Millyford Bridge & Wood Crates
Sat 2 Aug 2008
Field event ID HF0810
OS Grid areas: SU2607 SU2608 SU2708
Weather: Despite a mixed forecast we were lucky to get away with just a few spots of rain. The previous week had seen some more rain which had dampened the ground.
New Records:
New to Hampshire: Lactarius glaucescens
New to VC11: Boletus cisalpinus
New to HFRG: Spongipellis delectans, Hyphoderma litschaueri, Russula nauseosa
Report: Millyford bridge has always been one of the star sites of the New Forest and although it is still early the season we were not to be disappointed. Early on whilst members were examining some pluteus fruitbodies on a log Alan noticed some brown spores settling inside a hollow beech stump and sure enough there was another specimen of Phellinus cavicola lurking in the depths. Although the area is known for Phellodon and Hydnellum Eric found a previously unknown clump of Phellodon confluens with it's grey spines and white cap. Flammulaster muricatus provided a good photo opportunity before lunch. Continuing on from last week's flush of Russula species Eric increased the final list to sixteen species. There were four boletes and a handful of lactarius species confirming the season is with us. Amongst the lactarius was a white fruitbody with closely packed gills which Eric found early on, raising the possibility of L piperatus. When we had a look over lunch the milk had turned a lovely green colour, the application of some NaOH to milk turned it a vivid orange colour which confirmed the species to be L glaucescens, a species with only a few UK records and new record for Hampshire. Near the end of the foray a cry was heard from the bushes which most of us ignored to our loss as Sue had found a specimen of Spongipellis delectans, another new species for the group.
Species list: Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Amanita vaginata, Boletus aereus, Boletus cisalpinus, Calocera cornea, Cantharellus cibarius, Ceriporiopsis gilvescens, Clitopilus prunulus, Cortinarius bolaris, Crepidotus applanatus var. applanatus, Dacrymyces stillatus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Datronia mollis, Fistulina hepatica, Flammulaster muricatus, Fomitiporella cavicola, Fuscoporia ferrea, Ganoderma australe, Ganoderma pfeifferi, Gloeocystidiellum porosum, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus fusipes, Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium, Hydnum repandum, Hygrocybe cantharellus, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hyphoderma litschaueri, Hyphoderma occidentale, Hyphodontia alutaria, Hyphodontia nespori, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Kretzschmaria deusta, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius azonites, Lactarius glaucescens, Lactarius piperatus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius tabidus, Leccinum aurantiacum, Leccinum crocipodium, Marasmius epiphyllus, Marasmius rotula, Megacollybia platyphylla, Mensularia radiata, Mycoacia nothofagi, Omphalina pyxidata, Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus, Peniophorella pubera, Phallus impudicus var. impudicus, Phellodon confluens, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus plautus, Polyporus leptocephalus, Russula acetolens, Russula anthracina, Russula betularum, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula fellea, Russula heterophylla, Russula ionochlora, Russula nauseosa, Russula nigricans, Russula nobilis, Russula risigallina, Russula rosea, Russula silvestris, Russula turci, Russula velenovskyi, Russula virescens, Schizopora flavipora, Scleroderma citrinum, Scutellinia scutellata, Simocybe haustellaris, Skeletocutis vulgaris, Spongipellis delectans, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rugosum, Stereum subtomentosum, Stropharia semiglobata, Tephrocybe tylicolor, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Trochila ilicina, Tylopilus felleus, Xerula radicata