which will be completed when the opportunity arises.
Russula nitida - Sandon
Agrocybe semiorbicularis - Little Baddow
Boletus erthropus - Galleywood
Hygrocybe subglobispora -Willingale (An uncommon waxcap)
Suillus aeruginascens - Terling (An uncommom bolete found under larch)
Macrolepiota rhacodes var rhacodes - Great Leighs
I intend to continue and widen this survey and in a future Essex Naturalist I
hope to produce a more detailed account of the fungi in individual
churchyards.
Summary
Twenty nine churchyards were sampled over a period of two months in
autumn 1993 in the Chelmsford area. Fifty seven species were identified
including some rarities. Thirty two churchyards were recorded over one
month in winter 1993/94 and fourteen species were recorded including eight
which had not been observed in the autumn. Twenty one churchyards were
visited during three months in spring 1994 and twenty four species were
recorded including twenty which had not been seen earlier. Possible
reasons for the greater frequency of species in the east of the area
compare to the west were discussed. The need for a long term survey over
a wider area was proposed. Special sites requiring conservation measures
were suggested.
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