Netted Crust (Byssomerulius corium)



An unknown growing on Cramp Balls ( Daldinia concentrica)



Bark Bonnet (Mycena speirea)



Coral Sp? Ramaria Sp?

This turned out to be

Artomyces pyxidatus

from

Anne to Neil

We were out on Saturday at Ladybelt Country Park, near Ketteringham and we found what we thought was a Ramaria on a branch.
When I got it home, I realised that it had a white spore print and that the spores did not look like Ramaria spores. And that the tips were like little candelabras.



Basidia



Basidia, glyeocystidia



clamp



glyeocystidia



spores

From Neil to Anne

Hi Anne,

… … it sure is !!!
White spore print confirms it (plus the crowned tips).
Happy New Year Everybody !



Lichen Sp



Lichen Sp



Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)










Unknown ? Possibly Fire Rug Inkcap (Coprinellus domesticus)



Slimemold Sp?



Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)




Trichoderma viride









Brown Cup (Rustroemia firma)





Larch Disco (Lachnellula occidentalis)

The second photo is a minth later after being kept in a damp box.





Camarsporium oreades on a Sweetchestnut Leaf



Leaf mine on Sweetchestnut Leaf (Stigmella samiatella)

from

UK Moths









Spring Hazel Cup (Encoelia furfuracea)



Marble Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa)



Fungus on Scot's Pine needle



Slime Mold Sp - started as white.

Tags: TurkeyTail, Artomycespyxidatus, Trichodermaviride, SlimeMoldSp, Oystermushroom, NettedCrust, LichenSp, BarkBonnet, UnknownFUngusSp, CoralFungusSP

Lichen Sp



White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

Tags: LichenSp, White-tippedBristle-moss

Lichen Sp



Lichen Sp



Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)



Lichen Sp



Lichen Sp



?











Some rather wonderful Oak Woodland on the the east slope of Kelling Heath

In the stubble



















Little Bunting (Embiriza pusilla)

Tags: LichenSp, Landscape, Oak, LittleBunting

Something from Hoveton to wet everyone's appetite








Sultanas on a stick?

Pine Jelly (Exidia saccharina)

Barnham Broom Fen





Fresh Reed Cutting





New ponds








Alder (Alnus glutinosa) woodland. - About 40 years old.





Older Alder



Galerina Sp with Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) in the background.




Mycelium pattern of Dewdrop Bonnet (Hemimycena tortuosa)





Dewdrop Bonnet

Mark the top one was taken with the 1.6 filter.

The bottom one was taken with the 1.6 Filter plus the Raynox 250 filter - giving 3.6 magnification.




Fungus growing on a Woodwart Sp

To be identified

Mark - This one taken with the combined 1.6 & 2.5



For comparison a Ruby Red microfungi also growing on a Woodwart Sp found at Upgate Common.

This one likely to be dialonectria epispheria






Lichen Sp growing on Oak.

Phlictis argenea

from the

British Lichen Society



On the Hawthorn Berry



Haw Goblet (Monilinia johnsonii)

from
UK Fungi



Dog's Mercury ( Mercurialis perennis)



Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium)



Pinkgill Sp Entoloma Sp



This one confused everyone.

To be determined.



Elfcup Sp

from

Mark Jpy

Sarcoscypha austriaca, Scarlet Elfcup I found these on rotting fallen logs & thick branches (of Willow sp. I think) in moss.

Under the microscope the cup surface hairs were very colied (ruling out Ruby Elfcup, Sarcoscypha coccinea) & also the spores were too wide for Ruby Elf Cup).






Fungus ona Lichen

Both to be determined.

Mark again the top one taken with the 1.6 and the lower one with the combined 1.6 & 2.5

Tags: Landscape, Alder, GalerinaSp, LichenSp, DewdropBonnet, Elfcup, PinkgillSp, FungusSp, Opposite-leavedGoldenSaxifrage, HawGoblet

Still enough for good reflections.



Reedmace (typha latifolia) reflection



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







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



Greater Tussock Sedge (Carex stricta)



Long Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) gathering nest material.



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



Netted Crust (Byssomerulius coreum)





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

Chaetosphaerella phaestroma



Unknown?



Scarlet Elf Cup Sp



Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)



Hypoxylon Sp?









Lichen Sp



Something of an unknown.?



?





Peniophora Sp?







Deep Water

Tags: Landscape, Siskin, Teal, LongTailedTit, HypoxylonSp, GlisteningInkCap, TussockSedge, ScarletElfCupSp, ReedBunting, LichenSp, PeniophoraSp, ReedMace

Lichen Sp

Tags: LichenSp

Common Pouchwort (Calypogeia fissa)?

That was certainly the first thought but it seems possible that this is something else.

Notice the little tags on the edges of some of the leaves and the notches are certainly large for this species. I also couldn't find a central midrib as it was very connected to the substrate.

I will pass this one on to Mary.

Actually

Fern prothalli - gametophyte stage of one of the Dryopteris species.





In this photo the centre of the white circle is dead and the Cobweb duster is moving out from the centre.





