Fungus Foray on 21st October 2011

Ray's Fungus Foray at Old Lodge 21st October 2011

Below is a link to the preliminary results of the day.  We had some good things, but rather few in number.

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Or a rougher cut and paste copy is here.  Sorry, I am not good at getting the format translated properly.

Fungus Survey at Old Lodge LNR 21st. October 2011

Site Name Old Lodge LNR
Grid ref. TQ469306 57 species found
Date 21 October 2011
Recorder Ray Tantram

Species Description Status Edibility
Amanita citrina False death cap lemon tints to whitish cap with lemon velar C *
patches, white gills, stem and volva; smell of
raw potato in bruised stem base

Amanita fulva Tawny grisette "pie-crust" margin to tawny cap Baggy volva. C *
No ring.

Amanita rubescens Blusher reddish-brown cap with velar warts, white gills C P
and stem. Bruises red esp. on stem base

Bjerkandera adusta thin bracket with grey pores C *

Bolbitius titubans (vitellinus) chrome-yellow cap, viscid ,dark gills grows in C *
grass clippings, straw and other debris

Boletus (Suillus) bovinus viscid cinnamon (Jersey cow) cap, pores, C E
stem; angular compound pores darken with
age, esp. with Scots Pine (sometimes with Gomphideus roseus)

Boletus badius Bay bolete chestnut cap, similar stem, lemon-yellow C E
large pores bruise blue. Conifer and BL

Boletus edulis Penny bun chestnut brown cap with pale margin, pale U E
network on stem

Calocera cornea small gold (mainly) 'fingers' with unbranched C *
tips on deciduous stumps

Claviceps purpurea Ergot of rye purple-black 'rice grains' on grains and C P
grasses, causes 'St. Anthony's Fire' and
gangrene when harvested on cereal crops

Clavulinopsis helvola solitary or in small tufts, orange-yellow simple O *
'fingers' woods or grassland

Coprinus sp. an ink-cap                  Here tiny, ephemeral, one of several such on Pony dung

Cortinarius sp. impossible to identify beyond genus * *

Cystoderma amianthinum tawny cap with mealy surface, similar O *
'stocking' on stem below ring

Entoloma conferendum *1 Dark brown shiny cap, striate margin, silvery O P
fibrils lining stem, greyish-pink gills, mealy
smell, grasslands, short turf, woods. Distinctive spores identify

Ganoderma australe (adspersum) an artists fungus brown thick bracket, no white streaks in context C *
(flesh)

Gymnopilus penetrans gold to tawny cap, gills and stem, gills C *
spotting rusty, on woody stumps and debris

Handkea (Calvatica) excipuliformis Pestle puffball long-stalked puffball C *

Hebeloma crustuliniforme Poison pie; Fairy cakes brownish cap, clay-coloured gills, smell of C P
radish

Hygrocybe coccinea Scarlet hood scarlet/blood bell-shaped red cap, yellow gills O *
going blood red with yellow edge, in grassland

Hygrocybe conica Conical waxcap yellow-orange very conical cap, yellow gills, C *
blackening on bruising and with age (syn. with
 H. nigricans), in grass

Hygrocybe virginea Snowy waxcap      white, going beigy, broad decurrent gills, in grass * E

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca False chanterelle bright orange, with (true) very decurrent gills, C P
under conifers and BL trees

Hypholoma fasciculare Sulphur tuft grows on stumps in profusion, sulphur- C P
coloured gills darken as purplish spores
mature

Ischnoderma benzoinum *2 dark-capped quite hard, bracket-like polypore U *

resp. on conifer/ BL, mainly beech. Here the soft. immature leptoid form found

Kuehneromyces mutabilis golden-brown caps, margins drying paler; C *
grows in tufts on stumps(can be confused with
poisonous Galerina marginata)

Laccaria laccata Deceiver pinky-rose-brown, 3 different gill lengths; very C E
variable

Lactarius camphoratus *3 Curry milkcap red-brown cap, watery white milk, smell of * *
curry when dry. These were the old tawny ones which gave no milk

Lactarius hepaticus small dark (liver) coloured, white milk dries C *
bright yellow on handkerchief, (only)under pine

Lactarius pyrogalus Firemilk funnel-shaped dingy grey/fawn cap, orange C *
gills, white milk, goes yellow with KOH, under
hazel

Leccinum (Boletus) scabrum group Brown birch bolete brownish cap, pale pores, creamy striate stem C E
stippled with brown dots(several sub-species)

