A friend called us over this afternoon to admire some "interesting" fungi growing in a wood-chip path in her garden. Very well worth the visit (nice to visit and chat anyway) because there was a large collection of fungi of the genus Mutinus. This genus being named after a phallic deity, Mutunus, one [...]
Walking down the road earlier today we spotted - well, in truth, J spotted - two groups of fungi on the mown grass verge. It has rained in biblical amounts these past couple of days so fungi are everywhere. So - the reason for this post is that having (I think) identified [...]
Happened across this little fairy fungus on the edge of a wood-chip path at the Fritz Garden this morning. Later in the day it will already have 'deliquesced' and turned black and slimy - hence ink cap - but it was lovely around 8am. (Apologies for having to admit it was taken with [...]
Happened upon while wandering at Ardtornish on the west coast of Scotland - autumn 2016
Hare's Foot Inkcap Coprinopsis lagopus - popping up form a heap of wood chippings in town. These fruiting bodies (aka: mushrooms) last only a few hours before dissolving into a black ink. The vague resemblance of the young fruit body to the paw of a white rabbit has apparently earned this species it's [...]
That time of year again A couple of days ago we took our exercise in the arboretum (again) and found the trail we were exploring to be leading us past one after another after another "mushroom" which were popping up and spore shedding everywhere we looked. There will be more in the coming [...]
Fly Agaric Fungi + Wild Parsnip Found these two species (I would have said 'two plants' but these days, and for good reasons, fungi are no longer plants but a separate 'kingdom' altogether - see note below) in close association at the arboretum about a week ago. The tall green plant is wild parsnip [...]
Pleated Inkcap A small group of these tiny fungi appeared on the lawn this morning. I am suggesting Parasola plicatilis, the Pleated Inkcap, as the species because (a) it appears to have the necessary field features and (b) this is the commonest species of the Coprinoid (Inky Cap) group of fungi in this area. Having [...]
A few days ago while showing a visiting friend the trails in the Morgan Arboretum we realized that we were surrounded by a wide variety of beautiful fungi ... well, not surrounded perhaps but there were, and are, a heck of a lot of them. Consequently we decided to return, this time with camera [...]