Title: NEWSLETTER of the WARWICKSHIRE FUNGUS SURVEY
Author: Mr Sells
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WARWICKSHIRE FUNGUS SURVEY

NEWSLETTER
of the
WARWICKSHIRE FUNGUS SURVEY
for
2004

Affiliated to the British Mycological Society

Member of the Association of British Fungus Groups

Contents
	Page				Date
	2	Introduction
	3	2003 – The year of the powdery mildews
	4	Foray Records		2003
	4		Wappenbury Wood Nature Reserve		11.05.03
	4		Studley Thorns & The Alders		31.08.03
	5		Kingsbury Water Park		14.09.03
	6		Ladywalk Nature Reserve		28.09.03
	6		Wootton Spinnies		05.10.03
	7		Monks Park Wood		12.10.03
	9		Hampton Wood		26.10.03
	9		Draycote Meadows		02.11.03
	9		Ragley Hall		09.11.03
	10		Hartshill Hayes Country Park		23.11.03
	12	Non-Foray Records		2003

Chairman		Secretary
Mr J. Williams		Dr D. J. Antrobus
100 Stanway Road		55 Gower Road
Shirley		Halesowen
Solihull		West Midlands
West Midlands		B62 9BX
B90 3JG		Tel: 0121 422 8830
Tel: 0121 745 6395

Introduction
This newsletter covers the activities of the Warwickshire Fungus Survey during 2003 as recorded by the group members and although its primary purpose is to present the mycological records, other articles and contributions would be welcome.  The records generally concern the foray programme but non-foray records from individuals and other groups have also been included where they represent a new site record or an unusual / interesting occurrence.  Where available, habitat and substrate information has been noted and observers are urged to record this important data whenever possible.

The British Mycological Society’s computerised dictionary of fungus names has generally been used in this newsletter but certain unfamiliar changes such as Gymnopus for Collybia have been ignored.  Where the species name quoted in the lists differs from that quoted in A Fungus Flora of Warwickshire and is not yet in common usage, the original name is indicated for the first mention.
 *  indicates new to site.  Site lists generally only exist for Nature Reserves and ‘coded sites’.
** indicates new to vice county.

The following recorders have been identified by their initials:
DJA	David Antrobus
AWB	Bert Brand
GMB	Gill Brand
DG	Dinah Griffin
CAL	Chris Lewis
WTM	Bill Moodie
JRR	John Roberts
JDS	John Sells
JW	John Williams

The WFS web site on the Internet is being continually updated and may be accessed by address http://freespace.virgin.net/william.moodie/wfs.htm.

2003 – The year of the powdery mildews
During 2003 in Warwickshire we have recorded 36 species and recognised varieties of powdery mildews, including 4 new county records, on a total of 48 host plants.  Identification was aided by the occurrence of cleistothecia on at least one host for half (18) of the species.  Identification of purely conidial powdery mildews was inferred from mycelial and conidial characters described by Braun, (The Powdery Mildews of Europe 1995) together with information on geographical distributions.  It is tempting to attribute this unprecedentedly large array to the prolonged hot and dry summer.  However the dearth of other types of fungi also resulted in greater attention being paid to the powdery mildews.

The most interesting species new to the county is Uncinula flexuosa growing on Aesculus spp.  This powdery mildew was first seen in Western Europe in Switzerland in September 2000 and first recorded in England at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in November 2001 (Ing & Spooner, Mycologist 16: 112-3, 2002).  It is characterised by flexuous, coiled and often enlarged appendages arising from the equator of the cleistothecium.  It occurs on Aesculus spp. in North America.  Ing and Spooner suggest that it is either a native of N. America which has recently spread to Europe or alternatively (but less likely) that it is a native of the Balkans which was introduced into America and is also spreading westwards in Europe.

