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Hi doug.
Does it smellof moth balls? Naphthalene is a characteristic odour.I have clavarioid keys.…also, can we assume these spores are hyaline and not black (ish)?
Something seems wrong ‘ere. The spores look like Dasycyphella nivea but the little black spots don’t compute. No idea 🙁
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TomThis is a very interesting find and may well indicate that years like this (long warm summer and relatively dry) not only moves the season back but also throws up some rarities. We only have two records for Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides in VC66, both recorded by the ubiqitous Gordon S. (found by m. Gallimore)
E.muricatus throws up two records for VC66 by Cath gillie and Alan Legg. That is all.Get ’em on a list!
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Tom….except, of course, I am completely incorrect (and this from the man who appeared on TV with a whole host of G.striatum…and who converted his kitchen in to a photographic studio so that Paul Foster could photograph said species in minutiae). The striations are ABOVE the collar.
TomYes. From the pic it looks like G.striatum. There should be pronounced lines (striations) beneath the collar.
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TomHiAlan,
Glad to see you. The h
H.lacunosa was on the path amongst stony fragments. I thought you had a pic!
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TomHello each,
Many things will drive out maggots. An old mycologost friend of mine,French, would put mushroom caps in a lidded pan with an egg-cup full of petrol overnight. This did the trick quite nicely….of course, being French, he was evacuating the maggots in order to eat the muchrooms. Others of his nationality were not so fussy….they ate them maggots and all.
I have used PVC solvent to good effect. It has the advantage of being a blobby gel which just turns solid over a few hours, but maggots expire during this short time.
On a side note, I annually collect a kilo or two of H.repandum from a certain location which we shall visit later on. This year the blighters have “first flushed” rather early and are under attack from tiny, thready fly (unknown) larvae. I do not eat them as I find the smell of petrol repulsive.
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TomHi John,
As always, Laura will need all of this for putting in the Newsletter.
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Yes to the additional pics…I an also “see” what might be clamp connections but though more defined than what I managed to see last year (not clear at all) there are certainly swellings in evidence…one then has to question what is and what is not a clamp “connection”. Let Doug take a look or prod him.
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TomHi Keith,
No. No entolomas yet…I mean “yet”. Had the blighters last year in February but could not accurately identify.I had the same priblem but DID manage to find 3- 4 clamp conns with fine forceps strip removal from cap. I gaveup.
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TomGenerally this is as far as we (the NEFSG) need to go in terms of “legal” obligations…and even then, provided that all the required, emphasise “required”, permissions are in place we are essentially covered by double indemnity of the BMS affilliation and ABFG membership. The duality of cover would be a problem if a claim was ever made…but whilst we pay for the ABFG membership because it gives us what we need in terms of cover per foray ie. Official forays of the NEFSG regardless, largely, of the “make up” of the members (ABFG or not,provided that a significantly large percentage, not defined but say 95% NEFSG members),foray “leaders” are not in the consideration.
Of much greater importance is the clear understanding that we do not trespass and that we adhere to “best practice” gudelines.
The “Foray” leader is a titular role which does not extend past the not too onerous task of making sure that parking and route and post-foray arrangements are in place…the production of the “list” of finds takes a little effort but it is a good discipline and help is always to hand.
Any suggestions on improving our foray procedure will be looked at enthusiastically!
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Tom