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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
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Wrinkled peach in south London
Dulwich, London, Friday 6th October 2023 Happy Fungi Friday! These pics are fresh out of the woods. Some nice finds today, though everything seems behind on last year. Going to be warm again next week. Wrinkled peach This beautiful little mushroom (Rhodotus palmatus) is one I’ve only seen in person once before. That was in… Read more
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Early October inkcaps
We’re still playing the game of summer shrooms in West Sussex. The early autumn arrivals haven’t shown their caps and cups yet. Read more
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Ganoderma bracket on horse chestnut in London
I passed a horse chestnut tree near London’s South Circular in East Dulwich and found an epic Ganoderma bracket fungus. Read more
Fungi Friday 🍄 