Cobweb Duster (Athelia arachnoidea) A corticoid fungus that forms thin white cobwebby basidiocarps that is a parasite on lichens.

From Mushrooms of Russia



Common Mazegill (Datronia mollis)



Fungus Sp



Disco community













Witches' Butter (Exidua Sp)

Possibly two different forms. The one a very dangly, gangly form, the other very closely adpressed to the branch. Both very close to each other.

One a very mature looking specimen with an almost velvet appearance on one side.

A head scratching mystery for further study.



Hedgehog Slug (Arion intermedius)



Lichen Sp?



Lichen Sp



Angel's Bonnet (Mycena arcangelica)

The cheilocystidia were of the pear form with lots of bristles - Hedgehogs



Possibly a strange form of Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata)?

from Anne

But I was stuck with the small spored toothed fungus that we thought looked a bit like a Phlebia on site and have just discovered it might be Hyphodontia quercina



A white pin type fungus on Alder ( Alnus glutinosa)

from Steve

The little white things on the dead and very decayed stump turned out to be Cudoniella acicularis - Oak Pin. Ascus, spores (many 1 septate) and paraphyses measured and all fitting nicely within the required parameters. (Fungi of Switzerland, Peter Thompson Ascomycetes and Fungi of Temperate Europe)



Poroid Fungus?

from Anne

The small honey comb-like resupinate that I was hoping would be a Trechispora was Ceriporia reticulata.





Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica)

From First Nature

Yellow Brain fungus grows on dead wood that has been attacked by wood-rotting fungi of the Peniophora genus. One of the most common Peniophora crust fungi in Britain and Ireland is Peniophora incanata, commonly known as Rosy Crust fungus. Very little or none of the Peniophora may be visible; this is because Tremella mesenterica feeds on the mycelium of the Peniophora fungus, and that can be deep inside the timber rather than on its surface. The fruiting body of the crust fungus does not even have to be present, therefore, and so it may look as though Yellow Brain is feeding directly on the host wood.




Yellowing Curtain Crust (Stereum subtomentosum)



Common Grey Disco (Mollisia cinerea)





Turkey Tail

Possibly Ochre Bracket (Trametes ochraceae)

became

Trametes pubescens





Could be one of two

Oak Tooth Crust (Radulomyces molaris) or Toothed Crust Fungus (Basidio radulum radula)

In this case it turned out to be Oak Tooth Crust



Smoled Oysterling (Resupinatus applicatus)







Slime Mold Species





Rosy Crust (Peniophora incarnata)

But no

From Tony

I thought that the orange crust (SJ took some too I think) might be Rosy Crust Peniophora incarnata but the spores were too small (5x3) & cystidia didn’t look right. In fact I couldn’t find any encrusted cystidia at all so perhaps not a Peniophora after all.

But an initial injunction from Steve

'On the fungal front a piece of advice, if anyone offers you a twig covered in a lovely orange pink peniophora like resupinate, do not accept it, run, do not look back and don't stop running.

Turned into a four day marathon

Having been working on the orange crusty thing on a stick for the past four days I am at last satisfied that we can add Peniophora incarnata to the list.
Spores fitting within the range given in Fungi of Temperate Europe.
Clamps found fairly easily but an absolute nightmare to find any Lamprocystidia or Gloeocystidia, 19 slides of samples and only one measly pointy thing found that might, with a hefty dose of imagination, possibly be a Gloeocystidia.
Decided to try something completely different today by taking my sample from the very edge of the fungal growth, and there they were Lamprocystidia aplenty, whilst more difficult to find there were Gloeocystidia as well both looking just like they do in the books.
I will confess to being on a bit of a high in having finally cracked it, whilst at the same time being in awe of the fact that Anne does these resupinatey things on a regular basis, massive respect to you.

and then

Determination is clearly as valuable a tool as the microscope and books :-)
Were I to attempt another Peniophora, and I guess I might be tempted if only to see if they get easier, and were you to feel inclined to attack one, I made a possible interesting discovery. As you probably picked up from the emails both I and Tony M. tried to get either Lamprocystidia or Gloeocystidia and there were none to be found apart from one measly possible specimen that I thought might have been. As I have mentioned out of sheer desperation I tried a piece from the very outer edge of the fruiting body and there were loads, I passed this finding on to Tony who still had a stick and he tried the same and immediately found them.
This rather begs the question of is this 'cystidia near the outer edges of the growth' typical of Peniophora, that will have to be a question for Anne next time I see her.
Anyway thought you might like to see a couple of photos of the results. The Lamprocystidia in the first photo is very clear protruding more or less in the middle of the photo.
In the second photo there are a lovely line of Lamprocystidia along the top edge, this photo shows just how easy they were to find once you got the right piece of material, there are also a couple of nice Gloeocystidia at the bottom mid right as well.
The third photo is the same view as the second but at a higher magnification and giving much closer views of both types of cystidia.



Lamprocystidia visible in the centre of the image.



Glyeocystidia visible in top right of the image

and
then

enlarged in the image below.







x100



x200

Minute Pouncewort (Cololejeunea minutissima)

This one was a lucky find as I've never seen it before. Tiny!



