The drought continues…
…so almost nothing to find in the woods. Just some odds and ends, apart from one dramatic find: A log covered with hundreds of Fairy Inkcaps – spectacular!
1. Common Funnel (Clitocybe gibba).
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- 1. Common Funnel
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- 1. Common Funnel
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- 1. Common Funnel
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- 1. Common Funnel
Growing in mixed fir/oak wood. One. Cap 3cm. Faint sweet smell. Sporeprint white. Spores 4.5-6.5µ x 3.5-5µ.
2. Unidentified.
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- 2. Unidentified
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- 2. Unidentified
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- 2. Unidentified
Growing in mixed oak/beech wood. One. cap 4.5cm. Faint smell. Looks a bit like a Deceiver to me, but I've never seen one this big before. Could it be Bicoloured Deceiver? Sporeprint Pale but not enough to really say. Spores 6.5-8µ x 5-7µ.
3. Fairy Inkcap (Coprinus disseminatus).
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- 3. Fairy Inkcap
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- 3. Fairy Inkcap
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- 3. Fairy Inkcap
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- 3. Fairy Inkcap
Covering old log. Hundreds. Cap 0.5-1.5cm. No smell.
4. Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea).
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- 4. Honey Fungus
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- 4. Honey Fungus
Growing on wood. Several clusters and others dotted around. Cap 7-15cm.
5. Hares Foot Inkcap (Coprinus lagopus).
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- 5. Hares Foot Inkcap
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- 5. Hares Foot Inkcap
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- 5. Hares Foot Inkcap
Growing on bare earth in woods. One. Cap 3.5cm. ID is almost sure.