7 October 2001 - SANDLINGS AREA
As with Geoff Heathcote's Fungus Foray at Brandon on 30 September, this was another very poor SNS turnout with only three members attending. This is disappointing as fungi are really interesting and beautiful organisms. They come in all shapes and sizes, can be found in a wide range of habitats and are often misunderstood.
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Sandlings area is not ideally suited for fungi but it is surprising what can turn up. A total of 64 species were recorded, the most spectacular being Pholiota adiposa growing on a beech log, and Hygrocybe miniata, a wax cap, growing in grass on the golf course fairway that we crossed on our walk.
We ended the walk with a brief look at the former Ian's Reserve, once given to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust but now sold back to its previous owner! Unfortunately, this excellent fungi site with its habitat piles and their linking corridors is no longer being maintained as it was. At least three species of fungi grow in this wood which have not been recorded elsewhere in Suffolk. I fear for their future.
Thanks are extended to Colin Jacobs for compiling the species list.
Neil Mahler
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