FUNGAL SIGHTINGS
 
News from within and outside the area.
 
5th January 2026 - Abney Hall, Stockport, G. Manchester - Plicaturopsis crispa was the only fungus seen today on an icy walk.
 
4th January 2026 - Greenway Bank, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - A circular walk to finish the weekend, again it was frozen solid and so the only fungi recorded were:- Cerioporis leptocephala; Taphrina betulina; Rhopographus filicinus; Daedaleopsis confragosa; Bjerkandera adusta; Schizophyllum commune; Phragmidium violaceum; Nectria cinnabarina; Stereum hirsutum; Daldinia concentrica and Xylaria carpophila.
 
4th January 2026 - Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - A walk to get the steps in and feed the birds. It was dithering but we did see a few fungal species:- Fomitopsis betulina; Rhopographus filicinus; Stereum rugosum; Flammulina velutipes; Auricularia auricula-judae; Apioperdon pyriforme; Taphrina betulina; Xylaria hypoxylon; Nectria cinnabarina and Annulohypoxylon multiforme.
 
3rd January 2026 - Telford Park, Shropshire - Snow had fallen, the fungi were doomed. We only recorded:- Phragmidium violaceum; Flammulina velutipes; Phellinus igniarius; Trametes versicolor; Byssomerulius corium; Xylaria hypoxylon; Fomitopsis betulina; Stereum hirsutum; Nectria cinnabarina; Coprinellus micaceus; Diaporthe samaricola and Phoma samarorum.
 
2nd January 2026 - River Mersey, Stockport, G. Manchester - Cycling home, a look under a few logs for bugs and I also spied:- Daldinia concentrica; Hypoxylon fuscum; Lepista saeva and Crepidotus mollis whilst further along I added Rhopographus filicinus.
 
2nd January 2026 - Chorlton Water Park, G. Manchester - The frosts are here and scuppered any fungal plans. I watched the birds, had a short mooch and cycled home. The few fungi recorded were:- Nitschkia confertula; Leotia lubrica; Peniophora quercina; Puccinia caricina var. ribesii-pendulae; Trochila ilicina; Trametes versicolor; Pleurotus ostreatus; Annulohypoxylon multiforme; Fomitopsis betulina; Exidia nucleata; Hypoxylon petriniae; Hypoxylon intermedium; Ganoderma australe; Bisporella sulfurina; Bjerkandera adusta and Mycena tenerrima.
 
1st January 2026 - Pennington Flash, Leigh, G. Manchester - A birding trip with a few extras thrown in and of course, some fungal examples. Today's set of myco-species identified were:- Hypocrea pilulifera; Dendryphion comosum; Endophragmia atra; Mollisia cinerella; Lachnum virgineum; Crepidotus cesatii; Nitschkia confertula; Erythricium aurantiacum; Phragmidium bulbosum; Sarcomyxa serotina; Trametes gibbosa; Uromyces hyacinthi; Rhytisma acerinum; Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma; Pleurotus ostreatus; Mensularia radiata; Peniophora quercina; Fomes fomentarius; Puccinia lagenophorae; Stereum rugosum; Diaporthe samaricola; Phoma samarorum; Mycena tenerrima; Ganoderma applanatum; Botryobasidium aureum; Byssomerulius corium; Tremella mesenterica; Coprinellus disseminatus; Dacrymyces stillatus; Phellinus pomaceus; Taphrina betulina; Exidia nucleata; Hypoxylon intermedium; Hypoxylon petriniae; Coprinellus micaceus; Fomitopsis betulina; Daedaleopsis confragosa; Coprinopsis atramentaria; Cylindrobasidium laeve; Xylaria hypoxylon; Annulohypoxylon multiforme; Eichleriella deglubens; Auricularia auricula-judae; Hyphodontia sambuci; Trametes versicolor; Nectria cinnabarina; Flammulina velutipes; Chondrostereum purpureum and Stereum hirsutum.