St Gothian's NR/Gwithian NR, Cornwall - 21st November 2019

Joining members of the CFRG once again for a first time visit for me to this easily accessible dune area with also a handy boggy nature reserve available across the road. Rather a blustery day, wind and rain hampering the will to look a little harder. Not a great deal found by all, however, I was able to identify (firstly by smell) a less common waxcap in Hygrocybe russocoriacea or Cedarwood Waxcap, often confused with the far commoner H. virginae waxcap. Earthtongues were one of the target species today but not were seen. I did manage to locate one in the common Geoglossum cookeianum. A small group of stalkballs provided close looks at Tulostoma brumale - not that common and good to see here just after we started into the dune area. I came across a large orange/yellow conical capped waxcap which turned into acutoconica var acutoconica at home under microscopy. One more earthtongue I found became Trichoglossum hirsutum at home also. This being more hairy across the main flesh of the fungi. 

Hygrocybe russocoriacea orCedarwood Waxcap 

Hygrocybe russocoriacea spores

Geoglossum cookeianum asci spores

Geoglossum cookeianum

Acutoconica var acutoconica
or Persistent Waxcap

Acutoconica var acutoconica spores

Trichoglossum hirsutum asci spores

Trichoglossum hirsutum

Tulostoma brumale or Winter Stalkball