21st November 2016

The Fungal Friends Group is now a recording movement that is there for anyone who wishes to record, share and enjoy fungi. The group as it was is now defunct and from here on in all work undertaken is done with high emphasis on Fungal Conservation.

9th November 2016 - TOTALS

As I did last year on 10th September (and as I will continue to do so) here are the top ten recording locations for the Fungal Friends Group according to The Fungal Conservation Trust's Database. Out of 109 recording sources the group is now in 10th position with a total of 15, 501 records of 958 spcies. Here are the sites that have the most species recorded.

Tatton Park - 345 species

Etherow CP - 327 species

Moore NR - 279 species

Mere Sands Wood - 278 species

Ainsdale NR - 231 species

Erddig CP - 219 species

Nunsmere Hall - 204 species

Delamere Forest - 202 species

Marbury/Anderton - 198 species

Harthill/Rawhead - 182 species

11th October 2016 - FEEDBACK

I have been slack logging feedback from the walks - here is some from Arley Hall.

'Great afternoon with an enthusiastic leader'

'Excellent event.  Very informative and friendly guide'

'Dave was very knowledgeable about the subject and also very interesting and entertaining'

Very kind some people are and I still keep on my toes.

1st September 2016 - FUNGI RECORDING LEAGUE

I am always interested to see how we are doing as a group in comparison to other similar recording bodies so what better way to highlight our achievements than to scan The Fungus Conservation Trust's Database and see were we stand in regards to inputted records.  The table below lists the 28 most fertile recording groups and indicates what great work is being done out in the field.  From a holistic point of view I feel a great sense of achievement has been had by many field mycologists who are willing to get out, indulge in the passion and then sit behind a computer screen and log all their finds.  It is a rewarding display of what people can achieve with a little passion and dedication.  From the Fungal Friends Group perspective I feel as though we are making some headway at long last and our endeavours to help on the conservation of the UK's mycota are indicated in the following list.

No of Records	Group name	No of Species
97914	Cotswold Fungus Group	2395
73655	Norfolk Fungus Group	3108
56165	Dean Fungus Group	2724
42061	Mid Yorkshire Fungus Group	2350
38859	Warwickshire Fungus Survey	2811
36388	Herefordshire Fungus Survey	2686
32005	Buckinghamshire Fungus Group	2222
18802	Huntingdon Fungus Group	2063
18345	North East Fungus Study Group	2066
14968	Nottinghamshire Fungus Group	1278
14403	Worcestershire Fungus Group	1176
13518	Fungal Friends Fungus Group	904
10349	Highland Biological Recording Group	1922
9667	Devon Fungus Group	1139
9575	3 Counties Fungus Group	1017
9547	Pembrokeshire Fungus Recording Network	888
8671	MODEstates Aldershot Fungus Group	443
8649	Northamptonshire Fungus Group	1653
7955	Staffordshire Fungus Group	1131
6590	North Som. and Bristol Fungus Group	1078
6387	Greater Manchester Fungus Group	555
6311	Grampian Fungus Group	970
6266	Gwent Fungus Group	945
3937	Hampshire Fungus Recording Group	762
3498	Cornwall Fungus Recording Group	726
3487	Dorset Fungus Group	532
3144	Kent Field Club	788
2843	Lincolnshire Naturalist Union	517

Records of my personal input are split 3 ways so I needed to work out where I was after adding the totals.  It transpired I was 25th out of 3315 recorders which ain't half bad.  My figure includes 2122 of my good wife's records which I kindly inputted and am deviously claiming - share and share alike I say.  On we must go and keep the records coming or face head on the simple equation - no records = no argument for conservation - think on peeps!