North Kerry Waxcap Survey 2012 - the Northern Ireland Fungus Group

tongues are almost impossible to identify in the field and must be microscopically checked.
Trichoglossums can however sometimes be recognised as with a hand lens, the black setae
stick out like small needles on the stem. T.walteri is distinguished by the much more common
T.hirsutum by spores that are 7 septate instead of 15 septate. Found at Glennahoo on
04/11/2012 at Q551081. For a photo, see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21189203@N05/2081615731/.
Other Notable Records – non-Target Species
Agaricus impudicus (Rea) Pilát
This agaric can be quite dark and scaly, sometimes vinaceous in colour when young with the
squamules spreading out as the cap expands. If sliced, the flesh is almost unchanging but the
lamellae bruise red especially when young. It is also noted for small spores in the range of 4.5
– 7 x 3.2 – 4.2 µm. Known mostly as woodland species, in the west of Britain, it is also found
in grasslands and was found on this survey at Dunmore Head on 30/10/2012 at V307982 and
Inch dunes on 6 th November 2012 in the fixed dunes on the eastern side of the peninsula. For
a photo, see http://www.aranzadi-zientziak.org/micologia/a or
http://www.errotari.com/Micologia/especie.php?1007. There are a reasonable number of
records for this species in Ireland but the habitat is worth commenting on.
Bjerkandera fumosa (Pers.) P. Karst.
The Big Smokey Bracket. This bracket was found on Gorse Ulex europaeus at Lough Adoon
on 09/11/2012 at Q523088. Note the brown line between the flesh and the pores rather than a
black line which is typical of the more common Bjerkandera adusta. This latter species has a
line concolorous with the smoky pores. The other distinguishing features are its pale cap
colour and slightly smaller spores. The pores on this specimen were darkening on other parts
of the fruiting body. Only one other record in the FRDBI for this species on Gorse. Rarely
recorded in Ireland with two modern records by Roy Anderson from Belvoir Forest in Belfast in
1991 and by Neil Sinnot from Dunlewey Demesne in Donegal in 1970 (FRDBI). Older records
are by Rev Lett from Narrow Water Forest in Down in 1883 and by John Templeton “near
Belfast” in 1840. There are records from the 1880’s for Dublin and Wicklow quoted in Muskett
and Malone (Muskett and Malone, 1980) but their references do not seem correct. It is not
mentioned in one article (Pim and McWeeney, 1893) and the other could not be sourced.
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