Tag: Horsham
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Shaggy inkcaps on the verge
West Sussex, November 2023 No awards being won here for mushroom pics, but these are my first shaggy inkcaps of the season. Underneath this lime tree, among the litter, I spotted some unusual shapes and off colours (from the yellow of the leaves). Kneeling down (with an audience, which is…
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Honey fungus near a roadside cherry 🍒
Tuesday 31st October, West Sussex Honey fungus can be a tricky one to predict. Sometimes it can pop up quite early in the season, but in recent years I’ve seen the first fruiting bodies later in the autumn. This year is an example of that. I was walking down the…
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Return to road verge agaricus 🛣️
This is the update you have all been waiting for. Since I posted about the agaricus mushrooms growing in a patch of grass on a street in the town where I live, I’ve been back to check on them.
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Mystery brittlegill in the cemetery 🔴
West Sussex, Friday 20th October 2023 There’s a small cemetery I can walk to from home that has been quite good for mushrooms during previous autumn visits. In the past I’ve seen a number of different waxcaps, goblets, parasols and blewits. Ironically I once saw a deathcap growing from a…
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Boletes at the library 📚
I have been keeping an eye on the woodchip outside my local library for a few months now. That focus has paid off handsomely.
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Mystery amanita at the roadside 🛣️
I was walking down the street the other day, passing a large beech tree that I’ve posted about before. We’ve had quite a lot of rain in recent weeks and it’s always worth having a gander. I did pause to think, should I traipse over there and crouch down next…
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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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Summer street boletes 🏫
West Sussex, August 2023 Walking home from the railway station I often scan the verge where some copper beech trees grow. In the past I’ve seen some summer season boletes growing but never had the chance to look more closely. Not sure why. One afternoon last week I spotted something…
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Supermarket weeping conk
At the base of the tree I noticed an aberration in the bark where a bracket fungus was fruiting. I took a few phone pics, with people quite confused by my crouching at the tree’s base.
Fungi Friday 🍄 