Category: Fungi
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Chantarelles in Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath, West Sussex, September 2023 Earlier this week I received an evening introduction to a very interesting complex of small woods in the Haywards Heath area in West Sussex, ahead of a walk I’m leading in October. There were very few mushrooms or fungi at all to be seen,…
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Bedgebury Pinetum – the best place to see fungi in England? 🌲
I visited Bedgebury Pinetum in SW Kent for the first time in early September. It was impressive to see a noticeboard highlighting the Pinetum as one of ‘the best places for fungi in the country’.
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Black bulgar ⚫
A post about a fungus that always seems to be on oak logs (and will win no photographer of the year awards).
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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…
Fungi Friday 🍄 