Rare, Medium or Well Done? – Beef Steak Fungus
It’s a comical sight and nice surprise when you first come across an oak tree sticking it’s pinky red tongue out at you! It’s happened to me a few times and I seem to be getting use to it. This is the...
View ArticleBulging bracket! – The Birch Polypore
Medium to large bracket fungus growing on birch trees.
View ArticleTree slippers – The Giant Polypore
Walking along a woodland path, the adjacent foliage was heavily overgrown. But something still caught the corner of my eye at the base of a large oak tree. At first, I thought people had left some...
View ArticleTinder Trotter – The Hoof Funfus
As winter seems to drag on and on, all mushroom foragers seems to be stuck in some kind of ‘no mans land’ of woe and sorrow… Hey ho! But many fungi are perennial and more noticeable through the winter...
View ArticleTickled Pink! – The Blushing Bracket
I hope people don’t mind me featuring an overdue fungus to the Mushroom Diary. Yes, it’s a common, dull and inedible bracket fungus that appears in many numbers throughout the year. But just in case...
View ArticleSulphur Surprise – Chicken of the Woods
It was one of those rare times when I ventured out looking for something in particular and actually found it! Summer isn’t a great season for mushroom hunting but it does have some interesting and...
View ArticleColourfully Versatile – Turkeytail Fungus
This is another perennial bracket fungus that is extremely common. If you find them at the right time in their life-cycle you’ll be witness to some beautiful displays that are visually stunning. What...
View ArticleSay what you see! It has to beA Lumpy Bracket
Most bracket fungi are usually every day ‘all year round’ kind of guys, some persisting even for years. And here’s one of the other common shelf fungi to perpetuate throughout the year, releasing it’s...
View ArticleBay Polypore
Many bracket (or shelf) fungi grow all year round, or at least from spring through to autumn. This one is a classic example – most common in central Europe but less so farther north. The Bay Polypore...
View ArticleA good year for Dryads Saddle – Best Bracket Fungus?
One of the most common bracket fungi found in the UK also happens to be one of the largest. And they’re out in force! The beautiful Dryad’s Saddle or Pheasant Back Mushroom (Cerioporus squamosus) can...
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