I saw & photographed this at Kew today. Of course I didn't pick it, so almost all information is in the image. It was about 2.5 cm diameter, & I saw a few...
I know spring is a month earlier now but to see a late summer species in May is ridiculous. However I think it is Stropharia aurantiaca until proved otherwise....
Hilary, I just caught a look of the phota you took at Kew, it looks like Stropharia aurantiaca, (alien species) an early fruiting, but I have seen it early ...
Hi, I, too, found & queried this one found in Kew growing on woodchips, a year & a half ago. I contacted the Kew mycology people at the time & was told it was...
Thanks to all who replied; I've seen this once before on woodchips in a neighbour's garden but that was in November. Keir; do use the pic as you please; I'm...
I have just posted a picture by Ingrid Glass of the driveway morels which enables identification with some confidence. Also posted a picture of the Disciotis...
I've uploaded a provisional foray report and species list for the Mayday jaunt to St.Pancras and Islington cemetery. It's in the 'Foray list' folder of the...
Thanks to Mark for putting fungi on the map in the local conservation bureaucracy. There is now an official list of priority species of conservation concern in...
The new New Naturalist really is all that. Magnificent. And somebody's flogging the paperback edition on eBay, currently selling at £5.50 !! Strange but true....
Hi Keir, You recieved your copy already? did you buy through NHBS? There is a general consesus among mycologists that the collection of fungi in itself is ...
Would anyone like to lead an informal foray at the Gunnersbury Triangle Grand Open Day on Sunday 19th June?! Anyway, all are welcome to all our events. See ...
If anyone is in the Morden area check out the wonderful specimen of 'chicken in the woods' growing on a large log in Ravensbury Park. It's on the left quite...
Morden Hall Park is well worth a visit, but for those who can't make it, a photo of the aforementioned hen is now in the album 'Ravensbury Park'. MM...
For south Londoners; this has reappeared on a large poplar just inside the lowest Denmark Hill gate of Ruskin Park. No pics until I refine my climbing...
This is a very belated reply to Gina's question about reagents. A very comprehensive list of stains etc is available from the Association of British Fungus...
Hello everyone, It's high summer and time to hunt for Oak Polypore, Piptoporus quercinus, a UK and London priority species in biodiversity action plans plus...
I will certainly be looking in Alexandra Park and Queen's Wood for P.quercinus. No doubt Suzy will keep an eye out in Highgate Wood. Field Mycology 3(3):43-44...
Dear Keir, How are you? I have looked hard and low for the Oak Poypore on Hampstead Heath over the years, as you can imagine, with no success, which is ...
Only just found out about this, and just had a quick look but it looks like a great new website for everyone. To quote from the front page of the site:- "The...
No joy with the Oak Polypore yet except the opportunity to have a good look at a few hundred superb veteran oak trees! This was particularly the case on Sunday...
Still no success to report on the search for Piptoporus quercinus unfortunately, but there are other good things to report and look out for. These include a...
Hi Keir, After many hours hours peering down the barrel and writing of many notes, the trooping chap from Golders Hill park turns out to be Paneolus cinctulus ...
Many thanks to Andy (bet he sees tons of fungi in Finland) for nailing the Panaeolus cinctulus in Golders Hill Park. The photo in Jordan is a good likeness for...
Thanks to Jen for updating me with the latest events listing from the London Wildlife Trust. This includes extra fungus forays in Holland Park and Jenny Wood...
Thanks to Pat for this one. It's an Essex Field Club meeting so a phone call to make sure it's OK to attend would be in order - there should be no problems. ...
Some forays south of the river have been added to the foray file. Unfortunately, they are all a long way south - halfway to France almost. Ones closer to the...
