Brandon Country Park Fungi – April 2023
15 April 2023
Some fungi highlights from our walk.
Another first for us Thelephora terrestris ( Earthfan )…
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We spotted these in the sandy, grassy verges of the paths adjacent stands of conifers.
The next two photos, an unknown crust fungi with wonderful underside tube structure…
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From above…
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Internal branch structure revealed…
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Following our discovery of Black Morels – Morchella elata – at the allotment — more excitement when we found a large array of False Morels – Gyromitra esculenta in a large grassy clearing adjacent a conifer stand…
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Brandon Country Park – April 2023
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Brandon Country Park – April 2023
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Brandon Country Park – April 2023
And this wonderful Auriscalpium vulgare – Earpick Fungus…
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Brandon Country Park – April 2023
Could this curious form be a misformed puffball…?
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Brandon Country Park – April 2023
Some Peziza emerging from under a branch…
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Near the carpark a hollow in a Beech tree…
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