| 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. | |||||
|
Date |
Species |
Notes |
Collector/observer |
Identifier/ confirmer | Voucher |
|
23 Jul. 2013 |
Anthracoidea bigelowii |
A smut of Carex bigelowii inflorescences, first UK record with a definable locality and date, from VC 96 Easterness. |
Stewart Taylor (Inverness-shire) |
Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 187931 |
|
4 Aug. 2013 |
Anthracoidea inclusa |
First UK records, from VC96 Easterness on inflorescences of Carex rostrata and C. x involuta (C. rostrata x C. vesicaria). A segregate species of an aggregate formerly referred to as A. caricis; there may be further historical records under this ID. |
Stewart Taylor (Inverness-shire) |
Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 193680 |
|
10 Aug. 2013 |
Anthracoidea scirpi |
A fifth locality for this species on Trichophorum x foersteri in VC96 Easterness. |
Stewart Taylor (Inverness-shire) |
Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 193666 |
|
4 Sep. 2013 |
Anthracoidea lasiocarpae |
Infecting ovaries of C. lasiocarpa. New GB record from VC 96 Easterness. As with A. inclusa earlier misidentified records may exist. |
Stewart Taylor (Inverness-shire) |
Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 193684 |
| 13 Apr. 2014 | Amphirosellinia evansii | Found on dead branch of Corylus avellana in VC2 E Cornwall. Second UK record, from a quite different area to the first find in Norfolk. | Pauline Penna (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | K(M) 195625 |
| 13 Apr. 2014 | Xylaria crozonensis | First UK record for this species, from VC2 E Cornwall; previously known only from Brittany. Subsequently found at a second site on 23 May | Pauline Penna (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | K(M) 195615 |
| 26 Apr. 2014 | Thyronectria roseovirens | First UK record, from burnt gorse branches in VC11 S Hampshire | Sue Rogerson (Hampshire) | Paul Cannon (K) | K(M) 191916 |
| 17 May 2014 | Byssosphaeria schiedermayeriana | Fifth and most northerly UK site post 1960, in VC63 SW Yorkshire during the BMS Spring Foray | Alick Henrici (Surrey) | Paul Cannon (K) | K(M) 192009 |
| 6 June 2014 | Perenniporia meridionalis | A polypore on oak timbers of King's Cliffe Church, Northamptonshire, newly recognized in the UK from an 1864 Berkeley collection in the Kew Fungarium. Reevaluation of other Kew collections indicates that the species has not been reported in the UK since 1935. Predominantly a southern European species that may re-appear as the climate warms. See here for more information. | David Hawksworth (NHM) | Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 179042 |
| 14 June 2014 | Gnomonia amoena | A tiny pyrenomycete inhabiting petioles of overwintered Carpinus leaves, found for the first time in GB&I on the Surrey/Sussex borders. | Nick Aplin (Sussex) | Nick Aplin | |
| 14 June 2014 | Tubakia dryina | The first time this species has ever been found in its sexually reproducing state; from dead Quercus leaves in E Cornwall collected in Feb. 2014. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | |
| 15 June 2014 | Anthostomella scotina | Found on dead Quercus leaves, E Cornwall. First UK record outside of Norfolk, first since 1951, and first on a substratum other than Cladium leaves. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | |
|
26 June 2014 |
A rust of Cladium mariscus in fen habitats, redisovered in VC27 E Norfolk in June 2014. There are 37 records of the species in FRDBI, but until this sighting none since 1958. NB. Species such as this (i.e. rediscovered after more than 50 years and treated by provisional RDLs as Extinct) will be informally referred to as Lazarus species. |
Marcus Yeo (JNCC) |
Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 193383 | |
