Black Morel, Morchella sp, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland, April 2011
Fresh (17 September) Mature (3 October)
Group of Common Puffballs, Lycoperdon perlatum, photographed 2 weeks
apart
on ground, Gunnersbury Triangle, 2010
Bright yellow Slime Mould (a Myxomycete), cf Fuligo septica
(Physaraceae),
on decaying log of Silver Birch, Betula pendula, Richmond Park, September
2010
Not an eroded mountainous landscape, but the surface pattern
of a polypore fungus on Wild Privet, Ligustrum vulgare, Aston Rowant,
July 2010
Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria, Maas Mechelen National Park, Belgium, October 2009
Golden Scalycap, Pholiota aurivella, on Willow, Richmond Park, October 2009
The Blusher, Amanita rubescens, London, October 2006
Field Parasol Mushrooms, Macrolepiota procera, London, October 2006
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Chicken of the Woods, Meripilus giganteus, on half-dead Yew (Taxus baccata), London, October 2007
Tar-Spot Fungus, Rhytisma acerinum, on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaf, London, October 2009
Birch Woodwart, Hypoxylon multiforme, on fallen log of Silver Birch (Betula pendula), London, October 2009
Troop of Clouded Funnel, Clitocybe nebularis, under Yew (Taxus baccata), Gunnersbury Park, November 2009
Dryad's Saddle, Polyporus squamosus, London, April 2009
Stags' Horn or Candle Snuff Fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon, London, November 2009
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A Brittlegill, Russula roseipes, Kelchterhoef National Park, Belgium, September 2009
Common Earthball, Scleroderma citrinum, Kelchterhoef National Park, Belgium, September 2009
Common Birdsnest Fungus, Crucibulum laeve, Chiswick Park, November 2009
Lawyer's Wig or Shaggy Inkcap, Coprinus comatus, Darmstadt, Germany, December 2009, with its namesake
Wood Blewits, Lepista nuda, London, December 2009
Hygrophoropsis macrospora, London, November 2009
A rare species, related to the common yellow False Chanterelle H. aurantiaca
Jelly Ear, Auricularia auricula-judae, on dead lichened
(Xanthoria, Parmelia) branch of Willow (Salix), Wraysbury,
December 2009
3 views of the same specimen, shown on the left of the Willow branch
All photographs (c) Ian Alexander
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