Walk leader Cecily Franklin. Species list entered by Richard Jacob. Identifiers Jim Tunney, Dick Dougall, Richard Jacob and Cecily Franklin.

Generally dry but quite a lot of moisture in the hollow so more species that you would expect.

List of species found on the walk at Dark Hollow Woods Park:

[icon style=”camera”] Camarops petersii (Dog’s Nose),
[icon style=”camera”] Cantharellus lateritius (Smooth chanterelle),
[icon style=”camera”] Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa (Coral Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Climacodon septentrionale (Northern Tooth Fungus),
[icon style=”camera”] Crepidotus applanatus (Flat Crep),
[icon style=”camera”] Daedaleopsis confragosa (Thin-maze Flat Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Daldinia concentrica (Carbon Balls),
[icon style=”camera”] Ganoderma applanatum (Artist’s Conk),
[icon style=”camera”] Gyroporus castaneus (Chestnut Bolete),
[icon style=”camera”] Hericium erinaceus (Bearded Tooth),
[icon style=”camera”] Hydnochaete olivaceus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Hypocrea chromosperma (),
[icon style=”camera”] Irpex lacteus (Milk-white Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Kretzschmaria deusta (Carbon Cushion, Brittle Cinder),
[icon style=”camera”] Laccaria ochropurpurea (Purple-gilled Laccaria),
[icon style=”camera”] Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf),
[icon style=”camera”] Meripilus sumstinei (Black-staining Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena haematopus (Bleeding Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Mycena leaiana (Orange Mycena),
[icon style=”camera”] Panellus stipticus (Luminescent Panellus),
[icon style=”camera”] Piptoporus betulinus (Birch Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus cervinus (Deer mushroom),
[icon style=”camera”] Pluteus petasatus (),
[icon style=”camera”] Polyporus elegans (Elegant Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula mariae (Purple-bloom Russula),
[icon style=”camera”] Russula xerampelina (Shellfish Russula),
[icon style=”camera”] Scleroderma citrinum (Pigskin Poison Puffball),
[icon style=”camera”] Scutellinia scutellata (Reddish Eyelash Cup),
[icon style=”camera”] Stemonitis splendens (Chocolate Tube Slime),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum complicatum (Crowded Parchment),
[icon style=”camera”] Stereum ostrea (False Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes elegans (),
[icon style=”camera”] Trametes versicolor (Turkey-tail),
[icon style=”camera”] Trichaptum biforme (Violet Toothed-Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Tyromyces chioneus (White Cheese Polypore),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria hypoxylon (Carbon Antlers),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers),
[icon style=”camera”] Xylobolus frustulatus (Ceramic Parchment)

Comments:
Russula xerampelina is probably Russula fucosa when you consider our location and the predominance of Beech and conifer in the area.