Birds and Beer: Whitlingham Fungi

Whitlingham C.P. and the surrounding area are excellent for fungi, and also benefit from having some experienced mycologists living nearby. I am slowly putting together downloadable guides that cover all of the species that have been recorded locally, adding photos when possible. This page has photographs of a range of species seen at Whitlingham to whet your appetite!

Turkeytail (Trametes versicolor)

Witches' Butter (Exidia glandulosa)

Peniophora quercina on oak

Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa)

Coral Tooth Fungus (Hericium coralloides) - a locally rare species

Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera adusta)

Ascoroyne sp (A. sarcoides?)

Small Stag's Horn (Calocera cornea)

Red-banded Polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola) - a locally rare species

Peziza sp, probably Palamino Cup (Peziza repanda)

Fire-rug Ink Cap (Coprinus domesticus)

Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes)

Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina)

Fairy Inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus)

Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Veiled Oyster (Pleurotus dryinus)

A Mazegill sp. (Gloeophyllum trabaeum) - see the Bracket fungi guide for more discussion on this species.

Probably Clustered Domecap, Lyophyllum decastes

Unidentified bracket (Phellinus or Inonotus sp)

Blushing Bracket

Honey Fungus (sensu lato) (Armillarea mellea)

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasiculare)

Blue Roundhead Stropharia caerulea

Scarlet Elf Cup (Sarcoscypha austriaca - this had curly hairs under the microscope)

Pestle Puffball (Handkea excipuliformis)

Beech Woodwart (Hypoxylon fragiforme)

Common Mazegill (Datriona mollis) - I think, if you disagree then please let me know

Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus)

Beechmast Candlesnuff (Xylaria carpophila)

Willow Bracket (Phellinus igniarius) - a locally rare species

Oak Poypore (Piptoporus quercinus) - a nationally rare species, protected by law.

It only grows on the heart wood of ancient oaks.

(Suillus sp.)

Beefsteak Fungus (Fistulina hepatica) on oak.

Clitocybe sp.

Stag's Horn (Calocera viscosa)

Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)

Giant Polypore (Meripilus giganteus)

Bay Polypore (Polyporus durus)

Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus caninus)

Porcelain Fungus (Oudemansiella mucida)

Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) (the ring has fallen off)

Spotted Toughshank (Rhodocollybia maculata)

Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum)

Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)

Olive Oysterling (Panellus serotinus) - Fairly scarce in Norfolk, confirmed by the county recorder.

Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata)

Phellinus conchatus - a scarce bracket in Norfolk. This is present on a couple of willows at Whitlingham marsh

Alder Bracket (Inonotus radiatus) A common bracket, but unusually it wasn't growing on Alder. As a result it was double-checked and the ID confirmed via microscopy by Anne Crotty.