Burngreave Fungi

Story: Saleema Imam

Steve Clements, fungus recorder for the Sorby Natural History Society, has for the past few months been documenting the fungi he has seen on his travels in our area.

Currently teaching ESOL in Burngreave, Steve walks to and from his classes spotting mushrooms and other fungi on the way. Some of them are rare such as the Black Earth Tongue, or poisonous, such as the Brown Rollrim, seen outside YERO on Verdon Street. Interested in fungi since his childhood in Parson Cross, Steve expanded his knowledge during 25 years working in the pathology laboratory at Hallamshire Hospital, where he gave talks to staff on poisonous mushrooms and their effects on the body. Other than the Burngreave green survey several years ago, when a few varieties were spotted in the cemetery, very little has been recorded about mushrooms in Burngreave. Steve is doing his best to rectify this and has been amazed at the number of different varieties he has already been able to photograph and identify (currently over 20).

Found in three main areas – grassland, woodland and in piles of rotting woodchip – some stand out in bright colours and unusual shapes, but a number, like the mildews, are almost too small to be seen without magnification, (e.g. the Maple mildew – which is new to the area and may be spreading because of global warming; and the black sycamore tar spot – which was never found here before the clean air act.)

Mushroom walk

SNHS are planning a ‘Fungus Foray’ in Burngreave Cemetery, led by Dave Buckle, for the 10th September 2011 from 10.30am

Sorby Fungus Group photos

Find more photos of amazing fungi in Sheffield on the Sorby Fungi Flickr site

http://www.flickr.com/groups/975248@N20/

Fungi found in Burngreave

Powdery Mildew of Aster (Golvinomyces cichoreacearum) 21 October 2009, Verdon Street

Sycamore Tarspot (Rhytisma acerinum) 21 October 2009, Spital Street

Powdery Mildew of Maple (Sawadaea tulasnei) 21 October 2009, Verdon Street

a Pinkgill (Entoloma sp.) 03 November 2009, Spital Street Woodchips in shrubbery

Common Cavalier (Melanoleuca polioleuca) 03 November 2009, Spital Street, Woodchips in shrubbery

Turkeytail (Trametes versicolor) 03 June 2010, Burngreave Road, Tree stump

Spring Fieldcap (Agrocybe praecox) 16 June 2010, Verdon Street, woodchips in shrubbery

Powdery Mildew of Buttercup (Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi) 02 September 2010, Verdon Street, On leaves, scrub

Powdery Mildew of Hedge Mustard (Erysiphe cruciferarum) 02 September 2010, Verdon Street, On leaves, scrub

Powdery Mildew of Knotgrass (Erysiphe polygoni) 02 September 2010, Rock Street, Roadside

Powdery Mildew of Michaelmas Daisy (Golvinomyces cichoreacearum) 02 September 2010, Verdon Street, Front garden.

Powdery Mildew of Smooth Sowthistle (Golvinomyces cichoreacearum) 02 September 2010, Rock Street, Roadside

Sycamore Mildew (Sawadaea bicornis) 02 September 2010, Verdon Street, Front garden.

Maple Mildew (Sawadaea tulasnei) 02 September 2010, Verdon Street, Front garden.

Maple Mildew (Sawadaea tulasnei) 02 September 2010, Rock Street, Garden

Powdery Mildew of Ribwort Plantain (Sphaerotheca plantaginis) 02 September 2010, Verdon Street, On leaves, scrub

a Fieldcap (Agrocybe sp.) 28 September 2010, Open space, On mown grass

Crazed Cap (Dermoloma cuneifolium) 28 September 2010, Open space, On mown grass

a Bell (Galerina sp.) 28 September 2010, Open space, On mown grass

Blackening Waxcap (Hygrocybe conica) 28 September 2010, Open space, On mown grass

Brown Rollrim (Paxillus involutus) 28 September 2010, Open space, On mown grass about 9 metres from Birch. Solitary, large.

a Brittlestem (Psathyrella sp.) 28 September 2010, Open space, On mown grass

Sycamore Tarspot (Rhytisma acerinum) 28 September 2010 Open space, On living Sycamore

Powdery Mildew of Maple (Sawadaea tulasnei) 28 September 2010, Verdon Street, On Maple

an Inkcap (Coprinus sp.) 05 October 2010, Verdon Street, Woodchips in shrubbery

a Brittlestem (Psathyrella sp.) 05 October 2010, Verdon Street, Woodchips in shrubbery

An Earthtongue (Trichoglossum sp) 22 November 2010, Verdon Street, mown mossy grass.