Some fungi prefer the cold conditions and I cannot complain about that. Especially when they create wonderful views like these 🔎 🌍 Schizophyllum amplum 🇬🇧 Poplar bells 🇩🇪 Pappel-Becherrindenschwamm 🇨🇿 Mušlovka plstnatá 🇸🇰 Škľabka plstnatá 🇵🇱 Uszaczek kosmaty #FungiFriday #macro

New Arrival local Ancient Woodland. False Puffball aka Cauliflower Slime Mould Reticularia lycoperdon appears Creamy Yellow when newly emerged, before turning Silvery-White. Here at the feeding stage, it can easily change shape overnight! Sarah L #myxomycetes #SlimeMouldSunday

Just read this really nice overview of research on fungal fairy rings by Zotti et al. Fungal fairy rings: history, ecology, dynamics and engineering functions imafungus.pensoft.net/article/138320/

Impressive looking Dryad's Saddle Polyporus squamosus local Ancient Woodland this evening. Britain's largest capped Mushroom, this one all of 50cm, can reach 60cm plus. You can see from intricate Brown scales why they're nicknamed Pheasant's Back! Sarah L #MushroomMonday

Hurrah, The BMS Field Mycology Journal is now free open access . The first edition for 2025 is available here. fieldmycology.org/index.php/jour…

The March issue of BMS's Field Mycology journal is now available to all on a new, online platform. Thanks to Interim Editor Clare Blencowe Clare Blencowe, the editorial team, and all contributors for successful production of our first Open Access issue! britmycolsoc.org.uk/fm-journal.html

How fungi shape our world. This episode features Sumi Robson Wellcome; William Tingle and Lee Davies at #Kew #Gardens; FungusProf Cardiff University; and Norman van Rhijn The University of Manchester. thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked…

Red Campion Smut ,Microbotryum silenes dioicae on one patch of Campion up Fishchowters lane,Totnes today. Unusual ?fungal parasite of flowers turning the anthers black (hence smut) with spores. There's Campion all the way but only these ones are infected. Plant resistance??

DNA verified Sclerotiniaceae sp. ‘CA02’ growing on a tan oak acorn in Sonoma County, California. The third known observation of this apparently rare and likely undescribed species. Sequenced by Mycota Lab. iNat 229196445 / MO 489006 #fungi #ascomycota #macro

Dryad's saddle/Pheasants back mushroom (Cerioporus Squamosus) on a fallen trees in Laycombe wood at Wotton-Under-Edge yesterday.

Soybean seedling disease haiku: Seedlings in wet soil Pythium’s day at the beach Seed rot paradise

Rust on Spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) from Fishchowters Lane,Totnes yesterday. It's a Melampsora genus but species are a bit confusing. It could be epitea (as seen on Salix) or possibly euonymi-caprearum, or maybe some species complex that we don't quite understand.

Dead chuffed to have found this tiny Rabbit Dung Nail Fungi Poronia erici on horse poo at Burnham Overy. Becomes 4th UK site to have recorded it. James Emerson @NorfolkNats Thanks as always to Tony Leech for confirming

An old Stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) seen on Fishchowters Lane, Totnes , yesterday

Chuffed to find this Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil on Sea Spurge at Overy Harbour today...favours dead Ash trees the book says @NorfolkNats ArableEmily #formerlyknownasweeds

Kingsbridge Hill, Totnes ,yesterday. One little bolete hanging on the wall.

Hericium Cirrhatum A picture for each year I've found it on the same tree, with a staggering 16 fruiting bodies counted on the same tree today 🥰 #fungifriday #rarefungi #raremushroom WalesOnline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ITV News BBC Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

White rust on a brassica plant on the allotment site. Albugo candida, not a fungus but a fungus-like organism.