Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Orange

Wood Bolete

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Additional Notes: 

The species is said to be edible, but should not be picked due to rarity.

Information sourced from 'Mushrooms' (Phillips), 'Fungi of Switzerland Vol.III' and Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

Photographs included courtesy of  Mike Valentine.

 

Primrose-peerless

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Description: 

 A natural hybrid between the Bunch-flowered Daffodil (Narcissus tazetta) and the Pheasant's-eye Daffodil (Narcissus poeticus). The flowers are generally white or pale yellow with a yellow to orange corona. The leaves are narrow and strap-shaped. The plant grows from a bulb and flowers between March and May.

Cheilymenia fimicola

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Additional Notes: 

Inedible.

Velvet Shank

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Additional Notes: 

Growing here on a dead elm, with the 'bootlaces' of an Armillaria clearly visible

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