End of Year 2023 September to November should be the peak time for fungi. This year we had rain followed by rain and rain again. Because the weather was also warm, the undergrowth in woods remained in full leaf so searching for fungi was difficult, fungi relying on dead material.I paid a number of visits...
Fungi do not appreciate very dry conditions so it was not until we had rain that they started to show interest. They do not like being drowned either so it was not until the very end of July that a few early ones started to show through. But they were not in good condition due...
After the long, hot and dry weather it eventually rained. Then it forgot to stop. The season started late and was shorter than usual but there were some very numerous fruiting of certain species. I managed to visit a number of sites despite the weather. These are the highlights. At the end of September I...
It has been so dry in recent months. Not good for finding fungi. At little bit of life in May but very little since. An interesting Agrocybe rivulosa (Wrinkled Fieldcap) appeared on a pile of plant material at Allerton Golf Course. This fungus was first found in the UK in 2004 and is moving north....