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Cantharellus friesiiPhoto: Michael KrikorevBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Orange-brown shallowly funnel-shaped fruit body with gills replaced by forked ridges; on bare or moss covered loam, favouring path side embankments with beech; solitary or gregarious but never massed.Dimensions: Cap 1-3cm dia; stem 1-3cm tall x 0.3-0.6cm dia. Cap: Light to dark orange or orange-brown; convex or flattened when young, later infundibuliform with umbilicate centre and crenate incurved margin; surface smooth or finely scurfy; lower hymenial surface bearing irregularly forked ridges, decurrent and distinctly bounded; flesh: pallid yellow, thin, fibrous. Stem: Concolorous, cylindrical, merging with the cap, hollow when old. |
Spores: Hyaline, smooth, oval to ellipsoid, with droplets, 8-9 x 5.0- 5.5 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Late Summer to Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.7: very rare species with restricted range |
| Justification: occurs in beech and mixed woodlands and its range has shown 50% hectad decline pre- and post-1960 |
| Threats: air pollution, compaction, eutrophication, track maintenance, felling host trees, overgrowth |
| Action Required: Site protection and monitoring against habitat loss and degradation; ecological assessment |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 30 |
| Earliest recording: 1875 | |
| Latest recording: 2003 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 2(1); 3(2); 16(4); 17(1); 18(1); 25(1); 33(1); 58(2); 59(1); 62(4); 63(2); 64(1); 65(1); 88(4); 89(2) | |
| Pre-1960: 15 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 15 records |
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