Made my way to the area north of the public central area, where a cup of coffee was gratefully received. The area here and surrounding the public paths was devoid of hardly any loose or old logs and must be one of the most pristine woods I have sought fungi within. So not great for this purpose and drove out and due west to an area where the public wouldn't be expected and pristine forest wasn't needed. This worked and found many year's old felled pine logs and other substrates such as Beech and lots of Hazel. Found some interesting if not difficult to ID resupinates along with a few well matured porous gilled Polyporus brumalis or Winter Polypore. The best find of the day were a few fruiting Sarcoscypha species, either s. austriaca or s. coccinea, and without testing for spores and hair structures, visually I would suggest these are the now the less common s. coccinea, or Ruby Elfcup. I have reported these to the British Mycological Society with location data should these need to be verified. Again added some interesting resupinates with suggested IDs only. Must get a microscope! Going on a Macrofungi course in October - long time to wait to learn the tricks of the trade. Not many around as I keep on bleating about to every expert I meet.
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| Sarcoscypha austriaca, or s. coccinea Scarlet or Ruby Elfcup |
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| Polyporus brumalis Winter Polypore |
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| Trechispora coherens (Possible) Very high white colour |
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| Mycena capillaripes Pinkedge Bonnet |
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| Botryobasium conspersum (Possible) |
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| Dacryobolus karstenii (possible) |
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| Datronia mollis Common Mazegill |
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| Schizopora flavipora (possible) |
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| Bjerkandera adjusta Smokey Bracket resupinate |
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