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CenterParcs Sherwood, May 21st 2011 (a members-only foray)

The weather having been so dry during the last two and a half months, we wondered if we would find much this spring. However, our small optimistic group of 7 adults and 2 children was taken by Conservation Officer Joelle Bryan in the minibus to explore the logs, fallen branches, woodchips and leaf litter of Compartment 23. In the event we did quite well to find some 23 species (see list below). To these I have added a few (*) found here by Di Mears and me on an earlier preliminary walk. The list is provisional and may yet be added to; the definitive list may be obtained later by members from the Secretary or Chair.

A variety of fungi were discovered, most at this time of year growing in various shapes and sizes on wood. The orange Eyelash Fungus attracted much attention with its margin of dark brown hairs; the Smoky Bracket was easily recognised with its smoke-grey lower surface; Hoof Brackets on birch, and Turkeytail were also present. The most unusual of these wood fungi was probably the semi-pileate crust Skeletocutis amorpha, staining orange-pink below - old and rather tattered on a pine log but unmistakable. Marion Bryce's sharp eyes spied a curious assemblage of tiny black spheres encrusted on the bark of a fallen hardwood branch. These later turned out to be Gibberella baccata, a county first, with only 188 records on the national database (FRDBI).

Of the more mushroom/toadstool types we found just four, all on woodchips: Coprinopsis lagopus with grey veil; a single Agrocybe praecox smelling rather chocolatey, but crushed tasting and smelling mealy; a single Volvariella gloiocephala, silver-grey with prominent bag-like volva at base; and a small troop of golden Conocybes. Richard consulting his field guide suggested it might be Conocybe rugosa but I felt a bit sceptical about that. However, examination back home proved him right. This is another county first for us, with only 99 records on the FRDBI.

Our thanks go to Joelle for patiently showing us round and pointing out some of the spots to explore.

Howard Williams


A provisional list of 27 species has been drawn up including:
Annulohypoxylon multiforme - Birch Woodwart Bjerkandera adusta - Smoky Bracket Botryobasidium conspersum *
Conocybe rugosa Coprinopsis lagopus - Hare'sfoot Inkcap Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing Bracket
Diatrypella quercina - Oak Barkspot Fomes fomentarius - Hoof Fungus / Tinder Bracket Gibberella baccata
Heterobasidion annosum - Root Rot Hypoxylon fuscum - Hazel Woodwart Kuehneola uredinis - Pale Bramble Rust
Lophodermium pinastri - Pine Needle Split Lycogala terrestre, a myxomcete Phacidium multivalve *
Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore Psilachnum chrysostigmum * Rhopographus filicinus - Bracken Map
Schizopora paradoxa - Split Porecrust Scutellinia scutellata - Common Eyelash Skeletocutis amorpha
Stereum hirsutum - Hairy Curtain Crust Trametes versicolor - Turkeytail Volvariella gloiocephala - Stubble Rosegill
Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff



NFG Foray at Sherwood Forest NNR, 10th September 2011

A cloudy start to our first Autumn foray here soon became fine and sunny, and the 12 people present had an excellent morning searching for fungi among the old oaks. The few nights' rain preceding the foray had proved highly effective in stimulating the emergence of various types of fungi. In the event we recorded over 40 species, about 35 more than I had found on my own 5 days before. Perhaps, apart from the ever popular Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria, the Russulas drew most attention. A deep yellow Russula which caused much speculation turned out to be not Russula ochroleuca, Ochre Brittlegill, as suspected, but Russula farinipes, an apparently not uncommon mushroom but not one we seem to find often in the county. The pallid dull brown to sepia Russulas resembling Russulas sororia or amoenolens was Russula praetervisa, a new record for us and a second for the county (under the name of Russula pectatinoides) - also rather uncommon. The latter was in the grass paddock near the Visitor Centre as were several of the dark purple Russula ionochlora, Oilslick Brittlegill, both in grass with oak and birch. The foray ended with Graham Piearce finding a young white succulent bracket growing on a fallen birch branch. This was Tyromyces chioneus with a pleasant smell and mild taste, though not for eating. It is not that common.

Talking of tasting, some of our visitors and new members were brave enough to indulge in some smelling and tasting of some of the fungi found, a necessity if you're to make headway with identifications. Good for them!

