Tag: Sulphur tuft
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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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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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Fungi on Dartmoor, autumn 2024
This is a showcase of the posh mushroom pics I gathered with my proper camera during a visit to the wonderful Dartmoor National Park in November 2024.
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Fungi macro in the High Weald, September 2024
Happy Fungi Friday! 🍄 I really haven’t had enough time to photograph fungi with anything other my phone camera. But in late September I did manage to go for a walk in my local dreaming space, which happens to be in the lovely High Weald National Landscape. Here are some…
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Moss-shrooms and ‘larva lamps’
Warnham, West Sussex, October 2023 A couple of hours in a wetland reserve in West Sussex that accrued so many photos it has taken me two months to process them! Therefore be prepared for a comprehensive post this week. The star of the show here is lumpy bracket, about halfway…
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Ballerina waxcap and much more 🩰
Low Weald of West Sussex, Sunday 19th November 2023 I managed to get out to the Low Weald of West Sussex/Surrey border to a special area of woodland. I won’t name the exact site as it’s a Site of Special Scientific Interest and there’s been an increase in foraging recently,…
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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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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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Bedgebury Pinetum – the best place to see fungi in England? 🌲
I visited Bedgebury Pinetum in SW Kent for the first time in early September. It was impressive to see a noticeboard highlighting the Pinetum as one of ‘the best places for fungi in the country’.
Fungi Friday 🍄 