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Willow backlit in the morning sunshine.

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Hop (Humulus lupulus)

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Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

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Duck weed in the dyke

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Down in the wood.

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Dappled sunlight over the stream in the wood

World Fungus Day

Wheatfen 8th October 2022

A display created by the Norfolk Fungus Study Group graced the workshop at Wheatfen

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A chart showing past & present members of the Norfolk group

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Something about the types of Fungi found in Norfolk and where they like to grow.

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A book display

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A stereo microscope set up with some specimens for inspection

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One boy in particular enjoyed the compound microscope

And a superb display of mildews

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The ancient magnifier doing sterling service
Looking at Field Bird's Nest Fungus brought from Martham

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Field Bird's Nest (Cyathus olla)

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A splendid introduction to the morning

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Ready to foray with id charts at the ready

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Photographing a Gall created by Andricus querquuscorticis

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Dog's Vomit glimpsed on the tree stump

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A first sniff

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The eye glass stance

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The wise woman of the Forest complete with willow basket for samples

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The children stole the show

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A good session enjoyed by all

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Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithopane ornitopus) found on the wood pile.

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This is a fungus (the little pinky blobs) parasitic on a lichen.

Heterocephalacria physciacearum

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A delightful Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dradeus)

This did turn out to be Alder Bracket

The amber droplets exuding from the fungus are know as guttation.

More about guttation from Weird & Wonderful Wild Mushrooms

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A striking example of guttation seen on Alder Bracket some years ago.
A younger version of this species of fungus was seen today with no guttation


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Hypocrea Sp - Green Mould of Narcissus (Hypocrea rufa)?

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Orange Peel Fungus possibly but awaiting microscopy

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Willow Shield (Pluteus salicina)

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A selection of spore prints.

Very easy to do at home (just lay fungus with the gills turned down to the paper) but do have some black paper as well just in case you have a fungus with white spores.

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Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

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Yellow Water Lilly (Nyphea lutea)

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Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

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Marsh Sowthistle (Sonchus palustris)

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Megachile Sp? Looks like dark upstanding hairs at the end of the abdomen. Possibly Willughby's Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile willughbyella)

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Peacock (Aglais io)

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Small Teasel (Dipsacus pilosus)

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Yellow-loosestrife Bee (Macropsis europea)

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Orange-belted Leaf Walker (Xylota segnis)

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Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguinium)

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Lassioglossum Sp?

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Slim-tailed Leaf Walker (Xylota florum)

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Scorpion Fly (Panorpa communis)

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Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)

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Yellow Loosestrife Mining Bee (Macropis europaea)



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Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Lettura quadrifasciata)

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Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

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Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius)

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Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

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Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

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Bonfire Moss (Funaria hygrometrica)

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Indian Feather-moss (Timmia megapolitana)

First found by Bob Ellis in 2000 and Wheatfen is still the only British Site for this moss.

from the

Red Data Book

Wheatfen Broad, part of the Ted Ellis Nature Reserve within the Yare Broads and Marshes SSSI, where Bob Ellis first found it in 2000 is still the only British site for this moss. It occurs on willow branches lying on bare mud in carr woodland where tidal flows mean that it can be under water for a number of days. The nearest population to that at Wheatfen, is in the Netherlands where it grows in similar conditions. Although found, so far, in only two adjacent 2 km grid squares, the Norfolk population is estimated at well over two million individual plants. Given concerns about Timmia megapolitana elsewhere in Europe, the population here appears to be of high conservation importance. by Mary Ghullam




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Freshwater tidal Sallix Carr.

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Reedmace (typha latifolia) reflection

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Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) singing in the early morning light.

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An adult male Siskin (Carduelis spinus) high up in the Poplar nibbling on the catkins.

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Greater Tussock Sedge (Carex stricta)

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Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) gathering nest material.

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A pair of Teal (Anas crecca) flushed by a Marsh Harrier

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Netted Crust (Byssomerulius coreum)



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A dark furry looking fungus that doesn't really come across in this photograph.

Chaetosphaerella phaestroma

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Unknown?

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Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)

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Lichen Sp

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Peniophora Sp?

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Deep Water

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The Gall of the Yellow flat-footed Fly (Agathomyia wankowiczii) on Artist's Bracket (Ganoderma aplanata)

The little fly is actually a wonderful bright orange with red eyes but very rarely seen.

First UK find was in Kent in 1990.

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Alder Goblet Cup Fungus (Ciboria caucus)

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Alder(Alnus glutinosa) in the evening light

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A brief glimpse of a Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) over the tree tops.

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