A FUNGUS FORAY
It was pouring with rain at
0950hrs and a thunderstorm was forecast. Brian Oxborrow, the VRM, Judith and I
agreed to cancel the event. A member of the Brigg group drove up, he concurred with
our decision and left.
At 1001hrs LAG committee
members and Watch leaders arrived and made the rain ease and then stop! So, we
had another discussion and the walk, albeit very soggy underfoot was on. Brian
took us around the site for the next two hours and described the ways in which
rough pasture and scrub had been turned into heathland, woodland and grassland
over the last few decades.
The rain held off and we all
spotted many species of fungus, often in clumps by the path. The most notable
was a huge red Fly agaric by the entrance. Bill Lee has kindly provided below a
list of the species that we encountered.
‘We saw over a dozen different fungi a few I could identify with some
certainty, some tentatively and some still elude me.
Types with sponge instead of gills, Suillus species including Slippery
Jack and possibly Jersey Cow Boletus, also another Boletus species which I
couldn't identify. Puff ball types, Common Puffball and Common Earthball.
Quite a few gill fungi including Destroying Angel, Amanita virosa, Fly Agaric
,Amanita muscari, Amethyst Deceiver, Laccaria amathystea, Shaggy Ink Cap,
Coprinus comatus, various Russulas including R.aeruginer(greencap), R.atropurorea
(red cap ), and R. lepida(red cap).There were also bracket fungi on the birch
and Coriolus (Tremelas) versicolor.’
It was a most interesting event and I should like to apologise to the
member from Brigg who missed the walk.
Ray Woodcock
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