Fingi on lowland heathland

rowanalder · #1 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 12:59 PM

Hi everyone,

which species of fungi play the decompser level role on lowland heathland. Could someone please give me the names of 3 or species that grow on lowland heath.

Cheers Ro

flaxton · #2 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 01:32 PM

Hi Ro (does that sound Chinese

)

One of my local sites is a SSSI lowland heath in North Yorkshire. I could give you quite a list but in the Boletes alone there are impolitus, edulis, luridus, luridiformis, chrysenteron, badius, subtomentosus, radicans and rubellus as well as lots of Leccinum Tylopilus and Chalciporus.

Mal

rowanalder · #3 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by flaxton

Hi Ro (does that sound Chinese

)

One of my local sites is a SSSI lowland heath in North Yorkshire. I could give you quite a list but in the Boletes alone there are impolitus, edulis, luridus, luridiformis, chrysenteron, badius, subtomentosus, radicans and rubellus as well as lots of Leccinum Tylopilus and Chalciporus.

Mal

Lol, no its not chinese its short for rowan

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Cheers i just need a couple of scientific names 3 or 4 that work as decomposers in the food web.

Cheer Ro

fairplay · #4 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 03:57 PM

Hello Ro, and welcome to WAB,
I live on the edge of the Sandlings Heath on the Suffolk Coast and I assume you are after macro, saprotrophic fungi, so here goes :

Cystoderma amianthinum
Entoloma bloxami
Galerina hypnorum
Hygrocybe miniata
Lycoperdon ericaeum (acid grasslands - very rare)
L.nigrescens
L.utriforme (acid grassland)
Marasmius androsaceus (can also be parasitic)
Mycena epipterigea
M.sanguinolenta

You doing a course or something ?

Neil.

fairplay · #5 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 08:54 PM

Ro,

I see you have responded to replies to your other posts elsewhere.
I hope you are satisfied with the list I gave you as it was not easy working out which occur on heathland and then which are saprophytic and not parasitic or mychorrhizal.

As someone who does a lot of work on heathland management, it would be nice to know the reason for your interest in heathlands.

Neil.

NickCantle · #6 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fairplay

Ro,

I see you have responded to replies to your other posts elsewhere.
I hope you are satisfied with the list I gave you as it was not easy working out which occur on heathland and then which are saprophytic and not parasitic or mychorrhizal.

As someone who does a lot of work on heathland management, it would be nice to know the reason for your interest in heathlands.

Neil.

So impatient

fairplay · #7 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by NickCantle

So impatient

I'm worried he's going to produce a book with the information he is getting from WAB for now't - have you seen his other post on wanting to know what insects/mammals live on 4 specific Boletus spp. ?

Neil.

It's not fair, I want a mention in the credits.

solus · #8 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by fairplay

I'm worried he's going to produce a book with the information he is getting from WAB for now't - have you seen his other post on wanting to know what insects/mammals live on 4 specific Boletus spp. ?

And in Birds, about what heathland seeds Woodlarks eat!

Are you worried you might be doing someone's homework for them when you had to do yours all by yourself?!!

flaxton · #9 (**permalink**) 10-12-2009, 10:24 PM

What's the harm in using the WAB not just the WEB to do homework

Mal

SheffieldLass · #10 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by flaxton

What's the harm in using the WAB not just the WEB to do homework

Mal

It breeds laziness and an inability to properly research .... Next step is buying essays ...

I wonder what reference will be used next to that bit of info ... (Fairplay 2009, http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...-fingi-lowland Accessed 10/12/2009) I hope. Should become obvious to any good assessor that they've not actually looked up the information if it is not there .... And if it is there, that they are taking short cuts.

We used to get emailed at work by school students wanting easy replies to their homework questions. Seemed that the teachers were encouraging it too. Well given that we had to actually do work to make an income, time not working was time not making an income, you can guess where those requests ended up. Straight in that waste bin on the screen. Seems like this lot have moved on to A levels or higher education, and are still wanting it easy.

When we were young we knew adults' work was important and you did not bother them. Now it has become seemingly ok to email complete strangers at their place of work and expect replies.

Melanie