Late flush of B.edulis ?

[DanTe]

Originally Posted by fairplay

Hello Dan,

Where have you been hiding to ? It's just that people who study fungi seriously in Suffolk are quite thin on the ground.
With at least 4 relic heathlands scattered around Ipswich, each with SSSI status, it would be highly unlikely you know where I am referring to.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by the "kick it over and have a look brigade" - do you mean 'put your foot on it brigade' or 'collect the whole lot' brigade ?

Neil.

Hello Neil. I must admit I've been innocently 'lurking' as they say, on WAB but without a great deal of time to get out and about as I work offshore in the main as a fisheries scientist/surveyor, I've not had too much I can contribute to the site.
I'll try and post up some pics of some recent mushroom forays including a couple of interesting New Forest finds.

Hope I did'nt cause offence as as that wasn't my intention it's just that I've seen a couple of fairly obscure woods mentioned specifically on 'the web' in the last month or so (not on this site I hasten to add) and the result has been a almost 100% increase in "kicked over/squashed and looked at" fungi in one and almost nothing apart from sliced stems in the otherwise prolific other. Both are within easy reach of North London.
I've been at one this afternoon and it seems to now be well on the Ray Mears watching, weekend wildman map.
I appreciate your initial mention of the area was vague. I know the areas of heath your talking about as I grew up in and around that part of Suffolk but your right I could'nt pin point the exact one but might be able to have three good guesses which might be enough for the more narrow minded greedy types you mention...

Anyways, do I take it you undertake Fungi surveys on a county recorder type level? If so my friends estate that I mentioned in my last post has quite large areas of undisturbed grounds and pasture grasslands that have quite a number of 'mini' species that might be interesting to identify. if it's something that might interest you please drop me a line.
Cheers
Dan

[fairplay]

Thanks Dan, I have emailed you.

Neil.

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Seems to always be plenty of B. edulis at Knettishall Neil. Is that a bit close to the border for you?

AHA ! Sussed !

So this is why they are 'thin on the ground' in Suffolk - the natives from over the border have been invading Suffolk and taking our gold.
Just for that, I'm not going to bother to find any more Battarrea phalloides sites in Norfolk, and I shall give up my search to try to find a Myriostoma coliforme site for Norfolk (to think I felt sorry for you lot ) and ... and, I'm not going to find anymore ANT LION PIT locations in Norfolk either (but only because the County Ecologist at N.C.Council couldn't be bothered to reply to my email informing her of my discovery of this being only Norfolk's second site.)

(Thinks - that'll teach 'em)

Neil.