LAFF Home January February March April May June July August September October November December Fungal Groups Habitats
Non-lichenised Ascomycota
Species (links to species information) | Associated organisms/substrata | When to look | Localities | Last recorded (pre project) | Successful search (during project lifespan) | British sites | ||||
Pre-1965 | 1965-June 2014 | July 2014-present (LAFF) | Extant (since 1965) | |||||||
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Biscogniauxia marginata | In GB&I, on dead Malus bark. Known elsewhere from various hardwood species, mostly belonging to the Rosaceae | Jan-Dec? | England (NE Yorkshire) | 1910 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Cryptomyces maximus | A weak parasite of Salix branches, sometimes associated with mechanical damage | Feb-Dec, probably Jan-Dec. | Recent records from Wales (Pembrokeshire), with a single new locality in Shropshire | 2013 | Yes | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 |
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Daldinia petriniae | A Daldinia concentrica look-alike found on Alnus (alder). | Jan-Dec | Single sites recorded in North Hampshire, Surrey, Worcester, and Warwickshire. | 1998 | Yes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Hypocreopsis lichenoides
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Parasitic on Hymenochaetopsis tabacina (=Hymenochaete tabacina), usually found associated with Salix spp. | Jan-Dec | The only confirmed recent records are from Wales (Radnorshire), and now also from Scotland (Berwickshire). | 1993 | Yes6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
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Hypoxylon fuscoides | A Hypoxylon fuscum (hazel woodwart) lookalike, on Alnus or Betula spp. | Jan-Dec? | Known from Ireland (County Down and County Armagh), England (Derbyshire and Buckinghamshire), and Wales (Glamorgan). | 2011 | Yes | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
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Microglossum atropurpureum | A purple-brown to purple-black earthtongue with colourless spores, found in unimproved grassland. | Aug-Feb | Widely distributed but infrequently recorded in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. | 2013 | Yes | 24 | 62 | 2 | 63 |
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Mollisia subglobosa | On felled trunks of Ilex aquifolium, in association with Nectria punicea var. ilicis. | Dec-Feb | England (historical records from S Hampshire, now also reported from Somerset and Wales (Pembrokeshire). | 2013 | Yes | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Poronia erici | A fungus with a 3-8 mm diam. nail- or golf-tee like fruitbody growing in rabbit or pony dung; a Poronia punctata lookalike but smaller with larger spores. | Mar-Nov? | Known only from two sites in West Norfolk and one in East Suffolk. Possibly overlooked and more widely distributed, especially if mistaken for P. punctata. | 2011 | Yes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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Thyronectria roseovirens
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In GB&I, on dead (burnt) wood of Ulex europaeus (gorse). Elsewhere on wood and bark of various legumes. | Jan-Dec? | England (S Hampshire); first found in 2014, re-found on the same site in 2015, and at three further locations in the New Forest. | 2014 | Yes | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Larger Basidiomycota
Species (links to species information) | Associated organisms/substrata | When to look | Localities | Last recorded (pre project) | Successful search (during project lifespan) | British sites | Maps | ||||
Pre-1965 | 1965-June 2014 | July 2014-present (LAFF) | Extant (since 1965) | ||||||||
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Battarrea phalloides | A distinctive fungus comprising a woody stalk supporting a rust-coloured powdery spore mass. Found in dry places, often in sandy soil on hedge banks and roadsides, often associated with ash (Fraxinus), Hawthorn (Crataegus) or elm (Ulmus). | Jan-Dec | Widely but sparsely distributed throughout the south of England, with strongholds in Norfolk and Suffolk. | 2014 | Yes | 17 | 36 | 11 | 46 | Map |
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Buglossoporus quercinus | A bracket fungus found on the exposed heartwood of old oak trees (Quercus) often in ancient deer parks and forest pastures. | Jun-Oct (also Jan and Feb) | Scattered throughout England and Wales, more frequent in the South East, with a single site in Scotland. | 2014 | Yes | 11 | 65 | 13 | 67 | Map |
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Chromosera citrinopallida | A yellow waxcap from upland dwarf-shrub heaths, deep moss, unimproved grassland, drier areas of bogs and snow beds. | Sept-Jan | Known from Scotland (S Aberdeenshire, E Ross), Northern Ireland (Antrim), England (Mid-west Yorkshire, S Lancashire, Herefordshire) and Wales (Radnor). | 2008 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Map | |
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Dichomitus efibulatus | A poroid fungus causing a white rot on the dead attached wood or woody stems of blackthorn (Prunus), hazel (Corylus), gorse (Ulex) rose (Rosa) blackberry (Rubus) and hornbeam (Carpinus). | Jan-Dec | Most records are from South West England (Cornwall & Devon) it has also been found in S. Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Guernsey. | 2013 | No | 0 | 23 | 4 | 27 | Map |
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Favolaschia calocera | An unmistakeable small bracket fungus growing on rotten wood | Sept-Dec | Found in a number of sites in Cornwall and S Devon, further localities within this area to be confirmed | 2014 | Yes | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11 | Map |
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Gliophorus reginae | A pink- to purple-capped waxcap mushroom from unimproved grassland | Oct-Jan | Recorded from scattered localities in south, central and NW England, west Wales and Northern Ireland | 2013 | Yes | 0 | 9 | 10 | 16 | Map |
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Hericium coralloides | A fungus with a white, branched, coral-like fruitbody of up to 25 cm diam., on fallen trunks and logs of Fagus sylvatica (common beech) and Fraxinus excelsior (common ash). | Aug-Dec, occasionally also Jan-Feb. | Widespread but infrequently recorded throughout south and east England, with occasional records as north as Yorkshire. A single record from Wales (in Monmouthshire VC35). | 2015 | Yes | |||||
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Hericium erinaceus | A fungus with distinctive white football-sized fruitbodies, formed of downward-pointing spines 10-40 mm long, fruiting high up on exposed central deadwood of old standing Fagus or Quercus trees. | Sept-Nov, with occasional records from earlier and later months. | Widespread but infrequently recorded throughout south England, with occasional records as north as Cumbria; and in Denbeighshire and Monmouthshire in Wales. | 2015 | Yes | |||||
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Hohenbuehelia bonii | An almost sessile (barely stalked), yellow-brown oyster mushroom growing at the base of Ammophila arenaria (marram grass). | Sept-Jan | Found in England (West Sussex and East Kent), Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Merionethshire), Scotland (East Lothian) and Ireland (Dublin). | 2012 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Map | |
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Hohenbuehelia culmicola | A small dark greyish brown to black oyster mushroom, with a well-developed stem fruiting on sand dunes near the base of Ammophila arenaria (marram grass). | Sept-Feb | Found in England (West Norfolk, North-east Yorkshire and Durham) Wales (Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire) Scotland (East Lothian) and Ireland (Dublin). | 2008 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Map | |
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Perenniporia ochroleuca | A small bracket fungus on branches of dead wood of mainly on blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) but also hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), and other hosts, in coastal areas. Distinctive due to its very distinctive, fine and regular pores. | Jan-Dec | Throughout Cornwall, along the south coast of England, Pembrokeshire, and the Channel Islands. | 2014 | Yes | 0 | 24 | 42 | 58 | Map |
Rusts, Smuts and Allies
None recorded.
Map of Top 100 Target species potentially fruiting in January |
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