Brandon Country Park / Thetford Forest fungi & Tubifera ferruginosa – 13th October 2024

14 October 2024

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We started off from the Brandon Country Park car park and walked towards the B1106 to cross over into Thetford Forest.

Along the way we spotted what looks like Lepiota magnispora — the yellowfoot dapperling.

Looks like Lepiota magnispora – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

A Google Lens search pops up with references to L. magnispora and cross referencing with First Nature and Mykokey’s AI identifier corroborates this. First Nature states that this mushroom is “best recognised in the field by the ragged veil fragments that hang from the rim of its scaly cap” — in the photo above to the left of the rim you can see what looks like a ragged remnant of veil. Also the base of the stem has large woolly scales.

They were scattered about the woodland floor.

Possible Lepiota magnispora – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

Mykokey’s AI identifier suggests that these three delicate mushrooms below could be Mycena crocata — the saffrondrop bonnet — and states that it occurs almost exclusively on the wood of beech trees. The area between the car park and the B1106 has many beech trees.

Maybe Mycena crocata – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

In Thetford forest we saw so many Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) mushrooms!

Amanita muscaria – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Amanita muscaria – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Amanita muscaria – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Amanita muscaria – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024

An emerging fly agaric.

Emerging Amanita muscaria – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024

At the same spot as a year ago we spotted the wonderful Spathularia flavida again — the yellow fan fungus.

Spathularia flavida – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Spathularia flavida – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Spathularia flavida – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024

On a log – many small developing pseudoaethalia of Tubifera ferruginosa in shades of fuscous, clay-pink and apricot-orange.

Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024

On a stump more Tubifera ferruginosa.

Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Thetford Forest
13th October 2024

Back in Brandon Country Park more Tubifera ferruginosa on a stump.

Tubifera ferruginosa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024
Tubifera ferruginosa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

The ballooning sporangia are wonderful!

Tubifera ferruginosa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

I think the mushroom below is a false chanterelle — Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca — and the Mykokey AI identifier concurs.

Possibly Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

The bright orange forking gills are super!

Possibly Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

First Nature describes the gills as repeatedly-forking and often being a brighter orange than the cap colour.

In the section of woodland running parallel with the B1106 some Macrolepiota procera — parasol mushrooms.

Macrolepiota procera – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

The parasol mushroom has a distinctive snake-skin like pattern on the stem.

Macrolepiota procera – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

And possibly these below are felted twiglet mushrooms — Tubaria conspersa.

Possibly Tubaria conspersa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

Like the probable false chanterelle further above, I’m drawn to the gills which are slightly decurrent.

Possibly Tubaria conspersa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024

Running all three of these photos (above and below) through MykoKey’s AI identifier came back with a high probability for T. conspersa on all of them. First Nature has some photos of the felted twiglet that are somewhat similar and mentions that T. conspersa can have slightly decurrent gills and that the stem is scaly when young — which these appear to show.

Possibly Tubaria conspersa – Brandon Country Park
13th October 2024