| 1 July 2014 | Gaeumannomyces paludosus | First GB&I record for over 100 years, a weak parasite from rotten leaves of Carex pendula, E Cornwall collected on 9 January. The species needs a new combination into Gaeumannomyces; it was originally described as Leptosphaeria paludosa. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | |
| 12 July 2014 | Synaptospora sp. | A species new to science, from a dead Quercus twig in VC2 E Cornwall collected in Dec. 2013. Synaptospora species have ascospores adhering in pairs within the ascus. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | |
| 15 July 2014 | Gloeophyllum abietinum | Found on the cut end of a coniferous log in VC27 E Norfolk. Only the third GB&I collection in the last 50 years (the others are from Dumfriesshire and Hertfordshire). | Tony Leech (Norfolk) | Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 194546 |
| 18 July 2014 | Acanthostigma scopulum | First GB&I record, from dead branch of Ulex europaeus, E Cornwall. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | |
| 15 Aug. 2014 | Helminthosphaeria triseptata | Probably a fungal parasite, found on dead Heracleum stems in E. Cornwall. Collection made on 16 March 2014. New to the UK, described from France earlier in the same year. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | |
| 22 Aug. 2014 | Chrysomyxa pirolata | Only the third record of this rust on Pyrola rotundifolia in modern times, from VC59 S Lancashire. Also reported from VC69 Westmorland in 2009. | Malcolm Storey (Dorset) | Malcolm Storey | K(M) 195660 |
|
23 Aug. 2014 |
Armillaria ectypa |
Listed in Sect.41, Sect. 42, Scottish Biodiv. List, N. Ireland Priority Species List, EN in GB & IOM (2006). A new site in VC64 M-W Yorkshire. |
Malcolm Storey (Dorset) |
Malcolm Storey | K(M) 193852 |
| 28 Aug. 2014 | Tulostoma niveum | Known sites in VC108 W Sutherland re-surveyed, an annual event since its discovery in 1989. A third locality was discovered E of Inchnadamph, on similar moss-covered limestone boulders. | Lochbroom and Assynt Field Clubs, with the BMS | Bruce Ing (Wester Ross) | |
|
30 Aug. 2014 |
Exobasidium splendidum |
Refound in VC88 Mid Perthshire at one of its only two known UK localities. The status of this species needs re-examination. |
Paul Cannon (RBG Kew) |
||
|
1 Sep 2014 |
Abrothallus caerulescens |
A parasite of the lichen Xanthoparmelia conspersa, from VC69 Westmorland. First record for Northern England. |
Paul Cannon (RBG Kew) |
Paul Cannon (K) | K(M) 195621 |
|
2 Sep. 2014 |
Muellerella ventosicola |
A parasite of the lichen Rhizocarpon lavatum, collected from VC96 Westmorland. Sixth UK site, and the first in England. |
Paul Cannon (RBG Kew) |
Paul Cannon (K) | K(M) 195622 |
|
4 Sep. 2014 |
Geoglossum uliginosum |
In boggy ground in VC96 Westmorland, collected on the BLS South Lakes field meeting. Sixth UK site, and the first in England. |
Ginnie Copsey (Hampshire) |
Paul Cannon & Brian Spooner (K) | K(M) 195623 |
|
5 Sep. 2014 |
Tomentella terrestris |
A brown corticioid species, found in VC108 W Sutherland and confirmed by Martyn Ainsworth. Otherwise only recorded from E Kent in 1866 and Pembrokeshire in 2007. |
Alick Henrici (Surrey) |
Alick Henrici | K(M) 194148 |
| 12 Sep. 2014 | Exobasidium sydowianum | A biotrophic parasite of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, only known from the Cairngorms and Wester Ross in the UK. New record from Easterness of this species, assessed as Vulnerable in the provisional RDL. | Stewart Taylor (Inverness-shire) | Heidi Döring (K) | K(M) 194867 |
| 21 Sep. 2014 | Paxillus cuprinus | A recently described segregate of the P. involutus group, first found in GB&I in VC17 Surrey by Ted Brown in May 2014, then by Geoff Kibby in VC21 E Middlesex and now from a second site in Surrey. See here for more information on the species. | Andy Overall (London) | Geoff Kibby | K(M) 194643 |
