Category: West Sussex
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Mushroom peak in the oak woods, October 2025
October’s mushroom peak in the oak woods of West Sussex
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Mushroom peak in the beechwoods, October 2025
A walk in the peak mushroom season in Colgate, West Sussex
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All the colours of the shroombow 🌈
Colgate, West Sussex, September 2025 There’s a lot of different colours happening in this post. I’ve been wondering what makes a place ‘good’ for certain species of fungi. None more so than when I witnessed hundreds of fly agarics in some ancient woodland in Colgate in late September. This is…
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Birch knight in Lower Beeding
Lower Beeding, West Sussex, September 2025 This is the second part of a bike ride round the edge of the western High Weald, which was surprisingly fruitful. This post focuses on a little churchyard at the edge of Coolhurst Wood, which has no public access (according to the hostile signage).…
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Beefsteak fungus on ancient oak
Lower Beeding, West Sussex, September 2025 In September I was out on my bike to do some low-carbon mushrooming. It’s a great way to get into some old woodlands that are very rich in fungi. Sussex is home to an astonishing array of ancient trees, most notably oak trees. This…
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The biggest penny bun I’ve seen
In mid-September I was out and about one morning to witness a big ol’ bolete and hundreds of fly agaric in the woods.
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Chicken of the woods, the old rotter!
I was walking along the River Arun one lunchtime when I spotted a massive fungal outpouring a short distance away.
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Birch boletes in Colgate
Colgate, West Sussex, 11th September 2025 Good news if you like to listen to people talking about mushrooms: this post is accompanied by a podcast I recorded while taking the photos. You can listen to it on YouTube below or via the usual platforms. A couple of things to point…
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