Our location for this month was Witley Common. Quite a number of people had turned up and with so many eyes spotting we didn’t get very far, fast. At the end, a few of us wanted to continue all around a bit further and was rewarded with some lovely russula, some cauliflower fungus, and a lovely large clump of golden scalycap. All in all, Sara identified 67 species as listed below.
There are a lot of Milkcaps about at the moment and we found several, among them the Ugly Milkcap and the Oakbug Milkcap. Both of these are mycorrhizal species which means they have a symbiotic relationship with certain species of tree (the Ugly Milkcap is found with Birch and the Oakbug Milkcap, with Oak). Probably the smallest specimen was the Conifercone Cap whose whole world is a single pine cone and the largest was the spectacular Golden Scalycap on the end of a cut log in the children’s playground. I hope they survive and won’t get smashed up but it’s a perilous life in a playground!
Sara Shepley
Paxillus involutus — Brown Rollrim
*Gymnopilus penetrans — Common Rustgill
*Mycena galopus — Milking Bonnet
Russula amoenolens — Camembert Brittlegill (it is said to smell of Camembert cheese)
Baeospora myosura — Conifercone Cap
*Mycena seynii — Pinecone Bonnet
*Mycena inclinata — Clustered Bonnet
Amanita fulva — Tawny Grisette
Lactarius hepaticus — Liver Milkcap
*Lactarius rufus — Rufus Milkcap
*Lactarius quietus — Oak Bug Milkcap
*Lactarius tabidus — Birch Milkcap (milk turns yellow on tissue)
Lactarius turpis — Ugly Milkcap
Hebeloma sp. — One of the Poison Pies
*Russula fragilis — Fragile Brittlegill (jagged edge on gills)
Boletus pruinatus — Matt Bolete
Xerocomus chrysenteron — Pink cracking Bolete
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca — False Chanterelle
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca var pallida — Pale False Chanterelle
*Stereum gausapatum — Bleeding Oak Crust
*Psathyrella piluliformis — Common Stump Brittlestem
*Mycena epipterygia — Yellowleg Bonnet
Laccaria amethystina — Amethyst Deceiver
Hypomyces hyalinus — The mould that grows on Amanita species
Collybia butyracea — Buttercap
*Phlebia tremellosa — Jelly Rot (used to be known as the Tripe Fungus)
Calocera viscosa — Yellow Stagshorn
Marasmius epiphyllus — Leaf parachute
*Neoboletus luridiformis — Scarletina Bolete
*Lactarius chrysorrheus — Yellowdrop Milkcap
*Tricholoma sulphureum — Sulphur Knight
*Hemimycena sp. (on bark) — Could be one of several species including cucullata and mauretanica
*When this was found at Witley some six or more years ago, it was the first record for this species in Britain. Originally its name was Cortinarius chromataphilus but this was changed a couple of years later. It is considered to be a split from Cortinarius largus. Sara
Here are some of the photos I took
Class Agaricomycetes -> Order: Russulales
Coral Brittlegill, Russula velenovskyi
Fragile Brittlegill, Russula fragilis
Bloody Brittlegill, Russula sanguinaria
Humpback Brittlegill, Russula caerulea
Green Brittlegill, Russula aeruginea
Stinking Brittlegill, Russula subfoetens
Birch Milkcap, Lactarius tabidus
Rufus Milkcap, Lactarius rufus
Oak Bug Milkcap, Lactarius quietus
Yellowdrop Milkcap , Lactarius chrysorrheus
Bleeding Oak Crust, Stereum gausapatum
Earpick Fungus, Auriscalpium vulgare
Class Agaricomycetes -> Order: Agaricales
Golden Scalycap, Pholiota aurivella
Sticky Scalycap, Pholiota gummosa
Gymnopilus penetrans, Common Rustgill
The Miller , Clitopilus prunulus
Clustered Bonnet, Mycena inclinata
Mycena seynii, Pinecone Bonnet
Yellowleg Bonnet , Mycena epipterygia
Clustered Toughshank, Gymnopus confluens
Clustered Domecap, Lyophyllum decastes
Sulphur Knight, Tricholoma sulphureum
Common Stump Brittlestem, Psathyrella piluliformis
Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria
Class Agaricomycetes -> Order: Boletales
Scarletina Bolete, Neoboletus luridiformis
Copper Spike, Chroogomphus rutilus
Bovine Bolete, Suillus bovinus
Slippery Jack, Suillus luteus
Class Agaricomycetes -> Order Polyporales & Class Dacrymycetes
Jelly Rot, Phlebia tremellosa
Cauliflower Fungus, Sparassis crispa
Pale Stagshorn, Calocera pallidospathulata
List of photos by taxa: Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes –
Order: Agaricales –
Family: Amanitaceae
Amanita muscaria, Fly Agaric
Family: Entolomataceae
Clitopilus prunulus, The Miller
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Lyophyllum decastes, Clustered Domecap
Family: Marasmiaceae
Gymnopus confluens, Clustered Toughshank
Family: Mycenaceae
Mycena epipterygia, Yellowleg Bonnet
Mycena inclinata, Clustered Bonnet
Mycena seynii, Pinecone Bonnet
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Psathyrella piluliformis, Common Stump Brittlestem