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Daldinia Concentrica, King Alfred’s Cakes, Cramp Balls
Daldinia concentrica, also known as King Alfred’s Cakes or Cramp Balls can be seen on the dead wood of broadleaf trees, most commonly ash, and can be seen throughout the year in Ireland and the UK. Young Cramp Balls are red to brown with a matte surface. When they mature they become hard, black and…
Daedaleopsis confragosa, Blushing Bracket, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
I am rolling the clock back to September 2020, when I first went to what has become one of my favourite foraying spots in County Wicklow. The abundance and diversity of species took me off guard and I spotted many different fungi including boletes, brackets, puffballs, cauliflower fungi, fly agaric, Elfin saddle, and many more.…
Kuehneromyces mutabilis, Sheathed Woodtuft, Co. Kildare, Ireland
In the unseasonably warm end of December, I was walking in my favourite local woods and spotted these fancy, frilly, distinctive fungi growing out of some decaying timber almost buried by leaves. I couldn’t identify the timber but the woods are mixed, deciduous woodlands. Sheathed woodtufts, Kuehneromyces mutabilis, are known to dry from the middle,…
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