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Eyelash fungi 👁
High Weald AONB, West Sussex, July 2023 Social media was awash with photos of blushers and boletes, so I thought it was a good time to visit one of my local woodlands. The mushrooms were few and far between until I passed through a damp area with a large fallen beech tree. The standing core… Read more
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5 reasons why fungi are good for us
Nature, or at least our sense of it, has become a counsellor, allowing us to detach ourselves from societal roles and see ourselves as a single species in a vast web of biodiversity. Nature helps us to feel human. Fungi are a big part of that. Read more
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Stumped by London garden shrooms
My mum was working on her garden when she found these mushrooms growing around the stump of an old willow tree. Just like that willow, I am also stumped. iNaturalist, as it so often does with fungi photos, has yet to offer any support on even approaching an ID. The colour is interesting – you… Read more
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Supermarket weeping conk
At the base of the tree I noticed an aberration in the bark where a bracket fungus was fruiting. I took a few phone pics, with people quite confused by my crouching at the tree’s base. Read more
Fungi Friday 🍄 