Fungi Friday 🍄

photographing fungi in West Sussex

  • Tawny grisette in June

    Tawny grisette in June

    This week I saw one of my first proper mushrooms of the summer period. During a walk after work through Ashdown Forest I spotted a tawny grisette under some low bracken at the edge of a wooded heathland. This is a common species on heathland in south-east England. The photo above shows birch woodland, which… Read more

  • Disco jelly đŸĒŠ

    Disco jelly đŸĒŠ

    I’ve not been in fungi mode this week and have spent most of the time in an office. But today I noticed this little gathering of what might be lemon disco on a bench under an oak tree. I’ve found this to be a common and consistently urban fungus. It will grow on fences (this… Read more

  • June mushrooms on Box Hill

    June mushrooms on Box Hill

    I walked a loop of the famous Box Hill on the North Downs today. There wasn’t a lot to set the heart racing (that’s the hill’s job!) but a couple of things did crop up. Photos are taken with my Pixel 7a. Early on in the walk there was a patch of what are probably… Read more

  • Fungi in the Jungfrau, Switzerland đŸ‡¨đŸ‡­

    Fungi in the Jungfrau, Switzerland đŸ‡¨đŸ‡­

    The Jungfrau mountains, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, May 2024 Wow, the Swiss Alps are incredible! They are also quite wet, which means that I managed to find some fungi there when visiting in late-May 2024. The fungi were found during short walks in steep woodland and pics were taken with my phone (Pixel 7a). I found… Read more

  • Green elfcup in Salzkammergut đŸ‡Ļ🇹

    Green elfcup in Salzkammergut đŸ‡Ļ🇹

    Salzkammergut, Austria, May 2024 It may not look like much, and probably is an excuse to share this incredible scenery, but here is an interesting fungus. Green elfcup is mostly seen as this green blush on pieces of soft, broken wood. If you’re lucky, you’ll see small green-blue fruiting cups in the autumn. The green… Read more

  • Parasols in Vienna đŸ‡Ļ🇹

    Parasols in Vienna đŸ‡Ļ🇹

    Vienna, Austria, Friday 17th May 2024 I’ve been on my honeymoon in Austria this week and while traipsing through the beautiful streets of Vienna I spotted my first proper mushrooms of the year. This is a summer shroom (from memory) but I wasn’t looking for anything. There has been a lot of rain today, but… Read more