20th October |
Local Deanery.
Dull but dry. |
Pholiota squarrosa is usually found on deciduous wood, but this bunch was tightly packed against an old Pine. |
The lawn was covered in this Honey Fungus, Armillaria mellea agg.
A nearby stump had plenty of the 'bootlace' mycelium associated with Armillaria infections.
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A couple of shots of Coprinus atramentarius.
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Another Coprinus, this time Coprinus plicatilis. |
There are lots of old stumps in the grass, making the garden a haven for fungi of all types. This is Flammulina velutipes, which usually has a dark, felty stipe, but some of them don't read the books and try to confuse us by having a shiny orange one. |
Another fungus that was very common in this area: Bjerkandera adusta. It starts off pale and goes darker with age.
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Any bare soil was occupied by the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. The large gemma cup has a few gemmae still in place. These will eventually be splashed out by raindrops. |
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