Entries in Fungi (264)

Monday
Dec062010

Shaggy Inkcap Mushrooms

An unopened shaggy inkcap mushroom (Coprinus comatus).  The following specimen has opened showing the black inky self-digesting gills:

Photos taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-07.

Thursday
Oct212010

Yellow Club Fungus

A yellow club fungus growing in mown grass.  Probably either Clavulinopsis fusiformis (= Clavaria fusiformis) or Clavulinopsis helvola (= Clavaria helvola).

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-15.

Wednesday
Oct132010

Yellow Stags Horn Fungus

Yellow stags horn fungus, Calocera viscosa, growing on the stump of a conifer tree.

Photo taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2010-10-07.

Thursday
Sep302010

Mushroom

A cracked old mushroom, probably a bolete of some sort, judging by the pores on its underside.

Photo taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-21.

Thursday
Sep162010

Spiny Puffball Fungus

A particularly spiny puffball fungus, probably Lycoperdon echinatum.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2010-09-12.