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Fungi Forays!; Sites for fungi.
Topic Started: Mar 26 2009, 06:21 PM (3,045 Views)
Davebutterflyman
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Does anybody know of any good places to visit and see fungi? If you do please put any details you can on this thread and see if we can compile a nationwide list of sites and species.
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Beth-Boe
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Great idea for a thread, Dave. I have just found this link about Sutton Park which is in the West Midlands. In fact, I haven't been here for quite a few years but it is on my list of places to visit this Summer, and now after reading the link, it looks a great place to visit in the Autumn too! :fungi: Here's the link.

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=2910&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=1754
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Night Owl
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Great idea for a thread Dave I know that Allestree Park is supposed to be one of the best places in Derbyshire for fungi in the Autumn. It would be interesting to see if anyone knows of any good places to see fly agaric :fungi:
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Forget Me Not
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Another good thread David are fungi seasonal and have certain months when they can be found?
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celticsparrow-Jan
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A good link there Di :thanx:
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Cazzagirl
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Porthkerry Country Park in Barry offer guided Fungi Forays around Oct/Nov so too do Margam Country Park near Port Talbot. Both have a fantastic variety of fungi to find but the forays offer an even better experience as you can have your fungi finds properly identified.

There is also Hensol Wood near Welsh St Donats. No guided forays available unfortunately but, again, a fantastic variety of fungi to find. The wood has both broadleafed and evergreen areas so the possibility of excellent fungi finds is high.
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Tabatha
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Interesting link Di. :thanks: for posting

Sounds like there is a wide variety there.

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Davebutterflyman
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Most months of the year jean you can find certain types of mushroom or fungi but autumn is usually the most productive season.
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Davebutterflyman
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Here are just a few of the species found at Allestree park.

Coral-spot Fungus
Orange-peel Fungus
Candle-snuff Fungus
Cramp-ball
Tripe Fungus
Jew's Ear
Birch Polypore
Dryad's Saddle
Beef steak fungus
Bay Bolete
Red-cracking Bolete
Peppery Bolete
Fly Agaric
Puffball
Stinkhorn
Amethyst Deceiver
The Blusher
The Charcoal Burner
Sulphur Tuft

Plus around another 110 species accounted for so a definate fungi lovers site! :fungi1:
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Night Owl
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:yay: That's great to hear that Fly agaric can be found at Allestree Park Dave fingers crossed we will see some this year :cool2:
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Davebutterflyman
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Hopefully we will ju.

Here is a full sprcies list from Allestree park.

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:FsgHLAmFcAEJ:www.derby.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/47199690-EA4B-43C9-895D-8BC8193F3BF6/0/AllestreeParkMPmk2appendix.pdf+fungi+of+allestree+park&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5
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Davebutterflyman
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Cuckney Hay Wood nr Warsop:Nottinghamshire.

A total of 86 species was the highest foray count at this site last year. No rarities though, but an excellent range of fungal types were recorded:

Clavulina cinerea, Grey Coral and C. coralloides, Crested Coral,Lepiota seminuda, Bearded Dapperling,Psathyrella sarcocephala, Bjerkandera fumosa, Big Smoky Bracket,Lactarius blennius, Beech Milkcap, Macrocystidia cucumis, Cucumber Cap,Stereum sanguinolentem, Bleeding Conifer Crust,Stereum subtomentosum, Yellowing Curtain Crust,Fomes fomentarius,and Hoof Fungus to name but a few.
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Night Owl
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That sounds a fantastic place to go to spot fungi Dave :thanx: for the info :cool:
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Davebutterflyman
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Clumber Park-Worksop.

A good total of 60 species can be recorded in September,among them the deadly Amanita phalloides, Death Cap, and the striking little reddish Cortinarius bolaris, Dappled Redcap. Other fungi of note are Cordyceps militaris, Scarlet Caterpillarclub, which as its name suggests grows from the buried larvae of moths; Fistulina hepatica, Beefsteak Fungus; and Pleurotus ostreatus, Oyster Fungus. Another good species is Oudemansiella mucida, Porcelain Fungus, which grows usually quite high up on beech trees. It is a beautiful white, translucent, glistening fungus and is nationally widespread and common.
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Night Owl
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That sounds like another fantastic place to go fungi spotting Dave :thankyou: for the info :cool:
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Davebutterflyman
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Oak Tree Heath-Mansfield.

Heathland is always likely to turn up surprises, sometimes disappointing ones. For instance there only 3 species of waxcap seen, all very common. Even so, there are good finds among the 54 species recorded: Collybia cookei, the Split-pea Shanklet arising from its small yellow sclerotium deep in the soil; Crinipellis scabella, Hairy Parachute, on old wood or dead grass stems takes some spotting as it is very small; the black Elfin Saddle, Helvella lacunosa under oak, visually arresting though not uncommon on poor heath soils; Tricholoma cingulatum, Girdled Knight, a Tricholoma that grows with willows and, as its name suggests, bears a ring on the stem; Tricholoma scalpturatum, Yellowing Knight, a greyish Tricholoma turning yellowish in places; and Tricholoma imbricatum, Matt Knight, a reddish-brown fungus with pines.

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poppy
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We were taken to Clumber Park a lot as kids and i remember going round the grounds with my dad and looking at fungi and watching the squirrels etc! i loved being there and it was a great place to learn about nature.
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Davebutterflyman
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Great place Clumber park and well worth a visit especially around this time of year as Honey buzzards breed there as well as Woodlark,Nightjar and Nightingale.
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Davebutterflyman
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Colwick CP-Nottingham.

A pleasant site giving a mix of woodland, grassland and water edges.You can see 47 species here in Autumn.Among them being:Agaricus silvaticus, Blushing Wood Mushroom, a good edible mushroom and so called because it turns red quite rapidly on cutting; Entoloma lividoalbum in willow litter;Pleurotus dryinus, Veiled Oyster, Mutinus caninus, Dog’s Stinkhorn, smaller, more attractive,less smelly than the usual stinkhorn.There is a good range of Mycena recorded too including the tiny white Mycena adscendens,Frosty Bonnet,Mycena stylobates,and Bulbous Bonnet.

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Beth-Boe
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Some interesting Sites there, Dave. :thanks: for posting. :cool:
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