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Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria, Maas Mechelen National Park, Belgium, October 2009

Golden Scalycap, Pholiota aurivella, on Willow, London, October 2009

The Blusher, Amanita rubescens, London, October 2006

Field Parasol Mushrooms, Macrolepiota procera, London, October 2006

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),  London, November 2009

Dryad's Saddle, Polyporus squamosus, London, April 2009

Stags' Horn or Candle Snuff Fungus, Xylaria hypoxylon, London, November 2009

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, London, 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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