| This page documents notable finds of species of fungi and lichens that have occurred during the lifetime of the Lost & Found project. These may have been collected since the beginning of the programme, or new records based on re-examination of older specimens. | |||||
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Date |
Species |
Notes |
Collector/observer |
Identifier/ confirmer | Voucher |
| 1 Jan. 2015 | Asteromassaria sp. | An apparently undescribed species on Hedera stems from VC2 E Cornwall, similar to A. pulchra but with smaller asci and spores, and a differently shaped fruit body. Collected originally on Christmas Day 2013. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 7 Jan. 2015 | Octospora affinis | New to the UK, found on mats of the moss Orthotrichum affinis on an old Ulmus branch on the Surrey-sussex borders. | Nick Aplin (Sussex) | Nicholas van Vooren | K |
| 9 Jan. 2015 | Octosporopsis nicolai | A new genus to the UK: a tiny orange discomycete associated with the liverwort Lunularia cruciata, in crevices in a brickwork driveway, VC62 NE Yorkshire. | Malcolm Greaves (Yorkshire) | Ule Lindemann | K |
| 27 Jan. 2015 | Sclerotinia capillipes | Another new species for the UK, found on decaying alder leaves in a boggy patch of VC62 NE Yorkshire - collected in June 2013. | Malcolm Greaves (Yorkshire) | Zotto Baral | K |
| 27 Jan. 2015 | Scutellinia torrentis | Also new to GB&I, a species with ascospores that have a detachable ornamented outer layer. Collected from disturbed soil in July 2013, also from VC62 NE Yorkshire. | Malcolm Greaves (Yorkshire) | B. Jeannerot | K |
| 27 Jan. 2013 | Paratrichophaea boudieri | Another new genus for GB&I: on bare soil and wood chips from two separate sites in VC62 NE Yorkshire in October 2012. | Malcolm Greaves (Yorkshire) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 29 Jan. 2013 | Tatraea dumbirensis | Fourth record for GB&I, and the first in northern England; on dead wood from VC64 MW Yorkshire in Sep. 2013. Conidered to be Vulnerable in the preliminary RDL. | Malcolm Greaves (Yorkshire) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 31 Jan. 2015 | Pseudotrichia mutabilis | Third record for GB&I, an inconspicuous fungus growing in old Diaporthe stromata in VC2 E Cornwall, collected in May 2014. Previous records are from Warwickshire and SE Yorkshire. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 11 Feb. 2015 | Caloplaca arenaria | A fairly widespread western and northern maritime/montane lichen species, found on the N coast of Jersey and new for the Channel Isles. | Paul Cannon (Kew) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 11 Feb. 2015 | Mollisia subglobosa | A further record for this Top 100 species, found associated with Nectria punicea var. ilicis on fallen holly logs in VC45 Pembrokeshire. A substantial range extension, the species was previously known only from Hampshire and (recently) Somerset. | Jane Hodges (Pembrokeshire) | David Harries | K |
| 12 Feb. 2015 | Hydropunctaria amphibia | A quite common black lichen in intertidal regions, mainly in western areas; found on the SW coast of Jersey and the first record for the Channel Isles. | Paul Cannon (Kew) | Paul Cannon | |
| 13 Feb. 2015 | Xanthoparmelia tinctina | A southern lichen, rarely encountered except in its GB&I stronghold of the Channel Isles. Refound on the same rock in SW Jersey as was reported by the BLS in 2001. | Paul Cannon (Kew) | Paul Cannon | |
| 15 Feb. 2015 | Roseodiscus formosus | A small pink inoperculate discomycete growing on the moss Ceratodon purpureus, from VC9 Dorset. First confirmed GB&I record, although an earlier collection from Pembrokeshire cited in FRDBI may be misidentified. | Bryan Edwards (Dorset) | Brian Douglas | K |
| 15 Feb. 2015 | Catillaria fungoides | An inconspicous lichen with minute black fruits, on nutrient-rich Fraxinus bark, VC30 Bedfordshire. New to GB&I. | Mark Powell (Bedfordshire) | Mark Powell | E |
| 16 Feb. 2015 | Encoelia carpini | A Top 100 Target species, collected on dead attached Carpinus branches on the Sussey/Sussex borders in Oct. 2014. The only other recent collections were from Hertfordshire in 2004 and from Kent in the early 1970s. | Nick Aplin (Sussex) | Zotto Baral | K |
| 18 Feb. 2015 | Puttea caesia | A new genus of lichen for GB&I: a small Micarea-like species growing on rotten wood in VC97 W Inverness. | Brian Coppins (E Lothian) | Brian Coppins | E |
| 18 Feb. 2015 | Cryptadelphia obovata | A minute pyrenomycete found on a dead Salix twig, collected in VC1 W Cornwall in Nov. 2013; new to GB&I but possibly misidentified in the past as C. groenendalensis. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 26 Feb. 2015 | Verrucaria obfuscans | A new GB&I record for this species of pyrenocarp lichen, on the limestone windowsill of a church in VC23 Oxfordshire. | Mark Powell (Bedfordshire) | Mark Powell | E |
| 27 Feb. 2015 | Lophiostoma myriocarpum | Found in VC2 E Cornwall on dead wood of Hedera helix in Sep. 2013; only previously recorded from VC17 Surrey. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 27 Feb. 2015 | Xylaria crozonensis | A fourth site in Cornwall for this possibly threatened species, on the Top 100 target list. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon | K |
| 28 Feb. 2015 | Anthostomella dryina | A second collection (on a global basis) for this small pyreno on dead oak leaves and collection in Sep. 2014 from VC1 W Cornwall; previously reported only once - from Belgium in the nineteenth century. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon | K |