I was most pleased. The first one I found in 2023 was one of a group of around a dozen or more, in conifer woodland. It was a fine specimen; so fine I drew it in my fungi journal :)
29.10.2025 10:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@bernoid.bsky.social
Carpe fungum. Illustrator. Naturalist. Author of Secrets of a Devon Wood. https://www.nhbs.com/secrets-of-a-devon-wood-book
I was most pleased. The first one I found in 2023 was one of a group of around a dozen or more, in conifer woodland. It was a fine specimen; so fine I drew it in my fungi journal :)
29.10.2025 10:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Laccaria amethystina - Amethyst Deceiver ๐ #FungiFriends
28.10.2025 22:18 โ ๐ 360 ๐ 28 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1Amazing what you can find on your hands and knees under the trees. Tolypocladium ophioglossoides - Snaketongue Truffleclub. Only the second time Iโve found these. I was very pleased. #FungiFriends
28.10.2025 11:36 โ ๐ 80 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0Some little #ConeOfTheDay sketches.
28.10.2025 10:19 โ ๐ 105 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Auriscalpium vulgare growing from a pinecone.
Close up of Auriscalpium vulgare underneath showing its teeth.
Auriscalpium vulgare - Earpick Fungus. One of my favourite mushrooms. #FungiFriends #ConeOfTheDay
27.10.2025 18:09 โ ๐ 189 ๐ 27 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 2Coltricia perennis - Tigerโs Eye #FungiFriends
26.10.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 104 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Marasmius hudsonii - Holly Parachute #FungiFriends
25.10.2025 18:58 โ ๐ 154 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Honey Fungus #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
24.10.2025 19:28 โ ๐ 139 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0A perfect Amanita fulva - Tawny Grisette. #FungiFriends
23.10.2025 19:08 โ ๐ 141 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's so vivid, isn't it? One of my favourite logs in my local woods. It really comes alive this time of year.
23.10.2025 07:39 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Chlorociboria aeruginascens - Green Elfcup
Morning... #FungiFriends
23.10.2025 07:30 โ ๐ 236 ๐ 26 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 1They did!
21.10.2025 07:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The beautiful Cortinarius flexipes - Pelargonium Webcap. Lots popping up in the plantations. #FungiFriends
19.10.2025 16:42 โ ๐ 143 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0I've only ever found them on birch trees.
15.10.2025 12:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I've been watching this Pale Tussock in my garden for months. Every night it came out to feed on Hazel & every day it slept in its little silked-ceiling leaf cubby. Last week it crawled down to the ground to find somewhere to overwinter & pupate. I really miss my little buddy. #Callitearapudibunda
15.10.2025 12:14 โ ๐ 61 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If thereโs Honey Mushrooms around a tree, itโs game over for the tree.
15.10.2025 11:56 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Youโre welcome. They are ๐๐ผ
15.10.2025 11:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Honey Mushrooms
15.10.2025 10:02 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I love a bit of Lenzites betulinus - Birch Mazegill. Easily misidentified from the top, but one look underneath reveals their stunning gill-like pore structure. #FungiFriends
15.10.2025 08:57 โ ๐ 103 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0yes
14.10.2025 21:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So many Russulas about #FungiFriends
14.10.2025 16:49 โ ๐ 128 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Amanita citrina - False Deathcap
Cuteโฆ #FungiFriends
14.10.2025 16:32 โ ๐ 108 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Oysters #FungiFriends
14.10.2025 11:23 โ ๐ 124 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Thatโs so interesting.
10.10.2025 21:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Mycena haematopus #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
10.10.2025 15:47 โ ๐ 201 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1DNA work is changing the names of fungi but I'm still having problems with the different ways the names are pronounced!
07.10.2025 11:02 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A Pale Tussock never fails to impress. โญ๏ธ
06.10.2025 16:11 โ ๐ 120 ๐ 25 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1Lovely to meet you too, Gary. Thanks for inviting me. I had a wonderful time.
06.10.2025 14:17 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Species is Caloboletus calopus - Bitter Beech Bolete
04.10.2025 14:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0