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Ards Forest for fungi.

Too many images for one day. More from Ards tomorrow.

Showers for much of the day.

Chanterelles - Cantharellus cibarius - are always good to see. They taste excellent.

    

This and the next two species are all closely related.

Horn of Plenty - Craterellus cornucopioides - are also very good on the plate. I located these by their smell.

Although these Cantharellus infundibuliformis were in the darkest part of the wood, a long exposure shows them in  their true colours.

    

 

Again, a long exposure shows this Mycena to best effect.

This looks like the Charcoal Burner - Russula cyanoxantha.

More edibles distinguished by their spines. These are Hedgehog mushrooms - Hydnum repandum, although the left-hand image looks much more like a Hippo.

    

 

This is certainly an Amanita, but the cap colour has been washed out. Judging by the rancid smell of potato, I'm going for Amanita citrina var. alba.

 

The yellow Russula was very numerous, and appeared in all locations and under many species of trees.

This Cep - Boletus edulis - is one of the most entire specimens I've found. That's probably because it's only 3 cm. across the cap, and the slugs haven't found it yet.

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