Woodland
Agaricus langei
HyphaIoma fasciculare
Daldinia concentrica
Paxillus involutus
Rhodotus palmatus
Polyporus squamosus
Xylaria polymorpha
Bjerkandera adusta
Exidia thuretiana
Auricularia auricula-judae
Calvatia gigantea
Ganoderma australe
Lepista nuda
Scaly Wood Mushroom
Sulphur Tuft
King Alfred's Cakes
Brown Rollrim
Wrinkled Peach
Dryad's Saddle
Dead Man's Fingers
Smoky Bracket
Jelly Ear
Giant Puffball
Southern Bracket
Wood Blewit
Very common
Black and round
Common & poisonous
On elm
A very attractive bracket on trees
Odd black clusters on dead wood
On dead wood
White jelly
A mature specimen
Previously called G adspersum
Lilac gills
Waxcap Special
Tony Boniface 40 Pentland Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 4AZ
The Field Club's annual visit, this year on 5th November, to some of the churchyards
around Chelmsford has become known as the Waxcap Special.
We started at Fryerning Churchyard and found no less than eleven species of waxcaps
making this our third site of national importance for them. The list included the occasional
species Hygrocybe intermedia found for the first time in an Essex churchyard although
it has been recorded twice before elsewhere in the county. The list contained H. reidii,
H. virginea var. ochraceopallida, H. psittacina var. psittacina, H. calyptriformis, H.
chlorophana, H. insipida, H. conica var. conica, H. coccinea, H. pratensis var. pratensis
and H. quieta.
We also recorded three species of bolete, which were Suillus granulatus, Leccinum
scabrum and L. rigidipes. This was only the second record in the county for this species.
Three species of milkcap were also found namely Lactarius turpis, L. glyciosmus,
(smelling of coconut), L. tabidus and a pleasantly pink Russula nitida.
We paused for lunch in Chelmsford cemetery car park after we had identified nine species
of waxcap, which were H. pratensis var. pratensis, a wonderful display of H.
calyptriformis, H. irrigata, H. coccinea, H. psittacina var. psittacina, H. ceracea, H.
virginea var. ochraceopallida, H. reidii and H. fornicata.
Then on to Little Leighs' churchyard which once again excelled with fourteen species,
one more than our previous best on one occasion. They were H. conica var. conica, H.
pratensis var. pratensis, H. punicea, H, calyptriformis, H. coccinea, H. irrigata, H.
mucronella, H. psittacina var. psittacina, H. virginea var. ochraceopallida, H.
chlorophana, H. reidii, H, ceracea, H. fornicata and H. quieta. We also found an
impressive club fungus called Clavaria fumosa.
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Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 49, January 2006