Millyford Bridge & Wood Crates
Sat 5 Sep 2009
Mycoacia nothofagi
Photo © Paul Hugill
Field event ID HF0911
OS Grid areas: SU2607 SU2608 SU2708
Weather: A nice dry warm day perfect for foraying although it would have good to have a little more rain during the previous week which had seen severe floods in Scotland!
Report: (Alan Lucas) A very good turn out this week with fourteen members and five visitors including Steve and Margaret Kelly from Hertfordshire who were holidaying in the New Forest. Newcomers Chloe and Caitlin not only reduced the average age but brought with them two pairs of sharp eyes. Although we had seen some rain during the past week it was still very dry underfoot but with so many forayers it was hoped we would still find a good number of fungi and possibly some interesting ones too. The first part of the day produced the more common species that we come to expect to find and it was not until late morning when Tina found Amanita porphyria, Chris Gaffney found Cortinarius armillatus and Jacquey found Rhizina undulata on a fire site all of which are rarely seen. We had lunch in a small clearing that usually has some of our old favourites and four were there on this occasion, namely Tyromyces alborubescens, Mycoacia nothofagi, Lentinellus ursinus and Tyromyces fissilis all of which are indicators of long standing beech wood. After lunch we continued to find different fungi from the morning and we soon had another good find Inonotus nodulosus, soon after that Stuart, Alan and Sue were scratching there heads trying to remember the name of a “jelly” fungus but it was no good we needed to go home at look it up. Stuart did the deed and the name is Ascotremella faginea so all in all a good days work. (Note SJS: Ascotremella has striate spores and non bluing asci tips whereas Neobulgaria pura var. Foliacea has smooth spores and blue tips. Photos sent on photo email group.) There were a couple of nice fungi identified at home one new for the group, Conocybe fimetaria on horse dung, and Crustomyces subabruptus found by Sue along with one and possibly two discomycetes than will have to be sent to Brian spooner for identification.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. alba, Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita excelsa var. spissa, Amanita fulva, Amanita porphyria, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Aurantiporus alborubescens, Aurantiporus fissilis, Biscogniauxia nummularia, Bjerkandera adusta, Boletus rubellus, Bulbillomyces farinosus, Calocera viscosa, Cantharellus cibarius, Ceriporiopsis gilvescens, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clavulina coralloides, Clavulinopsis fusiformis, Clitopilus hobsonii, Clitopilus prunulus, Conocybe fimetaria, Coprinellus micaceus, Cortinarius armillatus, Cortinarius bolaris, Crepidotus applanatus var. applanatus, Crustomyces subabruptus, Daedalea quercina, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Fistulina hepatica, Fomitiporella cavicola, Fuscoporia ferrea, Ganoderma australe, Ganoderma pfeifferi, Gymnopilus junonius, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus dryophilus, Gymnopus fusipes, Gymnopus peronatus, Henningsomyces candidus, Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium, Hydnellum spongiosipes, Hydnum repandum, Hymenochaete cinnamomea, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Inocybe assimilata, Inocybe rimosa, Inonotus cuticularis, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lachnum niveum, Lacrymaria lacrymabunda, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius subumbonatus, Lactarius turpis, Lactarius vellereus, Leccinum cyaneobasileucum, Leccinum melaneum, Leccinum scabrum, Leccinum schistophilum, Leccinum variicolor, Lentinellus ursinus, Lenzites betulina, Marasmius rotula, Mensularia nodulosa, Mensularia radiata, Mollisia cinerea, Mycena haematopus, Mycena tenerrima, Mycoacia nothofagi, Nectria punicea var. ilicis, Neobulgaria pura var. pura, Neodasyscypha cerina, Phallus impudicus var. impudicus, Phellodon confluens, Phlebia livida, Phlebiella sulphurea, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pluteus cervinus, Pluteus podospileus, Podoscypha multizonata, Polyporus leptocephalus, Postia subcaesia, Rhizina undulata, Rhodocollybia maculata, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula claroflava, Russula cyanoxantha, Russula densifolia, Russula nigricans, Russula ochroleuca, Russula pseudointegra, Russula puellaris, Russula virescens, Schizophyllum commune, Schizopora paradoxa, Scleroderma areolatum, Scleroderma citrinum, Scutellinia scutellata, Steccherinum ochraceum, Stereum hirsutum, Tomentella crinalis, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Trechispora mollusca, Trochila ilicina, Tylopilus felleus, Tyromyces chioneus, Xerula radicata, Xylaria polymorpha