by Steve | Mar 19, 2018 | Fungi, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 19 March, 2018 Elfcup (Sarcoscypha sp.) Elfcups are spring cup fungi that brighten our late winter woodland floor with their attractive fruiting bodies. They grow, often in troops, on rotten fallen twigs of broad-leaved trees. Previously...
by Steve | Sep 30, 2017 | Fungi, Woodland
Wyre Forest Study Group 30 September, 2017 Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) Autumn is here. Trees are colouring and their leaves beginning to fall, the Fallow deer rut has begun in the Forest, and toadstools are appearing in good numbers. Fly Agarics are splendid if you...
by Steve | Sep 18, 2017 | Fungi
Wyre Forest Study Group 18 September, 2017 Pink Waxcap, Hygrocybe calyptriformis The Pink Waxcaps (or Ballerina Waxcaps) are up and fruiting this week and it is good to see strong caps appearing in our unimproved meadows after recent rains. This species usually...
