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Fly agaric proliferating 🍄
Happy Fungi Friday! I nipped over to my local woodland on Saturday 14th October to try and catch the mushroom boom. It was quite dark by the time I got there but still worth it. My first sighting was this beautiful blusher at the side of the track, shining in the lowering light. They are Read more
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Ganoderma on Streatham Common
Have you ever seen a fungus fell a tree so cleanly? Not likely, because this was a chainsaw job! Streatham Common is part of London’s historic Great North Wood, a once extensive landscape of ancient woods and commons. It’s good for fungi and the management is very sensitive, as you can see here. This is Read more
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Boletes at the library 📚
I have been keeping an eye on the woodchip outside my local library for a few months now. That focus has paid off handsomely. Read more
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Mother Mycelium – the mushrooms of Greece 🇬🇷
This YouTube video by Planet Fungi (Australian makers of great fungi videos) about the Greek Mushroom Society’s president George Konstantinidis is an excellent watch. There are some interesting points about foraging, how pulling shrooms rather than cutting them can be better for the mycelium, and how popular fungi are now in parts of Greece. Thanks Read more
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Mystery amanita at the roadside 🛣️
I was walking down the street the other day, passing a large beech tree that I’ve posted about before. We’ve had quite a lot of rain in recent weeks and it’s always worth having a gander. I did pause to think, should I traipse over there and crouch down next to the mushroom. There was Read more
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UK Fungus Day 2023 in West Sussex 🍄
I had a very good UK Fungus Day on Saturday, leading a guided walk in Haywards Heath in the morning and then went for my own personal none-to-one guided walk. Read more
Fungi Friday 🍄 