Managed to find a few fungi at Graffham Down last weekend. I think this yellow gnome-hatted specimen was a misshapen Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans. I found it growing on damp woodchips in the shelter of a bramble patch, in an area of 'Patersons' that had been recently mulched.
I wondered if it had just popped up that morning, following the recent rain, as it had the very slimy cap and lemon yellow gills that are typical of young specimens of this very ephemeral species.
On the other side of the South Downs Way, I found some elderly-looking mushrooms under a patch of scrub in 'Bowley's Field'.
I think these are probably St George's Mushroom Calocybe gambosa.
As we headed back down the steep wooded northern escarpment of Graffham Down towards St Giles Church a well-rotted log by the side of the patch provided some more fungal interest.
These mature Bay Polypores Polyporus durus (= P. badius) had turned a rich, deep chestnut colour.
The fruit bodies were markedly wavy which is another distinctive feature of P. durus.
Underneath, you can see the dark grey base to the stem and the white pore surface.
Somewhat past their best, but still nice to see.
For the record
Date: Sunday 27 May 2018
Location: Graffham Down, West Sussex
Grid ref: (1) SU923161; (2) SU920163; (3) SU930164
Records entered into FRDBI 07/09/2018
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