Links and Downloads
FUNGUS OF THE MONTH ARCHIVE -HERE
Special Links and downloads for the Fungi and Lichens section:
Yorkshire Fungi
For a provisional checklist of Yorkshire Fungi, please click here
An historical list of fungi recorded by MYFG will appear here - similarly, there will be a separate list HERE for Seckar Wood
Yorkshire Lichens
Mark Seaward has updated the Yorkshire Lichen Checklist for 2014. Click here to download in PDF format or click here to download as a Word document.
Further information
If you would like to find out more about studying and recording lichens and fungi in the UK please visit the following sites.
- British Lichen Society - http://www.britishlichensociety.org.uk/
- British Mycological Society http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/
- Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group http://www.myfg.org.uk
Ingleborough Waxcap Survey
Andy McLay of Natural England has very kindly given YNU permission to include a link to his excellent Survey of the Waxcaps (and allied species) of the Ingleborough area. To view click here
Records of fungi in Yorkshire can be sent to: Chris Yeates, Tolson Museum, Ravensknowle Park, Wakefield Rd, Huddersfield HD5 8DJ
Tel: 01484 223830 email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Records may also be sent to Alan Braddock
6 Westfield Terrace, Horbury WF4 6HY
Tel: 01924 275631 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Currently (Commencing January 2017) there will be an ongoing survey of Seckar Wood, near Wakefield, with visits at least once per month. Contact Alan Braddock (details above) for information. Lists will be appearing at intervals. The Historical 'list' for Seckar Wood can be seen via the Links of this Section and records of fungi new to the site will be added as they appear..
British National Records of fungi are held on the Field Recording Database of Britain and Ireland (FRDBI) which is administered by the British Mycological Society (BMS). Access to the FRDBI is via the website www.frdbi.info. Entries made be made by BMS members.
Pink waxcaps, Hygrocybe calyptriformis
Mycology is the study of fungi, lichenology is the study of lichens - which are also fungi - but a specialised group of organisms that have a symbiotic relationship with algae and cyanobacteria. The picture below is an illustration of a fungal-algae symbiont - Lichenomphalia umbellifera (L.) Redhead et al. syn Omphalina ericetorum (Pers.), often found on peaty moorland. The algal 'partner' is a tiny green thallus of Botryodina species.
Apart from regular Forays run by the Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group there are additional surveys conducted at intervals, of (a) churchyards and cemetaries in the North of Leeds by Mrs Mary Larner and (b) by Alan Braddock in Seckar Wood, near Wakefield. Lists are provided on request as available.
For information contact (a) the Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group (www.myfg.org.uk) or (b) Alan Braddock on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fungi and Lichens ~ Contacts and Recorders
Chairman and assistant recorder: Alan T Braddock, 6 Westfield Terrace, Horbury WF4 6HY
Tel: 01924 275631 email: braddem.6@gmail.com
Recorder: Chris Yeates, Trinity Street, Huddersfield, HD1 4DT
Tel: 01484 519294 email: csvy.myco@btinternet.com
Contact for all field mycology events: ALAN BRADDOCK
Tel: 01924 275631 email: braddem.6@gmail.com
MID YORKSHIRE FUNGUS GROUP:
Contact MYFG via the website http://www.myfg.org.uk/
Secretary: Mrs. Anne Bowers
Tel: 0113 2758957
