Cemetery mushroom foray

On Monday 27th October in the half-term holiday Michael Senkans, the SCC bio-diversity officer led a walk in Burngreave cemetery, searching for mushrooms.

Over twenty people of all ages took part and to their delight found 31 different kinds Also all different to the 25 species found last year.

This years list is as follows

Burngreave Cemetery Public Fungi Walk (SK360892) / 27.10.2014

Species identified & compiled by M. Senkans (SCC Biodiversity Monitoring Officer)

Ochre brittlegill – Russula ochroleuca

Ugly milkcap – Lactarius turpis

Meadow waxcap – Hygrocybe pratensis

Snowy waxcap – Hygrocybe virginea

Nitrous bonnet – Mycena leptocephala

Ivory bonnet – Mycena flavoalba

Cavalier species – Melanoleuca sp.

The deceiver = Laccaria laccata

Knight species – Tricholoma sp.

False chanterelle – Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

Earthy powdercap – Cystoderma amianthinum

Fly agaric – Amanita muscaria

The blusher – Amanita rubescens

The miller – Clitopilus prunulus

Blewit species – Lepista sp.

Pinkgill species – Entoloma sp.

Brown rollrim – Paxillus involutus

Poisonpie species – Hebeloma sp.

Bell species – Galerina sp.

Blushing wood mushroom – Agaricus silvaticus

Field mushroom – Agaricus campestris

Rootlet brittlestem – Psathyrella microrhiza

Brittlestem species – Psathyrella sp.

Common inkcap – Coprinus atramentarius

Pleated inkcap – Coprinus plicatilis

Cep / penny bun – Boletus edulis

Peppery bolete – Chalciporus piperatus

Smoky bracket – Bjerkandera adusta

Puffball species – Lycoperdon sp.

Puffball speces – Bovista sp.

Scaly earthball – Scleroderma verrucosum

Common earthball – Scleroderma citrinum

Moor club – Clavaria argillacea

Yellow club – Clavulinopsis helvola

Sycamore tarspot – Rhytisma acerinum

White saddle – Helvella crispa

Coral spot – Nectria cinnabarina