Bramshill College
Sat 8 Nov 2008
Field event ID HF0825
OS Grid areas: SU7659 SU7660 SU7560
Weather: There has been now further frosts during the last week but the day itself was marked by torrential rain during the morning which partly explains why only half of those who booked actually turned up. By lunchtime we were rewarded with blue skies!
New Records:
New to Hampshire: Guepinia helvelloides, Entoloma griseocyaneum
New to HFRG: Conocybe velutipes
Report: Bramshill College has rarely been a site to disappoint and once it again lived up to its reputation. Today whilst everyone was registering with security Andy Swan looked in the flower beds and found Guepinia helvelloides which I have just realised has the notable English name of 'Salmon Salad'. There were also several LBJ's which in the pouring rain seemed even less appealing than usual. Our spirits were brightened up when we moved on to the chestnut avenue and cricket pitch which had a good coverage of waxcaps including ceracea, miniata, punicea and virginea along with some clubs and Geoglossum glutinosum. The chestnut avenue produced a few late season russulas to keep Eric happy and once again Astraeus hygrometricus was present. We then made our way through the woods which included a logpile on which was growing large clumps of Pholiota aurivella, Ascocoryne sarcoides not cylichnium on this occasion and Melanotus horizontalis amongst many others. Shortly after this the rain stopped and blue sky appeared as we made our way to the football pitch which was not as productive as usual and on this occasion the Cystoderma amianthinum was not taken over by Squamanita paradoxa. On the way back to the carpark for lunch we diverted to look at a large clump of Meripilus giganteus and found a large display of the hair like Macrotyphula junceus sticking up from the leaves with one larger Macrotyphula fistulosus. After lunch we set out to the main drive with a depleted crew after the local pub had lured several members away and found two of the largest Aleuria aurantia (Orange Peel) that any of us had seen.
Species list: Aleuria aurantia, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita muscaria var. muscaria, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Armillaria mellea, Arrhenia spathulata, Ascocoryne sarcoides, Astraeus hygrometricus, Auricularia auricula-judae, Auriscalpium vulgare, Baeospora myosura, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Boletus badius, Boletus edulis, Boletus subtomentosus, Bulgaria inquinans, Byssomerulius corium, Calocera cornea, Calocera pallidospathulata, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Chalciporus piperatus, Chondrostereum purpureum, Clavulinopsis corniculata, Clavulinopsis helvola, Clavulinopsis luteoalba, Clitocybe fragrans, Clitocybe geotropa, Clitocybe nebularis, Clitopilus hobsonii, Clitopilus prunulus, Conocybe arrhenii, Conocybe velutipes, Coprinellus micaceus, Coprinopsis picacea, Coprinus comatus, Cortinarius ochroleucus, Cortinarius sanguineus, Crepidotus mollis, Cylindrobasidium laeve, Cystoderma amianthinum, Daldinia concentrica, Datronia mollis, Dichomitus campestris, Entoloma conferendum, Entoloma griseocyaneum, Fistulina hepatica, Fuscoporia ferrea, Ganoderma australe, Ganoderma resinaceum, Gliophorus psittacinus, Glutinoglossum glutinosum, Grifola frondosa, Guepinia helvelloides, Gymnopilus junonius, Gymnopilus penetrans, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Helvella crispa, Hydnum repandum, Hygrocybe ceracea, Hygrocybe chlorophana, Hygrocybe coccinea, Hygrocybe conica, Hygrocybe miniata, Hygrocybe pratensis var. pratensis, Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hygrophorus hypothejus, Hyphodontia crustosa, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypocrea gelatinosa, Hypoxylon subticinense, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina, Kretzschmaria deusta, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Laccaria tortilis, Lactarius camphoratus, Lactarius tabidus, Lactarius turpis, Leccinum scabrum, Leotia lubrica, Lepista flaccida, Lepista nuda, Macrotyphula fistulosa var. fistulosa, Macrotyphula juncea, Melanotus horizontalis, Mensularia radiata, Meripilus giganteus, Mutinus caninus, Mycena abramsii, Mycena epipterygia, Mycena flavoalba, Mycena galericulata, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena leptocephala, Mycena pura, Mycena rorida, Panaeolus acuminatus, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora quercina, Perenniporia fraxinea, Phallus impudicus var. impudicus, Pholiota aurivella, Pholiota squarrosa, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus pellitus, Pluteus romellii, Polyporus squamosus, Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis, Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, Radulomyces confluens, Radulomyces molaris, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rhytisma acerinum, Rickenella swartzii, Russula aeruginea, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula cicatricata, Russula fellea, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula parazurea, Russula silvestris, Russula velenovskyi, Sawadaea bicornis, Scleroderma citrinum, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum sanguinolentum, Stereum subtomentosum, Stropharia pseudocyanea, Stropholoma aurantiacum, Trametes versicolor, Trechispora cohaerens, Tremella mesenterica, Tricholoma album, Tricholoma fulvum, Tricholoma saponaceum var. saponaceum, Tricholoma sulphureum var. sulphureum, Tricholoma ustale, Typhula erythropus, Vuilleminia comedens, Vuilleminia coryli, Xylaria hypoxylon