Baddesley Common
Sun 25 May 2008
Field event ID HF0804
OS Grid areas: SU3821 SU3921
Weather: Baddesley to find the heavy rain of the previous night had stopped. It was the first rain for probably a couple of weeks or more.
Report: On this occasion we concentrated on Baddesley Common instead of going straight on to Emer Bog, an area with some open patches and some boggy willow areas. Chris found our first Russula of the year but unfortunately the rain had taken its toll and it could not be identified, as was the case for a single scuttelinia specimen I found on a fire site a real shame. Sara found some Merismodes anomalus with its very unusual little tubes. (For those with Breitenbach and Krantlin the photograph is upside down!) Nearby I found what I thought was a cyphelloid fungus but after great investigation not least of all by Alan it turned out to be an insect cocoon with its lid off, how we can all be fooled?! We did however find the tiny brown Cyphella ferruginea on a salix branch, a species with only 14 records on the FRDBI of which the last eight entries since 2001 have involved Alan Lucas. Other species to note are Fibriciellum silvae-ryae that we have now recorded on several occasions making up a considerable contribution to the database. We also found several specimens of the smart little fungus Phaeomarasmius erinaceus found usually growing on salix. So all in all a good day
Species list: Aleurodiscus aurantius, Amanita excelsa var. spissa, Auricularia auricula-judae, Botryobasidium subcoronatum, Byssomerulius corium, Crepidotus cesatii, Cyphella ferruginea, Dacrymyces stillatus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Datronia mollis, Diatrype bullata, Exidia glandulosa, Exidia recisa, Exidia thuretiana, Fibriciellum silvae-ryae, Fuscoporia ferrea, Gymnopus dryophilus, Hyphodontia crustosa, Hypomyces aurantius, Lachnum virgineum, Lentinus brumalis, Merismodes anomala, Mucronella calva, Panaeolus papilionaceus var. papilionaceus, Peniophora incarnata, Peniophora quercina, Phaeomarasmius erinaceus, Phellinus igniarius, Piptoporus betulinus, Polyporus ciliatus, Polyporus leptocephalus, Polyporus tuberaster, Propolis farinosa, Resupinatus applicatus, Schizopora paradoxa, Scopuloides rimosa, Scutellinia scutellata, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rugosum, Trametes versicolor, Tremella mesenterica, Trichoderma pulvinatum, Vuilleminia comedens