This was another walk down the Two Valleys Track from Bexley North to Turrella (and then a little beyond – to near an old quarry.
On the first section, heading towards Bardwell Park – very little fungi was out – things were quite poor. I kept going along the track and arrived at the rock climbing crag. This was where I had found some good fungi on recent visits. I did find a few green Hygrocybe graminicolor out, some black clubs and some coral fungi. But not too much.
Hygrocybe graminicolor
Further down the valley, where the fruit bat colonies reside, was another place that I had found some good fungi a week or so earlier. But a week of dry windy weather had had a very detrimental affect on the fungi here. I only found a few dried out specimens.
After a short lunch break at Turrella Reserve, I continued on to near an old quarry close to the M5 Exhaust Stack. This was where a fantastic cluster of hygrocybes was found a week before (see earlier post). This area also had dried out a bit – but was still quite good – and I spent a fair while having a good look around and taking photos. As well as colourful hygrocybes, there was a wide range of coral fungi out in this compact little area.
Hygrocybe collucera
Hygrocybe chromolimonea
Hygrocybe griseoramosa
Hygrocybe collucera
Hygrocybe reesiae
Then I walked back to Turrella Station and caught a train home.
More photos together with identifications are on my website here.