Whilst crossing a winter wheat Field at Hopton near Lowestoft Suffolk (UK) I saw a small orange fungus growing on the sandy soil within the row of wheat. I thought it looked like orange peel fungus (Aleuria aurantia) But was very brittle had orange on both sides & the upper surface was covered in small brown hairs. I checking my books, notably Phillips I was able to identify it as Melastiza chateri.
It states that it is uncommon & due to the British Mycological Society's web site being down I am unable to check it's status in this County (Suffolk ) or Norfolk. The Species is slap bang in the middle of the political border of Norfolk & suffolk so the record can be atrributed to both counties.
I am 99.9% confident that it is this species because it might be Scutellinia umbrarum. I have sent a sample to Kew.
CJ
It states that it is uncommon & due to the British Mycological Society's web site being down I am unable to check it's status in this County (Suffolk ) or Norfolk. The Species is slap bang in the middle of the political border of Norfolk & suffolk so the record can be atrributed to both counties.
I am 99.9% confident that it is this species because it might be Scutellinia umbrarum. I have sent a sample to Kew.
CJ
