FUNGAL FINDS

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Rare Fungus Find

What a strange year it has been for fungi, July and August were great, with many species fruiting early with the large amount of rain we...

Aug 3, 20232 min read

Mushrooms - August 2023 Part 1

Well with the weather being very wet it is no surpirse that mushrooms are appearing all over the place right now. Weird weather can throw...

Jan 16, 20233 min read

Salford Delivers Rare Mushrooms

Over the years I have been lucky enough to work with the rangers at Salford Council, leading events on a variety of natural history...

Oct 10, 20221 min read

Two rare finds on recent events

As we approach the half way point of our mushrooms and other fungal events there are two stand out finds from recent events. Whilst we...

Jan 25, 20211 min read

Our First Rarity of 2021

2021 has officially begun now we have had our first rare fungal find of the year, the wonderful Leucoagaricus americanus, a species with...

Oct 30, 20201 min read

Fungal Finds - Update

It has been a busy September and October for us here at Discover the Wild, trying to navigate our way through hosting events with all the...

Aug 25, 20201 min read

Fungal Finds - Week 34 2020

I did not have much time this week to get out and have a look for fungi, the weather was not great either so I was not too fussed. I did...

Aug 17, 20201 min read

Fungal Finds - Week 33 2020

A hot week meant it was not brilliant locally for mushrooms, a few bits were about but the rain at the latter part of the week has...

Aug 10, 20202 min read

Fungal Finds - Week 32 2020

It has been an interesting week for mushrooms, with a couple of days producing some interesting finds, but as the warm dry weather took...

Aug 2, 20201 min read

Fungal Finds - Week 31 2020.

I thought I would start putting a summary of some the fungi we are finding at the moment on our blog. It will mainly be some of the more...