Some super-fresh Collared Earthstars (Geastrum triplex) spotted yesterday for #FungiFriday #fungi

Peach-leaved Bellflower still in flower for #WildflowerHour on the Winter Solstice!

Here’s an early Winter Heliotrope to wish all you #WildflowerHour folk a Happy Christmas

The first daffodils are flowering in my garden already! It’s not even Winter Solstice yet. Spring is coming…

Can anybody read fungi? This looks like some ancient language #fungi #fungiFriday

The Devil’s Fingers fungi emerging from their alien looking eggs in time for Halloween #FungiFriday #fungus

An oak leaf be-jewelled with galls by the tiny Spangle Gall Wasp. Each gall holds a single larva which develops over winter before emerging as an adult in spring.

White Saddle Fungus. It looks more like a hound’s head to me (Helvella crispa) #fungi

These are all the same species! Blackening Waxcaps (Hygrocybe conica) doing their colour change trick for #WildFungiHour #fungi #WildflowerHour

Orange Peel Fungus! Honestly you’d just think it’s discarded orange peel… #WildFungusHour #fungi

Some huge Crimson Waxcaps in the local cemetery for #WildFungusHour (!)(Hygrocybe punicea) #fungi

I’ll try and post another pic once it’s burst forth!

The charmingly named Dog Vomit slime mould. They’re alive and can move, but they’re not animals or fungi (Mucilago crustacea) not #fungus

The inspiration for Alien? A Devil’s Fingers fungal egg from which the fungus bursts forth. Several blood red arms emerge before unfolding to reveal the pinkish-red interior… #FungiFriday

Here’s a nice group of Scarlet Waxcaps for #FungiFriday (Hygrocybe coccinea) #fungi

What a beautiful, furry looking mushroom. Weeping Widow. So named for the “tears” its gills produce!(Lacrymaria lacrymabunda) #fungi #fungus

Is it the amazing Orange peel fungus or just actual orange peel? (Aleuria aurantia) #fungus #fungi

Little family of Persistent Waxcaps. (Conceivably Golden Waxcaps, but I didn’t want to spoil the group to run the microscopy!) #fungi #fungus

Lovely little Pink Waxcap. Like a tiny Ballerina twirling her tutu. Aka Porpolomopsis calyptriformis #fungi #fungus

One of my favourites: Hare’s Ear (Otidia anotica) #fungi #fungus