Fungi Friday 🍄

photographing fungi in West Sussex

  • Ludshott Common in Hampshire

    Ludshott Common in Hampshire

    The fungi found on an October day in the woody heaths of East Hampshire Read more

  • Consumed by honey fungi

    Consumed by honey fungi

    Trying to identify different types of honey fungus in Mid Sussex Read more

  • Muscular russulas at Sheffield Park

    Muscular russulas at Sheffield Park

    A second visit to the National Trust’s Sheffield Park in 2025, this time in October. There was a lot to see. Read more

  • New Forest National Park, September 2025

    New Forest National Park, September 2025

    On 25th September 2025 I made my annual visit to the New Forest National Park to walk a 10-mile circular route from Brockenhurst railway station. Read more

  • All the colours of the shroombow 🌈

    All the colours of the shroombow 🌈

    Colgate, West Sussex, September 2025 There’s a lot of different colours happening in this post. I’ve been wondering what makes a place ‘good’ for certain species of fungi. None more so than when I witnessed hundreds of fly agarics in some ancient woodland in Colgate in late September. This is one of those lovely spreads Read more

  • Birch knight in Lower Beeding

    Birch knight in Lower Beeding

    Lower Beeding, West Sussex, September 2025 This is the second part of a bike ride round the edge of the western High Weald, which was surprisingly fruitful. This post focuses on a little churchyard at the edge of Coolhurst Wood, which has no public access (according to the hostile signage). There were lots of blushers Read more