Fungi Friday 🍄

We’re still playing the game of summer shrooms in West Sussex. The early autumn arrivals haven’t shown their caps and cups yet.

I went for a 3-mile walk from home into the rural fringe and found one group of mushrooms. I would probably expect a few more things to be out at this point in the autumn, early though it is.

My guess for this lovely cluster of mushrooms is that they’re glistening inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus), though I do tend to hesitate a bit with the similarities they hold to the wider psathyrella family.

They were growing in a little micro-climate (see the moss) at the base of a tree.

I won’t labour the point, but this autumn is a bit of a worry so far. It’s really dry out there, no rain is forecast this week, and it could be 20C on Saturday. This blog needs content!

Thanks for reading.