It's Waxcap season! If you see any of these brightly coloured fungi you know you are in 'unimproved' grassland that is good for wildlife #waxcaps MonmouthshireMeadows Gwent Wildlife Trust

Our next outing is on Saturday 2nd September near Tredegar - check our website for details and contact us if you are interested in coming along. gwentfungi.org.uk #fungi

From youthful, conical, pointiness to mature, blowsy frilliness. The changing appearance of the Persistent Waxcap is fascinating! The combination of a fibrillose stipe with non-blackening conical cap (viscous in youth & wet weather) is diagnostic for Hygrocybe acutoconica #fungi

Mealy Meadowcap (Pseudotricholoma metapodium) - a nice find in some unimproved grassland south of Monmouth. This chunky fungus is not seen very often.

We found this lovely Pale Brittlestem (Psathyrella candolleana) on our group outing on Saturday at Bryn Bach Park. You can see the fragments of the veil remaining on the edge of the cap. #fungi Our next outing is 16th September to The Skirrid. Want to join us?

Also found on our outing on Saturday - this Parrot Waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus). The dark green colour is a great id feature - sometimes just at the top of the stem but here all the way down and on the cap. These are usually found in unimproved grassland. #fungi

Saturday (16th September) is our next outing to The Skirrid. There should be some good finds at this time of year. Anyone interested in joining us contact us - details on our website gwentfungi.org.uk

Our outing to The Skirrid included this find - a Stinkhorn 'egg'. When it is cut in half you can see the internal structure that will soon produce the phallic-looking fungus that stinks to attract flies to aid spore distribution.

Another find on our Skirrid outing - a Blushing Bracket which gets its name from the way the pores underneath the bracket fungus turn pink when bruised. A great identification feature. #fungi

Mosaic Puffball found above the wood, near the top of The Skirrid last week. Our next event is a walk on Fungus Day. Sunday 8th October at 2:15 at Cwm Carn Forest Centre. There will be a charge of £4.00 per person Children up to 16 free.

Open to all - Fungus walk on UK Fungus Day – At Cwm Carn Forest Centre Sunday 8th October 2.00pm. Charge for adults of £4.00 per head, free up to 16 years old. The post code is NP11 7FA but only use this until you see brown signs for the centre and then follow those. #FungusDay

Our next outing is on Saturday 21st October to Bargain Wood - 12 miles south of Monmouth. If interested go to our website for details of how to join us. gwentfungi.org.uk #Fungi

Good numbers of fungi in Bargain Wood yesterday on our foray including this lovely Porcelain Fungus (Oudemansiella mucida). Next outing is 11th November near Abergavenny. #gwentfungi #fungi

Also seen in Bargain Wood last Saturday - a nice display of Sulphur Tufts (Hypholoma fasciculare). #gwentfungi #fungi

Our next outing is on Sat 11th November to Coed y Cerrig (which is north of Abergavenny). If you would like to join us contact us via our website GFG | Home (gwentfungi.org.uk) #fungi #gwent

A whole stumpfull display of Stump Puffballs (Apioperdon pyriforme) from our outing to Coed y Cerrig last weekend. #fungi

A fine display of Turkeytail (Trametes versicolor) from Coed Y Cerrig. Our next outing is on 25th November to a great grassland site - New Grove Meadows near Trellech. Details on our web site (gwentfungi.org.uk). #fungi #gwent