Jane Blinkhorn led the group and I assisted. In the evening Jane and I took some of the specimens to Archie McAdam to help with some of the more unusual species.
Bet you wished you'd come now!
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| Here we are having lunch |
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| But first, at the start - we are given a handout explaining about gill shape and much more |
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| Yes - We've found some Jelly babies. (about 3cm tall) They are easily recognisable because the DON'T have gills |
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| Just checking that they have no gills. |
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| Waxcaps in the grassland |
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| A great day for waxcaps - Hygrocybe chlorophana |
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| Hypoxylon fragiforme - Beech Woodwart - .. or is it the slime Mould "Wolf's Blood - Lycogala epidendrum?" Growing on a well rotted fallen log are these ball shaped structures. They are 1cm across and are soft inside. They start off pink (above) and then turn dark grey (below) and are soft in the middle |
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| We examine Honey Fungus |
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| Having found almost ten species of Waxcaps I said "Shouldn't we be finding some Clavarias?".. and low and behold we found Clavaria fumosa - Smoky Spindles |
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| Start 'em young. . The white fungus, (that I found in the leaf litter in the deciduous wood) in the bottom left of the tray turned out to be Hygrophorus eburneus |
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| This has thick decurrent waxcap gills, a slimy cap, a tapering "root" and a felty appearance at the top of the stipe. |
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| Lunch |
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Jane has just emailed with a list of 59 species !!!!!
Once Archie has checked we will send it to the Mid Yorkshire Fungus Group.
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