including the Adur Levels, Mill Hill and cyclepath to Upper Beeding
1 June 2008
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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
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Chalkhill Fungi
1 February
2008
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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.
