I hope that you've all been enjoying our fungi trail this autumn and have been learning to distinguish between puffballs & earthballs and bonnets from brittlegills!

To those of you who came along to our guided walks this season, as promised, here are the species lists:

Species

English Name

7th October

16th October

 

 

 

 

Boletes

 

 

 

Leccinum scabrum

Brown Birch Bolete

*

*

Boletus luridiformis

Scarletina Bolete

*

 

 

 

 

 

Agarics (Gilled Fungi)

 

 

 

Amanita citrina

False Deathcap

*

*

Amanita muscaria

Fly Agaric

 

*

Amanita rubescens

Blusher

*

*

Baeospora myosura

Conifercone Cap

 

*

Clitopilus hobsonii

 

 

*

Coprinellus micaceus

Glistening Inkcap

 

*

Galerina marginata

Funeral Bell

 

*

Gymnopus confluens

Clustered Toughshank

*

*

Gymnopus (Marasmius) quercophilus

 

 

*

Gymnopus ocior

 

 

*

Gymnopilus penetrans

Common Rustgill

*

*

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

False Chanterelle

 

*

Hypholoma fasciculare

Suphur Tuft

*

*

Laccaria amethystina

Amethyst Deceiver

*

*

Laccaria laccata

Deceiver

*

*

Lactarius tabidus

Birch Milkcap

 

*

Lactarius quietus

Oak bug Milkcap

*

 

Lactarius turpis

Ugly Milkcap

*

*

Mycena arcangeliana

Angel’s Bonnet

 

*

Mycena epipterygia

Yellowleg Bonnet

*

*

Mycena galericulata

Common Bonnet

 

*

Mycena galopus

Milking Bonnet

 

*

Mycena galopus var. nigra

Black Milking Bonnet

 

*

Mycena leptocephala

Nitrous Bonnet

*

*

Mycena pseudocorticola

 

 

*

Mycena rosea

Rosy Bonnet

 

*

Mycena vitilis

Snapping bonnet

*

*

Paxillus involutus

Brown Rollrim

 

*

Pluteus cervinus

Deer Shield

*

*

Psathyrella piluliformis

Common Stump Brittlestem

*

*

Rhodocollybia butryacea

Buttercap

 

*

Rhodocollybia maculata

Spotted Toughshank

 

*

Rickenella fibula

Orange Mosscap

 

*

Russula betularum

Birch Brittlegill

 

*

Russula fragilis

Fragile brittlegill

*

 

Russula nigricans

Blackening brittlegill

*

 

Russula vesca

The Flirt

 

*

Tubaria conspersa

Felted Twiglet

 

*

Tubaria furfuracea

Scurfy Twiglet

 

*

 

 

 

 

Bracket Fungi & Allies

 

 

 

Calocera cornea

Small Stagshorn

 

*

Calocera pallidospathulata

Pale Stagshorn

 

*

Clavulinopsis corniculata

Meadow Coral

 

*

Daedaleopsis confragosa

Blushing Bracket

*

*

Dacrymyces stillatus

Common Jellyspot

 

*

Ganoderma australe

Artist’s Bracket

*

*

Piptoporus betulinus

Birch Polypore; Razor Strop Fungus

*

*

Stereum hirsutum

Hairy Curtain Crust

*

*

Trametes versicolor

Turkeytail

*

*

Trichaptum abietinum

Purplepore Bracket

 

*

Typhula quisquiliaris

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

Puffballs & Allies

 

 

 

Lycoperdon perlatum

Common Puffball

*

*

Phallus impudicus

Stinkhorn

*

*

Scleroderma citrinum

Common Earthball

*

*

Scleroderma verrucosum

Scaly Earthball

 

*

 

 

 

 

Cup Fungi & Allies

 

 

 

Chlorociboria aeruginascens

Green Elfcup

*

*

Hymenoscyphus scutula

 

 

*

Xylaria hypoxylon

Candlesnuff Fungus

 

*

 

 

 

 

Moulds

 

 

 

Spinellus fuliger

(mould on Mycena epipterygia)

 

*

Syzygites megalocarpus

(white mould on Paxillus, etc)

 

*

Slime-moulds

 

 

 

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

 

 

*

Lycogala terrestre

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

And as a reminder here are some photos of some of our finds ...

Funeral bell - Anna Allum

Turkeytail by Anne Harwood

Glistening inkcap by Anna Allum