Report on hazel gloves Hypocreopsis rhododendri, a UK BAP ascomycete fungus (with reference to willow gloves H. lichenoides) (ENRR541)

Hazel gloves Hypocreopsis rhododendri was added to the British list in 1973 and was recorded from three sites in Devon in 1988. The strongholds for this species in the British Isles are in western Scotland and Eire. H. rhododendri is also found in areas of USA and France with predominantly oceanic climates. It is ranked as Vulnerable in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), but as Rare in A provisional Red Data List of British fungi
(Ing 1992).