Howard Williams

A provisional list of 46 species has been drawn up including:
Amanita citrina - False Deathcap Amanita fulva - Tawny Grisette Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric
Amanita rubescens - Blusher * Ampulloclitocybe clavipes - Club Foot Annulohypoxylon multiforme - Birch Woodwart
Bolbitius titubans - Yellow Fieldcap Boletus chrysenteron - Red Cracking Bolete Chalciporus piperatus - Peppery Bolete
Clitocybe candicans Coprinellus micaceus - Glistening Inkcap Coprinopsis atramentaria - Common Inkcap
Erysiphe alphitoides - Oak mildew Fistulina hepatica - Beefsteak Fungus Fomes fomentarius - Hoof Fungus / Tinder Bracket
Gymnopus fusipes - Spindle Toughshank Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft Inocybe maculata - Frosty Fibrecap
Laccaria proxima - Scurfy Deceiver Lactarius quietus - Oakbug Milkcap Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken of the Woods *
Leccinum scabrum - Brown Birch Bolete Lepiota cristata - Stinking Dapperling Lycogala terrestre, a myxomcete
Phlebia tremellosa - Jelly Rot Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus Parasola plicatilis - Pleated Inkcap
Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim Phallus impudicus - Stinkhorn Phragmidium violaceum - Violet Bramble Rust
Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore Pluteus cervinus - Deer Shield Psathyrella candolleana - Pale Brittlestem
Psathyrella piluliformis - Common Stump Brittlestem Russula aurora - Dawn Brittlegill * Russula fellea - Geranium Brittlegill
Russula ionochlora - Oilslick Brittlegill Russula parazurea - Powdery Brittlegill Russula praetervisa
Scleroderma citrinum - Common Earthball Scleroderma verrucosum - Scaly Earthball Stereum hirsutum - Hairy Curtain Crust
Stropharia semiglobata - Dung Roundhead Trametes versicolor - Turkeytail Tubaria conspersa - Felted Twiglet
Tyromyces chioneus - White cheese polypore
* = spp found on prewalk 5/9/2011



NFG Foray at Mansfield Cemetery, 21st September 2011

Thirteen forayers met on a bright late-summer morning. We were disappointed to find that the grass had been cut, perhaps worth considering a prior request to the contrary if we visit again. Nevertheless, the group quickly scattered to look for fungi accompanied by the song and calls of Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Robin. A good haul including those listed below. The waxcaps are always a favourite but probably the most striking find was a purple-black pinkgill with edged gills - Entoloma serrulatum, the Blue Edge Entoloma, which is only the a second county record (the last being in 1897 at Thoresby!)

The provisional list includes:
Agaricus augustus - The Prince Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric Amanita rubescens - Blusher
Bjerkandera adusta - Smoky Bracket Boletus chrysenteron - Red Cracking Bolete Boletus pruinatus - Matt Bolete
Clavulinopsis helvola - Yellow Club Clitocybe fragrans - Fragrant Funnel Conocybe velutipes
Coprinellus micaceus - Glistening Inkcap Entoloma serrulatum - Blue Edge Pinkgill Fistulina hepatica - Beefsteak Fungus
Galerina clavata Galerina vittiformis f tetraspora Gymnopus peronatus - Wood Woollyfoot
Hebeloma crustuliniforme - Poisonpie Hygrocybe vitellina Hygrocybe conica - Blackening Waxcap
Hygrocybe psittacina - Parrot Waxcap Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca - False Chanterelle Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft
Inocybe sindonia Inonotus hispidus - Shaggy Bracket Laccaria proxima - Scurfy Deceiver
Lactarius turpis - Ugly Milkcap Leccinum scabrum - Brown Birch Bolete Macrolepiota procera - Parasol
Mycena filopes - Iodine Bonnet Mycena flavoalba - Ivory Bonnet Mycena galericulata - Common Bonnet
Mycena leptocephala - Nitrous Bonnet Mycena olivaceomarginata - Brownedge Bonnet Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim
Peltigera canina - Dog Lichen Pluteus cervinus - Deer Shield Psathyrella piluliformis - Common Stump Brittlestem
Rhytisma acerinum - Sycamore Tarspot Rickenella swartzii - Collared Mosscap Russula amoenolens
Russula delica - Milk White Brittlegill Russula fellea - Geranium Brittlegill Russula grisea
Russula parazurea - Powdery Brittlegill Suillus luteus - Slippery Jack Tubaria furfuracea - Scurfy Twiglet



NFG Foray at Fox Covert Wood 25th September 2011

Unfortunately a report for this foray is not available but here is the list of species found (* = occasional to uncommon spp):
Agaricus silvaticus - Blushing Wood Mushroom Amanita fulva - Tawny Grisette Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric
Ampulloclitocybe clavipes - Clubfoot Armillaria mellea - Honey Fungus Bjerkandera adusta - Smoky Bracket
Bolbitius titubans - Yellow Fieldcap Boletus chrysenteron - Red-cracked Bolete Boletus luridiformis - Scarletina Bolete
Calocera pallidospathulata - Pale Stagshorn Clitocybe gibba - Common Funnel Clitocybe nebularis - Clouded Agaric
Clitocybe phyllophila - Frosty Funnel Collybia cookeii - Splitpea Shanklet Coprinellus disseminatus - Fairy Inkcap
Coprinellus micaceous - Glistening Inkcap Dacrymyces stillatus - Common Jellyspot Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing Bracket
Diatrype stigma - Common Tarcrust Flamulina velutipes - Velvet Shank Fomes fomentarius - Hoof Fungus
Gymnopus confluens - Clustered Toughshank Gymnopus dryophilus - Russet Toughshank Gymnopus erythropus - Redleg Toughshank
Gymnopus peronata - Wood Woollyfoot Hymenoscyphus fructigenus - Nut Disco Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft
Lactarius camphoratus - Curry Milkcap Lactarius quietus - Oak milk cap Lanzia echinophila *
Lycoperdon perlatum - Common Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme - Stump Puffball Mycena arcangeliana - Angel's Bonnet
Mycena galopus - Milking Bonnet Mycena polygramma - Grooved Bonnet Mycena stylobates - Bulbous Bonnet
Mycena vitilis - Snapping Bonnet Nectria cinnabarina - Coral Spot Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim
Phallus impudicus - Stink Horn Phragmidium violaceum - Violet Bramble Rust Piptoporus betulinus - Razorstrop Fungus
Pluteus cervinus - Deer Shield Pluteus leoninus * - Lion Shield Polyporous squamosus - Dryad's Saddle
Polyporus durus - Bay Polypore Psathyrella obtusata Psathyrella piluliformis - Common Stump Brittlestem
Rhytisma acerinum - Tar spot Rickenella fibula - Orange Mosscap Russula amoenolens
Russula ochroleuca - Ochre Brittlegill Scleroderma citrinum - Common Earth ball Stereum subtomentosum - Yellowing Curtain Crust
Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff Xylaria polymorpha - Dead Man's Fingers



