Emer Bog
Sat 1 Sep 2007
Field event ID HF0715
OS Grid areas: SU3921
Weather: Hot and sunny after a further week without rain.
New Records:
New to Hampshire and England: Mycena cecidiophyla
New to Hampshire: Vuilleminia alni
Report: The intrepid four walked down the track and across the fields to Emer Bog in hot and sunny weather. The lower lying parts of the bog were damp and wet with some areas of open water. Whilst the fungi were not greatly prolific the biting midges certainly were!! One notable find Sue found was on a knopper gall from an oak tree. With microscopic vision she found a teeny weeny white fruitbody which she and Alan later identified after much excitement and discussion with Ern Emmett as Mycena cecidiophila. This is not listed in the British Checklist or on the FRDBI although Ern has found it in Scotland, any dried material he kept must look like specs of dirt! It is mentioned in Robich's Mycena book for those who have this publication. Unusually for Mycena it has no cheilocystidia and is only found on oak galls. The small mycena from alder cones which the group has found before also turned up again. Thus making Emer bog a new site for Mycena rhenana. This was definitely a day for rarities as Alan found Vuilleminia alni which is only known from a few counties in England and was previously unrecorded in Hampshire as far as I could ascertain. SC SR & SS
Species list: Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Ascotremella faginea, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus badius, Bulbillomyces farinosus, Ceriporia reticulata, Cheilymenia fimicola, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Coprinellus micaceus, Cortinarius cinnamomeus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia concentrica, Flagelloscypha minutissima, Fuscoporia ferrea, Ganoderma australe, Hebeloma leucosarx, Hemimycena tortuosa, Hydropus floccipes, Hygrocybe punicea, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hyphodontia arguta, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria bicolor, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius aspideus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius subumbonatus, Lactarius tabidus, Leccinum cyaneobasileucum, Leccinum scabrum, Lenzites betulina, Lycoperdon perlatum, Macrolepiota procera var. procera, Marasmiellus vaillantii, Mollisia cinerea, Mucronella calva, Mycena cecidiophila, Mycena galericulata, Mycena leptocephala, Mycena pura, Mycena rhenana, Mycena vitilis, Mycoacia aurea, Naucoria escharioides, Naucoria melinoides, Naucoria subconspersa, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora cinerea, Peniophora quercina, Phanerochaete velutina, Phellinus igniarius, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus salicinus, Polyporus leptocephalus, Postia subcaesia, Psathyrella candolleana, Radulomyces confluens, Rickenella fibula, Rickenella swartzii, Russula alnetorum, Russula betularum, Russula claroflava, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nitida, Russula ochroleuca, Russula vesca, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma areolatum, Scleroderma citrinum, Scutellinia scutellata, Skeletocutis lenis, Skeletocutis nivea, Skeletocutis vulgaris, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum rugosum, Stereum subtomentosum, Trametes versicolor, Tyromyces chioneus, Vuilleminia alni