Mallard Wood
Sat 27 Sep 2008
Field event ID HF0818
OS Grid areas: SU3109 SU3209
Weather: Following a further week with little rain the ground was starting to dry out although the day itself started with a typical misty autumnal morning clearing late morning to a fine sunny day.
Report: (Alan Lucas) It was good to see Gordon again whom we introduced to the new members of the group. This site was a new venue for us and may have the potential of being very good site with a variety of habitats. The fungi that were encounted early on in the day were mainly the more common species’ and it wasn’t until we stopped for lunch that the first interesting find was made a nice blue corticoid that was confirmed as Byssocorticium pulchrum. In the afternoon Joan found Cortinarius flexipes var flexipes smelling of geraniums and with a nice violet colour to the stipe apex, var flabellus (paleaceus) dose not have this colouration. Paul Hugill found a large healthy specimen of Grifola fondrosa at the base of an Oak and near by were some orange cup fungi nestling in moss. Melastiza contorta (scotica) was mentioned and when put under the scope the huge ornamentation on the spores confirmed the early suggestion.
Species list: Amanita citrina, Amanita excelsa, Amanita fulva, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Armillaria mellea, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus badius, Boletus pruinatus, Bulbillomyces farinosus, Byssocorticium pulchrum, Calocera cornea, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clavulinopsis helvola, Coprinellus micaceus, Coprinopsis stercorea, Cortinarius flexipes var. flexipes, Cortinarius hemitrichus, Cortinarius ochroleucus, Crepidotus applanatus var. applanatus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Echinoderma asperum, Eriopezia caesia, Fistulina hepatica, Flagelloscypha minutissima, Fuscoporia ferrea, Fuscoporia ferruginosa, Ganoderma australe, Gloiothele lactescens, Grifola frondosa, Gymnopilus junonius, Gymnopus fusipes, Helvella lacunosa, Heterobasidion annosum, Hygrocybe cantharellus, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hyphodontia alutaria, Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Incrucipulum ciliare, Inocybe rimosa, Junghuhnia nitida, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius camphoratus, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius tabidus, Lactarius turpis, Lactarius vellereus, Lactarius vietus, Laetiporus sulphureus, Leccinum scabrum, Leccinum variicolor, Lycoperdon perlatum, Melastiza contorta, Melastiza contorta, Mensularia radiata, Meripilus giganteus, Mycena galericulata, Mycena haematopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena rosea, Mycena vitilis, Mycoacia uda, Naucoria melinoides, Neobulgaria pura var. foliacea, Paxillus involutus, Peniophorella pubera, Peziza micropus, Phallus impudicus var. impudicus, Phlebia rufa, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus hispidulus, Pluteus phlebophorus, Polyporus leptocephalus, Psathyrella laevissima, Pseudoboletus parasiticus, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rhodocollybia maculata, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula claroflava, Russula fellea, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula pseudointegra, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma areolatum, Scutellinia scutellata, Skeletocutis nivea, Skeletocutis vulgaris, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum subtomentosum, Thelephora penicillata, Trametes versicolor, Trichaptum abietinum, Tyromyces chioneus, Xerula radicata, Xerula radicata