Francis Hickenbottom

I was pleased to be able to add a Ramaria to my species list for the almshouses. A MYFG member spotted several clumps of Ramaria stricta (Upright Coral) yesterday.

I missed the stalk colour. It is a Didymium. I think the shape of the peridial crystal is o.k. for D squamulosum.

Arrhenia acerosa (Moss Oysterling) was an interesting find on the croquet lawn of the Archbishop Holgate Hospital today during a foray with the Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group.

A gargoyle on Paisley Abbey that looks suspiciously like a Xenomorph

A gargoyle on Paisley Abbey that looks suspiciously like a Xenomorph

On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey

Identification of little brown jobs can sometimes be challenging but substrate can give an important clue. Here's Naucoria striatula (Striate Aldercap) growing amongst the exposed, tangled roots of Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder). #fungi

S, M, L Macrolepiota procera - Parasol mushrooms in the Wyre Forest #FungiFriends #ukwildlife

Here are some miniatures seen during a foray that I led for Doncaster Nats today. The Physarum and the Didymium are slime moulds and the Mollisia and the Orbilia are ascomycete fungi.

I found a patch beneath some birches on a reclaimed spoil heap that is rich in fungi. Amongst other species, there were many Amanita rubescens (Blushers) that were looking particularly good. #fungi

It's waxcap time!
Hygrocybe coccinea, Hygrocybe chlorophana, Hygrocybe punicea and Gliophorus psittacinus

#mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

A red pored boletes in n a forest

A gorgeous Neoboletus luridiformis - Scarletina Bolete seen in the Wyre Forest today #FungiFriends #ukwildlife

I've seen lots of Panaeolus semiovatus on the dung of ponies grazing on Heath Common, Wakefield but this is the largest specimen that I have encountered. #fungi

Splendid Waxcaps, Hygrocybe splendidissima. For #WildFungiHour

#speciesday no. is Yellow-foot Waxcap (Cuphophyllus flavipes). An uncommon waxcap with a drab blotchy greyish cap but the pale yellow stem base & decurrent gills are diagnostic. After twitching them at Henfield Churchyard, I've since
found my own at Ebernoe Cricket Pitch (this one) and High Beeches.

One of the many good things about looking at fungi is that it's possible to visit a site for years and still turn up new species for the site list. Volvopluteus gloiocephalus (Stubble Rosegill) was one of several added to the Wintersett list during a public foray yesterday.

A foray at Wintersett turned up this interesting fungus on a Poplar twig. I've identified it as Schizophyllum amplum, which has the common name Poplar Bells.

Beautiful Black chanterelles in Oakwood, Mayo. #fungi

Cobalt Crust fungus (Terana caerulea) on small pieces of rotting wood

Cobalt Crust fungus (Terana caerulea) on small pieces of rotting wood

Always spectacular, the amazing Cobalt Crust fungus (Terana caerulea). In a South Wales woodland 23/10/25 #fungi #FungiFriends

A perfect Amanita fulva - Tawny Grisette. #FungiFriends

I will never tire of looking at the gills of waxcap fungi.

Xerocomellus cisalpinus is now known as the Bluefoot Bolete and a cross-section is needed to check the identification. This species and X chrysenteron caused some confusion for me when I first encountered them. #fungi

I was quite excited today to see Mycena pseudocorticola on a mossy log at the Archbishop Holgate Hospital. #fungi

At a recent talk, someone asked me whether any insects eat fungi. I was also asked why I am not interested in collecting fungi to eat. This clip of an Armillaria at Brockadale that has passed its best answers both questions. #fungi

This had grass hiding the green and for a split second we thought we had found G reginae, the disappointment when we spotted the green bit 😂

There are some in a field near Whitby that like to turn pink. For a few seconds, I thought I had found Gliophorus reginae when I first encountered them. I believe it's now thought that there is more than one species going under the name of Parrot Waxcap.

Parrot Waxcaps can be many hues from green to orange but this is the first time I’ve seen pink, blue, green, orange and yellow all on the same mushroom!

The craziest coloured Parrot Waxcaps I’ve ever seen!! Aren’t they amazing!!!! 💚🩵💛🩷🧡

#FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Artificial reef created at Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex The reef protects the wind turbine and serves as a home for a wide range of marine life.

One of the largest artificial reefs in the world has been installed at a wind farm off the Sussex coast. The project at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is the first of its kind, with 75,000 specially designed "reef cubes" placed at the bottom of a single turbine..

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The Firerug Inkcap (Coprinellus domesticus) and its orange ozonium. This specimen is growing at the Archbishop Holgate Hospital, West Yorkshire. #fungi

Gannet , I love painting birds in full flight this gannet was no exception
Happy Saturday x

#watercolour #gannet #seabirds #movement #waves #watercolor #wings #watercolourpainting #wildlifeart #sea #wings #dive #birds #water #artist #art #painting

The Clubs and Corals are looking spectacular at the moment. Beige Coral (Clavulinopsis umbrinella), Violet Coral (Clavaria zollingeri), Smoky Spindles (Clavaria fumosa) and Skinny Club (Clavaria incarnata) with Meadow Waxcap as they often are.

Helvella crispa and a few members of a foray being led by members of the Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group in the rain at Harlow Carr today.