Category: Fungi
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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…
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Disco jelly đĒŠ
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…
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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…
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Fungi in the Jungfrau, Switzerland đ¨đ
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…
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Green elfcup in Salzkammergut đĻđš
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…
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Parasols in Vienna đĻđš
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…
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The ultimate beard lichen in Devon
Dartmoor National Park, Devon, May 2023 To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of me seeing this lichen, well, here it is! I was on a walk around the river Dart at the picturesque Dartmeet, feeling rather hangry actually, when we stopped by the river. Most people visiting the area don’t get…
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Holly parachute đĒ
Dulwich, London, Friday 17th November 2023 On a chilly afternoon back in November I was having a work meeting when I noticed a holly leaf resting under a pile of branches and picked it up. I am often on the lookout for parachute mushrooms on the woodland floor in October…
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South Downs Way shrooms đĨž
Amberley Downs, West Sussex, 11th November 2023 In November I headed up onto the South Downs in the Arun Valley. Chalk grassland fungi are some of the most spectacular and rare, so it was a good chance to see something not present in the lowland woods. There was plenty of…
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Lilac bonnet đŠˇ
Dulwich, London, 9th November 2023 Happy belated Fungi Friday. Here are some images from south-east London during prime mushroom season. It was bonnet o’clock, as this post demonstrates. Bonnets (Mycena) are a big group of mushrooms and I haven’t done enough work to identify them consistently. Perhaps the fact they’re…
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