North Kerry Waxcap Survey 2012 - the Northern Ireland Fungus Group

Contents
Contents ............................................................................................................................... 3
Background........................................................................................................................... 4
Assessing site quality from fungal data ............................................................................. 5
Aims of this project................................................................................................................ 6
The Study Area..................................................................................................................... 7
History of mycological recording in County Kerry .................................................................. 8
Digitisation of published records ........................................................................................... 9
Cleaning of the Irish Records in the FRDBI......................................................................... 11
Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 12
Results................................................................................................................................ 13
Weather and Fungal Fruiting........................................................................................... 13
Summary Results............................................................................................................ 15
Notable Finds.................................................................................................................. 16
New Irish Records....................................................................................................... 16
New Records for the Republic of Ireland ..................................................................... 18
Other Notable Records – Target Species .................................................................... 20
Other Notable Records – non-Target Species ............................................................. 22
New Vice County Records .............................................................................................. 26
Other wildlife observations .............................................................................................. 28
10km square and Site Rankings...................................................................................... 29
Mount Brandon Corries ............................................................................................... 42
Churchyards in North Kerry ......................................................................................... 43
Sand Dunes in North Kerry.......................................................................................... 43
Waxcaps in Ireland.......................................................................................................... 45
Species Rankings ........................................................................................................... 47
Recommended sites for further survey............................................................................ 48
Recommended Fungal Priority Species for County Kerry................................................ 49
Conclusions ........................................................................................................................ 50
Images ............................................................................................................................ 51
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................... 51
Bibliography ........................................................................................................................ 52
Appendix 1 - 10km and Detailed Site Reports …………………………………………………57
Appendix 2 - Target Species Distribution Maps………………………………………………….86
Appendix 3 - Other species Distribution Maps………………………………………………….101
Appendix 4 - County Kerry Biodiversity Fungi Species List……………………………………139
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