Top 100 Target Species potentially fruiting in March

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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)
	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
	Cryptomyces maximus	A weak parasite of Salix branches, sometimes associated with mechanical damage	Feb-Dec, probably Jan-Dec.	Recent records from Wales (Pembrokeshire), a single new locality in Shropshire, and large populations in Scotland (Renfrewshire, and widespread throughout Orkney).	2013	Yes	5	7	22	24
	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
	Hypocreopsis lichenoides PDF - Species Datasheet	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	Yes	6	1	3	3
	Hypoxylon fuscoides	A Hypoxylon fuscum (hazel woodwart) lookalike, on Alnus or Betula spp, apparently favouring Alnus incana.	Jan-Dec?	Known from Ireland (County Down and County Armagh), England (Buckinghamshire, Cornwall and Derbyshire), and Wales (Glamorgan).	2011	Yes	0	2	6	8
	Lasiobotrys lonicerae	A fungus forming clusters of tiny black circular stromata on living leaves of Lonicera (honeysuckle).	Jun-Aug	About 17 records from GB&I; most modern reports are from northern Scotland, also Yorkshire and Wicklow (ROI).	2005	Yes	3	3	11	13
	Mollisia fuscoparaphysata PDF - Species Datasheet	On dead leaves and culms of Trichophorum caespitosum s.l. and probably other related sedges.	Mar-Aug	Now known from south England, Wales, and Scotland, often present on the first handful of Trichophorum sampled at each site.	1987	Concluded - to be assessed as Least Concern.	2	1	21	22
	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
	Pseudoyuconia thalictri	A saprotroph on the rare Thalictrum flavum with minute perithecial fruitbodies and distinctive spores	Mar	Known in GB&I from only one collection in East Suffolk.	1991		0	1	0	1
	Rutstroemia johnstonii (=Dencoeliopsis johnstonii)	Apparently restricted to stromata of Xenotypa aterrima, itself a rarely encountered species on recently dead branches of Betula.	Feb, Jun, and Oct, possibly also months in between	Recent records from England (Surrey) and N Ireland (Londonderry); now also reported from two localities in Scotland (Angus and Lanarkshire)	2006	Yes	1	1	2	3
	Thyronectria roseovirens PDF - Species Datasheet	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
	Xylaria crozonensis	Probably a saprobe; known from bark of Betula, Corylus and Quercus.	Mar-Nov	England (VC2 East Cornwall, and VC1 West Cornwall)	2013	Yes	0	3	20	22

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)
	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
	Dichomitus efibulatus (= Polyporus 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), but it has also been found in S. Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Guernsey, and most recently Anglesey.	2013		0	23	4	27	Map
	Multiclavula vernalis PDF - Species Datasheet	One of the few lichenized basidiomycetes in the UK, with brightly coloured club-shaped fruit-bodes	Mar-Aug	England (N Hampshire), Scotland (N Harris, W Lewis, Shetlands). Unsuccessful searches at the Shetland and N. Harris localities,	2011	Yes	1	4	2	6	Map
	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

	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)
	Puccinia cladii	A rust found on living leaves of Cladium mariscus (great fen-sedge). Considered to be rare by Wilson & Henderson, but recently found in a number of sites.	Mar-Sept	Historical records from E Norfolk, but recent sites pre-LAFF known only from one site in E Norfolk and one in Glamorgan, Wales. Extant populations now known from Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, East Kent, East Norfolk, Glamorgan, and Huntingdonshire.	1958	Yes	8	5	14	18	Map
	Vankya ornithogali PDF - Species datasheet	A leaf smut of Gagea species (not Ornithogalum as the name would suggest), mostly reported on Gagea lutea (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem).	Feb-May	Reported from VC23 Oxfordshire, VC43 Radnorshire, VC63 SW Yorkshire, VC64 MW Yorkshire and VC66 Durham	2012	Yes	4	4	2	6	Map