Starting near a small Hamlet at Trecarne, a stepping stone bridge takes you across the northern reaches of the Camel river in delightful surroundings. I came across an unusual minute white fungus growing out of a rotten oak branch and later discovered this was an early stage of an ascomycetes and was showing the anamorph stage of development. Not seeing a great deal other than finding Skeletocutis vulgaris under a rotten branch, I came upon a mycena lookalike growing on an other rotten oak branch, but on returning I found a dark brown spore print and on closer inspection pointed towards an unusual psathyrella species in P. lutensis. Unfortunately I couldn't obtain the results of the spore size and GEC and so this only goes down as a possible. Shown here in case anyone insists it is!
Continuing on to what I felt could be an interesting woodland further SE, I came upon a small glade of Hazel. These were old trees , covered in moss and in a damp condition as close to a river once again. I was amazed to find several sites here for the elusive Hypocreopsis rhododendri, or Hazel Gloves as you can see why. This is a new site for this rare species so, unfortunately, I can't promote exactly were this is, but I did pass it onto the BMS on my recorded fungi data. Also found across the road was a good condition Artist's Bracket or Ganoderma applanatum. Also here I found a very unusual ascomycetes type species here which remains a mystery, although on dissection gave off a very sweet smell.
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| Psathyrella lutensis (1st for Cornwall) |
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| Psathyrella lutensis gills |
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| Psathyrella lutensis stem showing white fibrillose |
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| Hypocreopsis rhododendri or Hazel Gloves - new site for this rare species |
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| Mystery small organism, smelt very sweet on breaking up. ?? On wet Hazel moss covered trees. |
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| Ganoderma applanatum or Artist's Bracket |
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