Chanterelle

Chanterelle - Cantharellus cibarius

Cystoderma amianthinum

Cystoderma amianthinum

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.

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

Dark Green Coronet

Fencepost of the Week #131

Hedgehog Fungus

Hydnum repandum - hedgehog fungus

Psathyrella candolleana

Psathyrella candolleana

Caloboletus radicans

Caloboletus radicans

Caloboletus radicans

Lush, Morning Post

Fencepost of the Week #130

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

Giant Polypore

Meripilius giganteus - giant polypore

Meripilius giganteus - giant polypore

Pestle-shaped Puffball

Lycoperdon excipuliforme - pestle-shaped puffball

Stinkhorn

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Stinkhorn - Phallus impudicus

Stemonitopsis typhina

Sporangia of Stemonitopsis typhina

Two-toned Woodtuft

Two-toned woodtuft - Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Deep in Gorse

Fencepost of the Week #129

Dyer's Maze-gill

Dyer's maze-gill - Phaeolus schweinitzii

Dyer's maze-gill - Phaeolus schweinitzii

Grey Fuzzies at Dawn

Fencepost of the Week #128

Cortinarius bolaris

Cortinarius bolaris

Cortinarius bolaris

Cortinarius bolaris

Tremella foliacea

Tremella foliacea

Tremella foliacea

Tremella foliacea

The Sickener

The sickener - Russula emetica

The sickener - Russula emetica

Porcelain Fungus

Porcelain fungus - Oudemansiella mucida

Mouldy Old Boletus

Monday Mushroom #111

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

The Pointiest

Cortinarius acutus - an exceptionally pointy mushroom!

Cortinarius acutus

Cortinarius acutus

They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

Fencepost of the Week #127

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.

Cortinarius evernius

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

Cortinarius evernius

Cortinarius evernius

Cortinarius evernius

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

Candelabra Coral Fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus - candelabra coral fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus - candelabra coral fungus