In August 2003 we were alerted to its occurrence in the midlands by Ted Blackwell of Herefordshire, who reported finding it on a horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum, with distinctively coloured foliage.  Within days we had found it on a horse chestnut with pale bluish foliage at Aston Grove.  Thereafter we found it wherever we searched in our neighbourhood.  Slightly infected trees could not be distinguished at a distance whereas the most heavily infected ones, street trees of Aesculus carnea in both Alcester and Stratford upon Avon had an overall pale greyish appearance.  Word of mouth and email, tell us that the fungus has been reported widely in mostly southern Britain and we look forward to hearing about its full distribution in 2003.

Collating the year’s records of powdery mildews has been a salutary experience.  We found that one new county record of Sphaerotheca dipsacearum on Dipsacus and three new host records on Bidens cernua, Rubus fruticosus and Senecio jacobaea cannot be fully substantiated because we did not keep material for the Herbarium.  Although all of these lacked cleistothecia, such records are valuable.

Gill Brand

Foray Records			2003
With record high temperatures in August and prolonged dry weather, it soon became apparent that 2003 was going to be as difficult for fungi as the previous year.  However, findings from Monks Park Wood and Sutton Park indicated that the north of the county had had a little extra rain resulting briefly in a few more agarics in this area.  The powdery mildews were prominent in the dry conditions and the plant identification skills of the observers became much improved.  The late season species fared far better and, with few frosts, fungi were in good numbers right through to the end of the year.  Four new county species were discovered on the forays.

Wappenbury Wood		JRR	11.05.03
Five people forayed under blue skies to find few scattered fungi, but including some interesting ones and a new county record.

MYXOMYCETES
 *	Lycogala terrestre

ASCOMYCETES			PYRENOMYCETES
	Daldinia concentrica

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
**	Collybia aquosa		DJA
 *	Coprinus auricomus
 *	Panaeolus ater
				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Daedalea quercina
	Daedaleopsis confragosa
 *	Hymenochaete corrugata
	Piptoporus betulinus
	Trametes versicolor

HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES			TREMELLALES etc.
	Auricularia auricula-judae

Studley Thorns & The Alders			31.08.03
Following our visit last year when we explored Studley Thorns, this year we concentrated on The Alders, where surprisingly the most common trees are Ash, many of which have fallen.  One of the hottest and driest Augusts on record did not bode well for larger fungi and so it proved with most specimens occurring on wood.

All the woodland finds were in The Alders and the remaining species occurred at roadside and in hedge

ASCOMYCETES			DISCOMYCETES
	Hymenoscyphus albidus	on fallen Fraxinus petiole, woodland	GMB
			LOCULOASCOMYCETES
	Venturia maculiformis	on Epilobium hirsutum	GMB
				PLECTOMYCETES
	Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi (A)	on Ranunculus repens	GMB
	Erysiphe depressa (A)	on Arctium lappa	GMB
	Erysiphe heraclei (A+T)	on Heracleum sphondylium	GMB
	Erysiphe polygoni (A)	on Polygonum aviculare	GMB
	Microsphaera hypericacearum (A)	on Hypericum hirsutum	GMB
	Sphaerotheca fusca (A)	on Senecio jacobaea	GMB
	Sphaerotheca spiraeae (A+T)	on Filipendula ulmaria	GMB
				PYRENOMYCETES
	Daldinia concentrica		JDS
	Xylaria polymorpha		JDS

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Collybia confluens		WTM
	Lacrymaria velutina		AWB
	Marasmius rotula		AWB
	Pluteus salicinus	on rotten hardwood log	AWB
				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Daedaleopsis confragosa		JDS
	Hyphoderma praetermissum	on fallen hardwood branch 
		on mossy ground, woodland	GMB
	Hyphodontia sambuci	on Sambucus	GMB
	Inonotus hispidus	low on Fraxinus trunk	AWB
	Phellinus ferruginosus		WTM
	Polyporus badius		JDS
	Polyporus squamosus	at base of Fraxinus	JDS
	Polyporus varius	on Fraxinus	JDS
	Trametes versicolor		WTM

HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES			TREMELLALES etc.
	Auricularia auricula-judae	on Sambucus	JDS

