Blissford Farm
Sat 15 Nov 2008
Field event ID HF0826
OS Grid areas: SU1713
Weather: There had been no further frosts and still reasonable amounts of rain. The day itself was dry with occasional bright spells.
New Records:
New to HFRG: Pholiota lubrica.
Report: (Alan Lucas) As the troops were assembling and getting ready to foray they were enrolled to help the owner of the farm round up her horses and usher them into one of the fields,a tricky task for some.We were then joined by Graham Long who has been surveying this site for a number of years not for fungi but molluscs.
Blissford Farm is a new site for the group and has been free from chemical use for generations and so is unimproved grassland and Sue thought it might be of interest for waxcaps but unfortunately this was not the case although a few species were found.An earlier visit had produced 10 different species of Boletaceae. No mean achievement for recent years lack of this genus. The hedgerows and the tree lined stream were more productive with some nice records, one new for the group that Jacquey found, Pholiota lubrica under Hawthorn and the beautifully deep blue colour of Terana caerulea found by Sue on a fallen Oak branch.
After the foray a few members went back to Sue’s house for a meal and to examine some specimens found on the day. As these were being looked at under the scope it was a good to show Tina and Chris what we do every week and I think it’s fair to say they were quite enthusiastic and surprised to see how fungi are put together.
Species list: Agaricus campestris var. campestris, Antrodia albida, Ascocoryne sarcoides, Bisporella sulfurina, Bjerkandera adusta, Bovista plumbea, Bulgaria inquinans, Byssomerulius corium, Cheilymenia granulata, Cheilymenia granulata, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Chondrostereum purpureum, Clavulinopsis corniculata, Cordyceps militaris, Cortinarius brunneus var. brunneus, Cortinarius ochroleucus, Crepidotus caspari, Crepidotus cesatii, Cylindrobasidium laeve, Cyphella ferruginea, Dacrymyces stillatus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia concentrica, Dichomitus campestris, Diplomitoporus lindbladii, Eichleriella deglubens, Entoloma clypeatum, Entoloma conferendum var. conferendum, Exidia glandulosa, Exidia nucleata, Fistulina hepatica, Fuscoporia ferrea, Gliophorus psittacinus, Gymnopilus penetrans, Gymnopus fusipes, Hemimycena tortuosa, Hygrocybe ceracea, Hygrocybe pratensis var. pratensis, Hygrocybe quieta, Hygrocybe russocoriacea, Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypocrea gelatinosa, Kuehneromyces mutabilis, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lactarius subumbonatus, Lepista flaccida, Marasmius cohaerens, Mycena aetites, Mycena arcangeliana, Mycena corynephora, Mycena galericulata, Mycena haematopus, Mycena inclinata, Mycena pseudocorticola, Mycena tenerrima, Panaeolus acuminatus, Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus, Panellus stipticus, Peniophora quercina, Peniophorella praetermissa, Phanerochaete velutina, Phellinus igniarius, Phellinus pomaceus, Phlebia radiata, Pholiota lubrica, Pluteus cervinus, Postia subcaesia, Postia wakefieldiae, Psathyrella piluliformis, Psilocybe semilanceata, Radulomyces confluens, Rickenella fibula, Rickenella swartzii, Russula aeruginea, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula risigallina, Rutstroemia firma, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma areolatum, Stereum gausapatum, Stereum hirsutum, Stropharia semiglobata, Terana coerulea, Trametes versicolor, Trechispora farinacea, Tubaria furfuracea, Vuilleminia comedens, Vuilleminia coryli, Xylaria hypoxylon