Basing Forest: Carpenter's Down Wood
Sat 12 Sep 2015
Lycoperdon excipuliforme
Photo © Paul Hugill
Field event ID HF1514
OS Grid areas: SU6454
New Records:
New to VC12: Tomentella ellisii, Antrodia carbonica, Basidiodendron caesiocinereu, Echinosphaeria canescens
New to HFRG: Hyaloscypha albohyalina var. albohyalina,
Report: (Mike Harrison) Most of the day was spent in the south of the Forest, in Carpenters Down Wood, although later on, we moved on into Parrot‘s Copse. The 16 forayers found 109 species - a surprisingly large number, considering how dry the weather in the run up to the foray had been. Of particular note was Antrodia carbonica - only twice recorded previously in the UK, although it may be that the previously unidentified Antrodias Alan Lucas found at the Vyne in 2014 and elsewhere, may also turn out to have been this species, once the samples are DNA sequenced. Other highlights were the grey resupinate Basidiodendron caesiocinereum and also the small hairy ascomycete Echinosphaeria canescens, which was sharing a twig with Flagelloscypha minutissima. Two of the more interesting cap fungi found were the attractive Pholiota flammans and the purple-tinged Lactarius controversus, here associated with Salix. While not as uncommon as some of the other finds, my favourite was Leucogyrophana mollusca, a merulioid fungus new to me, which reminds me of a badly fried egg
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita excelsa var. spissa, Amanita fulva, Amanita muscaria var. muscaria, Amanita rubescens var. annulosulphurea, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Annulohypoxylon multiforme, Antrodia carbonica, Antrodia xantha, Basidiodendron caesiocinereum, Basidioradulum radula, Bolbitius titubans, Boletus cisalpinus, Boletus edulis, Boletus porosporus, Boletus subtomentosus, Botryobasidium laeve, Botryobasidium subcoronatum, Bulbillomyces farinosus, Calocera viscosa, Clavulina coralloides, Clitopilus prunulus, Coprinellus micaceus, Coprinopsis atramentaria, Cortinarius anomalus, Cortinarius semisanguineus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia concentrica, Echinosphaeria canescens, Flagelloscypha minutissima, Fuscoporia ferrea, Gymnopus confluens, Gymnopus erythropus, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, Heterobasidion annosum, Hyaloscypha albohyalina, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, Hyphoderma setigerum, Hyphodontia sambuci, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypomyces rosellus, Hypoxylon fuscum, Inocybe geophylla, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius controversus, Lactarius pyrogalus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius tabidus, Leccinum aurantiacum, Leccinum scabrum, Leucogyrophana mollusca, Lycoperdon excipuliforme, Lycoperdon perlatum, Marasmiellus ramealis, Megacollybia platyphylla, Mycena pelianthina, Mycena pura, Mycoacia uda, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora limitata, Peniophora quercina, Peniophorella pubera, Phlebia tremellosa, Phlebiella sulphurea, Phlebiopsis gigantea, Pholiota flammans, Pholiota gummosa, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus leoninus, Polyporus leptocephalus, Polyporus tuberaster, Postia stiptica, Postia subcaesia, Psathyrella piluliformis, Resinicium bicolor, Rhytisma acerinum, Russula aeruginea, Russula anthracina, Russula atropurpurea, Russula chloroides, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula nigricans, Russula nitida, Russula ochroleuca, Russula turci, Russula velenovskyi, Russula versicolor, Russula vesca, Schizopora paradoxa, Scopuloides rimosa, Skeletocutis vulgaris, Steccherinum ochraceum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rugosum, Stereum subtomentosum, Suillus luteus, Tomentella ellisii, Trametes versicolor, Trichaptum abietinum, Trichoderma pulvinatum, Tricholoma fulvum, Tricholomopsis rutilans, Trochila ilicina, Tubaria furfuracea, Tubulifera arachnoidea