Category: London
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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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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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Dog vomit slime mould 🐶
Dulwich, south-east London, August 2023 There is something so abrupt about slime mould, and none more so than dog vomit slime mould! Slime moulds are not fungi, but are thought to be closer to animals than fungi in genetic and evolutionary terms. I spotted this splash of yellow while leading…
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Stumped by London garden shrooms
My mum was working on her garden when she found these mushrooms growing around the stump of an old willow tree. Just like that willow, I am also stumped. iNaturalist, as it so often does with fungi photos, has yet to offer any support on even approaching an ID. The…
