The weather is looking a bit grim here. I had planned to go for a wander to see if I could find any mushrooms for todays #FungiFriday for the Fungi Lovers Community. However I don't like taking pictures in the rain (I daren't risk my cameras getting wet!) and fortunately I seem to have a couple of species of mushrooms which have appeared right outside my front door!
Disclaimer: I have tried to ID most of these, but not all of them are confident IDs. If anyone here has a better idea of what some of these are then I would appreciate any input (even just to Genus or family level).
This is the view from the bedroom window... most of these that you can see in this image are Sulphur Tuft. I spotted the first signs of these appearing about 3 days ago, and after last nights rain they have increased in size dramatically. On the the far right is a clump of mushrooms which look different, so I need to take a closer look.
Another 'bedroom' shot, showing more Sulphur Tuft. In the top left of the picture are some small grey shapes, I suspect these are Common Puffballs, and this is where I saw them last year so that is likely... I need to go downstairs and check these out up close.
Sulphur Tuft - Hypholoma fasciculare
As expected, these are indeed Sulphur Tuft. Extremely common this time of year across the UK. They are usually found in woodland near Dead Trees. There used to be a Cherry Tree in this location a few years ago. We chopped it down as it was too near the house, and it was looking potentially unsafe.
Sulphur Tuft - Hypholoma fasciculare
Glistening Inkcap - Coprinellus micaceus
The mystery mushrooms I spotted from the window earlier.. these look to be Glistening Inkcaps...
Glistening Inkcap - Coprinellus micaceus
...and a close up of one of the frayed edge of one of the mushrooms shows the edge turning black.
Common Puffball - Lycoperdon perlatum
And here we have several Common Puffballs. I only noticed one last year in the long grass, so perhaps there were more that I didn't see. Or maybe like other plants as the Puffball establishes its self and gets stronger it will produce more fruit bodies? Time will tell I guess
Turkey Tail - Trametes versicolor?
This one I believe to be Turkey Tail. There was an exposed root here, but its now been completely taken over
So that is 4 species of mushrooms seen less than 3 metres from my front door. Pretty cool eh? And one of those is new to this site, (Glistening Inkcap) which means I can add it to my ever increasing Species List of my Garden.
I then decided to dig out a macro lens to take some more interesting shots like the Common Puffball.
Common Puffball - Lycoperdon perlatum
Pleated Inkcap - Parasola plicatilis
And while I am on my knees I start finding more mushrooms! This is a Pleated Inkcap, I didn't even see this the first time round... perhaps I need to take a closer look!
Pleated Inkcap - Parasola plicatilis
This is another Pleated Inkcap, but much smaller... this is an earlier stage which will grow to match the first one.
UNKNOWN 1
And then I see these tiny little mushrooms nearby! No idea on these so far...each 'cap' is just 5-8mm across, smaller than my little fingernail.
UNKNOWN 2
Another Unknown one, this one was sligtly larger than the previous one, but still not sure on the ID.
These 2 unknown ones will not have been recorded here before, which means if I can actually ID them I will add them to the list. On that note I will head back inside and consult the Books and the Internet for possible names, and I'll finish this post with a couple of closeups.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you all next time for more Mushroom Madness on #FungiFriday!
Sulphur Tuft - Hypholoma fasciculare
Glistening Inkcap - Coprinellus micaceus
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