Tag: Rooting bolete
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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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Hedgerows boletes in Henfield
During a walk near the river Adur in the Henfield area, a lot of boletes were on show in the hedgerows and verges.
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Rooting bolete in the park
Happy Fungi Friday! My local park threw up a nice surprise this week when I spotted an uprooted bolete in the buttresses of an oak. I approached the oak and thought very quickly that it was a rooting bolete (Caloboletus radicans). Why? I’d seen this species during a walk in…
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