UREDINIOMYCETES			UREDINALES
	Coleosporium tussilaginis (II,III)	on Odontites verna	GMB
	Coleosporium tussilaginis (II)	on Tussilago farfara	GMB
	Miyagia pseudosphaeria (II)	on Sonchus oleraceus	GMB
	Phragmidium bulbosum (II,III)	on Rubus caesius	GMB
	Puccinia arenariae (III)	on Silene dioica	GMB
	Puccinia circaeae (III)	on Circaea lutetiana, woodland	GMB
	Puccinia pulverulenta (II,III)	on Epilobium hirsutum	GMB
	Pucciniastrum circaeae (II)	on Circaea lutetiana, woodland	GMB
	Pucciniastrum epilobii (II,III)	on Epilobium ciliatum	GMB

FUNGI IMPERFECTI			HYPHOMYCETES
**	Cercospora mercurialis	on Mercurialis perennis, woodland	GMB
	Ramularia didyma	on Ranunculus repens	GMB

Kingsbury Water Park			14.09.03
The warm dry weather continued and fungi were very scarce with just a few appearing on the grass verges.

ASCOMYCETES			PLECTOMYCETES
	Erysiphe heraclei	on leaves of Heracleum sphondylium	JDS
	Erysiphe urticae	on leaves of Urtica dioica	JDS
	Microsphaera alphitoides	on leaves of Quercus	JDS
	Uncinula adunca	on leaves of Salix	JDS

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Coprinus plicatilis	turf	JDS
	Cystolepiota sistrata	on wood debris	JW
	Inocybe rimosa	pathside	JW
	Laccaria amethystina	under Betula	JDS
	Marasmius oreades	on turf	JDS
	Mycena adscendens	on bark	DJA
	Paxillus involutus	under Betula	JDS
Pluteus cervinus	on log	JDS
	Psathyrella candolleana	grass at pathside	JDS
	Psathyrella spadiceo-grisea	soil and wood debris	DJA
	Tubaria furfuracea		JW

				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Chondrostereum purpureum	on log end	JDS
	Daedaleopsis confragosa	on Salix trunk	JDS
	Fistulina hepatica	at base of Quercus	JDS
	Trametes versicolor	on Salix twigs	JDS

Ladywalk Nature Reserve			28.09.03
T= trackside leading to reserve

ASCOMYCETES			DISCOMYCETES
	Rhytisma acerinum	on Acer pseudoplatanus, fallen leaf, T	GMB
				PLECTOMYCETES
	Erysiphe artemisiae (A+T)	on Artemisia vulgaris, T	GMB
	Erysiphe galeopsidis (A+T)	on Stachys sylvatica, T	GMB
	Erysiphe sordida (A+T)	on Plantago major, T	GMB
	Erysiphe urticae (A+T)	on Urtica dioica, T	GMB
	Microsphaera alphitoides (A+T)	on Quercus sp., T	GMB
	Uncinula adunca (A+T)	on Populus x canadensis var. serotina, T   GMB
				OTHERS
	Cymadothea trifolii (A)	on Trifolium, living leaf, T	GMB
	(=Mycosphaerella killianii of WFS flora)
	Lasiosphaeria ovina	on rotten stump	AWB
	Xylaria hypoxylon	on stump	AWB

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Coprinus atramentarius		AWB
	Crepidotus cesatii	on Rosa	AWB
	Lactarius pubescens		AWB
	Leccinum scabrum		AWB
	Lepiota cristata		AWB
	Lyophyllum loricatum	on wood chip	AWB
	Mycena rorida	on twig	AWB
	Phaeomarasmius erinaceus	on fallen Salix branch	AWB
	Russula versicolor		DJA
				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Polyporus badius		AWB

HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES			TREMELLALES etc.
	Calocera cornea	on stump	AWB

