Mariko Parslow

• LTSV Science Visior at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

An account of British species and taxa of Otidea is presented based on morphology and molecular data obtained from the fungarium collections, at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K) and elsewhere. Based on a phylogenetic analysis using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of the fungal nuclear rDNA, sixteen named and three unnamed taxa are rec...

The typification of Peziza alutacea Pers., the basionym of Otidea alutacea, is discussed, and British collections of Otidea alutacea are studied. Hansen & Olariaga (Persoonia, 2015) concluded that O. alutacea (Pers.) Massee was a complex of taxa, however, their study excluded British collections. The current authors present an analysis of such coll...

An overview of the genus is provided, and an account given of two species, O. apophysata and O. platyspora which have larger spores than other British members of the genus. The latter species is here formally reported from Britain based on existing collections. Four epithets previously misapplied to the said two species are discussed, which are: O....

Recent and ongoing study of the genus Otidea in Britain has led to a reinvestigation of Otidea neglecta Massee, a synonym of Wynnella silvicola, a species which has been reported as British by several authors. The genus Wynnella Boud. {Helvellaceae), established for Elvela auricula Schaeff. ss Boud., is closely related to Helvetia and placed in syn...

The small subpopulation of western race of Bean Geese Anser fabalis fabalis wintering in the Yare Valley, England, UK, which decreased in size since 1940, showed a slight sign of recovery due to conservation effort made within UK since 1980. Their northern migration route could fortuitously be traced back to an area in south Lapland, Sweden, based...

(Published in summer 1992) Only regular wintering site of western race of Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis in England is in the Yare Valley, Norfolk. This article summarises the current (1992) status of this small sub-population, yearly variation in the number, distribution of feeding sites within the Yare Valley, food sources, migration route and...

During the summers of 1987-90, what seemed to be the same individual Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena defended a territory against Great Crested Grebes P. cristatus at a flooded gravel-pit in Cambridgeshire. In 1988, a mate appeared, eggs were laid, but failed to hatch after being incubated beyond the normal period. A different partner appeared...

Over the last 50 years, the only permanent British wintering locality for Bean Geese Anser fabalis of the western race fabalis has been in the Yare Valley, east Norfolk. After declining to a low point in the 1960s, numbers increased, reaching a record high of 420 in 1987/88. In that winter, 22 individuals appeared which had been neckbanded in north...

(1) In order to investigate the subspecies of Bean Geese Anser fabalis wintering in Japan, the points of field identification for A. f. serrirostris and A. f. middendorfi were discussed. (2) When nearby these two subspecies can be distinguished easily by the shape of the bill. At a distance of 1 km or more (and using a telescope × 25); it is still...

Lake Izunuma, Miyagi Pref., has the largest population of geese wintering in Japan. On 8 October 1980 we found a juvenile Swan Goose Anser cygnoides at the lake in a flock of White-fronted Geese (Fig. 1). This bird, the sole Swan Goose recorded in the winter of 1980-81 in Japan, was always observed together with White-fronted Geese. We followed up...

(1) White-fronted (numbered 6, 000 in 1978) and Bean geese (numbered 1, 500 in 1978) winter in Lake Izunuma in Miyagi Prefecture. Lake Izunuma is now the only roosting place of geese on the Pacific coast of Japan. The authors studied the distribution of feeding area of the geese wintering at Lake Izumuna for eight years from 1971 to 1978. These gee...