Fungi Friday 🍄

Happy Fungi Friday! 🍄

During a walk near the river Adur in the Henfield area in early August 2025, a fair amount of boletes were on show in the hedgerows and verges. This season is so short and sharp that I don’t feel there’s enough time to really get to learn these species. As ever I would welcome comments below 🙂

These mushrooms were lovely and vibrant. One pic is with my phone and another with my camera so the colours are a bit different. The closest I have for these at the moment is the Subfamily Xerocomoideae.

My guess here would be for suede bolete.

My friend found these larger boletes hiding under a hedge along a footpath. I scratched the gills to see what colour they would turn and they blushed blue. I think they are rooting bolete, which are one of the more common species I am able to find in the summer bolete crew.

This smaller bolete was on a wood bank along an old bridleway. I think they might be rooting boletes again but they were far smaller, perhaps 4 x smaller.

This is probably where people get the idea for fairy houses. Someone on iNaturalist has suggested this is lurid bolete.

Far more easy to identify was this raggedy-looking chicken of the woods on a large oak log.

Growing on a tree were these oyster-like mushrooms. I’m not sure what they are yet.

One of the highlights of this time of year for me is the appearance of shaggy bracket. I love the texture, colour and velvety appearance. This, as usual, was growing on an ash tree near the river Adur.

Thanks for reading.

Boletes | Chicken of the woods | Shaggy bracket