Dorton's Wood
Sun 26 Oct 2008
Field event ID HF0823
OS Grid areas: SU7434 SU7534
Weather: Wet!
Report: (Paul Hugill) There were just four of us who were sufficiently optimistic to ignore the weather forecast, and once again Dorton’s Wood turned out to be a very wet place indeed. We finally admitted defeat at lunchtime, but not before managing to find 38 different fungi (and a few more which could not be reliably identified). Notable was Mycena crocata which were in profusion. Rosemary searched in vain for Clavariadelphus pistillaris which she had found at Norton’s on previous occasions but unfortunately not this time.
Species list: Amanita phalloides, Armillaria mellea, Auricularia auricula-judae, Bisporella citrina, Bjerkandera adusta, Clitocybe nebularis, Coprinellus micaceus, Crepidotus variabilis, Daldinia concentrica, Exidia thuretiana, Ganoderma australe, Hygrophorus eburneus, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypholoma lateritium, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius blennius, Lycoperdon echinatum, Lycoperdon pyriforme, Marasmiellus ramealis, Meripilus giganteus, Mycena crocata, Mycena galericulata, Mycena inclinata, Neobulgaria pura var. pura, Oudemansiella mucida, Panellus stipticus, Phallus impudicus var. impudicus, Phlebia tremellosa, Ramaria stricta, Schizopora paradoxa, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum subtomentosum, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Xylaria hypoxylon