I started working at Hainault Forest a few months ago and have been taking photos of some of the Fungi i have found there!
I've managed to id a fair few of them and even eat a couple of them (There is nothing better than grabbing a couple of eggs from the farm, picking some nettles and grabbing a parasol from the back field and having an omlette for lunch)
Anyway's, here are the pics
The baby parasols in the back field
Big ol' Parasols, This is the one i ate in the omlette
These are some sort of Inkcap, they are growing on horse dung so i thought that they may be Coprinus narcoticus but they look more like Snowy Inkcaps. Any ideas?
A collection of oysters, which were lovely
Some chicken of the woods! Didn't get to eat either of these though
Maybe Russula Erythropis Peltereau, not too sure though, again any ideas!
A big old Dryads Saddle, you can see my dog's neck under one of the pics!
No idea what these are but they were growing on a small bit of wood stuck on a patch of lawn
I think that these are Giant Polypore
Sulphur Tuft
I don't know what these are but i love this picture!
I think that these are Bay Bolete, there was a Polish guy at work who picked a load of them and told me that he was going to boil them up with an onion and if the onion turned black he wouldn't eat them!!
My id of them was either Bay Bolete or Devils Bolete, but he didn't die and wasn't ill so i came to the conclusion that they were Bay Bolete.
Haven't managed to positively id'd these yet!
Hope you have enjoyed the pictures and i haven't used up all your bandwidth!
I have a few more to add at some point....
I've managed to id a fair few of them and even eat a couple of them (There is nothing better than grabbing a couple of eggs from the farm, picking some nettles and grabbing a parasol from the back field and having an omlette for lunch)
Anyway's, here are the pics
The baby parasols in the back field
Big ol' Parasols, This is the one i ate in the omlette
These are some sort of Inkcap, they are growing on horse dung so i thought that they may be Coprinus narcoticus but they look more like Snowy Inkcaps. Any ideas?
A collection of oysters, which were lovely
Some chicken of the woods! Didn't get to eat either of these though
Maybe Russula Erythropis Peltereau, not too sure though, again any ideas!
A big old Dryads Saddle, you can see my dog's neck under one of the pics!
No idea what these are but they were growing on a small bit of wood stuck on a patch of lawn
I think that these are Giant Polypore
Sulphur Tuft
I don't know what these are but i love this picture!
I think that these are Bay Bolete, there was a Polish guy at work who picked a load of them and told me that he was going to boil them up with an onion and if the onion turned black he wouldn't eat them!!
My id of them was either Bay Bolete or Devils Bolete, but he didn't die and wasn't ill so i came to the conclusion that they were Bay Bolete.
Haven't managed to positively id'd these yet!
Hope you have enjoyed the pictures and i haven't used up all your bandwidth!
I have a few more to add at some point....