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The ultimate beard lichen in Devon
Dartmoor National Park, Devon, May 2023 To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of me seeing this lichen, well, here it is! I was on a walk around the river Dart at the picturesque Dartmeet, feeling rather hangry actually, when we stopped by the river. Most people visiting the area don’t get beyond the car park and… Read more
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Holly parachute 🪂
Dulwich, London, Friday 17th November 2023 On a chilly afternoon back in November I was having a work meeting when I noticed a holly leaf resting under a pile of branches and picked it up. I am often on the lookout for parachute mushrooms on the woodland floor in October and November but I’ve only… Read more
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South Downs Way shrooms 🥾
Amberley Downs, West Sussex, 11th November 2023 In November I headed up onto the South Downs in the Arun Valley. Chalk grassland fungi are some of the most spectacular and rare, so it was a good chance to see something not present in the lowland woods. There was plenty of moisture in the area, with… Read more
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Lilac bonnet 🩷
Dulwich, London, 9th November 2023 Happy belated Fungi Friday. Here are some images from south-east London during prime mushroom season. It was bonnet o’clock, as this post demonstrates. Bonnets (Mycena) are a big group of mushrooms and I haven’t done enough work to identify them consistently. Perhaps the fact they’re only really found in the… Read more
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Hundreds of inkcaps in the cemetery
West Sussex, 31st October and 1st November 2023 Two days at a special little cemetery I know. It’s good to be reminded of how rich grassland ecosystems can be, and it’s not just about the woods. Also, I think I snapped three different species of one coral fungus genus here (scroll down). Mushrooms Glistening inkcap… Read more
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Moss-shrooms and ‘larva lamps’
Warnham, West Sussex, October 2023 A couple of hours in a wetland reserve in West Sussex that accrued so many photos it has taken me two months to process them! Therefore be prepared for a comprehensive post this week. The star of the show here is lumpy bracket, about halfway through the post. It was… Read more
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