Franchises
Sun 29 Sep 2024
Sparassis crispa
Photo © Dave Shute
Field event ID HF2416
OS Grid areas: SU2316
Report: For this, our second visit of the year to this RSPB reserve we set off from the Telegraph Hill entrance and headed down a bracken covered slope in overcast but dry and mild conditions.
With birch predominating, it was no surprise that the initial finds included Lactarius tabidus (Birch Milkcap), Tricholoma fulvum (Birch Knight) and Russula betularum (Birch Brittlegill). We also encountered Postia tephroleuca (Greyling Bracket), Leccinum cyaneobasileucum (Greyshank Bolete) and Boletus edulis (Cep).
Subsequently, we entered an area of mixed woodland which produced Suillus grevillei (Larch Bolete), Russula velenovskyi (Coral Brittlegill), Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Deceiver) and Pluteus cervinus (Deer Shield).
In a more open area we found Lacrymaria lacrymabunda (Weeping Widow), a probable Pluteus pouzarianus, the purple jellydisc, Ascocoryne cylichnium and the impressive toothed bracket, Mycoacia nothofagi, on Beech.
We lunched in an area of pines where we saw Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket) and, shortly after, we found two Clitocybe species growing just a few metres apart. The first had a pleasant odour and proved to be Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel) whilst the second had, by all accounts, a much more unpleasant smell and from a sample taken, was later identified as Clitocybe phaeophthalma (Chicken Run Funnel).
The walk back added Helvella crispa (White Saddle), Armillaria ostoyae (Dark Honey Fungus) and Tricholoma scioides (Beech Knight). We then came upon a living but possibly doomed Beech tree surrounded by nine large rosettes of Meripilus giganteus (Giant Polypore).
One last surprise awaited us behind the car park where a large Sparassis crispa (Wood Cauliflower) was found at the base of a pine.
Species recorded: Amanita citrina var. citrina (False Deathcap), Amanita excelsa var. spissa (Grey Spotted Amanita), Amanita fulva (Tawny Grisette), Amanita muscaria var. muscaria (Fly Agaric), Amanita rubescens var. rubescens (Blusher), Armillaria ostoyae (Dark Honey Fungus), Ascocoryne cylichnium, Boletus edulis (Cep), Calocera viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn), Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green Elfcup), Chondrostereum purpureum (Silver Leaf Disease), Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel), Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap), Cordyceps militaris (Scarlet Caterpillarclub), Cortinarius delibutus (Yellow Webcap), Cortinarius disjungendus, Cortinarius umbrinolens, Cortinarius valgus, Crepidotus mollis (Peeling Oysterling), Cudoniella acicularis (Oak Pin), Daedaleopsis confragosa (Blushing Bracket), Fomitopsis betulina (Birch Polypore), Fomitopsis pinicola (Red-Belted Bracket), Gymnopus confluens (Clustered Toughshank), Gymnopus dryophilus (Russet Toughshank), Gymnopus fusipes (Spindle Toughshank), Helvella crispa (White Saddle), Helvella crispa (White Saddle), Heterobasidion annosum (Root Rot), Hymenochaete rubiginosa (Oak Curtain Crust), Hymenopellis radicata (Rooting Shank), Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare (Sulphur Tuft), Hypoxylon fragiforme (Beech Woodwart), Imleria badia (Bay Bolete), Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Deceiver), Laccaria laccata (Deceiver), Lacrymaria lacrymabunda (Weeping Widow), Lactarius blennius (Beech Milkcap), Lactarius tabidus (Birch Milkcap), Leccinum cyaneobasileucum (Greyshank Bolete), Lepiota oreadiformis, Lycoperdon perlatum (Common Puffball), Meripilus giganteus (Giant Polypore), Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Fungus), Mycena amicta (Coldfoot Bonnet), Mycena arcangeliana (Angel's Bonnet), Mycena capillaripes (Pinkedge Bonnet), Mycena filopes (Iodine Bonnet), Mycena galericulata (Common Bonnet), Mycena haematopus (Burgundydrop Bonnet), Mycena inclinata (Clustered Bonnet), Mycena leptocephala (Nitrous Bonnet), Mycena olida (Rancid Bonnet), Mycena pelianthina (Blackedge Bonnet), Mycena pura (Lilac Bonnet), Mycena sanguinolenta (Bleeding Bonnet), Mycena vitilis (Snapping Bonnet), Paxillus involutus (Brown Rollrim), Pluteus cervinus (Deer Shield), Pluteus pouzarianus (Conifer Shield), Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket), Postia tephroleuca (Greyling Bracket), Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap), Rickenella fibula (Orange Mosscap), Russula betularum (Birch Brittlegill), Russula nigricans (Blackening Brittlegill), Russula velenovskyi (Coral Brittlegill), Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball), Singerocybe phaeophthalma (Chicken Run Funnel), Skeletocutis semipileata (Hazel Bracket), Suillus grevillei (Larch Bolete), Trametes gibbosa (Lumpy Bracket), Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket), Tricholoma fulvum (Birch Knight), Tricholoma sciodes (Beech Knight), Tubaria conspersa (Felted Twiglet)
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.