NFG Foray at Walesby Scout Camp NFG Foray, 1st October 2011

After a week of hot dry weather, today's foray took place on another warm sunny morning, so it was with some doubt of finding very much that about 12 of us set out to explore the grounds of the Camp. In the event the oak-pine-birch woodland here did, for such dry conditions, result in a reasonable bag of around 30 fungi. Indeed we found some rare to uncommon species. For instance we were baffled at the time by a tough spongy bracket on pine that bruised immediately brown on contact. Later examination showed it to be Postia fragilis, a first for the county and only 113 national records. Ann Ward found two more interesting fungi: a small pretty creamy brown Coprinus which also turned out to be a rarity with only 53 national records - Coprinellus callinus; and a rather small version of what looked superficially to be an Agaricus sp., white with ring, and gills with a pinkish flush. The cap texture was unlike Agaricus, however. Later examination proved it to be Leucoagaricus carneifolius with white not dark brown spores. It goes to show great care needs to be taken before jumping to conclusions as most Agaricus are edible but Leucocoprinus contains poisonous species. There have been a handful of previous records for Notts but not many. Other finds worth mentioning here were Hygrophoropsis pallida in needle litter, a second county record - not one that I'd seen before; the black-brown bracket Ischnoderma benzoinum on pine stumps; and one of our newest members found a fine young Boletus edulis at the end of the foray about which there was some speculation as to whether it was the usual type or a variety. I pulled rank in the end and opted for its being no more than a standard very young Boletus edulis.

Howard Williams

The provisional list includes:
Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric Boletus edulis - Cep Coprinellus callinus (1st County record)
Coprinus comatus - Shaggy Inkcap Diatrypella quercina - Oak Barkspot Fomes fomentarius - Hoof Fungus / Tinder Bracket
Ganoderma australe - Southern Bracket Gymnopus peronatus - Wood Woollyfoot Hygrophoropsis pallida - Pallid False Chanterelle (2nd County record)
Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft Ischnoderma benzoinum - Benzoin Bracket Lepiota cristata - Stinking Dapperling
Leucoagaricus carneifolius Lycoperdon excipuliformis - Pestle Puffball Lycoperdon nigrescens - Dusky Puffball
Lycoperdon perlatum - Common Puffball Nectria cinnabarina - Coral Spot Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim
Phragmidium violaceum - Violet Bramble Rust Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore Postia fragilis (1st County record)
Rhytisma acerinum - Sycamore Tarspot Rickenella fibula - Orange Mosscap Russula ochroleuca - Ochre Brittlegill
Schizopora paradoxa - Split Porecrust Stereum hirsutum - Hairy Curtain Crust Trametes versicolor - Turkeytail
Trichaptum abietinum - Purplepore Bracket Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff Xylaria polymorpha - Dead Man's Fingers



NFG Foray at Bestwood Country Park, 16th October 2011

The last time a foray was scheduled at the eastern end of Bestwood Country Park (entry via Bestwood Lodge Drive) it had to be cancelled because of heavy snow. This time, when 23 of us met at the eastern car park we feared that the recent dry weather might also make finding fungi a challenge but we were wrong to be pessimistic! Thanks to local knowledge and help the end of morning list was a provisional 31 species of mostly common, but nevertheless interesting, fungi. The most unusual find was the Dark Fieldcap (Agrocybe erebia) which has been previously recorded at Bestwood. There was a lot of interest in Fluted Bird's Nest (Cyathus striatus) and we found an impressive cluster of quite late fruiting Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus).