UREDINIOMYCETES			UREDINALES
	Kuehneola uredinis (O,I)	on Rubus fruticosus agg	GMB
	Melampsora laricis-populina (II,III)	on Populus x canadensis var. serotina, T   GMB
	Phragmidium bulbosum (II,III)	on Rubus fruticosus agg, T	GMB
	Phragmidium violaceum (III)	on Rubus fruticosus agg, T	GMB
	Puccinia behenis (II)	on Silene dioica, T	GMB
	Puccinia menthae (II,III)	on Mentha aquatica	GMB
	Puccinia pulverulenta (III)	on Epilobium hirsutum, T	GMB
	Puccinia punctiformis (O,I)	on Cirsium arvense, T	GMB
	Puccinia tanaceti (II)	on Artemisia absinthium, T	GMB
	Puccinia tanaceti (II,III)	on Artemisia vulgaris, T	GMB
	Pucciniastrum epilobii (II)	on Chamerion angustifolium, T	GMB
	Uromyces pisi-sativi (II,III)	on Lotus corniculatus, T	GMB

Wootton Spinnies			05.10.03
Just five attended another dry foray in this small area of broad-leaved woodland.  Few fungi not associated with wood or plants were found.  An interesting fungus was Pholiota aurivella, a uncommon species which the finder had seen the previous day in Leicestershire.

ASCOMYCETES			DISCOMYCETES
	Trochila ilicina	on Ilex	JDS
	Rhytisma acerinum	on Acer pseudoplatanus	AWB
				PLECTOMYCETES
	Erysiphe cruciferarum (A)	on Capsella bursa-pastoris	GMB
	Erysiphe cynoglossi (A)	on Borago officinalis	GMB
	Erysiphe galeopsidis (A)	on Lamium	GMB
	Erysiphe heraclei (A+T)	on Heracleum sphondylium	GMB
	Erysiphe urticae (A+T)	on Urtica dioica	GMB
	Sawadaea bicornis (A + immature T)	on Acer pseudoplatanus	GMB
	Sphaerotheca fusca (A)	on Taraxacum officinale agg.	GMB
				PYRENOMYCETES
	Diatrype stigma	on fallen branches	JDS
	Nectria cinnabarina		AWB

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Collybia confluens	leaf litter	JDS
	Coprinus lagopus		AWB
	Hypholoma fasciculare	on log	JDS
	Mycena vitilis		AWB
	Pholiota aurivella	end of log	JDS/AWB
	Pluteus cervinus		AWB
	Pluteus luteovirens		AWB
	Pluteus salicinus	on rotten small fallen branch	AWB
	Pluteus umbrosus	on stump	AWB
				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Bjerkandera adusta		AWB
	Fistulina hepatica	on stump	AWB
	Meripilus giganteus		JDS
				GASTEROMYCETES
	Lycoperdon perlatum		JDS

UREDINIOMYCETES			UREDINALES
	Kuehneola uredinis (O,I)	on Rubus fruticosus agg.	GMB
	Phragmidium violaceum (II, III)	on Rubus fruticosus agg.	GMB
	Puccinia behenis (II)	on Silene dioica	GMB
	Puccinia coronata (II, III)	on Arrhenatherum elatius	GMB

FUNGI IMPERFECTI			COELOMYCETES
	Ampelomyces quisqualis	on Sphaerotheca fusca	GMB

Monks Park Wood			12.10.03
The weather continued to be dry for this first visit to Monks Park and Bentley Woods since 1971.  Prospects for fungi were not high but in the event a number of common species were found though even these were past their best.  There were two new county records.  This large wood contains mature broad-leaved trees and plantations of various conifers offering good potential for a variety of fungi in a better season.
R = adjacent roadside.

