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Can any body identify this fungus for me.

The first thing I do every morning when I arrive at Titchwell is to check the gents toilet walls for insects and spiders. (Luckily not many people have witnessed this odd behaviour!) Apart from the potential for losing friends, it has netted me several species on my wildlife list, the latest two being...

Julie and Ros (two of our Field Teaching team) went for a walk today and found some interesting stuff out on the riverside path. There are lots of Shaggy Ink Cap Mushrooms around at the moment and they got some nice shots of some in various stages of development.

During the last two weeks I have boldly gone to the outer edges of the reserve in my quest for new civilisations! Lurking in one of the dark recesses of the men's toilet I found a large house spider , and on the ceiling a daddy-long-legs spider . There are hundreds of fungi in the wooded area, the...

Fungi

Did you know that mould is a type of fungi? Have a go at this rotting experiment to grow you own fungi and gross out your friends. You will need: A see through plastic bag Some bread A camera Take your bread and dip one corner in some water, now place your bread inside the plastic bag and seal...

Taken on 2nd October 2011.

A close up of the Ink fungi..or whatever its called..:-)

Spores are the equivalent of seeds for fungi. You can also make a spore print for yourself. These prints make beautiful patterns. Mycologists (people who study fungi) use spore prints to help them identify different types of fungi. You can do this with any type of capped mushroom with gills or pores...

Great photos everybody Came across this today, a spot I pass everytime I walk but never noticed. At the base of a small tree and a damp area, They are a rusty colour. Any Ideas Ray They were growing from the trunk and not the ground

Visitors to The Lodge cannot fail to be impressed by the amazing displays of fungi around the reserve at the moment. The popular fly agarics that are clustered in groups around the base of silver birch trees really have the wow factor! If you imagine the perfect red, conical capped toadstool, with a...

this has to be the largest bracket I have seen. too far up the tree for a good photo. Taken at the side of the driveway to the hotel we stayed Wicklow Ireland Ray

I've been dancing with the pixies amidst the fairy rings! Right now, there are so many mushrooms and toadstools emerging around the woodland and heathland trail... you could find fenugreek milkcaps that smell enticingly of curry, brightly coloured russula, the classic toadstool from fairy tales...

Hi for those who like fingi they are starting to show Ray

Fungi are so amazing that I couldn’t possibly write only one blog post about them. These strange organisms can pop up overnight and vanish in a day. They are mushrooms and toadstools, but they are also the mildew between the bathroom tiles and the mouldy greeny blue fur on the last piece of bread...

Fungi is the name we give to a group of organisms (an organism is any living thing such as a plant or animal). Types of fungi include mushrooms and toadstools, most moulds, lichen, and thousands of other strange things. In fact they're so different from any other living things that they are given...

This is an Amanita Citrina fungi taken at Arne back in October. I just couldn't resist taking a picture of such a beautiful specimen and as we found out they don't stay around in this condition for too long.

This beautiful fungi grows every year on the dead tree stump along the local bridal path. It last several weeks and provides a micro environment for many insects

Love this type of fungi, found in the woodland section of Arne.

Colin Wilkinson Nice shot Mike - I haven't been able to find any fly agarics so far this year and this almost looks like a 'family portrait' (who's on the floor having been at the sherry?!) Colin Thanks Colin, I was lucky to find this nice little group, though I must confess...

Shot at the lodge, Sandy.

Shot at the Lodge Sandy.

What fungi might I see at The Lodge Sandy when I visit this week?

You might also be interested in taking a look at the information on the British Mycological Society website and the Association of British Fungus Groups website.

Earlier this week I visited Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve near Ringwood in Hampshire. It was my first visit and I ended up spending five and half hours there! The lakes are former gravel pits and the area has been a nature reserve since 1995. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife...