Cullaloe LNR end of August -1090

After ignoring the site for a while and doing other things I returned to sweep up some fungi after the recent wet weather. The season is clearly in full swing and four species were added to the reserve list in one hour. Clearly lots of common fungi are still to be added. According to the recently published Fungi of Temperate Europe you should expect 5 times the number of fungi (was it 5...) as there are plants, which means I only have about another 1300 or so to find here. This is the best fungal book I've acquired for a good while and is an absolute steal for the money. It isn't a field guide, though - it's two heavy A4 volumes of great info and photos..

If you're interested in bothering fungi then you can get the aforementioned two vol set at a good price here:
https://www.nhbs.com/fungi-of-temperate-europe-2-volume-set-book

Russula xerampelina

Milking Bonnet - surprisingly new for reserve

Porcelain fungus - also new

Diatrype disciformis and Hypoxylon fragiforme on beech

Cortinarius bolaris - new

Beech Knight - abundant, as you can see

Hare's Ear

Latest additions:

1079			R		diptera	Platycheirus rosarum	A hover fly
1080					odonata	Aeshna juncea	Common Hawker
1081					flowering plant	Succisa pratensis	Devil’s-bit Scabious
1082					hemiptera	Picromerus bidens	Spined Shieldbug
1083					Fungus	Tricholoma sciodes	Beech Knight
1084					Fungus	Russula nobilis	Beechwood Sickener
1085			R		Fungus	Russula xerampelina	Crab brittlegill
1086			R		Fungus	Oudemansiella mucida	Porcelain Fungus
1087					Fungus	Otidea onotica	Hare's Ear
1088			R		Fungus	Cortinarius bolaris	Dappled Webcap
1089					Fungus	Diatrype disciformis	Beech Barkspot
1090			R		Fungus	Mycena galopus	Milking Bonnet