Franchises
Sat 12 Oct 2024
Cudoniella acicularis
Photo © Dave Shute
Field event ID HF2428
OS Grid areas: SU2316
Report: Our third visit of the year to RSPB Franchises Wood was arranged at relatively short notice but proved to be a successful day. On this occasion, we began at the entrance near Nomansland and much of our time was spent in pine plantations.
One of the first finds was Laccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver) with its distinctive purple colouration at the base of the stipe. Nearby, were some Inocybe geophylla (White Fibrecap). There were plenty of Russula sardonia (Primrose Brittlegill) and Mycena epipterygia (Yellowleg Bonnet) in the needle litter along with several of the attractive webcaps, in the Cortinarius hemitrichus (Frosty Webcap) group. More easily identified, was Cortinarius bolaris (Dappled Webcap) with its red-scaled cap.
Where there was scattered oak and birch we came across the tiny, white, nail-like Cudoniella acicularis (Oak Pin) and were able to compare two similar species of Leccinum (Bolete); L. cyaneobasileucum (Greyshank Bolete) and L. variicolor (Mottled Bolete). Both stained blue on the stipe but the latter had much darker scaling on the stem and a mottled grey cap.
Back under the pines we found the yellow-capped form of Russula sardonia (Primrose Brittlegill), Suillus grevillei (Larch Bolete), Russula sanguinaria (Bloody Brittlegill), Tricholomopsis decora (Prunes and Custard) and Suillus variegatus (Velvet Bolete).
Our lunch stop coincided with a heavy shower, but we found Hypholoma lateritium (Brick Tuft) on a pine stump. We then continued across mossy ground where there was a plethora of fungi, with fine examples of Chalciporus piperatus (Peppery Bolete), Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red-cracking Bolete), Amanita citrina (False Deathcap), Amanita rubescens (Blusher) and Tricholomopsis rutilans (Plums and Custard).
As an aside, we found the pin-mould Spinellus fusiger on Mycena (Bonnets) caps and the striking bug, Graphocephala fennahi (Rhododendron Leafhopper).
Species recorded: Agaricus dulcidulus (Rosy Wood Mushroom), 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), Apioperdon pyriforme (Stump Puffball), Baeospora myosura (Conifercone Cap), Bjerkandera adusta (Smoky Bracket), Boletus edulis (Cep), Byssomerulius corium (Netted Crust), Calocera cornea (Small Stagshorn), Calocera pallidospathulata (Pale Stagshorn), Calocera viscosa (Yellow Stagshorn), Cantharellus tubaeformis (Trumpet Chanterelle), Chalciporus piperatus (Peppery Bolete), Coprinellus micaceus (Glistening Inkcap), Cortinarius bolaris (Dappled Webcap), Cortinarius puniceus, Cudoniella acicularis (Oak Pin), Elaphomyces granulatus (False Truffle), Ganoderma australe s. str. (Southern Bracket), Gymnopilus penetrans (Common Rustgill), Gymnopus fusipes (Spindle Toughshank), Helvella crispa (White Saddle), Hydnum repandum (Wood Hedgehog), Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle), Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare (Sulphur Tuft), Hypholoma lateritium (Brick Tuft), Imleria badia (Bay Bolete), Inocybe napipes (Bulbous Fibrecap), Laccaria amethystina (Amethyst Deceiver), Laccaria bicolor (Bicoloured Deceiver), Laccaria laccata (Deceiver), Lactarius blennius (Beech Milkcap), Lactarius hepaticus (Liver Milkcap), Lactarius quietus (Oakbug Milkcap), Lactarius tabidus (Birch Milkcap), Leccinum cyaneobasileucum (Greyshank Bolete), Leccinum scabrum (Brown Birch Bolete), Leccinum variicolor (Mottled Bolete), Leotia lubrica (Jellybaby), Mucidula mucida (Porcelain Fungus), Mycena arcangeliana (Angel's Bonnet), Mycena epipterygia (Yellowleg Bonnet), Mycena galericulata (Common Bonnet), Mycena haematopus (Burgundydrop Bonnet), Mycena metata, Paxillus involutus (Brown Rollrim), Postia caesia (Conifer Blueing Bracket), Postia stiptica (Bitter Bracket), Psathyrella piluliformis (Common Stump Brittlestem), Rhodocollybia butyracea (Butter Cap), Russula betularum (Birch Brittlegill), Russula caerulea (Humpback Brittlegill), Russula emetica (Sickener), Russula fragilis var. fragilis (Fragile Brittlegill), Russula nigricans (Blackening Brittlegill), Russula nobilis (Beechwood Sickener), Russula ochroleuca (Ochre Brittlegill), Russula risigallina (Golden Brittlegill), Russula sanguinaria (Bloody Brittlegill), Russula sardonia (Primrose Brittlegill), Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball), Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust), Suillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete), Suillus grevillei (Larch Bolete), Suillus variegatus (Velvet Bolete), Trametes versicolor (Turkeytail), Trichaptum abietinum (Purplepore Bracket), Tricholomopsis rutilans (Plums And Custard), Typhula quisquiliaris (Bracken Club), Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red Cracking Bolete)
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