Vedlevande svampar på bok i skyddade skogar i Hallands län

Halland 2004
Appendix 2. Notes on red-listed and other interesting species
recorded in the project.
Phleogena faginea (VU), pulverklubba, is a very
unusual heterobasidiomycete forming groups of tiny
club-shaped sporocarps, reminding of myxomycete
fructifications. In cases of doubt a strong smell of
curry may help in the identification. It is often found
on hard and dry wood, e.g. on rather fresh snags or
underneath recently broken logs. The species fruits
late in the season and was found in all intensive
localities except Kvinnsåsen. Most likely it occurs
even in many of the extensive localities, which was
visited only in mid-autumn. The species was
especially abundant in Holkåsen, where it was found
on 20 % of the studied trees. The species is considered
very rare in most parts of Europe, but is most likely
widely overlooked due to the inconspicuous sporocarps,
formed late in the year. The species is not previously
recorded from Halland, and according to
recent information from Anders Dahlberg at “Art-
Databanken” the species was known from only ten
localities in Sweden prior to the present investigation.
It was listed as an indicator of habitat quality in
Danish beech forests by Heilmann-Clausen &
Christensen (2000b), but omitted from the European
indicator system (Christensen et al. 2005), due to the
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rather inconspicuous sporocarps and uncertainty
regarding ecological preferences.In Britain more than
100 records are known, some made on oak saplings
(Martyn Ainsworth pers. comm.)
Stypella subgelatinosa (syn. Protodontia subgelatinosa)(NT),
lövgråtagging, is a heterbasidiod, corticoid
fungus forming masses of tiny greyish spines
underneath dead wood. It was found as new to
Halland in Dömestorp. The species is red-listed also
in Denmark (Stoltze & Pihl 1998) and Norway
(Bendiksen et al. 1997). It inhabits strongly decayed
deciduous wood and probably has a preference for
richer soils. It is found in all parts of Scandinavia
north to Torne Lappmark. The sporocarps are very
inconspicuous and the true rarity of the species is
debatable.
Ceraceomyces sulphurinus (DD), svavelskinn, is a
corticoid fungus forming conspicuous strongly
yellow sporocarps with numerous mycelial cords.
The species was during the project found for the
second time in Sweden. The first record dates back
to 1940, when the species was found close to Femsjö.
Dentipellis fragilis (skinntagging) occurred in abundance on fallen beech snags in Getabäcken.
Photo: Örjan Fritz.