North Kerry Waxcap Survey 2012 - the Northern Ireland Fungus Group

Panaeolus acuminatus Dewdrop Mottlegill
Stropharia semiglobata Dung Roundhead
Additional Grassland Target Species from previous visits
Site: Slea Head
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pallida Pale Waxcap
Date Visited: 30/10/2012
Grid Reference: V318971
Hygrocybe:
11
Clavariaceae:
2
Entoloma:
2
Geoglossaceae:
1
Others: 0
The steep fields above the road through which the Dingle Way passes had good fruiting of waxcaps with Hygrocybe
punicea particularly common. Many of the fruiting bodies especially of H.punicea and H.pratensis were very small
giving the impression that fruiting had been affected by the preceding cold week and was only starting again now .
The area of interest was a bit restricted with higher ground becoming very acidic and wet but given the amount of
H.punicea found, I would have hoped for more species and was slightly disappointed. It would be worth revisiting this
site and searching the extension of this field to the north and some of the other fields in the maze of fields above the
road. Some of these fields will be of interest especially some of the upper ones but many of the lower fields looked
too green and fertilised.
Armillaria gallica Bulbous Honey Fungus
Arrhenia griseopallida
Clavulinopsis helvola Yellow Club
Clavulinopsis luteoalba Apricot Club
Conocybe pulchella
Entoloma conferendum Star Pinkgill
Entoloma longistriatum var. longistriatum
Geoglossum fallax
Hygrocybe chlorophana Golden Waxcap
Hygrocybe coccinea Scarlet Waxcap
Hygrocybe conica var. conica Blackening Waxcap
Hygrocybe laeta var. laeta Heath Waxcap
Hygrocybe pratensis var. pratensis Meadow Waxcap
Hygrocybe psittacina var. psittacina Parrot Waxcap
Hygrocybe punicea Crimson Waxcap
Hygrocybe quieta Oily Waxcap
Hygrocybe reidii Honey Waxcap
Hygrocybe russocoriacea Cedarwood Waxcap
Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea Snowy Waxcap
Leptosphaeria acuta Nettle Rash
Omphalina ericetorum Heath Navel
Panaeolus acuminatus Dewdrop Mottlegill
Panaeolus papilionaceus var. papilionaceus Petticoat Mottlegill
Peniophora incarnata Rosy Crust
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Rhopographus filicinus Bracken Map
Site: Ventry Beach
Date Visited: 30/10/2012
Grid Reference: V375998
Hygrocybe:
1
Clavariaceae:
0
Entoloma:
0
Geoglossaceae:
1
Others: 0
Behind the line of dunes, the marram grass is very thick and dense and then there are fertilised fields so there is little
opportunity for waxcaps. As the beach is a low energy environment and the foredunes are not being eroded, some
interesting dune specialists like Melanoleuca cinerifolia and Peziza ammophila were found.
Hygrocybe virginea var. virginea Snowy Waxcap
Melanoleuca cinereifolia
Peziza ammophila Dune Cup
Phragmidium violaceum Violet Bramble Rust
Puccinia lagenophorae
Site: Ventry: St Catherine's Church
Date Visited: 30/10/2012
Grid Reference: V371999
Hygrocybe:
0
Clavariaceae:
A very small wet lawn had no soil fungi at all.
0
Entoloma:
82
0
Geoglossaceae:
0
Others: 0