Category: Fungi
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Don’t ask me about brittlestems (please)!
Header image by David Oldham As the only person that many of my friends and family know to be a fungi enthusiast (synonyms include ‘expert’ or ‘fun guy”), I am pleased to receive fungi photos on WhatsApp. Sharing photos between friends and family like this is an important social and…
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“Purpurascentes” webcap in the New Forest 🕸️
The remnants of the veil between the cap and stipe, covering the gills, gave me the thought that this was a webcap.
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August bolete bonanza in the New Forest National Park 🐎
I was in the New Forest National Park camping for a couple of nights last week. The rainy July in southern England gave great hope of finding some nice shrooms in this, one of England’s mushroom wonderlands.
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Summer street boletes 🏫
West Sussex, August 2023 Walking home from the railway station I often scan the verge where some copper beech trees grow. In the past I’ve seen some summer season boletes growing but never had the chance to look more closely. Not sure why. One afternoon last week I spotted something…
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Bay-by bolete 👶
High Weald AONB, West Sussex, July 2023 Here we are in ‘fake fall’ as the Americans call it. Many across the Mediterranean and probably large parts of The World would probably agree – you’d take rain and cloud over hellfire. The rains are also a joy because they bring shrooms…
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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…
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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.
Fungi Friday 🍄 