Fungi of Shoreham & District
 2008 >
 

including the Adur Levels, Mill Hill and cyclepath to Upper Beeding

1 June 2008
 
Snowy Ink Cap, Coprinus niveus Snowy Ink Cap, Coprinus niveus

After the rain of the last few days, three species of mushroom have appeared, two of them, one a Snowy Ink Cap, Coprinus niveus, on the cow pats still remaining two months after the cattle had been removed from Mill Hill. The mushroom on the far right is probably Stropharia coronilla. This one was discovered on the well trodden (especially by cattle) area immediately to the north-west of the Reservoir with a smaller mushroom of the same species discovered on the Pixie Path.
Chalkhill Fungi

25 April 2008
 
This small mushroom was discovered on Mill Hill just above the ridge above the steep lower slopes.  I think this was Stropharia coronilla.
Chalkhill Fungi

1 February 2008
 

A mown McIntyres Field, Lancing contained frequent mushrooms illustrated above. The largest of these mushrooms were estimated at 65 mm cap diameter. The one on the left above was much smaller and is only assumed to be the same species.

1 January 2008

My first mushroom of 2008 was a Blewits, Lepista sp., recorded from the ridge of Mill Hill. I originally identified this as a Field Blewits, Lepista saeva, but this species has no blue on its cap.

I'd go for the rather variable Lepista sordida for both of those, but you really need to measure the spores to be sure. Lepista sordida is the only Lepista which can be completely blue/purple all over, but it can also have hardly any blue at all. It favours disturbed and garden situations (probably slightly raised fertility but overlaps in this with Wood Blewits)
Lepista saeva doesn't have any blue/purple in the cap.
I am sure I remember reading years ago that the traditional English name for these is "a blewits" - one of those words like "a thrips" where the singular ends in "s", but have been unable to trace this.

ID advice by Malcolm Storey (BioImages)
Adur Fungi Reports 2007

Fungus.org.uk

Rogers Mushrooms

Fungi (Science Clarified)

Introduction to Fungi
Wild Mushroom Pickers' Code of Conduct
Ectomycorrhizal Fungi
Fungal Reference List

Fungi Images on the Web (Index)
Mycologist's Glossary

Adur Levels


ADUR FUNGI LINKS > 2005
Fungi of Lancing
Fungi of Shoreham
Adur Fruiting Bodies Database
Lancing Fungi Gallery (by Ray Hamblett)
Fungi of the British Isles (Yahoo Group)
Lancing Clump Supplementary
Autumn 2004 Fungi of Mill Hill
Fungi Images on the Web (Index)
Fungi of the Urban Adur Area in November 2004



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