Category: Fungi
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There’s a massive mushroom in my house
Not quite the post I was expecting to make this week, but I found a woodland fungus growing in a dark and poorly heated corner of my house!
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Essex stump bracket 🪵
Like the hot September weather, the Ganoderma theme continues. On the edge of Epping Forest I passed this big poplar stump which had a bracket fungus growing on it.
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Heatwave kills the vibe
Happy #FungiFriday. An infuriating week for southern English funga, if you want to take things that far. It’s been above 30 degrees for most of the last 10 days with no proper rain. The only photo I have is this Ganoderma bracket, taken in West Sussex on my phone. Unlike…
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Southern or artist’s bracket? 🟤⚪
Southern bracket grows bigger and more layered than artist’s bracket. The latter gets its name from the fact you can play noughts and crosses on its white underside, or sketch landscapes, the options are there.
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Heatwave earthballs 🌍
I’ve been in London through most of this week’s heatwave, with some time spent in woodland. The ground is bone dry and there are no typical mushrooms sprouting. Earthballs are not typical mushrooms, but are definitely one of the most recognisable or often encountered species of fungi. At the bottom…
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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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