Mycena epipterigia delicate species, fawn/yellow cap, pale sub- C *
decurrent gills, glutinous, pale yellow viscid
spindly stem, in grass or moss on heaths,

Mycena galericulata Bonnet mycena quite large for a bonnet cap, tan colour, gills C *
often interlinked at lower cap surface, grows   
on wood

Mycena vitilis 'snapping bonnet' small bonnet cap, pale greyish-brown. C *
"whippy" stem (unusual for this genus, most
are fragile)

Otidea/Peziza sp. *4 woodland fire-site cup fungus. To be identified by expert

Panaeolus sp. a mottle gill very dark conical cap, very dark mottled gills, * *
long stem, Here on dung

Parasola (Coprinus) plicatilis Japanese umbrella small, greyish white cap with red-brown O *
centre, radial striations to cap, dark gills and
spores, in grassland

Paxillus involutus Brown roll rim inrolled margin when young, soft decurrent C P
gills easily bruised. gills can be folded up in a
roll up from stem, grows with Birch

Poronia punctata  *5 Nail fungus Tiny tan to beige shallow stalked cups 10- R *
15mm [ONLY on dung of New Forest Ponies].
Very rare. Here on Exmoor Pony dung. Young fresh material

Psilocybe semilanceata Liberty cap, ‘magic mushroom small,tan conical cap with umbo, tall thin dingy C P
stem, clay gills darken, grows in grass
halluciogenic- bad trip!

Rhizina undulata *6 Pine fire fungus chestnut brown to black cushions joining into O *
one another, causes serious rot, often found
after fires (Brentmoor Heath)

Rhodocollybia (Collybia) maculata Foxy spot quite robust, creamy, with red-brown spotting C *
of cap and gills, fibrous stem, in leaf litter can
grow in rings

Rickenella fibula tiny, yellow-orange, darker in cap centre, C *
decurrent gills in damp grass and moss

Russula betularum small pale reddish wishy-washy cap colours, C *
under birch(hot taste)

Russula claroflava Yellow swamp  russula clear yellow, no greyish tints on stem, damp O *
places, mainly under birch

Russula emetica Sickener bright red cap, white gills and stem, under C P

conifers

Russula vesca Bare-toothed russula pastel to darker tints in cap,  gills protrude C *
beyond cap margin, salmon reaction with Fe,
under BL trees

Schizopora paradoxa creamy white raised resupinate patches on C *
dead twigs, pores often maze-like

Scleroderma citrinum Common earthball growing at path edges, thick "skin" pulled C P
together at base, virtually no "stem" foetid
smell when cut

Sparassis crispa Cauliflower fungus creamy, convoluted, at base of Scots pine, O E
which it kills

Steccherinum ochraceum an aphyllo. mainly resupinate, forming orangey spiny * *
patches, within white growth zones, on dead    
wood, mainly BL (esp. beech)

Stereum hirsutum Hairy stereum thin overlapping bracket, smooth golden C *
(lower) fertile surface

Stropharia semiglobata Dung roundhead hemispherical viscid yellow cap, purple-black C *
spores, yellowish stem, ring zone

Thelephora terrestris Carpet fungus, earthfan soft 'furry' bracket-like, on soil or stumps, C *
spiny spores

Trametes (Coriolus) versicolor Many-coloured bracket thin bracket, creamy pores, grows in tiers on C *
dead wood

Trochila ilicina Discomycete growing on Holly leaves * *

Tylopilus (Boletus) felleus *7 Bitter Bolete Chamois leather cap, dry matt (cracking ) O P
pinkish pores , dingy brown network on stem
under Beech & oak -acid soils very bitter!

Notes:
Status: Common, Occasional, Uncommon, Rare
Edibility: Edible, Poisonous, * no comment

*1  ‘LBJ’ Sara Shepley suggested looking at Entolomas, a pink-spored genus. My spore examination confirmed this species, a first record for the site.
*2 Leptoid stage, first found in 2009 survey when both this and mature fomitoid stage recorded
*3 Identified by Sara Shepley from its characteristic curry smell, at its most powerful on dried material
*4 This will be given to Brian Spooner (recently retired Head of Mycology, Kew) on Sunday, [He goes into Kew 2days/wk!]
*5 Finding such young fresh material demonstrates an ongoing active presence at the site. Will push for FRDBI inclusion!
*6 First collection of this (destructive!) species, which appears shortly after heath fires
*7 First collection of this ‘Occasional-Uncommon species  

Ray Tantram 28th. October 2011