Bonsley Common/ Blandford Forest

[Matthew Arnold]

I went out with some friends when it was really foggy and when the mushrooms were going nuts. Here are the pics. I shall ID most of the fungi but others i'm not sure what they are.

 

This is my true fungi stomping ground.

 

Pic 3 - Candle snuff - Xylaria hypoxylon

Pics 4,5 - Hypholoma dispersum

Pics 6,7 - Agaricus placomyces

Pics 8,9 - Mycena galopus - Milking Bonnet

Pics 10,11,12 - [stropharia aeruginosa/I]

Pics 13,14,15 - Unknown fungi growing under hawthorn in 60 year old beech plantation.

Pics 17, 18 - Unknown fungi growing on Oak deadwood

Pic 19 - Fistulina heptica

Pic 20 -Stereum sp on same oak

Pics 28,29 - Crepidotus variabilis - Variable Oysterling.

Pics 31,32,33 - Coprinus comatus - Shaggy Inkcap

Edited November 29, 2011 by Matthew Arnold

[Pete Hart]

Great pics Matt.... could you point me in the right direction to the whereabouts of blandford forest? im not very familar with your neck of the woods!

Pete

[Matthew Arnold]

Basically aim for Shillingstone then at a blind crest turn right and park in the "Trailway car park". There is a sign saying no cars beyond this point and a road planing lined car park then walk across the main road up the bridleway and your in Blandford Forest. Its Forestry Commission owned so to my knowledge it is open acess. Here is a link of the map. The "A" is where to aim for the woods are in the bottom of the image.

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Hodway+Lane,+Shillingstone&hl=en&ll=50.881052,-2.231426&spn=0.037582,0.090895&sll=50.888659,-2.22382&sspn=0.018788,0.045447&vpsrc=6&hnear=Hodway+Ln,+Shillingstone,+Dorset+DT11+0,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=14

Edited November 29, 2011 by Matthew Arnold