QUODITCH EDUCATION DEVON

QUODITCH MOOR NATURE RESERVE

THE FUNGI

In the Autumn the whole area is a mass of fungi. Over sixty different species have been identified on the land.  Here are the few that we have photographed so far.

This is Blushing Bracket fungus (Daedaleopsis confragosa) and it is quite common throughout the area.

 

This is a many zoned Polypore (Coriolus Versicolor)

which can be found mainly on tree stumps in the fourth field.

 

 This is the Green Wood Cup (Chlorociboria aeruginascens) which can be found all over the area. It only appears in this form in the Autumn but can be found easily all year round because it stains the wood green/cyan.

At one time the stained wood was highly prized as a veneer because it was used in the manufacture of marquetry work known as Tunbridge Ware.

For the rest of the year the wood looks like this

GREEN WOOD CUP

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  REFERENCES

Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain and Europe, Roger Phillips   (Macmillan  Reference 1994)

Country Guides - Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe, Paul Sterry (Chancellor Press 1991)

A Magna Field Guide - Mushrooms, Mirko Svrcek (Magna Books 1994)

Encyclopaedia of Fungi - Gerrit J Keiser (Rebo Productions 1997)

 

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