Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Shirburn Hill, Nr Christmas Common, Ox 4th November 2017

Joined the Oxford Fungus Group today headed by their President Prof. Richard Fortey FRS, often seen on TV hunting for fossils rather than fungi. Thing is there isn't too many people in the UK that knows a great deal more about what you are looking at and always enjoyable forays.

We needed to cross a filed full of frisky young bulls we when accomplished headed down to a ancient pasture land where some of the trees inc Yews were original and dated back some considerable years. Some of these held some rare species which I won't discuss here to protect the area. I manged to find an uncommon Lactarius in evosmus (Fishy Milkcap) which was almost completely hidden beneath a Rock Rose mound, so how I saw it I have no idea other than a very bright orange and large mushroom in a rabbit hole must be good. Others followed in some nice Silky Pinkgills Entoloma sericeam I found on soil without grass as well, which somehow were missed off the count after the event. Found by other members included a rare waxcap in Hygrocybe marchii and an uncommon cup species in Otidea umbrina, shown here.

Cystodema amianthinum Earthly Powdercap

Lactarius evosmus Fishy Milkcap

Hygrocybe marchii (Waxcap)

Clavulinopsis corniclata Meadow Coral

Otidea umbrina

Entoloma sericeum Silky Pinkgill

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