Visit to Potteric Carr Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Reserve - 7 th October 2018 Fungus Foray

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1 Visit to Potteric Carr Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Reserve - 7 th October 2018 Fungus Foray 5 members travelled to Potteric Carr with the intention of carrying out a Fungus Foray, mainly to try and see Earth Stars in better condition than on previous visits. This was combined with the usual bird and flower count etc. Linda & Mick Fairest, Graham Gill, Brian Smithson and Malcolm Swift. We parked in the new car park and there recorded Jackdaw, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit and Black-headed Gull. The weather was fine following a wet day and an overnight frost. At the visitor centre we were informed that a Bittern had been seen at Decoy Hide so we had a chat amongst ourselves and decided to take the Railway Route first and leave the woodland at Beeston Plantation (fungi) for later. Along the railway route we soon came across a group of Giant Puffball fungi along the top of the bank just before Decoy Hide. A little further on we saw a large clump of Honey fungus feeding on an old tree stump along with Fly Agaric and Sulphur Tuft. A good start to our Foray. At Decoy hide we noted Shoveler and Mute Swan but no Bittern to be seen. We also became aware of a dead Mute Swan in the reeds, probably a victim of Avian botulism (caused by the increase in blue green algae due to the exceptionally hot summer) which has killed 30 plus swans at nearby Lake Side. Further along, and after a little searching off the footpath we saw several Earth Star fungi (Geastrum Triplex) just emerging from the leaf litter and hoped to see better specimens later. At Eaa Hide we recorded Little Grebe, Moorhen, Mallard and heard a Cetti s Warbler calling in the distance. Despite it being October there were still plenty of wild flowers to be seen, probably a second flush after a drought summer? Sow Thistle, Viper s Bugloss, Musk Mallow, Devil s-bit Scabious, Water Mint and Weld to name but a few. We made our way around to the Education Centre and Willow Pool Hide where we saw Willow Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch and Great Tit. On then to the hides overlooking Huxter Well Marsh. At Duchess Hide we recorded Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon, Lapwing and Cormorant etc. Between the hides and the railway beneath the trees we found specimens of last year s Earth Stars along with more Fly Agaric, Common Earth Ball, Brown Birch Bolete, Shaggy Parasol Mushroom and others which were photographed for identification later. After our packed lunch we proceeded along the trail calling at each hide as we went proceeded towards Roger Mitchell Hide. En route we were lucky enough to see a Roe Deer close up before reaching Tofield Hide. We carried on around Huxter Well Marsh and looked in at Piper Marsh Hide but as time was passing by and we were aware the car park closed at 5pm Mick went to move the car to the overspill car park which is not secured. The rest of us went around the Discovery Zone Trail to Beeston Plantation in the hope of more fungi. As we approached the woods we saw another Roe Deer running across a field. Along the trail we recorded Orange Peel Fungus, Birch Polypore, Tinder Fungus, Penny Bun, Common Yellow Russula etc. Eventually we met up again with Mick and returned to the car having spent nearly 8 hours on this reserve! Alas, no fine specimens of earth stars, but a good day with plenty to see. Flowers 51 Birds 42 Mammals 4 Insects 1 Amphibian 1 Fungi 30 Reporter: Linda Fairest

2 Flowers Birds Black Knapweed Guelder Rose berries Jackdaw Black Medic Hawthorn berries Great Spotted Woodpecker Bladder Campion Rose Hips Long-tailed Tit Bramble Sloes Black-headed Gull Bristly Ox-tongue Mare s Tail Great Tit Buddleia Robin Common Ragwort Blue Tit Common Toad s Flax Goldfinch Creeping Thistle Chaffinch Dandelion Mammals Dunnock Devil s-bit Scabious Roe Deer Pheasant Enchanter s Nightshade Grey Squirrel Little Grebe Field Scabious Stoat Coot Fleabane Mole hills Moorhen Great Bindweed Wigeon Great Hairy Willowherb Mallard Greater Knapweed Cetti s Warbler Ground Elder Insects Mute Swan Groundsel Speckled Wood b/f Shoveler Herb Robert Redwing Hogbite Amphibian Carrion Crow Hogweed Wren Meadow Buttercup Froglet Grey Heron Michaelmas Daisy Willow Tit Moonpenny Buzzard Musk Mallow Snipe Nettle Shelduck Perennial Sow Thistle Lapwing Perforate St. John s wort Gadwall Pineapple Mayweed Teal Purple Loosestrife Wigeon Red Campion Cormorant Red Clover Starling Red Dead Nettle Jay Ribwort Plantain Great Crested Grebe Scentless Mayweed Greylag Goose Selfheal Lesser Black-backed Gull Sneezewort Herring Gull Sow Thistle Little Egret St. John s Wort sp. Black-tailed Godwit Traveller s Joy Pied Wagtail Viper s Bugloss Water Mint Weld White Campion

3 White Clover White Dead Nettle Wild Carrot Wild Strawberry Yarrow Yellow Wort Fungi Jelly Tongue (Pseudohydnum gelatinosum) Giant Puffball (Langermannia gigantea) Earth Star (Geastrum triplex) Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) King Alfred s Cakes (Daldinia concentrica) Hairy Stereum (Stereum hirsutum) Trentepohlia algae (tree fungus) Tinder Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) Bonnet Mycena (Mycena galericulata) Many Zoned Polypore (Tremetes versicolor) Tawny Grisette (Amanita fulva) Brown Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum) Shaggy Parasol (Lepiota rhacodes) Rooting Shank (Oudemansiella radicata) Wood Woolly Foot (Collybia peronata) Common Inkcap (Coprinopsis atramentaria) Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa) Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus) Penny Bun (Boletus edulis) Common Earth Ball (Scleroderma citrinum) Blackish-Purple Russula (Russula atropurpurea) Grey Russula (Russula grisea) Jew s Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) Common Yellow Russula (Russula ochroleuca) Birch polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) Scaly Wood Mushroom (Agaricus sylvaticus) Orange Peel Fungus (Aleuria aurantia) Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina)

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