The provisional list includes:
Agrocybe erebia - Dark Fieldcap Armillaria mellea - Honey Fungus Auricularia auricula-judae - Jelly Ear
Bjerkandera adusta - Smoky Bracket Chondrostereum purpureum - Silverleaf Fungus Clitocybe fragrans - Fragrant Funnel
Clitocybe geotropa - Trooping Funnel Clitopilus prunulus - The Miller Cyathus striatus - Fluted Bird's Nest
Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing Bracket Fomes fomentarius - Hoof Fungus / Tinder Bracket Ganoderma australe - Southern Bracket
Gymnopus erythropus - Redleg Toughshank Gymnopus peronatus - Wood Woollyfoot Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft
Hypoxylon multiforme - Birch Woodwart Lepista nuda - Wood Blewit Lycogala epidendrum
Mycena arcangeliana - Angel's Bonnet Mycena vitilis - Snapping Bonnet Nectria cinnabarina - Coral Spot
Parasola plicatilis - Pleated Inkcap Phlebia tremellosa - Jelly Rot Pleurotus ostreatus - Oyster Mushroom
Polyporus squamosus - Dryad's Saddle Rhytisma acerinum - Sycamore Tarspot Schizopora paradoxa - Split Porecrust
Stereum gausapatum - Bleeding Oak Crust Trametes gibbosa - Lumpy Bracket Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff
Xylaria polymorpha - Dead Man's Fingers



NFG Foray at Bunny Wood, 20th October 2011

It was after the first night of hard frost in parts of the county that about a dozen of us set off to foray in this ash-elm woodland on clays. The weather was sunny and after a while it became warmer. This is a dampish wood but for all that we only recorded about 5 agarics i.e. the typical mushrooms with caps, gills and stems. There were plenty of other fungi, however, in the shape of brackets, crusts and growths of various shape and size on fallen wood, stumps and trunks. An ash logpile produced Bulgaria inquinans, Black Bulgar, looking like small rubber buttons; and we found the silvery-grey (through the hairs on its surface) Trametes hirsuta, Hairy Bracket, on birch in a similar logpile. The latter is a relation of the well-known Trametes versicolor, Turkeytail, also present. On a twig was found the curious thin white crust called Elder Whitewash, Lyomyces sambuci, looking just as if someone had been splashing emulsion paint about. Of the agarics recorded one was noteworthy: Psathyrella pseudocorrugis with red-edged gills and few national records. This was recorded by us in 2007 in Kirton Wood, a similar ashwood on clays to this one. The pretty little Pleated Inkcap found beside the path in a few places turned out to be Parasola leiocephala, a woodland relation of Parasola plicatilis more often recorded in open grassland.

Our ascomycete colleague, Peter Thompson of Wolverhampton, walked through the wood the day after our foray and to our provisional list below I have added his records (marked +), many of these being microfungi on fallen sticks and leaves.

The provisional list includes:
Auricula auricularia-judae - Jelly Ear Basidioradulum radula - Bisporella sulfurina +
Bulgaria inquinans - Black Bulgar Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma Chondrostereum purpureum - Silver Leaf Fungus
Conocybe subovalis Coprinopsis lagopus - Hare's Foot Inkcap Crepidotus cesatii
Crocicreas coronatum + Crocicreas dolosellum + Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing Bracket
Daldinia concentrica - King Alfred's Cakes Diatrype stigma - Common Tarcrust Exidia nucleata + - Crystal Brain
Henningsomyces candidus + Hypoxylon fuscum - Hazel Woodwart Hypoxylon petriniae +
Inonotus hispidus Shaggy Bracket Leptosphaeria doliolum + - Lyomyces sambuci - Elder Whitewash
Mycoacia uda + Nectria cinnabarina - Coral Spot Parasola leiocephalus
Peniophora quercina Polyporus durus - Bay Polypore Polyporus squamosus - Dryad's Saddle
Psathyrella pseudocorrugis * Psathyrella spadiceogrisea - Spring Brittlestem Scleroderma verrucosum - Scaly Earthball
Stegonsporium pyriforme Trametes hirsuta - Hairy Bracket Trametes versicolor - Turkeytail
Typhula erythropus + - Redleg Club Uromyces muscari +
* = uncommon species
+ = species added 21/10/2011



NFG Members only foray to a private area on the edge of Sherwood Forest which is a site of Special Scientific Interest
30th October 2011

At the end of October we were fortunate to be able to visit a triple SI in the Mansfield area. It is of interest because it is a site of lowland heathland with Birch, Oak and Pine which is a nationally rare habitat type although it was formerly extensive in Nottinghamshire. It is a very large site and in our limited time we were only able to survey a very small area. However, we did record 61 species. There were three notable finds. Two of these, Tephrocybe tylicolor and Cortinarius pholideus were county records, and the third, Pluteus petasatus, growing on wood chips, had not been recorded in the county since 1897. Other interesting finds were the Herald of Winter (Hygrophorus hypothejus), Tiger's eye (Coltricia perennis), Vermilion Waxcap (Hygrocybe miniata), Orange Birch Bolete (Leccinum versipelle) and Bracken Club (Typhula quisquiliaris). The fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) was abundant and we recorded three species of Russula and two species of Lactarius which seem to have been infrequent this season. The site has a high potential for fungi and hopefully we will be able to visit it again. Thanks are due to the owners of the site and Natural England for giving us permission to visit the site.

