Allethorpe Wood

Some pics from last sunday while out walking in Allerthorpe Wood.
Amongst The Below We Have:
Fly Agaric
Birch Polypore
Horsehoof Fungus
Stinkhorn (Lots of stinkhorns around this year!)
Tawny Grisette
Brown Birch Bolete (Leccinnum)
Common Earthball
Common Yellow Brittlegill
Butter Cap

01-10-2011 Nut Wood

As it was a lovely day out there today i decided to go out for a few hours foraging even though it seems like as it's so dry out, the season maybe a little later this year BUT there were still plenty of bits to see, maybe 20 species of mushroom with just the odd edible (But nothing majorly interesting yet!) And i decided to pick the last blackberries i will get this season as they are pretty much gone over now, Oh and a small bag of hazlenuts to see how they roast up.

Fungi Species i found in the woods today:
Stinkhorn
Jelly Ears
Clouded Agaric
Common Swamp Brittlegill (Or maybe an ochre brittlegill, was a yellow russula that wasn't too peppery)
Some Sort Of Lactarius (A quick taste of the latex told me it was a HOT one, Thats the best i could do!)
Sulphur Tufts
Red Cracking Bolete (I Think)
Oyster/Pleurotus (Think it was a branching oyster but not 100%, see pic)
Shaggy Scalycap
Honey Fungus
Armillaria Ostoyae (I Think)
Common Puffball
Dead Man's Fingers
King Alfred's Cakes
+ maybe 5 or 6 more that i couldn't identify, oh and a couple of woody brackets/polypore's that i couldn't (be bothered to) identify.

A couple of pics from the day

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21-08-11 Nut Wood & Spring Bank Graveyard Hull

 Got Excited yesterday when walking through spring bank graveyard in Hull, saw a nice patch of what on first glance appeared to be small horse mushrooms or a similar Agaricus species. After pulling a couple up i noticed the bulbous base and yellow tinges around the cap and bottom of the stipe.
I decided to take a few back home anyway and get the books out to confirm my suspicions and i was right, they were yellow stainers which i think are one of the most common causes of mushroom poisoning in the UK. Although not life threatening you can end up on the loo for 24hrs and it doesn't sound like something i wold like to experience!
Most striking characteristics are the bulbous base and when cutting the base of the stipe it will stain chromium yellow on reaction with the air. They will also show small tinges of yellow around the edges of the cap.

 The rest of the pics below are from Nut Wood (Again!) I haven't identified most yet apart from the obvious Stinkhorn, and the large group up against the tree stump were again Mica ink caps (Although i see 'Mica' isn't used anymore as its common name, that seems to be from my old 70's book, i must do more research and find their new common name, but i'm sure they are from the Ink Cap family)

Oh And i would just like to say hello to the first follower of this blog, Annies Antics. Hope you enjoy the pics!

 Stinkhorn

Nut Wood, Hull 07-08-11

 Blackberry

 Elderberry

 Gooseberry

 Hazlenut

 Jelly ear

 Mica Ink Cap (?)

 Rowan Berry

 Stink Horn

Hips

Sloes

Haws

Possibly White Bryony??

Redcurrant

Dead Mans Fingers