Marlborough Deeps
Sat 10 Sep 2011
Field event ID HF1119
OS Grid areas: SZ2298 SZ2299
Weather: Overcast with a few sunny intervals and some rain showers
Report: (Eric Janke) With the BMS Autumn meeting and the photographic opportunities of the Shetlands occupying several of the regulars, only a very select band set off to explore the remote Deeps. Both the heath and the woodland on the way to the marl pits were very productive with many Leccinums of several species, a good variety of Russulas and quite a few Cortinarius (one or two we could even name, including bolaris, hemitrichus and flexipes var flexipes). The marl pits themselves were equally productive with Lactarius vellereus, Tricholoma acerbum and a couple more opportunities to remind people about the appearance of Amanita phaloides . The find of the day was probably a good showing of Hydnellum concrescens found by Eric on the way back to the cars and confirmed later by Alan to be the var. rosea he is finding in the Forest. The total for the day smashed the previous (unofficial) record of 15 per forayer, demonstrating that the season is building up nicely...
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Amanita excelsa var. spissa, Amanita fulva, Amanita muscaria var. muscaria, Amanita phalloides, Amanita rubescens var. annulosulphurea, Amanita rubescens var. rubescens, Amanita vaginata, Boletus badius, Boletus edulis, Boletus luridiformis var. luridiformis, Calocera viscosa, Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus tubaeformis, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clitopilus prunulus, Cortinarius bolaris, Cortinarius flexipes var. flexipes, Cortinarius hemitrichus, Dacrymyces stillatus, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Fuscoporia ferrea, Gomphidius roseus, Gymnopilus penetrans, Gymnopus dryophilus, Hydnellum concrescens, Hydnum repandum, Hydnum rufescens, Hygrocybe reidii, Hygrophorus cossus, Hypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Inocybe stellatospora, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius azonites, Lactarius blennius, Lactarius chrysorrheus, Lactarius hysginus, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius tabidus, Lactarius turpis, Lactarius vellereus, Leccinum aurantiacum, Leccinum holopus, Leccinum scabrum, Leccinum schistophilum, Leccinum variicolor, Lycoperdon nigrescens, Mycena pura, Paxillus involutus, Phellinus igniarius, Piptoporus betulinus, Pluteus cervinus, Poronia punctata, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rhodocollybia maculata, Russula aeruginea, Russula amoenolens, Russula anthracina, Russula atropurpurea, Russula betularum, Russula caerulea, Russula claroflava, Russula decipiens, Russula emetica, Russula fellea, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nigricans, Russula nitida, Russula nobilis, Russula ochroleuca, Russula sanguinaria, Russula sardonia, Russula silvestris, Russula turci, Russula velenovskyi, Schizopora paradoxa, Suillus bovinus, Thelephora terrestris, Trametes gibbosa, Trametes versicolor, Tricholoma acerbum, Tricholoma fulvum, Tricholoma ustaloides