Fomes fomentarius

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Saturday #Sponge day!

Check out these beautiful Boletes that have sponge like pores instead of gills!

Almost all members of the larger Boletaceae family have pores or tubes instead of gills which make them an easy family to identify.

There are about two hundred and fifty Boletes worldwide with about eighty identified in the UK which, with only a handful to avoid due to toxicity, leaves a good amount of edible mushrooms that can be safely identified for consumption.

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Happy Fungi #Friday 🍄

We hope everyone is doing well and excited for the #weekend!

Here are some #clusters of mushrooms that we have found on our #adventures! We tried a new side angle which has turned out great! (Was worth crouching in the mud over 😂)

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Happy Sunday everyone! ☀️

Todays #fungifind 🍄

The stages of a Shaggy Parasol! (Chlorophyllum rhacodes)

A Shaggy Parasol is a #large, stocky mushroom with a #convex cap when mature. The cap’s surface has raised #brown scales, giving it a #shaggy look, further enhanced by the shaggy edge to the #rim.

The shaggy parasol’s habit of #growing in rings, known as #fairy rings, has long been part of European #folklore. Some believe the #rings symbolised a place where #fairies, #pixies or #elves danced in the woods. Others believe that they were a #portal between the fairy world and the #human world!

On a side note, though #edible when cooked for some, I wouldn’t be #foraging this one for dinner because it can cause #severe gastric upset in 1 in 25 people!

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Todays #fungifind 🍄

Turkeytail! (Trametes versicolor)

#Turkeytail is a very colourful #bracket fungus that grows throughout the year, but is at its best in the #autumn. Its circular caps can be seen growing in tiers on #trees and dead #wood; mainly hardwood such as #Beech or #Oak.

It can often be found in huge #groups and has also been found to have #medicinal properties!

It was once #popular as a table #decoration; at one time, it was even used to decorate #hats!

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Todays #fungifind 🍄

Hoof Fungus! (Fomes fomentarius)

This #species produces very large #polypore fruit bodies which are shaped like a horse's hoof and vary in colour from a silvery grey to almost black to brown.

They generally grow on #Birch or other #deciduous trees and are #parasitic, eventually killing the tree. They can remain on the #trunks after killing them.

They are not #edible but are known as Tinder Fungus due to their use as #tinder and #clothing if ever needed!

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