NOVEMBER 2021 - Uncommon/rare species

During a short visit to Cirencester Park, I managed to find a very small Gallerina type mushroom which after microscopy became in fact Conocybe subpubescens. A return foray around Rodborough Common was well worth it as I found more sites for the very rare and newly described Entoloma atromadidum as well as on cattle dung, a small Coprinopsis cordispora. Nice! A visit to Buckle Woods (close to Buckholt, which I also visited again this mth) found Entoloma caesiocinctum again, plus a few rare Hebelomas after careful microscopy, Hebeloma pseudofragilipes and Hebeloma eburneum. Hardly any records in UK, but must just be overlooked or simply not checked as these need time under the microscope to resolve. Back to Buckholt Woods, as this site proved so productive last mth. The lovely, but not that uncommon asco Helvella lacunose was found amongst tons of Beech leaf litter, and a whole grp of Tricholoma lascivum. From last mth I finally resolved a strange white pluteus type mushroom growing from the living truck of Fagus, which turned out to be Ossicaulus lignatilis - very uncommon. At Stannish Woods, north of Stroud I found a minute hair of a mushroom called Maramius balliardii, which has 'branches' growing from a 0.3mm stem! Lastly, just because it was so dreadfully beautiful added the fairly uncommon Rhodotus palmatus found at CheringtonW on fallen Ulmus. Great month again.

Conocybe subpubescens caulocystidia

Conocybe subpubescens cheilocystida

Conocybe subpubescens

Coprinopsis cordispora

Coprinopsis cordispora spores

Entoloma atromadidum cuticle

Entoloma atromadidum

Entoloma atromadidum spores

Entoloma caesiocinctum

Entoloma caesiocinctum spores

Gaestrum fimbriatum

Hebeloma eburneum

Hebeloma pseudofragilipes

Hebeloma pseudofragilipes spores

Helvella lacunosa

Marasmius bulliardii cheilocystidia

Marasmius bulliardii

Ossicaulis lignatilis

Ossicaulis lignatilis spores

Rhodotus palmatus

Tricholoma lascivum