Category: Fungi
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Hundreds of inkcaps in the cemetery
West Sussex, 31st October and 1st November 2023 Two days at a special little cemetery I know. It’s good to be reminded of how rich grassland ecosystems can be, and it’s not just about the woods. Also, I think I snapped three different species of one coral fungus genus here…
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Magpies, hedgehogs and parachutes
Low Weald near Petworth, West Sussex, 21st October 2023 Now there’s a blog title you never thought you’d read. The good thing is that every word of it is true. Anything is possible in the world of fungi. In mid-late October 2023 I visited the deepest, darkest, most ecologically dynamic…
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Churchyard earthtongues 🖤
South Downs Way, West Sussex, November 2023 Here’s a new sighting for me! I don’t want to identify the churchyard I visited, but it was along the South Downs Way in West Sussex. I would say that most churchyards in the South Downs will have good fungal diversity, so just…
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Fairy-ring champignon 🧚♂️
West Sussex, November 2023 One of the most iconic mushroom experiences is surely encountering a fairy-ring. In late-November I found one in a little cemetery I visit each autumn to check for fungi. While the ring is not entire, it is a pretty solid effort from fairy-ring champignon, a member…
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December goblet 🏆
West Sussex, December 2023 Passing down a footpath between two fields I noticed this winter shroom. I am pretty certain that this is one of the goblets, which I’ve only seen a couple of times. They’re quite difficult to photograph in the whole because their shape is so unusual. The…
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Ballerina waxcap and much more 🩰
Low Weald of West Sussex, Sunday 19th November 2023 I managed to get out to the Low Weald of West Sussex/Surrey border to a special area of woodland. I won’t name the exact site as it’s a Site of Special Scientific Interest and there’s been an increase in foraging recently,…
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Hen of the woods in London 🐔
Dulwich, London, Friday 17th November 2023 Hen of the woods (Grifola frondosa) was one of the first polypores I learned, and the first time I saw it was in Dulwich. Fittingly, my first (and second) HotW of the year were in the same area. This modest specimen was growing near…
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Surprise mushrooms in Dulwich Park
November 2023 in Dulwich Park provided some surprise shrooms more typical of rural woodlands.
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Shaggy inkcaps on the verge
West Sussex, November 2023 No awards being won here for mushroom pics, but these are my first shaggy inkcaps of the season. Underneath this lime tree, among the litter, I spotted some unusual shapes and off colours (from the yellow of the leaves). Kneeling down (with an audience, which is…