| 29 Sep. 2014 | Postia guttulata | Found at the base of a Pseudotsuga trunk in VC11 S Hampshire. A third VC record, previously known only from recent collections in Herefordshire and E Sussex. | Alan Lucas (Hampshire) | Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 194602 |
| 30 Sep. 2014 | Panaeolus atrobalteatus | Only described in 1997 from the grounds of Buckingham Palace, now found at RBG Kew in mulch under a cedar tree. | Ted Brown (Surrey) | Alick Henrici | K(M) 194410 |
| 9 Oct. 2014 | Puccinia convolvuli | A rust of Calystegia sepium, reported from Jersey. Previously only known in GB&I from two 2009 collections from Dorset | Nick Legon (Dorset) | Nick Legon | K(M) 194950 |
|
23 Oct. 2014 |
Effete fruit-bodies collected in VC96 E Inverness, which if confirmed will constitute the first GB record for over 100 years. The fruit-bodies were parasitized by a possibly undescribed species of Tremella. |
Stewart Taylor (Inverness-shire) |
Paul Cannon (K) | K(M) 195624 | |
|
24 Oct. 2014 |
Favolaschia calocera |
A second UK locality, in S Devon for this presumed introduced and possibly invasive saprotrophic fungus. More records are welcomed by David Farley ([email protected]) and the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust ([email protected]) |
David Ellacott (Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, Devon) |
David Ellacott | K(M) 194884 |
| 1 Nov. 2014 | Leucoagaricus ionidicolor | Only the fifth record for this distinctive purple-capped agaric in the last 40 years, and a new county record for VC24 Buckinghamshire. | Derek Schafer (Buckinghamshire) | Derek Schafer | K(M) 195638 |
| 4 Nov. 2014 | Exobasidium pachysporum | A parasite of Vaccinium uliginosum, originally collected in September 2013. First Scottish record, from VC96 Easterness. Only known otherwise in GB&I from a 2008 collection from VC70 Cumberland. | Stewart Taylor (Inverness-shire) | Brian Spooner (K) | K(M) 158770 |
| 7 Nov. 2014 | Geastrum minimum | A new site in VC25 E Suffolk for this rare sand-dune puffball, previously known only from Norfolk and Westmorland. | David Strauss and Neil Mahler (Suffolk) | Neil Mahler | K(M) 195565 |
| 13 Nov. 2014 | Diplolaeviopsis symmicta | A new discomycetous parasite of the lichen Lecanora symmicta, described from collections from the USA and E Lothian. See here for the pdf. | Brian Coppins (E Lothian) | Paul Diederich & Brian Coppins | E (Coppins 24107) |
| 17 Nov. 2014 | Leucoagaricus croceovelutinus | A new record for Scotland, collected under Lawson’s cypress at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. See here for more information. | Chris Coatham (RBGE) | Chris Coatham | E |
| 18 Nov. 2014 | Myriostoma coliforme | Refound at same site in Suffolk as an original find in 2010. An extraordinary puffball with pepper-pot like fruit bodies. | Neil Mahler (Suffolk) | Neil Mahler | K(M) 195584 |
| 27 Nov. 2014 | Gliophorus reginae | A new site in Surrey for this recently described species of waxcap fungus. Volunteer survey work suggests that the species may be overlooked rather than really rare, although threatened due to habitat degradation. See here for more information on the species. | Ted Brown (Surrey) | Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 195583 |
| 29 Nov. 2014 | Postia guttulata | A Top 100 target species, found by Bryan Edwards on a rotting pine stump in VC9 Dorset. A second site close to the first was also identified on 15 December. | Bryan Edwards (Dorset) | Martyn Ainsworth (K) | K(M) 195900 |
| 28 Dec. 2014 | Endoxyla sp. | An undescribed species, collected on Christmas Day 2013 from rotten Quercus wood, E Cornwall. Its affinities are not quite clear at present. | Ken Preston-Mafham (Cornwall) | Paul Cannon (K) | |