Di Mears


The provisional list includes:
Amanita fulva - Tawny Grisette Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric Amanita rubescens - The Blusher
Armillaria ostoyae - Dark Honey fungus Ascocoryne sarcoides - Purple Jellydisc Boletus badius - Bay Bolete
Bjerkandera adusta - Smoky racket Bulgaria inquinans - Black Bulgar Calocera cornea - Small Stagshorn
Chalciporus piperatus - Peppery bolete Chondrostereum purpureum - Silverleaf fungus Clitocybe clavipes - Club foot
Clitocybe phyllophila - Frosty Funnel Clitoplius prunulus - Miller Collybia cirrhata - Piggyback Shanklet
Collybia dryophila - Russet Toughshank Coltricia perennis - Tiger's Eye Cortinarius pholideus - Scaly Webcap
Crepidotus mollis - Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus variabilis - Variable Oysterling Cystoderma amianthinum - Earthy Powercap
Entoloma conferendum - Star Pinkgill Entoloma sericeum - Silky Pinkgill Galerina clavata
Hygrocybe miniata - Vermilion Waxcap Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca - False Chanterelle Hygrophorus hypothejus - Herald of Winter
Hypholoma fasiculare - Sulphur Tuft Laccaria amythestina - Amethyst Deceiver Lactarius glyciosmus - Cocnut Milkcap
Lactarius turpis - Ugly Milkcap Leccinum versipelle - Orange Birch Bolete Lycoperdon nigrescens - Dusky Puffball
Macrolepiota rhacodes - Shaggy Parasol Marasmius androsaceus - Horsehair Parachute Melanoleuca polioleca - Common Cavalier
Mycena aetites - Drab Bonnet Mycena cinerella - Mealy Bonnet Mycena galericulata - Common Bonnet
Mycena leptocephala - Nitrous Bonnet Mycena olivaceomarginata - Brownedge Bonnet Mycena speirea - Bark Bonnet
Mycena vitilis - Snapping Bonnet Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim Phlebia tremellosa - Jelly Rot
Pluteus cervinus - Deer Shield Pluteus petasatus Psathyrella piluliformis - Common Stump Brittlestem
Rickenella fibula - Orange Mosscap Rickenella swartzii - Collared Mosscap Russula atropurpurea - Purple Brittlegill
Russula ochroleuca - Ochre Brittlegill Russula vesca - The Flirt Scleroderma citrinum - Common Earthball
Stereum rugosum - Bleeding Broadleaf Crust Tephrocybe tylicolor Thelophora terrestris - Earthfan
Trametes versicolor - Turkeytail Trichaptum abietinum - Purplepore Bracket Typhula quisquiliaris - Bracken Club
Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff Fungus




NFG foray at Upper Saxondale, 5th November 2011

We were looking forward to visiting Saxondale again this year having had an excellent foray there last year. Two days before the foray I decided to do a recce as I was concerned that the dry weather would mean that there would be few fungi around. I was even more concerned after my visit as I could find very little. However two days of rain made a huge difference and we were able to record a good number of fungi both on the park area and in the residents' gardens. Ann crawled around on her hands and knees looking for tiny fungi and was rewarded by finding Ciboria batschiana, the small cup fungus on old oak wood, and Hymenoscyphus fructigenus and Lachnum fuscescens on beech husks. Ray Cobb recorded Pholiota lenta, an uncommon species, and I found the brown edged Mycena olivaceomarginata.
Di visited the nearby nature reserve and added to the list. This is a newly planted area which will be well worth looking at in future years.
Mary


The provisional list includes:
Abortiporus biennis - Blushing Rrosette Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric Auricularia auricula-judae - Jelly Ear
Boletus chrysenteron - Red-cracking Bolete Ciboria batschiana Coprinopsis atramentarius - Common Inkcap
Coprinus comatus - Lawyer's Wig Coprinellus micaceus - Glistening Inkcap Cortinarius decipiens - Sepia Webcap
Cystoderma amianthinum - Earthy Powdercap Exidia thuretina - White Brain Fuligo septica var. flava
Galerina laevis Hebeloma crustuliniforme - Poisonpie Hebeloma mesophaeum - Veiled poisonpie
Hymenoscyphus fructigenus - Nut Disco Inocybe geophylla - White Fibrecap Inocybe geophylla var lilacina - White Fibrecap
Laccaria laccata - Deceiver Laccaria proxima - Scurfy Deceiver Lachnum fuscescens
Lactarius blennius - Beech Milkcap Lactarius glyciosmus - Coconut Milkcap Lactarius tabidus - Birch Milkcap
Leccinum scabrum - Brown Birch Bolete Lepiota cristata - Stinking Dapperling Lepista nuda - Wood Blewitt
Lycoperdon perlatum - Common Puffball Macrotyphula fistulosa - Pipe Club Marasmius oreades - Fairy Ring Champignon
Melanoleuca polioleuca - Common Cavalier Mycena epipterygia - Yellowleg Bonnet Mycena aetites - Drab Bonnet
Mycena filopes - Iodine Bonnet Mycena flavoalba - Ivory Bonnet Mycena leptocephala - Nitrous Bonnet
Mycena olivaceomarginata - Brownedge Bonnet Mycena vitilis - Snapping Bonnet Parasola plicatilis - Pleated Inkcap
Paxillus involutus - Brown rollrim Pholiota lenta Psathyrella conopilus - Conical Brittlestem
Psathyrella multipedata - Clustered brittlestem Rhytisma acerinum - Sycamore Tarspot Rickenella schwartzii - Collared Mosscap
Russula ochroleuca - Ochre Brittlegill Scleroderma citrinum - Common Earthball Stereum subtomentosum - Yellowing Curtain Crust
Stropharia coronilla - Garland Roundhead Tricholoma terreum - Grey Knight Tricholoma ustale - Burnt Knight




