North Kerry Waxcap Survey 2012 - the Northern Ireland Fungus Group

Pholiota lenta (Pers.) Singer
Not uncommonly recorded in Great Britain but with very few records in Ireland. This is a large
pale Pholiota with a sticky cap often found under Beech. It was found with this association in
Glanteenassig Forest in a young Beech plantation at Q620084 on 04/11/2012. There are only
six Irish records for this species: From Glengarriff in West Cork in 1884, Brackenstown in
Dublin in 1893, Shaw’s Bridge in Belfast in 1930, Ross Island, Killarney in 1936 and Drumlish
in Tyrone in 1982 and 1983 by Robert McIlwaine. For photos see
http://www.rysch.com/pilze/Pholiota_lenta.htm or
http://www.pilzfotopage.de/Agaricales/slides/Pholiota_lenta.html.
Stropharia inuncta (Fr.) Quél.
Another species commonly recorded in Great Britain but with few Irish records. Noted by its
very slimy cap (note the slime on the top right of the photo), lack of a ring and smallish spores,
it can have a grayish violet colour but this was a young specimen. Recorded in Ireland before
from Brittas Bay in Wicklow in 1896, County Dublin in 1898, 1953 (Killakee Mountain) and
1958 (North Bull) and in Newtownstewart in Tyrone in 2004 by Shelley Evans. Found here in
Inch Dunes at V657989 on 06/11/2012.
New Vice County Records
155 species of fungi were recorded on this survey. Of these 48 are new to County Kerry.
Regarding the vice counties, 79 species are new to North Kerry (H2) and 117 species are new
to South Kerry (H1). While this may seem impressive, when species like Coprinellus
micaceus, Flammulina velutipes, Galerina vittiformis, Lichenomphalia umbellifera or
Panaeolus acuminatus are being added to a county list, this indicates a low level of recording.
The species new to Kerry are shown below.
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