Fly Agaric seen in Uffmore Wood North Worcestershire UK - 01-10-25 #photography #fungi #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature #mushrooms #autumn

A magnificent display of Honey Fungi at Saltwells on UK Fingis Day #FungiFriends #ukwildlife

Some finds from the @westmidsfungi.bsky.social foray at Saltwells from #UKFungusDay #FungiFriends

Happy #UKFungusDay everyone! Why not join us to celebrate all things fungi at the first Birmingham Fungi Festival on Sun 26 October at Eastside City Park? We'll have walks, talks, crafts and more, and all of it's free! Find out more and book your places at: bbcwildlife.org.uk/BirminghamFungiFestival

🍄 ⭐It's #UKFungusDay !⭐ 🍄 If you've taken some great fungus photos, why not submit your favourite to the Photography Competition. Free entry for all ages, amateur & professional categories. Deadline: 13th October. www.ukfungusday.co.uk/photography Thanks to competition sponsors: Caley Brothers !

One to look out for in the Midlands. Shrawley wood in Worcestershire was the last place this species was recorded before its 2011 rediscovery so it would be nice to have it back in the region

It's all about mushroom clusters this #FungiFriday - Domecaps, Brittlestems and Honey fungi, all seen in Edgbaston, Birmingham #FungiFriends

Found hanging around the Silver Birches of Edgbaston. #fungifriday #fungifriends

FREE online event: How to get involved in #Waxcap Watch🍄 Want to know more about grassland fungi & learn how to ID waxcaps? Take our training & join thousands of volunteers doing Waxcap surveys!🙌 📅6 October 🕢7pm 📍Online Book today👉 https://loom.ly/GfnOyjk

🍄 A few #UKFungusDay events for fungus fans in the north of England: Shire Brook Valley — walk, displays & guided fungal foray. Durham Botanic Garden — forays, exhibits & mushroom ID. Yorkshire Fungi Fest – talks, workshops & Mushroom Market 👉 More at ukfungusday.co.uk/whatson

Britzelmayria multipedata seen at Edgbaston Old Churchyard #fungifriends

🍄 Fancy learning your fungi? Our friends at Friends of Moseley Bog & Joy’s Wood are running 4 fungus ID walks later this month 🌳 These always book up fast - so get in quick! 📩 To book: [email protected] (include your preferred date + an alternative if you can) @lukaslarge.bsky.social

Part of an amazing group of Fly Agarics in the middle of a roundabout in Edgbaston #FungiFriends #ukwildlife

The UV induced fluorescence of Hypholoma fasciculare

An interesting little Otidea with a pale warted outer surface found in Moseley Bog. I think this light be O. caeruleopruinosa #FungiFriends

Countdown to #UKFungusDay 🍄Most commonly-encountered fungi in UK & Ireland: 3️⃣ Candle Snuff or Stag's Horn fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon). With long exposures, a weak bioluminescence can be detected from the fruitbodies of this fungus! www.ukfungusday.co.uk/3candlesnuff

A Crimson Bolete (Chalciporus rubinus), found on this morning's foray in Birmingham #FungiFriends

Our next event is a Fungus Walk with @lukaslarge.bsky.social on Friday 17th October at 10.30. Meet in the car park. Free but booking essential via www.wegottickets.com/highburyparkfriendsbirmingham 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄

FREE fungus events!🍄 Want to know more about fungi & learn how to ID waxcaps before joining the #WaxcapWatch campaign? Good news! 🙌We’re running 10 training events across the UK & an online webinar! Spaces are limited so book tickets quickly👉 https://loom.ly/GfnOyjk#WaxcapWatch #WaxcapWatch #Fungi

This species is closely related to the Mousepee Pinkgill - Entoloma incanum and has probably been mistaken for it in the past. They're only separable by microscopy

An interesting species found on our last foray

A good group turned up for the @westmidsfungi.bsky.social foray in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham #FungiFriends

Countdown to #UKFungusDay 🍄Most commonly-encountered fungi in UK & Ireland: 5️⃣ Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina). The vivid purple of colour fades with age & weather, often leading to misidentification, hence the common name 'Deceiver'. www.ukfungusday.co.uk/5amethystdec...

Probably Parasola conopilea in Birmingham #FungiFriends

Countdown to #UKFungusDay 🍄Most commonly-encountered fungi in UK & Ireland: 6️⃣ Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina). Was found with Ötzi the Iceman, a 5300-year-old mummy, suggesting its ancient use as a natural antibiotic & antiparasitic agent. www.ukfungusday.co.uk/6birchpolypore

Fungi season is here! 🍄 Join #WaxcapWatch — our citizen science project to help protect ancient meadows by recording waxcap fungi. No ID skills needed!

