Norfolk Fungus Study Group
Studying Norfolk fungi since 2000
   Norfolk Fungus Study Group

Deconica horizontalis (Wood Oysterling)
(Bull.) Noordel. 2009
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Strophariaceae
Details on: FRDBI (login required); MycoBank; GBIF; Species Fungorum; NBN Atlas

Species List

Back to Summary

Bacton Woods TG3131Billingford (near Scole) TM1579Briston TG0632Buckenham Carrs TG3605Felbrigg Park TG1939Foxley Wood TG0522Gressenhall Rural Life Museum TF9717Holme, Bird Observatory TF7145Holt TG0738Horsford, Broadland Country Park TG1817Marsham Heath TG1723Martham TG4517Oxborough, Home Covert TF7400Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6734Welborne TG0609Welney TL5294

Summary

33 records from 16 different sites
Years (# of records): 1993 (1) 1995 (1) 1998 (2) 1999 (3) 2000 (4) 2001 (1) 2002 (1) 2003 (2) 2004 (1) 2010 (1) 2014 (2) 2015 (1) 2016 (1) 2017 (1) 2018 (1) 2019 (2) 2020 (1) 2022 (4) 2023 (1) 2024 (2)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Melanotus horizontalis; Melanotus proteus
Associations: Castanea sativa; Corylus avellana; Gymnospermae; Pinus; Quercus
Substrates: bark, rotten; carpet, old; chipboard; dead branch; dead twig; dead wood; log; plywood; rope; rotten wood; sisal rope; twig; wood; worked timber; worked wood; worked wood, wet
Finders: A.L. Bull; Irene Boston; James Emerson; Jonathan Revett; June Hulbert; Keith Fox; M. Hall; Michelle Hall; Mike Ball; R.E. Evans; S. Kemp; T.F. Hering; Tony Leech; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; B.M. Spooner; James Emerson; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; R.E. Evans; S. Kemp; T.F. Hering; Tony Leech; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmers: B.M. Spooner; James Emerson; R.E. Evans; Tony Leech
Comments: 'Broom head and Rabbit hutch'; 'Growing on rotting broom head'; 'On broom head again'; 'On broom head and has also spread to rabbit hutch!'; 'On brown paper feed bags'; 'On head of yard broom'; 'Rabbit hutch only'; 'Rotting Barbour wax jacket (on a Scarecrow)'; 'Substrate noted as broom head'; 'Substrate noted as wet pallet'

Record Details

16/04/1993 Welborne; TG0609; carpet, old; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; B.M. Spooner; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
00/09/1995 Marsham Heath; TG1723; twig; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
05/05/1998 Welney; TL5395; Pinus; rotten wood; Jonathan Revett; B.M. Spooner; "Growing on rotting broom head"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
05/05/1998 Welney; TL525948; worked wood; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Substrate noted as broom head"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
24/04/1999 Welney; TL5395; Pinus; rotten wood; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "On broom head again"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
24/04/1999 Welney; TL525948; worked wood; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Substrate noted as broom head"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
13/11/1999 Welney; TL5395; Pinus; rotten wood; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "On head of yard broom"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
16/04/2000 Welney; TL5395; Pinus; wood; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "On broom head and has also spread to rabbit hutch!"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
15/07/2000 Welney; TL525948; worked wood, wet; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Substrate noted as wet pallet"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
30/09/2000 Welney; TL5395; Pinus; wood; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Broom head and Rabbit hutch"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
14/10/2000 Welney; TL5395; Pinus; wood; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Rabbit hutch only"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
13/10/2001 Gressenhall Rural Life Museum; TF9717; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
00/12/2002 Billingford (near Scole); TM1579; M. Hall; B.M. Spooner; "On brown paper feed bags"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
; Additional NotesRichard Shotlbolt assigned a GR of TM1579 which we consider correct as very near Brian Spooner

30/10/2003 Felbrigg Park; TG1939; bark, rotten; S. Kemp; S. Kemp; B.M. Spooner; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
30/10/2003 Felbrigg Park; TG1939; Gymnospermae; log; T.F. Hering; T.F. Hering; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
08/08/2004 Welney; TL525948; worked wood, wet; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Substrate noted as wet pallet"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
31/08/2010 Briston; TG062325; plywood; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
12/07/2014 Welney; TL524949; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Melanotus proteus]
12/07/2014 Welney; TL525948; worked wood, wet; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Substrate noted as wet pallet"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
14/08/2015 Oxborough, Home Covert; TF7400; Michelle Hall; Yvonne Mynett; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
27/10/2016 Bacton Woods; TG3131; James Emerson; James Emerson; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
25/11/2017 Bacton Woods; TG3131; James Emerson; Tony Leech; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
31/12/2018 Welney; TL525948; worked wood, wet; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Substrate noted as wet pallet"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
29/01/2019 Holt; TG079388; sisal rope; June Hulbert; Tony Leech; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
17/11/2019 Welney; TL525948; worked wood, wet; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Substrate noted as wet pallet"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
28/09/2020 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG181174; Castanea sativa; log; Mike Ball; Yvonne Mynett; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
15/01/2022 Foxley Wood; TG0522; Corylus avellana; dead branch; James Emerson; James Emerson; Tony Leech
26/06/2022 Welney; TL525948; worked timber; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
23/09/2022 Martham; TG4517; chipboard; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
07/12/2022 Buckenham Carrs; TG362058; dead twig; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; [as Melanotus horizontalis]
06/12/2023 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF672342; Quercus; dead wood; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
01/12/2024 Welney; TL525948; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Rotting Barbour wax jacket (on a Scarecrow)"; [as Melanotus horizontalis]; VC29
29/12/2024 Holme, Bird Observatory; TF718450; rope; Irene Boston; James Emerson; James Emerson

Back to Summary

Back to Top


 
All page content on this Web site is Copyright © 2026 Norfolk Fungus Study Group unless otherwise stated
Cookie Policy
The Norfolk Fungus Study Group is affiliated to the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society
and the British Mycological Society