King Alfred’s Cake Fungus
Here’s a photo of the inedible fungus Daldinia Concentrica which is most commonly known as “King Alfred’s Cake”. They’re all over the place near us, growing mostly on dead and decaying wood, especially ash trees.
Category: Mushrooms and Funghi
Trooping Funnel Mushrooms
These mighty mushrooms go by the wonderful name of ‘Trooping Funnels’! The fungi in this picture are about 6 inches in diameter, but I’ve seen others at the side of the road that are even bigger. They’re all over the place at the moment, growing either on their own or in large fairy rings.
Glistening Ink Cap Mushrooms in the woods on Bepton Down
Glistening Ink Cap Mushrooms
A massive swarm of Glistening Ink Caps in the woods near Bepton. Hundreds of them growing around the roots of some dead tree stumps. I checked these mushrooms on the web; some folk say they are edible, others say they are potentially poisonous… I think we’ll play safe and go with the latter opinion!
