Molehills

The gills of a pale beige and white mushroom. Leaf litter covers the ground underneath.

Clitocybe nebularis, the clouded funnel mushroom.

Edible but not without risk. These #mushrooms cause gastric upset for 1 in 5 people, with a variable toxicity that may be related to the substrate they grow on. Best left untouched.

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Striated Bird's Nest fungi Cyathus striatus growing in moss

A mass of fruiting Coral Slime-mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

A slime-mould Physarum sp. on a rotten log with dangling white fruiting bodies

Dark brown gelatinous folds of Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa on a rotting log

I've waited a lifetime to find Striated Bird's Nest fungus, and this week I've seen it twice! Also a magnificent colony of Coral Slime-mould, a troop of another slime-mould Physarum sp. with a lime-encrusted peridium and a heap of Witch's Butter. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR

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More of this #lichen behind the tennis courts. I have started to see this type (Ramalina sp.) hanging out a lot with what I think is a teloschites sp. and i got the fanciful idea that there might be some sort of cross over. I’ll see if I can find a pic and post next to illustrate #FungiFriends

Fungus on mossy log

Bakethin Nature Reserve in November

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A pixie cup lichen in a sheltered space on a stone wall.

A pixie cup #lichen, possibly Cladonia pyxidata, found on a stone wall.

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Waxcap #fungi

EVIL GOBLIN FACE

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Pure elegance, Amanita citrina.

Blue-green Stropharia has a bluish-green cap. The convex cap edges are fringed a white color. The cap size between half and two and half inches in diameter. The stipe is white and measures one to four inches in height and a width of about half an inch (Siegel and Schwarz 2024). Bottom half of stipe is scaled in a crowded fashion.

Have only seen Blue-green Stropharia (Stropharia aeruginosa) one time. Green and blue mushrooms are rare finds in the Pacific Northwest (Trudell and Ammirati 2009). Can be found in forested habitat, grassy areas and gardens of low elevations. So enjoy #ColorADay for #GreenSat.

Molehills in the foreground, with many more deeper into the grassy field. A stone wall runs along the boundary of the field, with farms in the distance. The sky is grey with cloud.

A big cluster of molehills on a muddy field on farmland.

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A small red mushroom growing in grass.

Always nice to see scarlet wax caps. This is Hygrocybe coccinea, found on farmland in Derbyshire.

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A black speckled lichen on rock.

A Porpidia #lichen on rock. Not sure which species.

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If the pitch is used regularly, perhaps the noise and vibration keep them at the sidelines?

Discs of fungi with rings of different shades of browns growing from a downed log.

Some absolutely stunning turkey tail funghi in the woods today. 💚 #FungiFriends

Golden colored fruticose lichen growing on tree branches

Lush gold-colored lichen in the Oneawa hills #fungifriends

A pale beige and white moth against an orange dead leaf. The leaf is covered in black spots from mould.

Operophtera brumata, a winter moth. They appear in October and November and can survive freezing temperatures.

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A large purple mushroom between beech leaves in the forest. It has a thick stem and a think round cap covered with purple velvet.

Violet webcap. Purple giant with a velvet top.
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Magpie ink-cap mushroom surrounded by fallen leaves in front of a log

Another Magpie Ink-cap in the woods today! @hopeeaton.bsky.social took this excellent photo, which involves something called "composition". She's so much better at taking photos than me!

For FunguSunday today I have these fabulous purple imposters … which is what my daughter calls Amethyst Deceiver mushrooms … which these are 😀😀🍄‍🟫
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A fungus growing on the underside of a dead branch

A hoof fungus, Fomes fomentarius, growing on a dead birch #tree.

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Oyster mushrooms growing on a fallen tree.

Found some oyster #mushrooms at the weekend, growing on a fallen birch #tree.

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These things are amazing. There's a field in the Peak District where I always find a few

For #WildFungiHour, a Scarlet Waxcap in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Shirley. #WildflowerHour

A mushroom covered in ice particles, growing in grass in the morning sun.

A frosty mushroom, on a chilly start to a Sunday in October.

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Found this pretty Slime Mould on our walk in the local woods this morning. I think it may be the early stage of Stemonitis flavogenita (happy to be corrected!) #SlimeMouldSunday

Or broadleaf cattail. So many names for this stuff

A green lichen growing on the bark of a tree.

A greenshield #lichen growing on a fallen birch tree.

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Bulrush heads on marshy ground in the woods. The sky is blue with some white clouds. Trees are in the distance at the edge of the marsh.

Bullrushes. Just about managed to keep my feet dry getting this photo.

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A jelly ear fungus growing from a dead tree trunk

Jelly ear fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae.

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