Tag: Handcross
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Spindleshank in Handcross
Handcross, West Sussex, August 2025 Happy Fungi Friday! 🍄 It’s that time of year when spindleshank is popping up at the toes of oaks that are not too healthy. I was in Handcross (technically Slaugham Parish) when I spotted my first spindleshanks of the year. They get their name from…
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Giant polypore at Nymans
Happy Fungi Friday as we enter into mushroom season! 🍄 At National Trust Nymans in Mid Sussex, there’s a dead copper beech tree that has been allowed to stand. I don’t know if it was an unsuitable pollard job that made the tree succumb (not blaming anyone!), but the weight…
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Peachy wonders
National Trust Nymans, West Sussex, September 2024 We’re approaching mushroom season in England and there are a few signs already. It’s been a wet spring and summer according to everyone so hopefully this will result in a decent autumn for our shrooms. Every cloud (literally)! On an afternoon walk around…
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