NFG foray at Eaton Wood 12th November 2011

After 4 days of mild, grey, misty skies, this foray took place in bright sunshine with late autumn yellows and russets still on the trees. The plan was to make a circuit of the wood. However, it soon became apparent that our dozen or so members were all finding so many species in the first 200 yards or so of the East Ride that it was unlikely we would stick to that itinerary. In the event we got two thirds the way down the West Ride before turning back the way we came about 2 hours later. In that time we collected the species on the provisional list below, with a few more yet to come in.

Recently joined member Gareth Hazlewood had some nice finds: Simocybe haustellaris on a hazel twig and Pluteus romelli (Goldleaf Shield) with its bay cap and yellow stem; Craig Levy found a pretty little Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling), Pluteus umbrosus (Velvet Shield) on an ash stump and Crepidotus mollis (Peeling Oysterling) whose rubbery cuticle we peeled back; Ann Ward's eagle eye spotted (again!) a tiny black Xylaria carpophila (Beech Candlesnuff) on an old beech husk.

Janet Fernley discovered a neat cluster of the bright brown cups of Rutstroemia firma (Brown Cup) on an oak twig; both Di Mears and Gareth found the rarest mushroom in different spots, Stropharia albonitens with only 14 national records. It puzzled us at first but Ann suggested a Stropharia, and so later it turned out to be. Di also found the miniscule yellow cups of Bisporella sulfurina on rotten wood, a second county record, and also Mycena rorida (Dripping Bonnet), its stem covered with a bright translucent mucus (much prettier to see than it sounds).

Mike Clark found us a super Megacollybia platyphylla, whose mycelial cords must have been in excess of a foot long and thick to boot, justifying its English name of Whitelaced Shank. I recorded and photographed Mycena maculata in soil and woodchip near the entrance, almost certainly growing from a piece of beech wood - a quite rare fungus with red-spotting gills, hence the Latin name. A curious find early on was a form of the common Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria: a fully mature specimen with a beautiful pale yellow-cream coloration especially stem and gills but also infusing the cap. A really enjoyable foray!

Howard Williams


The provisional list includes:
Annulohypoxylon multiforme - Birch Woodwart Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria var.formosa *+ - Yellow Fly Agaric
Armillaria bulbosa $ - Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea - Honey Fungus Bisporella sulfurina
Byssomerulius corium - Netted Crust Calocera cornea - Small Stagshorn Clitocybe geotropa- Trooping Funnel
Clavaria acuta - Pointed Club Clitocybe fragrans - Fragrant Funnel Clitocybe gibba $ - Common Funnel
Clitocybe nebularis - Clouded Agaric Clitocybe odora - Aniseed Funnel Conocybe subovalis
Coprinopsis atramentaria - Common Inkcap Coprinopsis lagopus - Hare's Foot Inkcap Coprinellus disseminatus - Fairy Inkcap
Coprinellus micaceus - Glistening Inkcap Coprinus comatus - Shaggy Inkcap Cortinarius alboviolacea - Pearly Webcap
Crepidotus cesatii Crepidotus mollis - Peeling Oysterling Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing Bracket
Diatrype stigma $ - Common Tarcrust Entoloma rhodopolium - Wood Pinkgill Fomes fomentarius - Hoof Fungus
Gymnopilus penetrans $ - Common Rustgill Gymnopus dryophila $ - Russet Toughshank Hebeloma crustuliniforme - Poison Pie
Heterobasidion annosum - Root Rot Hygrocybe conica - Blackening Waxcap Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft
Hypoxylon fragiforme $ - Beech Woodwart Inocybe geophylla - White Fibrecap Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina - Lilac Fibrecap
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda - Weeping Widow Lactarius fulvissimus - Tawny Milkcap Lactarius subdulcis - Mild Milkcap
Leccinum scabrum - Birch Bolete Lepiota cristata - Stinking Dapperling Lepiota castanea - Chestnut Dapperling
Lepista nuda - Wood Blewit Lycoperdon pyriforme $- Stump Puffball Marasmiellus ramealis - Twig Parachute
Marasmius epiphyllus - Leaf Parachute Megacollybia platyphyllus- Whitelaced Shank Mycena aetites - Drab Bonnet
Mycena arcangeliana - Angel's Bonnet Mycena capillaris - Beechleaf Bonnet Mycena epipterygia - Yellowleg Bonnet
Mycena galericulata - Common Bonnet Mycena galopus - Milking Bonnet Mycena maculata *+
Mycena mucor *+ Mycena polygramma - Grooved Bonnet Mycena pura - Lilac Bonnet
Mycena rorida - Dripping Bonnet Mycena sanguinolenta - Bleeding Bonnet Mycena vitilis - Snapping Bonnet
Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore Pluteus cervinus - Deer Shield Pluteus romelli - Goldleaf Shield
Pluteus umbrosus * - Velvet Shield Polyporus brumalis - Winter Polypore Polyporus squamosus $ - Dryad's Saddle
Psathyrella conopilus - Conical Brittlestem Psathyrella fulvescens * Psathyrella microrrhiza - Rootlet Brittlestem
Psathyrella multipedata - Clustered Brittlestem Rhodocollybia butyracea - Buttercap Rutstroemia firma - Brown Cup
Simocybe haustellaris * Stereum hirsutum - Hairy Curtain Crust Stropharia albonitens *
Trametes versicolor - Turkeytail Tricholoma terreum $ - Grey Knight Tubaria dispersa $
Tubaria furfuracea -Scurfy Twiglet Volvariella gloiocephala - Stubble Rosegill Xylaria carpophila - Beech Candlesnuff
Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff
* = uncommon spp
+ = 1st county record
$ = added from pre-walk the previous day 73 spp




