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Essex stump bracket 🪵
Like the hot September weather, the Ganoderma theme continues. On the edge of Epping Forest I passed this big poplar stump which had a bracket fungus growing on it. Read more
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Heatwave kills the vibe
Happy #FungiFriday. An infuriating week for southern English funga, if you want to take things that far. It’s been above 30 degrees for most of the last 10 days with no proper rain. The only photo I have is this Ganoderma bracket, taken in West Sussex on my phone. Unlike the artist’s bracket I posted Read more
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Southern or artist’s bracket? 🟤⚪
Southern bracket grows bigger and more layered than artist’s bracket. The latter gets its name from the fact you can play noughts and crosses on its white underside, or sketch landscapes, the options are there. Read more
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Heatwave earthballs 🌍
I’ve been in London through most of this week’s heatwave, with some time spent in woodland. The ground is bone dry and there are no typical mushrooms sprouting. Earthballs are not typical mushrooms, but are definitely one of the most recognisable or often encountered species of fungi. At the bottom of this oak tree I Read more
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Chantarelles in Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath, West Sussex, September 2023 Earlier this week I received an evening introduction to a very interesting complex of small woods in the Haywards Heath area in West Sussex, ahead of a walk I’m leading in October. There were very few mushrooms or fungi at all to be seen, mainly due to the severe Read more
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Bedgebury Pinetum – the best place to see fungi in England? 🌲
I visited Bedgebury Pinetum in SW Kent for the first time in early September. It was impressive to see a noticeboard highlighting the Pinetum as one of ‘the best places for fungi in the country’. Read more
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