ASCOMYCETES			DISCOMYCETES
	Rhytisma acerinum	on Acer pseudoplatanus	JDS
				PLECTOMYCETES
	Erysiphe artemisiae (A+T)	on Artemisia vulgaris, R	GMB
**	Erysiphe buhrii (A)	on Silene dioica	GMB
	Erysiphe cichoracearum (A)	on Cirsium vulgare, R	GMB
	Erysiphe convolvuli (A)	on Calystegia silvatica, R	GMB
	Erysiphe cynoglossi (A)	on Symphytum, R	GMB
	Erysiphe depressa (T)	on Arctium	GMB
	Erysiphe galeopsidis (A)	on Lamium album, R	GMB
	Erysiphe galeopsidis	on Stachys	JDS
	Erysiphe heraclei	on Heracleum sphondylium	JDS
	Erysiphe sordida (A+T)	on Plantago major, R	GMB
	Erysiphe sordida	on Plantago major	JDS
	Erysiphe urticae	on Urtica dioica	JDS
	Microsphaera alphitoides (A+T)	on Quercus	GMB
	Phyllactinia fraxini (A+T)	on Fraxinus excelsior, R	GMB
	Sphaerotheca aphanis (A+T)	on Potentilla reptans, R	GMB
	Sphaerotheca fusca (A+T)	on Taraxacum officinale agg., R	GMB
				PYRENOMYCETES
	Daldinia concentrica		JDS
	Nectria cinnabarina	on fallen twig	JDS
	Phyllachora graminis	on Elytrigia repens, R	GMB

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Armillaria mellea	on Betula	JDS
	Clitocybe clavipes		AWB
	Clitocybe nebularis		AWB
	Collybia butyracea		AWB
	Collybia confluens		JDS
	Conocybe mesospora	pathside	AWB
	Coprinus comatus	pathside	AWB
	Coprinus lagopus	pathside	AWB
	Gymnopilus penetrans		JDS
	Hebeloma crustuliniforme		AWB
	Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca		JDS
	Hypholoma fasciculare	on fallen branch	AWB
	Laccaria laccata		DJA
	Lactarius quietus		JDS
	Lepiota cristata	pathside	AWB
	Lepista nuda		AWB
	Macrolepiota rhacodes		JDS
	Melanoleuca polioleuca		AWB
	Mycena galericulata (4 spored)	on fallen branch	AWB
	Mycena galopus	litter	JDS
	Mycena inclinata	on fallen trunk	AWB
	Mycena stipata	on fallen branch	AWB
	Mycena vitilis	on twiggy litter	AWB
	Paxillus involutus		DJA
	Pholiota squarrosa	at base of Fraxinus	AWB
	Psathyrella piluliformis		AWB
	Russula parazurea		JDS
	Tubaria furfuracea		DJA
	Tubaria hiemalis		DJA
				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Clavulina cristata		JDS
	Daedaleopsis confragosa		JDS
	Ganoderma applanatum		AWB
	Inonotus hispidus	on fallen from Fraxinus	JDS
	Phlebia radiata	on fallen branch	AWB
	Piptoporus betulinus	on Betula	JDS
	Schizopora paradoxa	on fallen branch	JDS
	Stereum rugosum		JDS
	Stereum sanguinolentum	on fallen conifer	JDS
	Trametes versicolor		JDS
				GASTEROMYCETES
	Lycoperdon nigrescens		AWB
	Lycoperdon pyriforme	on stump	AWB
	Phallus impudicus		JDS

HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES			TREMELLALES etc.
	Exidia glandulosa	on fallen branch	JDS

UREDINIOMYCETES			UREDINALES
	Phragmidium bulbosum (III)	on Rubus fruticosus agg., R	GMB
	Phragmidium violaceum (III)	on Rubus fruticosus agg., R	GMB
	Puccinia arenariae (III)	on Silene dioica, R	GMB
	Puccinia distincta (I)	on Bellis perennis, R	GMB
	Puccinia glechomatis (III)	on Glechoma hederacea, R	GMB
	Puccinia tanaceti (II,III)	on Artemisia vulgaris, R	GMB
	Uromyces rumicis (II,III)	on Rumex obtusifolius, R	GMB
					USTILAGINALES
	Thecaphora seminis convolvuli (T)	on Calystegia silvatica seed, R	GMB

FUNGI IMPERFECTI			HYPHOMYCETES
**	Ramularia taraxaci	on Taraxacum officinale agg., R	GMB
				COELOMYCETES
	Ampelomyces quisqualis	on Erysiphe cynoglossi, R,	GMB
		on E. depressa,	GMB
		and on Sphaerotheca fusca, R	GMB

Hampton Wood			26.10.03
This visit was cancelled as the several members were attending the BMS autumn foray in Norfolk.

