Waxcaps at Thruscross Reservoir - 1st November Walk - Clavaria incarnata

On 1st November I could not go on a monthly 1st of the month Settle Climate Walk because.. 

I was attending a Waxcap training day. The event was funded by the Nidderdale NL FiPL (Farming in Projected Landscapes) fund and run by Nidderdale NL and the NEYEDC

This is the email (now amplified) I wrote to Claire the leader after the event after the event.

(Although dated 1 November this post is actually being written on 20 November... and i will finish it in a few days when I get more time to add the pictures)

For me the day was four events in one:

1.Waxcaps (and Clavaria incarnata - Skinny club) and meeting people

 I enjoyed learning Skinny Club and being taught that it often grows near Meadow Waxcaps    and then  finding my very own specimen of Skinny Club growing next to a Meadow Waxcap.

2. A nice walk back through the wood and leaning a few more "ordinary fungi" Elfin Saddle and Silky button (gall wasps) and Clavulinopsis rugosa

3. Looking at the Arrhenia and Ocotospora  (two more tiny fungi) with Yannah and Becky -   growing on the jelly lichen on the moss on the parapet at the reservoir  .. (feel like saying  ".. in a bog.. waydown in the valley-o").

4. Visiting a friend at Dacre on the way to Ripon afterwards. 

5. On the Monday after our Saturday - at night (4pm) A friend (Sally)  and I went to run our after school (4-5pm)  Eco-Explorers walk for families with children aged (1-_ ) 4 to 10 - the last outdoor meeting (apart from the next day Tuesday this year as the days are getting too short.

It is a good field next to the road. No families actually came -  it had rained during the day.

But Sally and I still went. There were 

Loads of large washed out Crimson waxcaps (as I expected) , a few golden waxcaps , a honey waxcap , a cedar waxcap 

and..

At the very first Meadow Waxcap I examined.. What did I find next to it?

A Skinny Club!

P.S. Claire - I find I have four red flags in the bottom of my bag.Really sorry. .. but will make good use of them and maybe save them for another year.. 

1.Waxcaps (and Clavaria incarnata - Skinny club) and meeting people

 I enjoyed learning Skinny Club and being taught that it often grows near Meadow Waxcaps    and then  finding my very own specimen of Skinny Club growing next to a Meadow Waxcap.

2. A nice walk back through the wood and leaning a few more "ordinary fungi" Elfin Saddle and Silky button (gall wasps) and Clavulinopsis rugosa

3. Looking at the Arrhenia and Ocotospora  (two more tiny fungi) with Yannah and Becky -   growing on the jelly lichen on the moss on the parapet at the reservoir  .. (feel like saying  ".. in a bog.. waydown in the valley-o").

4. Visiting a friend at Dacre on the way to Ripon afterwards.