We arrived in the mist and wandered into the woods via the furnace pond keeping our eyes peeled and seeing nothing that remotely resembled a mushroom. We then bumped into a chap with some camera equipment and meekly asked whether he'd seen any mushrooms. I got more than a bargained for as the answer was more technical about latin types of fungi (I recognised the bit about slime moulds but just nodded at the rest). The general gist was all the rain meant very little had appeared at all, but very helpfully he did say that the old brick kiln furnace area was probably the best bet so that's where we went. We spent the next couple of hours looking around fallen trunks and roots and did pretty well taking pictures of what we saw in the very waterlogged and sodden understorey. A few Goldcrests and Long-tailed tits were encountered and we had a duet with a calling Tawny Owl that eventually took flight which we briefly glimpsed.
Birds around home were similar to last week, but with more Redwings, Blackbirds, Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush. At least 4 Goldcrests were around the place and Siskins and goldfinches in the Alders had increased (but none on the feeders which are currently extremely quiet. I had a few Meadow pipits flying over calling and 3 Cormorants flew past. There are still at least 4 raucous Jays around and more than one Tawny owl has been vocal both at day and night.
You'll see from the pictures below that I have no clue on the naming of the fungi - My fungi field guide is still buried in a box, I'll try and improve somehow to help Adie with her half-term project - so any guru who can name the fungi please own up.
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| Misty Furnace Pond at Ebernoe |
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| An orange one |
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| A Green one |
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| One of these (Penny Bun - Cep) |
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| One of those - (Glistening Inkcap) |
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| Lots of these - Sulphur Tuft |
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| Even more of these - Candlesnuff |
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| but a small group of them |
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| ~.. and a big one of this |
Hi Paul.
ReplyDeleteLove an id challenge!
I recognise a few of the fungi you've photographed -
The third fungus photo looks like Penny Bun (Cep).
The forth is Glistening Inkcap.
The fifth is possibly Sulpur Tuft, which becomes less colourful with age but is common.
The sixth is Candlesnuff.
Identification from photos is often hard with mushrooms as mulitple features often need to be assessed particularly with more unusual species to determine their id (gills, stipe, spores, flesh etc).
Cheers.
Henry Cook.
Cheers Henry - I've added your notes to the pics - very helpful - It's not any easy task as the field guide plates are quite awkward to interpret. Paul
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