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Thursday 22 September 2016

Chanterelle


Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius

Tuesday 20 September 2016

Monday 19 September 2016

Mycena inclinata

Mycena inclinata

Mycena inclinata
Mycena inclinata - can be distinguished from other clustered bonnet-caps on dead wood by its yellowish stems and a mealy smell.

Sunday 18 September 2016

Ruby Bolette

I presume these are the ruby bolette - Hortiboletus rubellus, round here they are always at the base of lime trees (Tilia) whereas the books suggest that they should prefer oaks...

Ruby bolette - Hortiboletus rubellus
Anyway, this one had a palmate newt sleeping under it, that I disturbed when I cleared the dead leaves from round about.

Ruby bolette - Hortiboletus rubellus with bonus Lissotriton helveticus

Saturday 17 September 2016

Friday 16 September 2016

Hedgehog Fungus

Hydnum repandum - hedgehog fungus

Monday 12 September 2016

Sunday 11 September 2016

Caloboletus radicans


Caloboletus radicans

Caloboletus radicans

Saturday 10 September 2016

Lush, Morning Post

Fencepost of the Week #130


Friday 9 September 2016

Sulphur Polypore

Lots of sulphur polypores in all stages of development on show in the New Forest, today.

Sulphur polypore - Laetiporus sulphureus

Sulphur polypore - Laetiporus sulphureus

Sulphur polypore - Laetiporus sulphureus

Sulphur polypore - Laetiporus sulphureus

Thursday 8 September 2016

Giant Polypore

Meripilius giganteus - giant polypore

Meripilius giganteus - giant polypore

Wednesday 7 September 2016

Tuesday 6 September 2016

Stinkhorn

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Monday 5 September 2016

Sunday 4 September 2016

Two-toned Woodtuft

Two-toned woodtuft - Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Saturday 3 September 2016

Deep in Gorse

Fencepost of the Week #129





Friday 2 September 2016

Dyer's Maze-gill

Dyer's maze-gill - Phaeolus schweinitzii

Dyer's maze-gill - Phaeolus schweinitzii

Saturday 27 August 2016

Friday 26 August 2016

Cortinarius bolaris

Cortinarius bolaris

Cortinarius bolaris

Cortinarius bolaris

Thursday 25 August 2016

Tremella foliacea

Tremella foliacea

Tremella foliacea
Tremella foliacea

Wednesday 24 August 2016

The Sickener


The sickener - Russula emetica


The sickener - Russula emetica

Tuesday 23 August 2016

Porcelain Fungus

Porcelain fungus - Oudemansiella mucida

Monday 22 August 2016

Mouldy Old Boletus

Monday Mushroom #111

This sweaty, mould covered boletus is well past its sell-by date.

Sunday 21 August 2016

The Pointiest

Cortinarius acutus - an exceptionally pointy mushroom!

Cortinarius acutus

Cortinarius acutus

Saturday 20 August 2016

Friday 19 August 2016

Polypoerus tuberaster Poses

Polyporus tuberaster - growing out of the top of a gorse branch.

Polyporus tuberaster - growing out of the side of a gorse branch.

Thursday 18 August 2016

Cortinarius evernius

Cortinarius evernius coming up in sizeable clumps all over the Cowal's soggier forest plantations.

Cortinarius evernius

Cortinarius evernius

Cortinarius evernius


Wednesday 17 August 2016

Silky Piggyback Mushroom

I blogged about the powdery piggyback mushroom here. These photos are of the silky piggyback mushroom - it is similarly parasitic on russules, but doesn't have the strange spore generating tissue of its powdery brethren.

Asterophora parasitica - silky piggyback mushroom

Asterophora parasitica - silky piggyback mushroom

Tuesday 16 August 2016

Candelabra Coral Fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus - candelabra coral fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus - candelabra coral fungus