were some good photo opportunities with fine examples of Steccherinum ochraceum and the transparent Delicatula integrella with it's rudimentary gills. Alan found the uncommon black slimy Camarops polysperma which we unofficially call 'The Slug' because of it's appearance. Despite the dry weather we found nearly 100 species.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita fulva, Basidioradulum radula, Bjerkandera adusta, Calocera cornea, Camarops polysperma, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, Ceriporia purpurea, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clavulinopsis fusiformis, Cortinarius tofaceus, Cudoniella clavus var. clavus, Cylindrobasidium laeve, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia concentrica, Datronia mollis, Delicatula integrella, Dichomitus campestris, Flagelloscypha minutissima, Fuscoporia ferrea, Galerina marginata, Ganoderma australe, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus fusipes, Hemimycena tortuosa, Hemimycena tortuosa, Henningsomyces candidus, Hydnum repandum, Hydropus floccipes, Hygrocybe ceracea, Hygrocybe conica, Hymenochaete corrugata, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hymenoscyphus fagineus, Hyphoderma occidentale, Hyphodontia alutaria, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Hypoxylon fuscum, Hypoxylon rubiginosum, Inonotus hispidus, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum virgineum, Lindtneria trachyspora, Lycoperdon perlatum, Megacollybia platyphylla, Mensularia radiata, Mollisia cinerea, Mutinus caninus, Mycena corynephora, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena metata, Mycena pelianthina, Mycoacia uda, Neonectria coccinea, Orbilia coccinella, Orbilia xanthostigma, Oxyporus populinus, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora limitata, Peniophora quercina, Phlebiella sulphurea, Physisporinus sanguinolentus, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus chrysophaeus, Pluteus hispidulus, Polyporus tuberaster, Psathyrella candolleana, Ramaria stricta, Rickenella fibula, Rickenella swartzii, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula brunneoviolacea, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula puellaris, Russula silvestris, Russula velenovskyi, Russula vesca, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma citrinum, Scopuloides rimosa, Scutellinia scutellata, Scutellinia trechispora, Skeletocutis nivea, Skeletocutis vulgaris, Steccherinum ochraceum, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum subtomentosum, Thelephora penicillata, Tomentella ferruginea, Trametes versicolor, Tremella mesenterica, Tylopilus felleus, Vuilleminia comedens