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Churchyard earthtongues 🖤
South Downs Way, West Sussex, November 2023 Here’s a new sighting for me! I don’t want to identify the churchyard I visited, but it was along the South Downs Way in West Sussex. I would say that most churchyards in the South Downs will have good fungal diversity, so just go for it! I spotted… Read more
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A fly agaric Christmas & New Year 🍄
From everyone at FungiFriday.co.uk (me), hoping you have the chance to think about mushrooms over the holiday period. Please enjoy these (mostly German) fly agaric-focused Christmas and New Year’s cards: Viel glück! 🍄 Read more
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Fairy-ring champignon 🧚♂️
West Sussex, November 2023 One of the most iconic mushroom experiences is surely encountering a fairy-ring. In late-November I found one in a little cemetery I visit each autumn to check for fungi. While the ring is not entire, it is a pretty solid effort from fairy-ring champignon, a member of the parachute family. I… Read more
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December goblet 🏆
West Sussex, December 2023 Passing down a footpath between two fields I noticed this winter shroom. I am pretty certain that this is one of the goblets, which I’ve only seen a couple of times. They’re quite difficult to photograph in the whole because their shape is so unusual. The gills stop abruptly where the… Read more
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Ballerina waxcap and much more 🩰
Low Weald of West Sussex, Sunday 19th November 2023 I managed to get out to the Low Weald of West Sussex/Surrey border to a special area of woodland. I won’t name the exact site as it’s a Site of Special Scientific Interest and there’s been an increase in foraging recently, which is illegal here. There… Read more
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Hen of the woods in London 🐔
Dulwich, London, Friday 17th November 2023 Hen of the woods (Grifola frondosa) was one of the first polypores I learned, and the first time I saw it was in Dulwich. Fittingly, my first (and second) HotW of the year were in the same area. This modest specimen was growing near to an oak in grassland.… Read more
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