FUNGAL FRIENDS GROUP NEWS 2016
 
(Member of the Fungus Conservation Trust - Registered Charity No. 1118651)
 
Current news of interest to Fungal Friends.
 

21st November 2016

The Fungal Friends Group is now a recording movement that is there for anyone who wishes to record, share and enjoy fungi. The group as it was is now defunct and from here on in all work undertaken is done with high emphasis on Fungal Conservation.
 

9th November 2016 - TOTALS

As I did last year on 10th September (and as I will continue to do so) here are the top ten recording locations for the Fungal Friends Group according to The Fungal Conservation Trust's Database. Out of 109 recording sources the group is now in 10th position with a total of 15, 501 records of 958 spcies. Here are the sites that have the most species recorded.

Tatton Park - 345 species

Etherow CP - 327 species

Moore NR - 279 species

Mere Sands Wood - 278 species

Ainsdale NR - 231 species

Erddig CP - 219 species

Nunsmere Hall - 204 species

Delamere Forest - 202 species

Marbury/Anderton - 198 species

Harthill/Rawhead - 182 species

 

11th October 2016 - FEEDBACK

I have been slack logging feedback from the walks - here is some from Arley Hall.

'Great afternoon with an enthusiastic leader'

'Excellent event.  Very informative and friendly guide'

'Dave was very knowledgeable about the subject and also very interesting and entertaining'

Very kind some people are and I still keep on my toes.

 

1st September 2016 - FUNGI RECORDING LEAGUE

I am always interested to see how we are doing as a group in comparison to other similar recording bodies so what better way to highlight our achievements than to scan The Fungus Conservation Trust's Database and see were we stand in regards to inputted records.  The table below lists the 28 most fertile recording groups and indicates what great work is being done out in the field.  From a holistic point of view I feel a great sense of achievement has been had by many field mycologists who are willing to get out, indulge in the passion and then sit behind a computer screen and log all their finds.  It is a rewarding display of what people can achieve with a little passion and dedication.  From the Fungal Friends Group perspective I feel as though we are making some headway at long last and our endeavours to help on the conservation of the UK's mycota are indicated in the following list.

No of Records Group name No of Species
   

97914

Cotswold Fungus Group

2395

73655

Norfolk Fungus Group

3108

56165

Dean Fungus Group

2724

42061

Mid Yorkshire Fungus Group

2350

38859

Warwickshire Fungus Survey

2811

36388

Herefordshire Fungus Survey

2686

32005

Buckinghamshire Fungus Group

2222

18802

Huntingdon Fungus Group

2063

18345

North East Fungus Study Group

2066

14968

Nottinghamshire Fungus Group

1278

14403

Worcestershire Fungus Group

1176

13518

Fungal Friends Fungus Group

904

10349

Highland Biological Recording Group

1922

9667

Devon Fungus Group

1139

9575

3 Counties Fungus Group

1017

9547

Pembrokeshire Fungus Recording Network

888

8671

MODEstates Aldershot Fungus Group

443

8649

Northamptonshire Fungus Group

1653

7955

Staffordshire Fungus Group

1131

6590

North Som. and Bristol Fungus Group

1078

6387

Greater Manchester Fungus Group

555

6311

Grampian Fungus Group

970

6266

Gwent Fungus Group

945

3937

Hampshire Fungus Recording Group

762

3498

Cornwall Fungus Recording Group

726

3487

Dorset Fungus Group

532

3144

Kent Field Club

788

2843

Lincolnshire Naturalist Union

517

Records of my personal input are split 3 ways so I needed to work out where I was after adding the totals.  It transpired I was 25th out of 3315 recorders which ain't half bad.  My figure includes 2122 of my good wife's records which I kindly inputted and am deviously claiming - share and share alike I say.  On we must go and keep the records coming or face head on the simple equation - no records = no argument for conservation - think on peeps!