{"id":3557,"date":"2018-08-07T07:49:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T07:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2018-08-07T07:51:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T07:51:34","slug":"an-interesting-start-to-the-fungus-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/?p=3557","title":{"rendered":"An Interesting Start to the Fungus Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The very dry conditions created by this summer&#8217;s hot weather don&#8217;t give much promise for a strong start to the fungus season. However, two of us went out to search several local sites last week in the hope of finding one or two species on trees, for which moisture would not be the problem that it is for those species that grow on the gound.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3561\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3561\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3561\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pluteus aurantiorugosus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were searching a pile of rotting timber, on which there is usually something to be found, when we spotted some bright orange caps beneath a covering of dried grass. The mushrooms were growing on a well rotted sycamore stump.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3560\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3560\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3560\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pluteus aurantiorugosus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There aren&#8217;t many mushrooms that are such a bright orange colour and this one took a little while to identify. The splitting of the cap, caused by the dry conditions, almost led us in the wrong direction but the mushroom was found to be Pluteus aurantiorugosus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3558\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3558\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3558\" src=\"http:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wakefieldnaturalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paurant3-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pluteus aurantiorugosus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This species is not common and the CATE databse, operated by the Fungus Conservation Trust, contains no previous records for Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The very dry conditions created by this summer&#8217;s hot weather don&#8217;t give much promise for a strong start to the fungus season. 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