NFG members-only foray at Centre Parcs 19th November 2011
Some 20 odd members including 2 keen young children gathered at the CenterParcs check-in point for this foray on a bright sunny morning. This site has always proved a popular and productive site and so it did again as the provisional list below shows. Our ranger guide, Becky, intended to walk us over to where we forayed in May, but it soon became evident that we were finding so much in the wood edges along the paths that we were never going to get that far. It really didn't matter as over the next two hours or so we encountered a whole range of fungi rich in variety and interest. Some that caught the attention particularly were rather fine rings of Clitocybe nebularis, Clouded Agaric, in the pine needles. Other interesting types were the red-capped and once uncommon Stropharia aurantiaca in needles found by Mary Hawkins which I somehow never got to see personally; Clitopilus prunulus, The Miller, gave some of us a tasting session with its strongly floury taste & smell; so did Macrocystidia cucumis, Cucumber Cap, dark brown and handsome but tasting of cod liver oil and smelling of fish oil or cucumber depending upon the individual; Ray Cobb later identified a small fan-shaped Crepidotus as C. epibryus, not that common; an intriguing group of small bright brown striate fungi in sand seen by Mary and me turned out to be a 2nd county record of Galerina nana, an oddity with Inocybe-like cystidia under the microscope; Mary's friend Peter spotted Thelephora pencillata camouflaged among needle litter, not common; even less common and a 1st county record was a very ordinary-looking white, russet-tinged, stiped fungus on a willow trunk that Craig Levy thought was like a Gymnopus (Collybia) and so it turned out as Gymnopus ocior, a fungus of which I'm afraid I had not even heard; both Craig and Dorothy Burton separately found a small dull brown fungus with willows and birch which puzzled us at the time and later proved to be Naucoria subconspersa; several Inocybes were collected the best of which was probably the lilac-stiped Inocybe cincinnata var. major, another county first, though the cinammon-yellow, scaly Inocybe dulcamara was more eye-catching.

Thanks to Becky for her patience with us enthusiasts and to all who sent in their foray records.

Howard Williams


The provisional list includes:

Amanita rubescens - Blusher Antrodia serialis Armillaria ostoyae - Dark Honey Fungus
Baeospora myosura - Conifer Conecap Boletus badius - Bay Bolete Boletus chrysenteron - Red-cracking Bolete
Boletus edulis - Penny Bun Boletus pruinatus - Matt Bolete Chlorophyllum rhacodes - Shaggy Parasol
Chondrostereum purpureum - Silverleaf Fungus Clitocybe fragrans - Fragrant Funnel Clitocybe gibba - Common Funnel
Clitocybe odora - Aniseed Funnel Clitocybe metachroa Clitocybe nebularis - Clouded Agaric
Clitopilus prunulus - Miller Conocybe arrhenii - Ringed Conecap Conocybe subovalis
Coprinus comatus - Shaggy Inkcap Crepidotus variabilis - Variable Oyster Crucibulum laeve - Common Bird's Nest
Cystolepiota seminuda - Bearded Dapperling Entoloma rhodopolium - Wood Pinkgill Gymnopilus penetrans - Common Rustgill
Gymnopus ocior - Hebeloma mesophaeum - Veiled Poison Pie Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca - False Chanterelle
Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft Inocybe cincinnata var. major Inocybe dulcamara
Inocybe lucifuga Inocybe nitidiuscula Inocybe posterula
Inocybe sindonia Laccaria laccata - Deceiver Lactarius turpis - Ugly Milkcap
Leccinum versipelle - Orange Birch Bolete Lepiota cristata - Stinking Dapperling Lepista nuda - Wood Blewit
Macrocystidia cucumis - Cucumber cap Melanoleuca polioleuca - Common Cavalier Mycena galopus - Milking Bonnet
Mycena filopes - Iodine Bonnet Naucoria subconspersa Nectria cinnabarina - Coral Spot
Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim Pleurotus ostreatus - Oyster Fungus Rhodocollybia butyracea - Buttercap
Rhodocollybia maculata - Spotted Toughshank Russula atropurpurea - Purple Brittlegill Stropharia aurantiaca - Redlead Roundhead
Stropharia caerulea - Blue Roundhead Thelephora pencillata Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff Fungus


