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Mushroom Season is here! What’s about?

Lactarius turpis2020 J C Harris

That’s one Ugly Milkcap!

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Grifola frondosa

Big in Japan – Hen of the Woods

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Milky Conecaps

Snow Caps in Summer – The Milky Conecap

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Blushing Wood Mushroom

Mushroom of the Woods – Blushing Wood Mushroom

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Clitocybe rivulosa

Beware the Fool’s Funnel

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Bulgaria inquinans

Liquorice on a log – The Black Bulgar

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Psilocybe semilanceata

The notorious Magic Mushroom

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Birch Milkcap Mushroom

Down in the Damp – The Birch Milkcap

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Coprinellus micaceus

All that glitters… The Glistening Inkcap

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Bay Polypore

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Field Blewit

Blue-leg Bounty – The Field Blewit

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Laccaria laccata

Fickle & Twisted – The Deceiver

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Psilocybe semilanceata

The notorious Magic Mushroom

October 28, 2016/by J C Harris
Yellow Stainer Mushroom

Horse & Field Mushroom Imposter! – The Yellow Stainer

August 31, 2010/by J C Harris
Edible Parasol Mushroom

Late Summer brings out the Parasol mushrooms

August 23, 2010/by J C Harris

Common as muck! The Common Earthball

September 15, 2012/by J C Harris

Fool me once… The False Chanterelle

July 29, 2012/by J C Harris

Wonders in the Woodchip! The Black Morel

April 15, 2012/by J C Harris
Red Amanita

Fairytale Fungus – The Fly Agaric

August 10, 2009/by J C Harris
Amanita rubescens

Shy Amanita? The Blusher

August 27, 2012/by J C Harris

ExCEPtional! – The Penny Bun, Cep or Porcini mushroom

November 20, 2011/by J C Harris

Winter’s bounty – Velvet Shank

January 4, 2011/by J C Harris
Oyster Mushrooms

Shelling out – The Oyster mushroom

April 17, 2013/by J C Harris
Sulphur Polypore

Sulphur Surprise – Chicken of the Woods

July 15, 2013/by J C Harris

Sticky Suillus – Slippery Jack

October 24, 2012/by J C Harris

Halloween Special – The Witch’s Egg

October 28, 2010/by J C Harris

Sidewalk Snack – The Pavement Mushroom

July 1, 2012/by J C Harris
Clitocybe rivulosa

Beware the Fool’s Funnel

July 24, 2017/by J C Harris
Field Blewit

Blue-leg Bounty – The Field Blewit

January 7, 2016/by J C Harris

Clouded judgement – The Clouded Agaric

October 19, 2009/by J C Harris

Snow patrol – Wood Blewit

December 5, 2010/by J C Harris
Lactarius turpis

That’s one Ugly Milkcap!

January 30, 2020/by J C Harris

Small and Brown! What is it? Winter Edition

February 3, 2011/by J C Harris

More Earthballs – The Scaly Earthball

September 30, 2012/by J C Harris

Field Mushrooms again… Keep ‘em coming

October 6, 2010/by J C Harris

Colourfully Versatile – Turkeytail Fungus

September 27, 2013/by J C Harris

Blue Hats for Winter – The Wood Blewit

November 30, 2009/by J C Harris
Paxillus involutus

Timebomb Toadstool – The Brown Roll-Rim

October 12, 2011/by J C Harris
Shaggy Inkcap Mushrooms

Shaggy Inkcaps out in force…

October 14, 2012/by J C Harris

Buried Bunny? The Hare’s Foot Inkcap

July 14, 2012/by J C Harris
Unknown jelly blob!

Star Jelly?

February 20, 2013/by J C Harris
Coprinellus micaceus

All that glitters… The Glistening Inkcap

July 18, 2016/by J C Harris
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