Draycote Meadows			02.11.03
The new chairman reports: it was a dark, wet and miserable Sunday morning when I set out.  I did not expect anyone from the group to turn up, but surprise, surprise, there were three hardy souls waiting for me!  When we set off the sun came out and we had a very pleasant walk, which was just as well, as all we found was one fungus.

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Stropharia semiglobata	grassland

Ragley Park			09.11.03
It was the best attendance of the year when twelve attended our foray to the parkland and plantations of Ragley Hall.  Once again the recent rains had made little difference to the dry ground and fungi were hard to find.
The habitat is mixed woodland when not specified.

ASCOMYCETES			DISCOMYCETES
	Ascocoryne sarcoides		DG
	Crocicreas coronatum		JW
	Rhytisma acerinum	on Acer pseudoplatanus	AWB
			LOCULOASCOMYCETES
	Rhopographus filicinus		JDS
				PLECTOMYCETES
	Erysiphe cruciferarum (A)	on Alliaria petiolata	GMB
	Erysiphe sordida (A+T)	on Plantago major, rough grassland	GMB
	Erysiphe urticae (A+T)	on Urtica dioica, hedge	GMB
	Microsphaera alphitoides (A+T)	on Quercus	GMB
	Phyllactinia guttata (A+T)	on Fagus sylvatica	GMB
	Sphaerotheca fusca (A+T)	on Taraxacum officinale, roadside	GMB
				PYRENOMYCETES
	Daldinia concentrica		JDS
	Nectria cinnabarina	on fallen twig	JDS
	Xylaria hypoxylon	on fallen branch	AWB
	Xylaria polymorpha		JDS

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Armillaria mellea s. l.		DG
	Clitocybe clavipes		JDS
	Clitocybe fragrans	leaf and bracken litter	AWB
	Collybia confluens		AWB/JRR
	Collybia dryophila		JDS
	Collybia erythropus		JDS
	Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca		JDS
	Lepista flaccida		JDS
	Marasmius oreades	grassland, fairy ring	AWB
	Mycena arcangeliana		JW
	Mycena galericulata (2 spored)	on stump	AWB
	Mycena galericulata (4 spored)	on another stump	AWB
	Mycena inclinata	on Quercus stump	JDS
	Mycena vitilis		JDS
				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Chondrostereum purpureum		JDS
	Daedaleopsis confragosa	on fallen branch	AWB
	Fistulina hepatica		DG
	Heterobasidion annosum		JDS
	Hyphodontia nespori (H. papillosa)	on fallen branch	AWB/CAL
	Inonotus dryadeus	on Quercus	JRR
	Inonotus hispidus		JDS
	Schizopora paradoxa		DG
	Typhula lutescens (2nd county record)	leaf litter	AWB/DG

HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES			TREMELLALES etc.
	Auricularia auricula-judae		DG
	Calocera viscosa		JDS
	Dacrymyces stillatus	on fallen branch	AWB/DG

UREDINIOMYCETES			UREDINALES
	Phragmidium violaceum (III)	on Rubus fruticosus agg.	GMB

Hartshill Hayes			23.11.03
It was a chilly, grey November morning but the rain kept off for the final foray of the year.  Those fungi that occur late in the season were in good numbers after the recent wetter weather.  Hartshill is an attractive wood with Larch plantations and natural areas of Oak and other broad-leaved trees.

ASCOMYCETES			DISCOMYCETES
	Rhytisma acerinum	on Acer pseudoplatanus	AWB
				PYRENOMYCETES
	Xylaria hypoxylon	on stump	JDS

HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES			AGARICALES etc
	Clitocybe clavipes	leaf litter	JW
	Clitocybe fragrans	leaf litter	JDS
	Clitocybe metachroa	amongst broad leaved litter	AWB
	Clitocybe nebularis	leaf litter	JDS
	Collybia butyracea	leaf litter	JDS
	Coprinus micaceus	on stump	JDS
	Crepidotus lundellii	on broad leaved litter	AWB
	Crepidotus variabilis	on small broad leaved twig	AWB
	Flammulina velutipes	on Prunus log	JDS
	Gymnopilus penetrans	on fallen conifer branch	AWB
	Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca	under Larix	JW
	Hypholoma fasciculare	on stump	JDS
	Kuehneromyces mutabilis	on log	AWB
	Lactarius turpis	leaf litter	JDS
	Lepista flaccida	leaf litter	JDS
	Lepista nuda	leaf litter	JDS
	Melanotus horizontalis	on fallen conifer trunk	AWB
	Mycena arcangeliana	on fallen branch	AWB
	Mycena epipterygia	on twigs	JDS
	Mycena flavoalba	turf	JDS
	Mycena galericulata	on stump	JDS
	Mycena galopus	amongst conifer litter	AWB
	Mycena inclinata	on Quercus stump	JDS
	Mycena vitilis	leaf litter	JDS
	Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis	leaf litter	JDS
	Russula ochroleuca	leaf litter	JDS
	Tubaria furfuracea	on Prunus log	JDS
				APHYLLOPHORALES
	Chondrostereum purpureum	on Prunus log	JDS
	Heterobasidion annosum	on Larix log	AWB
	Hyphodontia sambuci	on Sambucus	JDS
	Piptoporus betulinus	on Betula	JDS
	Trametes versicolor	on stump	JDS
				GASTEROMYCETES
	Lycoperdon perlatum	leaf litter	JDS
	Lycoperdon pyriforme	on stump	JDS

HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES			TREMELLALES etc.
	Auricularia auricula-judae	on Sambucus	JDS
	Calocera pallidospathulata	on softwood fence rail	AWB
	Calocera viscosa	on conifer log	AWB
	Dacrymyces stillatus	on softwood fence rail	JDS
	Exidia nucleata	on Tilia	AWB

Non-Foray Records			2003
This list also contains new records from the alternating monthly forays at Edgbaston Park and Elmdon Manor.  In spite of the poor season a number of new species, particularly powdery mildews, were added to the regularly monitored sites.  Of these there were nine new county records.  Two records for the uncommon Volvariella bombycina pleased the observers.

Aston Grove		GMB	31.08.03
**	Uncinula flexuosa (A+T)	on Aesculus hippocastanum by roadside

Binley Woods		JDS	18.11.03
**	Sphaerotheca polemonii (A)	in garden on leaves of Polemonium caeruleum

Bishopton
**	Drepanopeziza ribis (A)	on Ribis uva-crispa	AWB	04.06.03
**	Uncinula necator (A)	on Vitis	GMB	07.11.03
**	Ramularia beticola	on Beta vulgaris (leaf beet)	GMB	03.05.03
**	Septoria obesa	on Chrysanthemum x superba (oxeye daisy)
			GMB	25.08.03

Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve (SSSI)		JDS
 *	Erysiphe biocellata	on leaves of Mentha aquatica		22.09.03
 *	Erysiphe cruciferarum	on leaves of Alliaria petiolata		30.08.03
 *	Microsphaera hypericacearum	on leaves of Hypericum		22.09.03
	Sphaerotheca fusca	on leaves of Bidens cernua		30.08.03
		(new host but no material)
 *	Crepidotus cesatii	on twigs of Crataegus		02.01.03
 *	Cyathus olla	in raised flowerbed with wood-chip mulch	26.11.03
	Puccinia phragmitis	on leaves of Rumex		05.06.03

