Hilliers Garden Fungus Walks and Exhibition
Sat 9 Nov 2024
Geastrum fimbriatum
Photo © Dave Shute
Field event ID HF2427
OS Grid areas: SU3723
Report: Prior to another weekend of public guided forays, we spent the day setting up our display and collecting a few samples from a short exploration of the grounds, mainly in the Brentry pine woods across the road. Here, we found Tricholoma sulphureum (Sulphur Knight), Geastrum fimbriatum (Sessile Earthstar), Russula sardonia (Primrose Brittlegill), Clitocybe phyllophila (Frosty Funnel), Auriscalpium vulgare (Ear Pick Fungus) and Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer’s Mazegill).
The guided walks on the 9th produced some interesting species, particularly around the mulched flowerbeds. These included Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead), Helvella elastica (Elastic Saddle) and Helvella crispa (White Saddle), Mycena flavoalba (Ivory Bonnet), Clavulina rugosa (Wrinkled Club), Crucibulum laeve (Common Bird’s Nest) and Gliophorus psittacinus (Parrot Waxcap). On the morning walk, a strange Helvella (Saddle) species was found below a lime tree on the lawn. It had the appearance of a ‘cup on a stick’ with a solid stem, a dark brown inner surface to the cup and a lighter outer surface with a granular texture. Initial microscopy indicated that it might be Helvella fibrosa, a very rare find. In the afternoon, a troop of cup fungi were discovered under a trackside pine and were thought to be Peziza succosa (Yellowing Cup).
The dry weather held for us on the 10th when we added Pholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap), Bolbitius titubans (Yellow Fieldcap), Tapinella panuoides (Oyster Rollrim), Tarzetta catinus (Greater Toothed Cup) and the earthtongue, Geoglossum fallax. Amongst some Cuphophyllus virgineus (Snowy Waxcap) on the lawn behind the centre, we discovered a delicate white coral which proved to be Ramariopsis subtilis (Slender Coral).
Species recorded: Amanita junquillea (Jewelled Amanita), Amanita muscaria var. muscaria (Fly Agaric), Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus), Auriscalpium vulgare (Earpick Fungus), Baeospora myosura (Conifercone Cap), Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket), Byssomerulius corium (Netted Crust), Calocera viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn), Chondrostereum purpureum (Silver Leaf Disease), Clavaria flavipes (Straw Club), Clavulina rugosa (Wrinkled Club), Clavulinopsis helvola (Yellow Club), Clavulinopsis luteoalba (Apricot Club), Clitocybe phyllophila (Frosty Funnel), Coprinellus disseminatus (Fairy Inkcap), Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap), Coprinopsis picacea (Magpie Inkcap), Coprinus comatus (Shaggy Inkcap), Cordyceps militaris (Scarlet Caterpillarclub), Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus (Snowy Waxcap), Daedalea quercina (Oak Mazegill), Fomitopsis betulina (Birch Polypore), Ganoderma australe s. str. (Southern Bracket), Geastrum fimbriatum (Sessile Earthstar), Geastrum striatum (Striate Earthstar), Geoglossum fallax (Deceptive Earthtongue), Gliophorus psittacinus (Parrot Waxcap), Gymnopilus penetrans (Common Rustgill), Helvella crispa (White Saddle), Helvella elastica (Elastic Saddle), Helvella fibrosa, Helvella macropus (Felt Saddle), Heterobasidion annosum (Root Rot), Hygrocybe conica (Blackening Waxcap), Hymenochaete rubiginosa (Oak Curtain Crust), Imleria badia (Bay Bolete), Inocybe lilacina (Lilac Fibrecap), Inocybe sindonia (Beige Fibrecap), Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Deceiver), Laccaria laccata (Deceiver), Lactarius hepaticus (Liver Milkcap), Leotia lubrica (Jellybaby), Lepista nuda (Wood Blewit), Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead), Lycoperdon perlatum (Common Puffball), Lyophyllum decastes (Clustered Domecap), Macrocystidia cucumis (Cucumber Cap), Mycena galericulata (Common Bonnet), Mycena haematopus (Burgundydrop Bonnet), Mycena inclinata (Clustered Bonnet), Mycena rosea (Rosy Bonnet), Paragalactinia michelii, Phaeolus schweinitzii (Dyer's Mazegill), Phlebia radiata (Wrinkled Crust), Pholiota gummosa (Sticky Scalycap), Pluteus romellii (Goldleaf Shield), Ramariopsis subtilis (Slender Coral), Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap), Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap), Russula ochroleuca (Ochre Brittlegill), Russula sardonia (Primrose Brittlegill), Scleroderma areolatum (Leopard Earthball), Tapinella panuoides (Oyster Rollrim), Tarzetta catinus (Greater Toothed Cup), Trametes versicolor (Turkeytail), Tricholoma sulphureum var. sulphureum (Sulphur Knight), Xylaria hypoxylon (Candlesnuff Fungus)
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.