Northington: The Grange
Sat 13 Oct 2007
Field event ID HF0721
OS Grid areas: SU5635 SU5636
Weather: There had been some rain over the previous week. The weather on the day was mostly overcast, with a slight threat of rain which barely materialised.
New Records:
New to Hampshire: Phanerochaete tuberculata, Tyromyces floriformis
New to HFRG: Peniophora nuda
Report: Northington is a very mixed site, including a lime avenue, alder, grassland, parkland, mixed woodland and a larch plantation, all on a chalk substratum.The recent rains managed to bring out more fungi than forayers for our visit this year and despite our best efforts to skip the public land so that we could get to the "more interesting" parts, we kept falling over fungi. Most of the species recorded were still associated with dead wood, but there were starting to be a good number of fruit bodies coming out the ground. Although the list of finds was quite long, many of the genera we would expect to find in the woods were missing; no Russula, Lactarius or any Boletes and even Lepiotas, which we often find in abundance in Northington were absent. In other words, what we found was unusual. Maybe this might serve as an enticement to more forest dwellers to venture "up North" occasionally... Finds worthy of mention were: Ganoderma applanatum (yes really this time), found by Alan on a fallen beech trunk. It was noticeably more rubbery than the usual australe, as well as having smaller spores. To prove the point, we soon found large specimens of australe big enough and tough enough to sit on. A beautiful specimen of Pluteus umbrosus, with its velvet cap got the cameras out in force. Sue found a striking specimen of Geastrum fornicatum, which we have found at Northington before. An array of what looked like morels, turned out to be Tubaria furfuracia suffering from attack by another organism ("Tremella" suggested Alan). Under the microscope the affected fruit body had spiculate form, which Alan identified as a "Hypomycete", but whether it caused the distortion is another matter (see: pp 166-8, "Fungi" by Spooner and Roberts). Dried material will be sent to Kew. This is the second time we have seen this infestation in Northington, as several years ago Graham Mattock and Eric Janke found Armillaria affected similarly.
A striking orange agaric, found in the moss on the base of trees in several locations by Alan, Eric and Sara was finally identified by Alan Lucas as Haasiella venustissima, This may appear new to us, but according to the FRDBI database it was found in Northington in Dec 2003 by Andrew Merrick and Steve Guy and the specimen sent to Kew.
Species list: Agaricus arvensis, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita muscaria var. muscaria, Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Ascocoryne cylichnium, Ascotremella faginea, Auricularia auricula-judae, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Bjerkandera adusta, Bolbitius titubans var. titubans, Botryobasidium aureum, Byssomerulius corium, Calocera cornea, Calocera viscosa, Calyptella capula, Chondrostereum purpureum, Clitocybe gibba, Clitocybe nebularis, Clitocybe odora, Clitocybe rivulosa, Clitopilus pinsitus, Coprinellus micaceus, Coprinus comatus, Crepidotus caspari, Crepidotus cesatii, Crepidotus mollis, Dacrymyces capitatus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia concentrica, Datronia mollis, Dendrothele acerina, Exidia nucleata, Fuscoporia ferrea, Galerina marginata, Ganoderma applanatum, Ganoderma australe, Geastrum fimbriatum, Geastrum fornicatum, Geastrum triplex, Gloeocystidiellum porosum, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus fusipes, Gymnopus peronatus, Haasiella venustissima, Heterobasidion annosum, Hymenochaete corrugata, Hyphodontia sambuci, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Hypoxylon fuscum, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina, Kretzschmaria deusta, Lachnum niveum, Lacrymaria lacrymabunda, Laetiporus sulphureus, Lepista nuda, Lycoperdon nigrescens, Lycoperdon perlatum, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Macrotyphula fistulosa var. fistulosa, Marasmius cohaerens, Marasmius epiphyllus, Marasmius oreades, Marasmius rotula, Marasmius wynneae, Melanoleuca polioleuca, Mensularia radiata, Mycena arcangeliana, Mycena crocata, Mycena galericulata, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena polygramma, Mycena pura, Mycena rosea, Naucoria melinoides, Nectria cinnabarina, Neobulgaria pura var. pura, Oudemansiella mucida, Parasola plicatilis, Peniophora cinerea, Peniophora laeta, Peniophora limitata, Peniophora nuda, Peniophora proxima, Peniophora quercina, Peniophora rufomarginata, Perenniporia fraxinea, Peziza micropus, Phallus impudicus var. impudicus, Phanerochaete tuberculata, Phlebia tremellosa, Pholiota adiposa, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus chrysophaeus, Pluteus cinereofuscus, Pluteus plautus, Pluteus salicinus, Pluteus umbrosus, Polyporus durus, Polyporus squamosus, Postia floriformis, Psathyrella candolleana, Psathyrella piluliformis, Radulomyces confluens, Resupinatus applicatus, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rhodotus palmatus, Rickenella fibula, Rigidoporus ulmarius, Schizophyllum commune, Schizopora paradoxa, Simocybe haustellaris, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rameale, Stereum rugosum, Stereum subtomentosum, Stropharia aeruginosa, Stropharia inuncta, Stropharia semiglobata, Trametes versicolor, Trechispora farinacea, Tremella mesenterica, Tubaria furfuracea, Typhula erythropus, Vuilleminia comedens, Vuilleminia coryli, Xerula radicata, Xylaria hypoxylon, Xylaria longipes, Xylaria polymorpha