Ste CookHairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum).
#StLeonardsForest #Horsham #Mushtodon #Mushrooms #Fungi #Stereum
Lovely bleached-white fertile frond of a Hard Fern (Blechnum/Struthiopteris spicant)
Autumn feels incomplete without spotting at least one of these: Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).
#StLeonardsForest #Horsham #Mushtodon #Mushrooms #Fungi #Amanita
Troop of ombré Sulfur Tuft mushrooms (Hypholoma fasciculare).
#StLeonardsForest #Horsham #Mushtodon #Mushrooms #Fungi #Hypholoma
Very excited to finally find a fully-erect stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) in #StLeonardsForest in #Horsham today - first time I’ve seen one outside of the witch’s-egg phase.
Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides), Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Wood Violet (Viola riviniana) and Dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis agg.) also in #StLeonardsForest #Horsham #WildflowerHour
Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis), Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna), Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Primrose (Primula verna) growing in #StLeonardsForest in West Sussex near #Horsham
#WildflowerHour (a bit late!)
Thuidium tamariscinum (Tamarisk Moss) - looks like tiny little Christmas trees. #Mosstodon #StLeonardsForest #Horsham
Polytrichum commune (Common Haircap) - one of the UK tallest mosses: unlike most mosses, they have independently evolved water-conducting tissues akin to the xylem and phloem in vascular plants. #Mosstodon #StLeonardsForest #Horsham
