We’ve all been busy in various ways of late – domestic, personal, burnout from high season fungi forays. We did get out to Longshaw as part of the Symposium run by Sheffield Hallam University on Waxcaps and Allied Grassland Species in early November, which was a really good event, and gave us the opportunity to meet and share ideas with other wildlife enthusiasts and professional from all over the country. Sadly, the session we had at Longshaw was marred by heavy – and I do mean heavy – rain. We did find quite a number of species even in those conditions and tea and cake in the Moorlands Centre afterward went some way to cheering us.
Since then, on 12th November, a few of us had a look round Lawrence Field – an area previously neglected. There was still a surprising number of species around, but our most exciting find was a new-to-Longshaw species which rejoices in the name Stinking Fanvault.
Here are Steve’s notes and some of his images of it:
Camarophyllopsis foetens – Stinking Fanvault
Found 12/11/14 by Neil Barden, Rob Foster
Recorder: Steve Clements
Location: Lawrence Field near Owler Tor
Grid Ref: SK25614 80016
ID from Bioimages Website, Courtecuissse (1999)
Field Image
Field Image
Macro
Interveining (“Fan vaulting”)
Spores x 1000 in water (5-5.5 x 4-4.5)
x 1000 in Congo Red (rehydrated slide). Basidium approx 6 um wide.
We had another meeting scheduled for 26 November, but once again we were thwarted by circumstances. I went up there in the rain just to be sure no one turned up who was expecting it still to be taking place. No one did. I used the opportunity to do a brief scan of the Woodland Pasture around Granby Wood where there were still species to be found including
Showing off
Our next planned meeting is on December 17th – see Meetings page for details.
We will be meeting indoors in January to plan for next year.
Fungi at Longshaw 