It was quite cold but reasonably sunny and dry. We did a loop starting up Rodborough Hill and in through the woods continuing on the Borough Farm road towards Borough Farm and turning back onto the common by the gate. We did a slight detour up Mouse Hill at the end. There were not a lot of the larger fungi about, but we found some delightful tiny ones and several species of slime moulds.
Lepista nuda, Wood BlewitGalerina sp – Galerina hypnorum, Moss Bell or G graminea, Turf Bell perhapsDitiola peziziformisChromocyphella muscicola, Moss EarMycena corynephora possibly
U3A Exploring, 2 December 2022
We were again lucky with the weather and with lots of eyes looking we found quite a few fungi and Sara recorded just over 30 different species on her list (see below). We found quite a few slime moulds too, but they have proved more difficult to identify
Lepista nuda , Wood Blewit
Nectria cinnabarina , Coral Spot
Chondrostereum purpureum , Silverleaf
Paxillus involutus, Brown Rollrim
Thelephora terrestris, Earth Fan
Stereum hirsutum, Hairy Curtain Crust
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, False Chanterelle
Hypholoma fasciculare, Sulphur Tuft
Trametes versicolor, Turkey Tail
Mycena maculata
Russula fragilis, Fragile Brittlegill
Daedaleopsis confragosa, Blushing Bracket
Crepidotus variabilis, Variable Oysterling
Plicatura crispa, Crimped Gill
Xylaria hypoxylon, Candlesnuff
Mycena speirea, Bark Bonnet
Hemimycena tortuosa, Dewdrop Bonnet — one of the tiny, white Mycena species growing in moss on living tree trunks. This one had obvious droplets on the cap
Mycena corynephora — another of the tiny, white Mycena species; both cap and stipe were woolly/scaly
Phlebia tremellosa, Jelly Rot
Polyporus leptocephala, Blackfoot Polypore
Slimemould or parasitiic fungus growing on the Polypore
Phaeolus schweinitzii, Dyers Mazegill — the common name Dyer’s Mazegill comes from its use in dyeing yarn various shades of yellow, orange and brown, depending on the age of the fruitbody and the type of metal used as a mordant to bind the dye molecules to the fibres of the fabric.
Tremella mesenterica, Yellow Brain
Laccaria proxima, Scurfy Deceiver
Fomitopsis (used to be Piptoporus) betulina, Birch Bracket or Razorstrop Fungus
Auricularia auricula-judae, Jelly Ear
Stereum rugosum, Bleeding Broadleaf Crust — assuming this was not an Oak stump. If it was then, Stereum gausapatum would be the species and if it was on a conifer stump then Stereum sanguinolentum would be the species
Mycena meliigena, Mauve Bonnet — the tiny pink Mycena growing in moss on the trunk of a living Oak
Blackfoot polypore with slime mold or parasitiic fungus Slime mold or parasitiic fungus growing on the PolyporeSlime mold or parasitiic fungus growing on the Polypore
The Slime Moulds
Here are some of the different slime molds we found. I have been unable to get very far with identifying them but they look interesting. We went back to the tree where we’d found a good specimen on our recce but when we looked again it was gone. Slime mold can move 10 cm or more in a day so it may just have moved on. The first 3 images are from the first visit and the rest are from the U3A Exploring walk a week later.
Old slime moldTrichia sp.Arcyria sp possibly, gone by 2nd visitA mix of speciesA fungus amongs the slime mold?Fungi and / or slime mold?Slime mold, possibly Trichia sp.Comatricha sp probablySlime mold
