Hale Purlieu
Sat 27 Oct 2012
Field event ID HF1224
OS Grid areas: SU1817 SU1818
Weather: Dry and sunny day following a week with little rain.
Report: Today's foray was earmarked to be a mixed woodland and heathland foray and to see if Mycena megaspora could be found. There were fewer forayers than usual due to a rival foray in Northern Ireland which combined with the dry weather set a challenge for the bravehearted. Our hopes for the mycena were briefly raised until we noticed the sticky stipe with a touch of yellow on it - Mycena epiptyergia again. The roadside woodland was definitely the more environment although a polypore on a gorse bush generated interest but remains to be identified.
Species list: Amanita citrina var. citrina, Bolbitius titubans var. titubans, Boletus badius, Boletus pruinatus, Chlorociboria aeruginascens, Clitocybe nebularis, Conocybe pubescens, Cordyceps militaris, Cortinarius flexipes var. flabellus, Crepidotus cesatii, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daldinia fissa, Ganoderma australe, Helvella crispa, Hemimycena tortuosa, Hygrocybe conica, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, Inocybe geophylla var. geophylla, Laccaria amethystina, Laccaria laccata, Lactarius quietus, Lactarius tabidus, Mycena epipterygia, Mycena filopes, Mycena galericulata, Mycena galopus var. galopus, Mycena haematopus, Mycena pelianthina, Mycena pura, Panellus stipticus, Paxillus involutus, Phragmidium violaceum, Piptoporus betulinus, Psilocybe coprophila, Rhodocollybia butyracea, Rhodocollybia maculata, Rhopographus filicinus, Russula caerulea, Russula fragilis var. fragilis, Russula nitida, Russula ochroleuca, Russula robertii, Russula velenovskyi, Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma verrucosum, Skeletocutis nivea, Stereum gausapatum, Stropharia semiglobata, Tremella mesenterica, Tricholoma sulphureum var. sulphureum, Trochila ilicina, Tubaria furfuracea, Xylaria hypoxylon