Wednesday
Feb022011

A Clump of Mushrooms

From several years ago: a clump of deformed mushrooms, probably rooting boletes, Boletus radicans (= Boletus albidus).  At the top of the clump, the edge of one of the mushrooms is turned over, revealing that the underside is covered in pores rather than gills:

These must have been fairly mature specimens.  Identification based mainly on similarity to photos here, here (page2), and here.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2007-09-03.

Tuesday
Feb012011

Brain Fungus

Crystal brain fungus (Myxarium nucleatum = Exidia nucleata) showing the white nuclei particularly well.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-02-21.

Monday
Jan312011

Black Fungus

Probably Exidia glandulosa.  See here and here for my previous posts on this fungus.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-02-22.

Sunday
Jan302011

Bread Roll Fungus

From a couple of years back: a strange fungus which looks like bread rolls.  At first, I thought might be a puffball or a pale Daldinia but now I think is probably a bracket fungus, in particular, a young form of Ganoderma sp.  See here and here for similar images.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-07-16.

Saturday
Jan292011

Mushroom

Probably a shaggy parasol mushroom, Chlorophyllum rhacodes (=Macrolepiota rhacodes).

Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-11-23