It is still early in the year for most mushrooms and toadstools. One family that relishes springtime is the Morel family. They are Ascomycetes dispersing their spores by shooting them through a tube, an ascus.
Spring is almost in the air by Tony Carter
February and March are not months when many higher fungi, the ones with a cap and stem, show themselves.
Anthony Carter: Ravenmeols and Lifeboat Road
Sixteen members of North West Fungus Group attended on a beautiful autumn day. Our first foray since the area was taken over by The National Trust. First stop was at Ravenmeols where we checked on the decreasing patch of Tulostoma brumale. We also recorded some rarities in Hebeloma dunense and Inocybe dunensis, in the dunes...
Anthony Carter: Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR
Eighteen people attended this popular event held by north West Fungus Group. Starting by the reserve manager’s office, we moved very slowly down to the oak wood which is as far as we got by lunchtime because the fungi were numerous and varied. The paddock produced a couple of new species for the Reserve, Lepiota cortinarius...