Category: Fungi
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Ludshott Common in Hampshire
The fungi found on an October day in the woody heaths of East Hampshire
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Muscular russulas at Sheffield Park
A second visit to the National Trust’s Sheffield Park in 2025, this time in October. There was a lot to see.
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New Forest National Park, September 2025
On 25th September 2025 I made my annual visit to the New Forest National Park to walk a 10-mile circular route from Brockenhurst railway station.
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All the colours of the shroombow 🌈
Colgate, West Sussex, September 2025 There’s a lot of different colours happening in this post. I’ve been wondering what makes a place ‘good’ for certain species of fungi. None more so than when I witnessed hundreds of fly agarics in some ancient woodland in Colgate in late September. This is…
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Birch knight in Lower Beeding
Lower Beeding, West Sussex, September 2025 This is the second part of a bike ride round the edge of the western High Weald, which was surprisingly fruitful. This post focuses on a little churchyard at the edge of Coolhurst Wood, which has no public access (according to the hostile signage).…
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Beefsteak fungus on ancient oak
Lower Beeding, West Sussex, September 2025 In September I was out on my bike to do some low-carbon mushrooming. It’s a great way to get into some old woodlands that are very rich in fungi. Sussex is home to an astonishing array of ancient trees, most notably oak trees. This…
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The biggest penny bun I’ve seen
In mid-September I was out and about one morning to witness a big ol’ bolete and hundreds of fly agaric in the woods.
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Chicken of the woods, the old rotter!
I was walking along the River Arun one lunchtime when I spotted a massive fungal outpouring a short distance away.
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Mushrooms at Sheffield Park
National Trust Sheffield Park, Fletching Parish, East Sussex, September 2025 A journey into the other half of Sussex! Sheffield Park is a wonderful park and garden near Uckfield in East Sussex. It’s free to National Trust members to enter but there’s a fee otherwise. Sheffield Park is Grade I listed…
Fungi Friday 🍄 