Willow Bank, Barnsley The more I've learned about mushroom and fungi since starting to look deeper into these colourful, ephemeral jewels of the forest, the more I realise how much I don't know and how they can teach us about life in the most unexpected and humbling ways. Amanita muscaria, September, 2013 It's been over… Continue reading Slowing Down
9th September 2014 Sometimes, one spends years in the hope of finding a particular species, and many times creeping up to brightly coloured mysteries glinting in the speckled light of the forest only to find that it's litter. And yet, one day, on a walk with some wonderful colleagues, at the serene, Newmillerdam in West… Continue reading Aleuria aurantia, Orange Peel Fungus, Newmillerdam, West Yorkshire, England
26/03/2015 Auricularia auricula-judae, Wood Ear, Rabbit Ings Country Park, Barnsley Wood ears, found all year round, are most commonly found on elder trees, either living or dead. They're a good treasure for finding in spring and winter when other more obvious fungi may be elusive. Elder bark, with its distinctively, gnarly, furrowed bark, offers a… Continue reading Auricularia auricula-judae, Wood ear, Rabbit Ings Country Park, South Yorkshire
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