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February Fungi

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Site Statistics
 Locations: 19
 Species : 149
 Photographs: 1118


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Went out with my girlfriend for a couple of hours and found plenty of mushrooms.

Hygrophoropsis Aurantiaca- False Chanterelle

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 4cm
Height: 6cm
Terrain: Pinewoods
Substrate: Soil
Comments:
These were everywhere, lining the path and hidden in the ferns.

Picture Type: From below
Kuehneromyces Mutabilis- Changing Pholiota

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 2-5cm
Height: 3-5cm
Terrain: Deciduous woods
Substrate: Wood
Comments:
These were almost hidden but luckily I spotted them and got a fairly good picture.
Paxillus Involutus- Brown Roll-rim

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 6cm
Height: 4cm
Terrain: Mixed woodland
Substrate: Soil
Comments:
This is a very dangerous species, I recently met someone in the forest who had collected these as a possible edible. After I explained about the toxicity of this species they dumped the lot.

Picture Type: From below


Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 7cm
Height: 5cm
Terrain: Mixed woodland
Substrate: Soil
Comments:

Picture Type: From below
Russula Claroflava- Yellow Swamp Russula

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 4cm
Height: 3cm
Terrain: Birchwoods
Substrate: Damp soil
Comments:
Always a delight to find this brightly coloured species. It looks growing in mossy, marshy woodland.
Lacrymaria Velutina- Weeping Widow

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 4-6cm
Height: 5-6cm
Terrain: Edge of path in pinewoods
Substrate: Soil
Comments:

Picture Type: Side view

Picture Type: Gills
Leccinum Scabrum- Brown Birch Bolete

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 4cm
Height: 7cm
Terrain: Mixed woodland
Substrate: Soil
Comments:
Haven't tried eating these yet, its very difficult to find one that isn't maggot ridden. They're not meant to be great anyway.

Picture Type: Section
Xerocomus Badius- Bay Bolete

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 3cm
Height: 5cm
Terrain: Mixed woodland
Substrate: Soil
Comments:

Picture Type: Section
Boletus Edulis- Penny Bun, Cep, Porcini, King Bolete

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 2cm
Height: 3cm
Terrain: Deciduous woods
Substrate: Soil
Comments:
Early cep, couldn’t find any others though.
Amanita Vaginata- Grisette

Picture Type: Side view
Notes
Month: August
Time: Late afternoon
Diameter: 6cm
Height: 8cm
Terrain: Deciduous woods
Substrate: Soil
Comments:
First find of this species.

Picture Type: Cap close-up

Picture Type: Stem

Picture Type: Gills

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