November fungi - Scarlet Caterpillar Club

Found by a neighbour in their lawn this fungi has a particular niche which is parisitising the buried larvae of insects. The Scarlet Caterpillar Club (Cordyceps militaris) is a grassland fungi with a difference.

October fungi - Honey Waxcap

The Honey Waxcap (Hygrocybe reidii) has started appearing in the last week both here and on other sites. This photo is of a fairly contorted fruitbody but shows off the distinctive gills nicely.

October Fungi - Crimson Waxcap

Last year one field in New Grove Meadows was covered in a carpet of Crimson Waxcaps - hundreds of them. This year I saw one a couple of days ago and one today. It was a rather beautiful example of this striking waxcap so I took a photo.

October fungi - Blue Roundhead

This was found by a neighbour in his garden. I am confident it is either the Blue Roundhead or the Verdigris Roundhead and probably the former. A spore print is being taken and that may help decide for certain. Edit: It does - it's a Blue Roundhead

October fungi - Dewdrop Mottlegill

There is a group of attractive Dewdrop Mottlegills (Panaeolus acuminatus) in the East Field at the moment. The Mottlegills are essentially dung fungi so presumably these are growing on some wild animal dung as the sheep have not been in that field since February.

New Species - Dark Crazed Cap

This was found after the foray so I think we missed it at the time. I come across the Crazed Cap (Dermoloma cuneifolium) reasonably often on unimproved fungi-rich grassland but this is the first time I have seen this much less common fungi, the Dark Crazed Cap (Dermoloma pseudocuneifolium).

New Species - Ivory Bonnet (Mycena flavoalba)

Also found at the foray here was the Ivory Bonnet (Mycena flavoalba). This is a beautiful delicate little fungi to which my photo does not do justice.