Nettle Rash (Leptosphaeria acuta)



Winter Polypore (Polyporus brumalis)



Dewdrop Bonnet (Hemimycena tortuosa)

From Yvonne
The tiny white one in the log which we thought might be a Clitopilus was in fact Hemimycena tortuosa - it had a grown a bit by the time I looked at it and looked more like a normal agaric, then I found the spiral pileocystidia on the cap ( by accident actually - trying to get a bit of gill ! )

Thank you for a great day.

Tags: CommonPouchwort, CobwebDuster, OchreBracket, Angel'sBonnet, SlimeMoldSpecies, SmokedOysterling, MollisiaSP, YellowBrain, FungusSp, LichenSp, YellowingCurtainCrust, HedgehogSlug, Witches'Butter, RosyCrust

Lichen Sp



Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata)





Grey Hair-grass (Corynephorous canescens)



Lichen Sp?



Lichen Sp?



Lyell's Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum lyellii)

A bit blurred as the wind was shaking the tree. But you can see the brown dust of the gemmae.







Ciliated Fringewort (Ptylidium ciliare)



Fringed Bog-moss (Sphagnum fimbriatum)



Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)





Bruch's Pincushion (Ulotta bruchii)







Perianths of Two-horned Pincerwort (Cepholozia bicuspidata)



Inflated Notchwort (Gymnocolea inflata)

Tags: FringedBog-moss, Blunt-leavedBog-moss, Bruch'sPincushion, GreyHair-grass, DilatedScalewort, LichenSp

Hazel Glue (Hymenchoate ?)





Spring Hazel Cup (Encoeia furfuracea)



Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata)?





Oak Tooth Crust (Radulomyces molaris)

Thanks to Anne for the id.





Witch's Butter (Exidia glandulosa) with strange warty growths and Wood Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum affine)

The white warty lumps found by James were in fact determined by Tony L to be Heteromycophaga glandulosae – a Norfolk first.

From Tony L

Heteromycophaga glandulosae. A jelly fungus parasitic on Witches Butter Exidia glandulosa (another jelly fungus) spotted by James Emerson. Only described in 1997, it has only two records on the NBN Atlas (but has been recorded elsewhere). New to Norfolk. A number of fungi are parasitic on other fungi. Ochre Cushion Trichoderma pulvinatum is common on the underside of Birch Polypores Piptoporus betulinus but Tony Moverley found an old bracket in which another parasitic fungus, Melanospora lagenaria had grown on both the Piptoporus and the Trichoderma. M. lagenaria has been previously recorded twice in Norfolk but is surprisingly little recorded elsewhere in Britain.




Flat thing with tooth like structure?

Should have looked more closely at the moss on this one.



Beautiful little Ascos - miniature turkey oak acorn cups.

From Yvonne

I got the tiny Ascos on the wood as a species of Hyaloscypha but couldn’t get any further - either the spores were the wrong size or the hairs the wrong length !

I lost my bit so couldn't do any further photography.

Apologies.

This in fact turned out to be

Lasiobelonium variegatum,
a small cup fungus on dead oak, was identified by Anne Crotty. There is one previous Norfolk record (Acle, 2015) but it is nationally rare with other records only from Cornwall and around Leicester.



Yellow disco Sp?

This became

Sulphur Disco (Bisporella sulfurina)



Flat Neckera (Neckera complanata)

Not quite

This turned out to be

Blunt Feather-moss (Hommalia trichomanoides)

Thanks to Chris P for id correction.



Little Shaggy Moss (Rhytidiadelphus loreus)



Crisped/Bruch's Pincushion (Ulotta Sp)







Leaves from Curved Silk-moss (Plagiothecium curvifolium)

Asymetrical leaves with the lovely curved edge on one side.



Glue Crust Fungus (Hymenchoate corrugata)



Netted Crust (Byssolmerulius corium)










Found on the underside of a Birch Polypore.

Growing on the Polypore. Growing on the Ochre Cushion. Growing on both. Actually an asexual part of the Ochre Cushion???

Awaiting possible confirmation.

from Tony L

The spiky fungus on the Piptoporus/Hypocrea is a Melanospora sp., almost certainly M. lagenaria (two previous Norfolk records). Ellis & Ellis Fungi on Miscellaneous Substrates give perithecia to 0.8mm diam and only slightly hairy; neck to 1.5mm long. Did anyone take a specimen to confirm? The only similar species (M. caprina) has a white wooly covering over the perithecia. E&E state that M. lagenaria is usually on Smoky Bracket & Turkeytail but I have found it on Polypore at Kelling Heath Holiday Park.

Further confirmed by Stewart

Camarographium stephensii on Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)

Thanks to Stewart for id.



Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgineum)

Three from an Ash tree







A lichen Sp deep in a cleft in the bark.



Thanks Rob for showing me these. If you could let me know which is which it would be much appreciated.

Another fascinating day with the NFSG

Thank you all

Tags: HazelGlue, SpringHazelCup, WrinkledCrust, SnowyDisco, LittleShaggyMoss, LichenSp, FlatNeckera, GlueCrustFungus