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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) | |||||||
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Anthostomella alchemillae | Known from dead leaves of Alchemilla alpina | May-Sept | A Scottish endemic based on current records, fairly widely distributed in western montane sites where the host occurs but not recorded frequently in recent times | 1986 | Yes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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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 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
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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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A spring-fruiting species of sand dunes, associated with Populus and Salix. | Apr-May | Records only from Wales (Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan). Not seen despite recent searches. | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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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 | Yes | 6 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 5 |
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On dead leaves and culms of Trichophorum caespitosum s.l. and probably other related sedges. | Mar-Aug | England (Dorset) and Scotland (W Inverness and Islay). Colonies rediscovered in Dorset, and new records from Sussex, west Wales and Shetland. | 1987 | Concluded - to be assessed as Least Concern. | 2 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
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Phaeosphaeria silenes-acaulis | A minute perithecial species found on dead leaves and bracts of Silene acaulis. | May-Oct | Reported from Scotland (Mull and Rhum); recently found also in Shetland and Snowdonia. | 1974 | Yes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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A parasitic ascomycete with bright red stromata on living leaves of blackthorn, cultivated plum and hybrids. | May-Oct | At one time widely distributed, but now much more restricted in location. Largely confined to the west coast of Ireland, SW England and west Wales, but also now known from SW Scotland. | 2010 | Yes | 38 | 7 | 20 | 25 |
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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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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 |
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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) | ||||||||
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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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A small white puffball associated with mosses in calcareous fen habitats | May-Oct | Recent sites in England (Norfolk, Yorkshire and Westmorland), Wales (Breconshire), and Scotland (Roxburghshire). | 2005 | Yes | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Map |
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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) it has also been found in S. Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Guernsey. | 2013 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 | Map | |
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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 |
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Paxillus cuprinus | A light brown to dark coppery-brown gilled fungus found in open sunny places with birch (Betula) alder (Alnus) and hazel (Corylus). | Aug-Nov (also May, possibly May-Nov) | Currently only recorded in the UK in England (N E Yorkshire, Surrey and Middlesex) but likely to be widespread. | 2014 | Yes | 0 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 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 |
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A minute stalked puffball in moss patches on top of limestone boulders | Apr-Dec | Only known from the Inchnadampf area (W Sutherland) (two main sites and three more distant sites from single records); a widespread population at Craig Leek SSSI in S Aberdeenshire; and a new site in Lismore, Argyll. | 2013 | Yes | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 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) | ||||||||
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A rust on leaves of Pyrola spp. (wintergreen), in recent years mostly found on P. rotundifolia subsp. maritima. | Apr-Aug | Recent sites include S Lancashire and Westmorland; colonies in Anglesey and Wiltshire may have died out. Not found in Glamorgan despite extensive surveys in 2015. | 2009 | Yes | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | Map |
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Puccinia cladii | A rust found on living leaves of Cladium mariscus (great fen-sedge). Considered to be rare by Wilson & Henderson. | Mar-Sept | Historical records from E Norfolk, but currently only known from one site in E Norfolk and one in Glamorgan, Wales. Recent surveys of the host in Wales have not found additional sites. | 1958 | Yes | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | Map |
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Pucciniastrum goodyerae | A rust on leaves of the orchid Goodyera repens (creeping lady's-tresses). | Apr-Nov |
Historically known from Scotland, from Angus, Banffshire, East Inverness-shire, East Ross & Cromarty, East Sutherland, Lanarkshire, and Moray. Only a few populations have been recently recorded, from East Inverness-shire, East Sutherland, and Fife. |
1990 | Yes | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | Map |
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Urocystis colchici | A smut on leaves of Colchicum autumnale (autumn crocus, meadow saffron, or naked lady). | Apr-Jun | Historically recorded from North Wiltshire, North Somerset, West Sussex, Warwickshire, North-west Yorkshire, and possibly West Lothian. Recently known only from four sites, in Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, North Wiltshire, and Breconshire; plus a very few records from garden plants. | 2013 | Yes | 9 | 6 | 3 | 8 | Map |
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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 |
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