East End Pond & Wormstall Wood
Sat 16 Aug 2008
Field event ID HF0812
OS Grid areas: SZ3697 SZ3698
Weather: Cloudy with rain threatening but not materialising, and temperatures more reminiscent of October than August.
New Records:
New to HFRG: Hebeloma theobrominum, Pluteus diettrichii
Report: (Sara Cadbury) We had a good foray with an excellent variety of fungi, although not necessarily in great profusion, except for lovely displays of the beautiful red Russula pseudointegra at the commencement of the day. We parked by the roadside at the Pond and walked north, through the marlpits and woods, across the short grass and heathland, and eventually to Wormstall Wood. We had to negotiate the Crockford Stream to access Wormstall Wood itself, which caused a certain amount of difficulty and amusement for those forayers without wellies! But the reward was a stop for lunch! Then eventually some fruitbodies of Hydnellum and Phellodon were found to see and photograph. Tina certainly seems to have her eye in for interesting fungi and found Pluteus diettrichii with its dark brown cap which had large cracking to reveal the white flesh beneath. Other less common finds were Clitocybe pinsitus, Amanita porphyria, Lycoperdon molle and we again found Hyphoderma roseocremum. This has been under recorded but we think not particularly uncommon. Returning back to the cars John Paul found Aureoboletus.cramesinus with its incredible yellow pores. Barry kindly carried some specimens found during the morning and we had a show and tell after lunch to educate us. We felt we often miss things others find. Non fungal interest included excavation of 2 wasp nests by a Honey Buzzard and a visit to the coral necklace plant which is always interesting.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita excelsa var. spissa, Amanita franchetii, Amanita fulva, Amanita porphyria, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Amanita vaginata, Aureoboletus gentilis, Boletus aereus, Boletus edulis, Boletus queletii, Boletus radicans, Boletus rhodopurpureus, Calocera cornea, Chalciporus piperatus, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clavulina coralloides, Clitopilus pinsitus, Clitopilus prunulus, Cortinarius bolaris, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia fissa, Entoloma sinuatum, Exidia nucleata, Fistulina hepatica, Ganoderma australe, Gymnopus confluens, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus fusipes, Gymnopus peronatus, Hebeloma theobrominum, Hydnellum spongiosipes, Hydnum repandum, Hymenochaete corrugata, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hymenoscyphus fructigenus, Hyphoderma roseocremeum, Hyphodontia alutaria, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Inocybe rimosa, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius azonites, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius subumbonatus, Laetiporus sulphureus, Leccinum aurantiacum, Leccinum crocipodium, Leccinum pseudoscabrum, Lycoperdon molle, Marasmiellus ramealis, Marasmius rotula, Mycena corynephora, Otidea alutacea, Panaeolus papilionaceus var. papilionaceus, Peniophora quercina, Peniophorella praetermissa, Phanerochaete velutina, Phellodon confluens, Phylloporia ribis, Pluteus diettrichii, Pluteus thomsonii, Polyporus tuberaster, Psathyrella candolleana, Radulomyces molaris, Russula atropurpurea, Russula delica, Russula fellea, Russula luteotacta, Russula ochroleuca, Russula pseudointegra, Russula risigallina, Scopuloides rimosa, Scutellinia umbrorum, Simocybe centunculus var. centunculus, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Thelephora penicillata, Tricholoma lascivum, Tricholoma ustale