{"id":14192,"date":"2026-01-20T16:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14192"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:31:19","slug":"walker-wood-15-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/walker-wood-15-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Wood 15 Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A walk through Walker Wood looking for fungi. Lots of guessing of IDs but I think I am somewhere near. I didn’t check the undersides of every small brackets but I did see that some had fine pores and others were smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The header image is Dead Moll’s Fingers fungus. These are very similar to Dead Man’s Fingers but have a narrowing of the stem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mainly Brackets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Quite a few of the fungi found were bracket fungi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Blushing Bracket, Daedaleopsis confragosa<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • False Turkeytail, Stereum hirsutum<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Birch Polypore, Fomitopsis betulina<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Yellowing Curtain Crust, Stereum subtomentosum<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Others were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • an Oysterling species quite possibly the Variable Oysterling, Crepidotus variabilis<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • A jelly fungus Crystal Brain, Exidia nucleata<\/em>, though I didn’t cut into it to look for crystals. I have never done that and I don’t know how big the crystals are so I might have needed my magnifying glass that was back at the car. It could be White Brain Fungus, Exidia thuretiana<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Black Rhizomorphs. I believe black Rhizomorphs like these are indicative of Honey Fungus variety of mushrooms – Armillaria<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Coral Spot fungus, Nectria cinnabarina<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dead Moll’s Fingers, Xylaria longipes<\/em>, as opposed to Dead Man’s Fingers, Xylaria polymorpha<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • I didn’t examine the hairs on the underside of the bright red elfcup so it could be Scarlet Elfcup, Sarcoscypha austriaca<\/em> or Ruby Elfcup, Sarcoscypha coccinea<\/em>. See the next chapter<\/em> for a bit more about finding it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Jelly Ear Fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • and the last one – Warlock’s Butter, Exidia nigricans<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Spoons, Poo & Feathers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      In many places in Walker Wood the leaf litter is quite deep and tucked under some leaves I spotted a promising pink dome. What fungus could this be I wondered. Nothing appears to have nibbled at it. After taking some of the leaves off I realised why it was not being eaten. No stem, no pores or gills, just a slightly brighter underside where the weather hadn’t faded the plastic as much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Soon after seeing this spoon I spotted two small, bright red patches, smaller than a \u00a31 coin. The red was so vivid compared to the potential fungal spoon that I almost dismissed it as plastic but had a closer look. It turned out to be the Scarlet or Ruby Elfcup shown in the gallery above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      I have only once spotted a Roe Deer in Walker Wood but there is plenty of evidence of them with several areas with deer droppings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      It has been noticeable that I have seen more plucking posts on my recent walks than I normally see. I guess this could be because of the wet weather tending to stick the feathers down so they don’t get disbursed as quickly by the wind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Track<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      The squiggles show where I wandered taking the photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n