Exbury
Sat 21 Nov 2015
Skeletocutis amorpha
Photo © Stuart Skeates
Field event ID HF1527
OS Grid areas: SU4200
Weather: A blustery day but thankfully the rain held off whilst we were there. The season was still mild with no significant frosts.
New Records:
New to Hampshire: Hygrocybe psittacina var. perplexa, Inocybe hystrix
Report: Thanks to Juliet Bloss and Sara Cadbury HFRG was once again able to visit Exbury Gardens late in the season and following a mild autumn and lack of frosts we were hopeful the grassland fungi would be flourishing. We were not disappointed and were treated to a good display of waxcaps (10) along with club fungi (8), earth tongues (2) and crazed caps (1), all specialist fungi of unimproved grassland. I am sure there were still more to be identified but with over 100 species seen and recorded on the day time was running out. We did look for the Piggyback Pinkgill (Volvariella surrecta) which was seen the previous year and found a few specimens on the typically deformed specimens of Clitocybe nebularis (Clouded Agaric) which is a useful indicator of the presence of the invader. There were different shades of the Parrot waxcap some greenish yellow and other groups had a more reddish brown colouring. Recent DNA work has shown there to be several species in this group which is now placed in the new genus Gliophorus and at present Kew would be interested in any future collections. Another new species to the group was Inocybe hystrix (Scaly Fibrecap) which only has a couple of other old Hampshire records and certainly does live up to its 'scaly' epithet.
Species list: Agaricus xanthodermus, Agrocybe rivulosa, Aleuria aurantia, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita gemmata, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Ampulloclitocybe clavipes, Arrhenia retiruga, Aureoboletus gentilis, Baeospora myosura, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus badius, Boletus chrysenteron, Boletus edulis, Boletus pruinatus, Bulgaria inquinans, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Clavaria acuta, Clavulina coralloides, Clavulina rugosa, Clavulinopsis corniculata, Clavulinopsis helvola, Clavulinopsis laeticolor, Clavulinopsis luteoalba, Clitocybe fragrans, Clitocybe geotropa, Clitocybe nebularis, Clitopilus prunulus, Cordyceps militaris, Craterellus cornucopioides, Crepidotus variabilis, Crinipellis scabella, Cyathus striatus, Dermoloma cuneifolium, Fuscoporia ferrea, Geastrum triplex, Geoglossum fallax, Geoglossum umbratile, Gliophorus irrigatus, Gliophorus perplexus, Gliophorus psittacinus, Gloeocystidiellum porosum, Gymnopilus penetrans, Gymnopus peronatus, Helvella crispa, Helvella lacunosa, Heterobasidion annosum, Hydnum repandum, Hydropus floccipes, Hygrocybe ceracea, Hygrocybe chlorophana, Hygrocybe conica, Hygrocybe pratensis var. pratensis, Hygrocybe punicea, Hygrocybe russocoriacea, Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Inocybe hystrix, Inocybe sindonia, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius fluens, Lactarius fulvissimus, Lactarius hepaticus, Lactarius quietus, Lepista nuda, Leptosporomyces fuscostratus, Leratiomyces ceres, Lycoperdon perlatum, Lycoperdon utriforme, Lyophyllum decastes, Macrocystidia cucumis, Macrolepiota mastoidea, Macrolepiota procera var. procera, Mycena galopus var. nigra, Mycena pura, Neonectria coccinea, Octospora rutilans, Otidea onotica, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Peniophora quercina, Phaeolus schweinitzii, Phlebia radiata, Phlebiella sulphurea, Phlebiopsis gigantea, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pluteus leoninus, Pluteus semibulbosus, Postia ptychogaster, Psilocybe cyanescens, Ramaria stricta, Ramariopsis subtilis, Resinicium bicolor, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rickenella fibula, Rickenella swartzii, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nigricans, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula puellaris, Russula vesca, Scutellinia scutellata, Skeletocutis amorpha, Skeletocutis vulgaris, Steccherinum ochraceum, Stereum hirsutum, Stereum rameale, Stereum subtomentosum, Thelephora terrestris, Trametes versicolor, Trichaptum abietinum, Tricholoma sulphureum var. sulphureum, Trochila ilicina, Tubaria furfuracea, Volvariella surrecta