NFG foray at Clumber Park 24th November 2011
19 of us foregathered in the main car park for this last foray of the year. Following our NT guide and fellow NFG member, Vicky Buckberry, we made our way in elegant motorcade to Compartment 80 of the Park. This was an area of grass clearings and woodland dominated by birch, with an adjacent conifer stand; so good habitat variety. We were yet again favoured by bright sunshine and autumn colours. Five species of Boletus were found including Boletus edulis, Penny Bun, and Boletus luridiformis, Scarletina Bolete, the latter producing some gasps when it rapidly turned dark blue all over on being cut. In one of the clearings under a birch we saw a photogenic group of Parasols, Macrolepiota procera, with their tell-tale snakeskin stem pattern. Another group on a birch log which caught the attention of the photographers was Panellus serotinus, Olive Oysterling, with olive-green caps and yellow gills. It was good to welcome back our ex-Secretary, Tony Kavanagh, to this foray and he duly came up with a not very common 'little brown job', Tubaria conspersa, Felty Twiglet, among litter and woody debris. Another Tony, Tony Spratley, led us to a cluster of medium-sized fungi at the base of a birch trunk, which stymied us all at the time. Later investigation showed it to be Psathyrella spadicea (Chestnut Brittlestem), one of the bigger Psathyrellas and one of the few to grow on living tree bases as well as stumps. Its English name can be misleading as our specimens showed, for these caps were not the usual reddish brown and can vary, ours being a sort of pale flesh-beige. Age certainly and maybe weather conditions can cause it, though these looked fresh enough. The chestnut gills were right though. At the end Vicky showed me a Suillus luteus, Slippery Jack, in her basket, one of the few fungi found today with the pines. Conifers are much maligned these days, often rightly so, but where fungi are concerned they host a wide range of species and would be greatly missed by forayers were they all removed.

An excellent end to our official foray programme.

Howard Williams


The provisional list includes:

Amanita fulva - Tawny Grisette Amanita muscaria - Fly Agaric Amanita rubescens - Blusher
Amanita vaginata - Grisette Boletus edulis - Penny Bun Boletus chrysenteron - Red-cracking Bolete
Boletus luridiformis - Scarletina Bolete Boletus pruinatus - Matt Bolete Bulgaria inquinans - Black Bulgar
Chalciporus piperatus - Peppery Bolete Clitocybe candicans Clitocybe fragrans - Fragrant Funnel
Clitocybe metachroa Clitocybe nebularis - Clouded Agaric Clitocybe odora - Aniseed Funnel
Coprinopsis nivea - Snowy Inkcap Dacrymyces stillatus - Common Jellyspot Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing Bracket
Fomes fomentarius - Hoof Fungus Gymnopus confluens - Clustered Toughshank Hygrophorus hypothejus - Herald of Winter
Hypholoma fasciculare - Sulphur Tuft Hypochnicium eichleri Laccaria laccata Deceiver
Lactarius pubescens - Bearded Milkcap Lactarius quietus - Oak Milkcap Lactarius tabidus - Birch Milkcap
Lactarius turpis - Ugly Milkcap Lepista flaccida - Tawny Funnel Lepista nuda - Wood Blewit
Lycoperdon nigrescens - Dusky Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum - Common Puffball Macrolepiota procera - Parasol
Meripilus giganteus - Giant Polypore Mycena arcangeliana - Angel's Bonnet Mycena galericulata - Common Bonnet
Mycena pura - Lilac Bonnet Panellus serotinus - Olive Oysterling Paxillus involutus - Brown Rollrim
Peniophora quercina Phallus impudicus - Stinkhorn Phlebia radiata - Wrinkled Crust
Phlebia tremellosa - Jelly Rot Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore Rhodocollybia butyracea - Buttercap
Rhodocollybia butyracea var. asema - Dark Buttercap Russula atropurpurea - Purple Brittlegill Russula nitida - Purple Swamp Brittlegill
Russula ochroleuca - Ochre Brittlegill Schizopora paradoxa - Split Porecrust Stereum hirsutum - Hairy Curtain Crust
Suillus luteus - Slippery Jack Trametes versicolor - Turkeytail Tubaria conspersa - Felted Twiglet
Xylaria hypoxylon - Candlesnuff Fungus 55 spp