I was away most of the month either enjoying myself in Arizona - an old favourite destination of ours or attending a Brit. Myc. Soc survey Meeting in Northumberland, which I won't report here as too much to add! I did manage to find one or two important finds for the UK as well as around ten new records for the County.
Back to Gloucestershire - glorious at this time of the year in the Cotswolds as you can imagine. First up during a quick visit to a favourite spot in Cirencester Park under Larix this time was another Amanita solitaria - my third in six mths, and proving this species does not only grow under broadleaf as now found here and under/by Taxus. A twenty strong group of Caloboletus radicans was found just inside the Ebworth NT Estate which I am surveying this year. Some being attacked by the parasitic fungus Hypomyces chrysospermus. However, one other boletus species stood out here and was separated only by a few meters. On careful observation this turned out to be a splendid and rare anywhere Rubroboletus satanas or Devils Bolete. New for the County. At the NW of Ebworth is Saltridge Woods and whilst here and finding not a great deal (still many areas dry) a group of Whitelaced Shanks or Megacollybia platyphylla were found. One of the few others found was Mycena crocata - not that uncommon but just nice to see! Lastly I managed a quick trip up to my local cemetery, this time voluntarily, and came back with just Trechispora confinis.
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| Amanita solitaria |
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| Amanita solitaria |
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| Caloboletus radicans with Hypomyces chrysospermus |
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| Caloboletus radicans |
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| Colourful cuticle of Megacollybia platyphylla - lovely! |
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| Megacollybia platyphylla |
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| Mycena crocata - seems common here |
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| A magnificent Rubroboletus satanas - Devils Bolete! |
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| Rubroboletus satanas |
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| Rubroboletus satanas spores |
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| Trechispora confinis with clamps |
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| Trechispora confinis |