Find-a-Fungus - new citizen science initiative for #UKFungusDay. From 29 September to 10 October 2025, join others across the UK in spotting, photographing and recording fungi - helping build real scientific data & having fun outdoors! 👉How to join in: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/findafungus

THIS WEEK HAS SAUCE 4 Stunning fossils in sedimentary rocks reveal a new and co-oldest Early Cretaceous gilled mushroom-forming fungus Edaphagaricites conicus gen. nov. et sp. nov. academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...

Countdown to #UKFungusDay 🍄Most commonly-encountered fungi in UK & Ireland: 8️⃣ Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricularia-judae). Contains polysaccharides with anticoagulant properties, making it a potential aid in preventing blood clots. www.ukfungusday.co.uk/8woodear

Crepidotus mollis, one of the few British species that can be recognised in the field - it's big, often has two different coloured zones and has a gelatinous outer layer that can be peeled off #FungiFriends #ukwildlife

🍄 #UKFungusDay Photography Competition 📸 You can find fungi all around you - in city streets, parks and woodlands, at the coast, and in your garden. Amateur or professional photographers, three age categories. Take some time with nature & send us your best photo! www.ukfungusday.co.uk/photography

The pores of Fistulina have a unique structure and look like tightly packed straws as shown in this illustration by Hans Walty

A half fairy ring caused by Marasmius oreades - there are a few small ones popping up after the rain. This species can release cyanide, but I'm not sure if that's what kills the grass

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Fistulina hepatica seen at the base of an Oak in Birmingham #FungiFriends #ukwildlife

#SWBrumEVENTS - Senneleys Park Fungi Walk 🍄 INFO: bvoices.uk/3UN0NpR#SWBrumEVENTS 📅 Sat 20th Sept 🕚 11am - 1pm 📍 Senneleys Park - #BartleyGreen 💷 FREE ℹ️ Join fungus expert for a walk around the park to learn about the local #fungi & how to identify them _ #B31VoicesSupportingLocal #Mushroom #Birmingham

The Scarce Fungus Weevil lays its eggs only in Cramp Balls (or King Alfred's cakes) - fungi that grow on dead Ash wood. With Ash dieback & the felling of Ash trees threatening their habitat, the beetle's future is uncertain.🌳 Read the #UKFungusDay blog: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/anecessarywe...

Macrolepiota procera by Hans Walty - Swiss National Library, GS-WALTY-A-1-138 #FungiFriends commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CH...

Laetiporus seen near Sarehole Mill #FungiFriends #ukwildlife #FungiFriday

Excited to be part of #Fungitown in #HayonWye this Oct 3rd - 5th Fungi Town 2025 | Explore Fungi Events Now www.fungitown.org.uk Ill be selling prints & original illustrations of plants and animals; & hope to draw fungus too. Come along! #fungusday #fungus #sciart #botanicalillustration

A superb illustration of Suillellus luridus by Hans Walty. One of 385 available on Wikimedia Commons thanks to the Swiss National Library. An amazing resource! #FungiFriends commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

This autumn's foray list is available. Send us an email if interested:

Giant polypore I think.... Great display at Edgbaston reservoir #fungifriends

Found some rather old and dessicated Dryads Saddles today. They were full of tiny holes, probably made by beetles #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Higher resolution images are available on GM Jansen's Flickr page, including some really fantastic microscopy: www.flickr.com/photos/39538...

A new Russula publication available: GM Jansen (2025): Russula in the Netherlands and Flanders . Contains descriptions and photographs of all species and an extensive introduction to determining spore colour and size. In Dutch #MycoBookClub #FungiFriends www.mycologen.nl/onderzoek/sy...

Our UK Fungus Day #photography competition is now open! 📸 The competition is free to enter & open to all, with three age categories: up to 11 years; 12-17 years; 18 and over (with two sub-categories: Amateur and Professional). Find out more: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/photography #fungi #nature

Alder Tongue - Taphrina alni on Alnus incarna cones #FungiFriends #ukwildlife

I drew a cartoon about smut - the fungal kind. I created it for the @plantpathgrads Art in Phytopathology competition. This is the funniest I will ever be. I have peaked For details and an explanation, see: hgpenningtonart.com/...

Available now - online and open access: July 2025 issue of Field Mycology, published by the BMS. Access all articles online and free, here fieldmycology.org Front cover image: Neoboletus specimen growing with Quercus (oak), South Lancashire, UK. Photo: Mike Roberts, northwalesmushrooms