Fungal Foray, Duxbury Woods - Saturday 30th September

[Neil Southworth]

Fungal Foray to Duxbury Woods – Saturday 30th September

Meet at the golf course car park at 9.30 am

[Neil Southworth]

Don't forget the Fungal Foray tomorrow (Saturday) morning.

[Leonard Poxon]

5 members attended a rather damp field trip to Duxbury Woods.

What did we find?

We found approximately 22 different species at least 3 of which have yet to be identified.
They included:

Glistening Inkcap.
Tawny Grisette.
Cocconut Milkcap.
Common Earthball.
Stump Puffball.
Common Puffball.
Sulphur Tuft.
Candlesnuff fungus.
Ochre Brittlegill.
Common Bonnet.
Snapping Bonnet.
Honey Fungus.
Horsehair Parachute.
Birch Polypore.
Lumpy Bracket.
Southern Bracket.
Pallid Oysterling.
Hairy Curtain Crust.
Turkeytail.

[Neil Southworth]

Other sightings:-
Dipper and Grey Wagtail on the river, Jay, Nuthatch, Goldfinch, LT Tit flock and GS Pecker
A few Grey Squirrels and fresh molehills.

[Leonard Poxon]

A few photos from the Fungal Foray below:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Dcx39 ... -h949-no Glistening Inkcap

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zPpb ... 4-h949-no Common Bonnet

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ohES ... 4-h949-no Unknown Fungi

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/H9voU ... -h949-no Unknown fungi

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GKX9 ... 1-h950-no Sulphur Tuft

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1Zg_1 ... -h949-no Tawny Grisette

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EEpc ... 3-h949-no Southern Bracket

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I_Vb ... 3-h950-no Not yet identified

The two pictures of the 'Unknown fungi' pictured above are somewhat a mystery. The nearest UK fungi is Sooty Cup (Helvella leucomelaena) but could it also be a Puffball 'shell' or an earthstar that has lost the circular portion?? Any views would be appreciated

[tony]

Can't see the pics Len, can you upload them to the gallery?

[Leonard Poxon]

Glistening Inkcap
Common Bonnet
Unknown fungus
Unknown fungus
Sulphur Tuft
Southern Bracket

Spotted Toughshank ??

Sorry about that folks. Have reloaded my images. They are also viewable in the CDNHS Flickr Gallery