Brandon Wood & Hall		JDS
 *	Peziza cerea	on rotting sandbags, pathside		02.07.03
 *	Erysiphe cynoglossi	on leaves of Myosotis arvensis		04.10.03
**	Erysiphe knautiae (A)	on leaves of Succisa pratensis		23.09.03
 *	Erysiphe urticae	on leaves of Urtica dioica		06.10.03
 *	Microsphaera ornata (A)	on leaves of pollarded Betula		17.09.03
 *	Sphaerotheca aphanis	on leaves of Rubus fruticosus agg.		25.09.03
		(new host but no material)
 *	Phyllactinia guttata	on underside of fallen Fagus leaves	Hall	05.11.03
		(new host but no material)
 *	Hypoxylon fragiforme	on fallen Fagus branch	Hall	21.04.03
 *	Agrocybe molesta	grassland		06.07.03
 *	Crepidotus cesatii	on twigs of Crataegus		03.01.03
 *	Galerina clavata	mossy soil at trackside		19.11.03
 *	Phaeomarasmius erinaceus	on dead Salix trunk		29.11.03
	Pholiota highlandensis	on a burnt Pinus trunk		11.11.03
 *	Lycoperdon lividum	sandy path		11.11.03

Brueton Park & Conservation Area		JW
 *	Agrocybe praecox	on wood chips under Pseudotsuga menziesii	09.06.03
 *	Calocybe gambosa	grassland		12.05.03
 *	Conocybe lactea	grassland		30.07.03
 *	Hypholoma fasciculare	on wood		01.10.03
 *	Marasmius oreades	grassland		29.05.03
 *	Mycena haematopus	on wood		19.09.03
 *	Mycena olivaceomarginata	grassland		20.11.03
 *	Pluteus salicinus	on wood		19.09.03
 *	Pluteus semibulbosus	on Fraxinus		22.09.03
 *	Psathyrella microrhiza	on wood		06.10.03
 *	Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis	leaf litter under Fraxinus		12.11.03
 *	Volvariella bombycina	on Fraxinus		24.08.03
 *	Laetiporus sulphureus	on wood		24.08.03
 *	Pleurotus dryinus	on Fraxinus		01.10.03
 *	Polyporus squamosus	on Salix		26.06.03
 *	Lycoperdon perlatum	leaf litter under Quercus		17.11.03
 *	Tremella mesenterica	on twig		23.06.03

Coombe Pool & Country Park		JDS
 *	Erysiphe urticae	on leaves of Urtica dioica		13.10.03
 *	Macrolepiota procera	mixed woodland		10.07.03
	Pholiota populnea	many fruitbodies on logs of Populus x canadensis	20.11.03

Crackley Wood		JDS	18.10.03
 *	Xerocomus parasiticus	on Scleroderma citrinum

Edgbaston Park Nature Reserve			19.10.03
 *	Pholiota aurivella	on fallen Fagus trunk	Brian Perry/DJA

Kenilworth			14.09.03
**	Gymnosporangium sabinae (A) (G. fuscum)	on Pyrus communis	C Birt/GMB

New Close Wood		JDS	25.08.03
 *	Volvariella bombycina	on sawn end of felled Populus?

Packwood House (SP173772)		JRR	24.05.03
	Calocybe gambosa	grassland by hedge
	Entoloma clypeatum	near Crataegus

Ryton Wood Nature Reserve (SSSI)		JDS	09.10.03
 *	Erysiphe circaeae	on leaves of Circaea lutetiana
 *	Microsphaera ornata (A)	on leaves of Betula

South Cubbington Wood (SP52682)		JRR	27.11.03
	Macrotyphula fistulosa	on deciduous twigs
	Macrotyphula juncea	on deciduous twigs

Sutton Park – Bracebridge		JDS	03.10.03
 *	Clitocybe geotropa	leaf litter, mixed woodland

Temple Balsall Nature Reserve		JDS	06.09.03
**	Polyporus tuberaster	on stump

Tile Hill Wood NR		JDS	01.10.03
 *	Erysiphe urticae	on leaves of Urtica dioica
 *	Microsphaera ornata (A)	on leaves of pollarded Betula
	Scleroderma areolatum	mixed woodland

Wappenbury Wood		JDS	23.10.03
 *	Erysiphe heraclei	on leaves of Heracleum sphondylium
 *	Microsphaera ornata (A)	on leaves of pollarded Betula
 *	Uncinula adunca	on leaves of Salix caprea, cinerea

Woodcote Road, Leamington (SP315670)		JRR	07.07.03
	Boletus luridus	under Betula

No. 38 March 2004