Glenys Norquay

A shaggy parasol emerging from leaf litter, with a smaller one nestled under its brim

Shaggy parasol with magnificent crackly cap 😍
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A mica cap mushroom - warm tan colour with a domed cap - emerging from dark soil

Mica cap poking up like a perfect little acorn
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Tiny jelly ear fungus on a log, with fingertip for scale

With my fingertip for scale!

Jelly ear fungus on a log

Teeny tiny jelly ear factory 😍
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Thanks!

😂

A small rosy bonnet mushroom growing very close to honey fungus

These two are still hanging out together. Rosy bonnet and honey fungus
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A mushroom with pale brown stem and warm brown cap emerging from a mossy stump

Honey fungus
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😊

A small rosy bonnet mushroom, surrounded by moss

Rosy bonnet 🩷
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A small pink and glossy mushroom leaning against a bigger white mushroom with a shaggy cap

Mushroom creche 🥰 Tiny rosy bonnet snuggled up against a newly emerged honey fungus (?)
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I can't pretend to know much about foraging mushrooms, but I don't think these ones will kill you but I also don't think they taste very nice! They're not sought after by foragers anyway (and are pretty small)

I thought so too! More mushroom-shaped when viewed from the side, but like little marbles when I looked down on them from overhead

😍

Mycena mushrooms emerging from a crack in a lichen-covered log, viewed from above

Mycena emerging from a lichen-covered log
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I think they're probably enjoying some downtime

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) taken today in the grounds of Heriot-Watt University Campus, Riccarton, Edinburgh. #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #VintageLenses #AsahiPentax @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) taken today in the grounds of Heriot-Watt University Campus, Riccarton, Edinburgh. #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #VintageLenses #AsahiPentax @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

Two sulphur tuft mushrooms nestled very close to one side of a freshly emerged honey fungus cap, viewed from above

My favourite fungi find today - a pair of sulphur tuft Mickey Mouse ears on a newborn honey fungus 😍
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A puffball mushroom and blades of grass

Puffball (with builder's bum)
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A distant male stonechat surrounded by willowherb floss

Stonechat keeping an eye on me from a distance 😍
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A cluster of small, rich brown mushrooms emerging from a lichen-covered log

Mycena peeking out of a lichen-covered log
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They really are!

A dunnock perched on top of a recently pruned hedge

A very bold dunnock
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Thanks! Always overjoyed to see the stonechats drop by.

A female stonechat balancing on the end of a stalk

Curious little stonechat
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Thank you - that's so kind ☺

A dark photo of spectacular rustgill mushrooms emerging from a stump

The cap of a spectacular rustgill, showing a trail of nibbles across its warm brown/ochre textured surface

Spectacular rustgill (?), plus a close-up of the little trail of nibbles across its cap
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A female stonechat in an apple tree. Deep red apples hang from a branch above her head

Stonechat and apples. Must be autumn 🍂🍎
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This is beautiful, Stephanie 😍

A tiny porcelain fungus mushroom poking up through moss

Tiny, shiny porcelain fungus 😍
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