The British Mycological Society held their annual foray in County Fermanagh in October 2000. This foray, part subsidised by Environment & Heritage Service was the first BMS foray in Northern Ireland since 1964 and first ever west of the Bann. Up to 60 people attended at various times in the week and we were all based at Lusty Beg Island in Lower Lough Erne. This wonderful site (mycologically and accommodation wise) had a large ballroom that was converted into a lab.  The records have now arrived and the results have been amazing. Almost 1000 species were recorded with, we think, 325 species new to Northern Ireland and 167 new to Ireland. The results are now included in the atlas. Of the species recorded, the breakdown of species recorded was: PHYLUM No. Species Acrasiomycota 1 Anamorphic fungi 11 Ascomycota 155 Basidiomycota 688 Myxomycota 101 Zygomycota 1 Or in more detail... PHYLUM ORDER No. Species Acrasiomycota Acrasiales 1 Anamorphic fungi 11 Ascomycota Arthoniales 1 Ascomycota Diaporthales 1 Ascomycota Diatrypales 8 Ascomycota Dothideales 10 Ascomycota Erysiphales 19 Ascomycota Hypocreales 9 Ascomycota Incertae sedis 1 Ascomycota Lecanorales 5 Ascomycota Leotiales 46 Ascomycota Ostropales 3 Ascomycota Peltigerales 2 Ascomycota Pertusariales 2 Ascomycota Pezizales 24 Ascomycota Rhytismatales 3 Ascomycota Sordariales 4 Ascomycota Taphrinales 4 Ascomycota Xylariales 13 Basidiomycota Agaricales 328 Basidiomycota Auriculariales 1 Basidiomycota Boletales 23 Basidiomycota Cantharellales 33 Basidiomycota Cortinariales 113 Basidiomycota Dacrymycetales 5 Basidiomycota Exobasidiales 1 Basidiomycota Ganodermatales 2 Basidiomycota Gomphales 1 Basidiomycota Hericiales 1 Basidiomycota Hymenochaetales 7 Basidiomycota Lycoperdales 12 Basidiomycota Phallales 1 Basidiomycota Platygloeales 1 Basidiomycota Poriales 27 Basidiomycota Russulales 63 Basidiomycota Schizophyllales 2 Basidiomycota Sclerodermatales 3 Basidiomycota Stereales 39 Basidiomycota Thelephorales 1 Basidiomycota Tremellales 9 Basidiomycota Uredinales 15 Myxomycota Ceratiomyxales 2 Myxomycota Echinosteliales 5 Myxomycota Liceales 28 Myxomycota Physarales 31 Myxomycota Stemonitales 19 Myxomycota Trichiales 16 Zygomycota Mucorales 1           John Weir hard at work                              The ballroom/lab at Lusty Beg   To give an idea of what were the most important associated species, this table ranks the top 25 species in order of times recorded : Association Common Name No Records Fagus sylvatica Beech 401 Poaceae grasses 341 Quercus Oak spp. 281 Corylus avellana Hazel 254 Betula Birch spp. 220 Angiospermae 202 Musci Mosses 133 Quercus petraea Sessile Oak 132 Fraxinus excelsior Ash 122 Betula pubescens Downy Birch 86 Alnus glutinosa Alder 82 Picea Spruce spp. 65 Salix Willow spp. 61 Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore 39 Picea abies Norway Spruce 35 Aesculus hippocastanum Horse-chestnut 31 Alnus Alder spp. 30 Coniferae Conifers 28 Ilex aquifolium Holly 23 Rubus fruticosus agg. Bramble 19 Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak 17 Tilia Lime spp. 15 Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine 14 Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia a Willow 14 Urtica dioica Common Nettle 14 Pinus Pine spp. 13 Home - Our Group - Forays - BMS Foray 2000 - Mycology in NI - Atlas of NI Fungi - Interesting Finds - Edible Fungi - Database Stats - Fungal Focus - Fungal News - Fascinating Facts  - Ectomycorrhiza - Waxcaps - Herbarium - Photo Gallery - Recording Tips - Recording Form - Links - Joining Us - Dublin Group - Tree ID - Winter Tree ID - Downloads - Search the site - NIFG Discussion Forum