Hampshire Fungus Recording Group

Documenting the Fungi of Hampshire

Blackwater

Sun 6 Oct 2024

Sparassis crispa
Sparassis crispa
Photo © Dave Shute

Field event ID HF2415

Report: Although this event was open to the public the weather forecast reduced the attendees. The morning saw drizzly showers which turned into more persistent rain in late afternoon.

Whilst still at the edge of the car park, several interesting finds were made, including a group of Ampulloclitocybe clavipes (Club Foot), Inocybe geophylla (White Fibrecap), Cantharellus ciborius (Chanterelle) and Otidea onotica (Hare’s Ear).

We headed, indirectly, towards the arboretum through mixed woodland. Finds, included Cantharellus tubaeformis (Winter Chanterelle), Clavulina rugosa (Wrinkled Club), Fistulina hepatica (Beefsteak Fungus), Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Fungus), Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank), Baeospora myosura (Conifercone Cap) and Tricholomopsis rutilans (Plums and Custard). We also studied the subtle differences between Trametes ochracea (Ochre Bracket) and the more-familiar T. versicolor (Turkeytail). During our lunch break, we pieced together the remains of a Cortinarius bolaris (Dappled Webcap).

In the afternoon we went inside the arboretum after passing an impressive Sparassa crispa (Wood Cauliflower at the base of a pine. Some interesting Cortinarius (Webcap) species were encountered but not identified in the field and some year-old Geastrum (Earthstars) which were either striatum (Striated) or pectinatum (Beaked).

Species recorded: Amanita citrina var. citrina (False Deathcap), Amanita fulva (Tawny Grisette), Amanita rubescens var. rubescens (Blusher), Ampulloclitocybe clavipes (Club Foot), Baeospora myosura (Conifercone Cap), Bulgaria inquinans (Black Bulgar), Calocera viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn), Cantharellus cibarius (Chanterelle), Cantharellus tubaeformis (Trumpet Chanterelle), Clavulina coralloides (Crested Coral), Clavulinopsis helvola (Yellow Club), Clitocybe nebularis (Clouded Funnel), Cortinarius anomalus (Variable Webcap), Cortinarius bolaris (Dappled Webcap), Cortinarius flexipes (Pine Pelargonium Webcap), Cortinarius huronensis, Cortinarius semisanguineus (Surprise Webcap), Cortinarius tortuosus, Cortinarius tortuosus, Cortinarius torvus (Stocking Webcap), Crepidotus applanatus, Fistulina hepatica (Beefsteak Fungus), Gymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill), Gymnopilus penetrans (Common Rustgill), Gymnopus confluens (Clustered Toughshank), Gymnopus dryophilus (Russet Toughshank), Heterobasidion annosum (Root Rot), Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle), Hymenochaete rubiginosa (Oak Curtain Crust), Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare (Sulphur Tuft), Inocybe assimilata, Inocybe gaiana, Inocybe geophylla (White Fibrecap), Inocybe ovatocystis, Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Deceiver), Laccaria laccata (Deceiver), Lactarius hepaticus (Liver Milkcap), Leotia lubrica (Jellybaby), Lycoperdon nigrescens (Dusky Puffball), Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank), Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Fungus), Mycena amicta (Coldfoot Bonnet), Mycena galericulata (Common Bonnet), Mycena inclinata (Clustered Bonnet), Neobulgaria pura var. pura (Beech Jellydisc), Otidea onotica (Hare's Ear), Phallus impudicus var. impudicus (Stinkhorn), Pluteus cervinus (Deer Shield), Polyporus leptocephalus (Blackfoot Polypore), Psathyrella piluliformis (Common Stump Brittlestem), Rickenella fibula (Orange Mosscap), Russula cyanoxantha (Charcoal Burner), Russula fellea (Geranium Brittlegill), Russula nigricans (Blackening Brittlegill), Russula ochroleuca (Ochre Brittlegill), Russula vesca (The Flirt), Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball), Sparassis crispa (Wood Cauliflower), Stereum sanguinolentum (Bleeding Conifer Crust), Trametes ochracea (Ochre Bracket), Trametes versicolor (Turkeytail), Tricholomopsis decora (Prunes And Custard), Tricholomopsis rutilans (Plums And Custard), Xerocomellus chrysenteron agg.

A full species list with further details can be seen at the Fungal Records Database of Britain and Ireland (FRDBI). Please contact us if you need a user ID.