Fungi Friday 🍄

photographing fungi in West Sussex

  • Surprise mushrooms in Dulwich Park

    Surprise mushrooms in Dulwich Park

    November 2023 in Dulwich Park provided some surprise shrooms more typical of rural woodlands. Read more

  • Shaggy inkcaps on the verge

    Shaggy inkcaps on the verge

    West Sussex, November 2023 No awards being won here for mushroom pics, but these are my first shaggy inkcaps of the season. Underneath this lime tree, among the litter, I spotted some unusual shapes and off colours (from the yellow of the leaves). Kneeling down (with an audience, which is hard to get used to)… Read more

  • Honey fungus near a roadside cherry 🍒

    Honey fungus near a roadside cherry 🍒

    Tuesday 31st October, West Sussex Honey fungus can be a tricky one to predict. Sometimes it can pop up quite early in the season, but in recent years I’ve seen the first fruiting bodies later in the autumn. This year is an example of that. I was walking down the street near an area of… Read more

  • Return to road verge agaricus 🛣️

    Return to road verge agaricus 🛣️

    This is the update you have all been waiting for. Since I posted about the agaricus mushrooms growing in a patch of grass on a street in the town where I live, I’ve been back to check on them. Read more

  • Mushroom peak in the High Weald – October 2023

    Mushroom peak in the High Weald – October 2023

    Mid-October is one of the prime mushroom points in southern England, and this post is going to pack in several species. Read more

  • Bramshott fungi walk – October 2023

    Bramshott fungi walk – October 2023

    Autumn had crashed in with its typical rain and leaf fall. I think the early mushroom season has been shortened by the hot September and sudden shift to seasonal storms. Read more