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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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Magpies, hedgehogs and parachutes
Low Weald near Petworth, West Sussex, 21st October 2023 Now there’s a blog title you never thought you’d read. The good thing is that every word of it is true. Anything is possible in the world of fungi. In mid-late October 2023 I visited the deepest, darkest, most ecologically dynamic area of the Sussex Low… Read more
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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
