Tag: Fly agaric
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Muscular russulas at Sheffield Park
A second visit to the National Trust’s Sheffield Park in 2025, this time in October. There was a lot to see.
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New Forest National Park, September 2025
On 25th September 2025 I made my annual visit to the New Forest National Park to walk a 10-mile circular route from Brockenhurst railway station.
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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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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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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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Fly agaric in Hemsted Forest
Happy Fungi Friday! 🍄 In early October I was in Kent near Cranbrook and decided to drop in on a Forestry Commission site I’d never visited before: Hemsted Forest. Before I go any further, here’s a link to their fungi code which relates to foraging. I was here to take…
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A fly agaric Christmas & New Year 🍄
From everyone at FungiFriday.co.uk (me), hoping you have the chance to think about mushrooms over the holiday period. Please enjoy these (mostly German) fly agaric-focused Christmas and New Year’s cards: Viel glück! 🍄
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Bramshott fungi walk – October 2023
Autumn had crashed in with its typical rain and leaf fall. I think the early mushroom season has been shortened by the hot September and sudden shift to seasonal storms.
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Fly agaric proliferating 🍄
Happy Fungi Friday! I nipped over to my local woodland on Saturday 14th October to try and catch the mushroom boom. It was quite dark by the time I got there but still worth it. My first sighting was this beautiful blusher at the side of the track, shining in…
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UK Fungus Day 2023 in West Sussex 🍄
I had a very good UK Fungus Day on Saturday, leading a guided walk in Haywards Heath in the morning and then went for my own personal none-to-one guided walk.
Fungi Friday 🍄 