31st July 2025, Colgate, West Sussex
The Parish of Colgate is a very wooded part of West Sussex and so it’s one of my ‘go-to’ locations when the season is upon us.
This was a quite optimistic walk around a large area of ancient woodland and pine plantation. It was a struggle to find anything, but this was the first thing I saw, growing on a fallen beech branch. My best guess on this is tuberous polypore, which I’ve never seen before. Looking back at these pics I was amazed at how many springtails there were on the cap! The pics above are a mix of phone and mirrorless camera with macro lens.
I only noticed the slug on this blusher mushroom when I edited the photo. The slug has eaten a hole in it!
This is a milkcap – you can see the milk appearing from the broken gills in one of the images. It was growing next to a root in a rutted track. My knowledge of milkcaps is weak but it could be tawny or curry milkcap.
I am fairly confident this is ochre brittlegill which is a very common species. There were perhaps five of them in this area next to the path.
On my way out of the woodland I noticed this lovely brittlegill/russula. I’m not close to getting this to species level, as it requires tasting and spore examination in the least!
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