Parks

Macrolepiota rhacodes var bohemica

Common Name: 
Macrolepiota rhacodes var bohemica
Scientific Name : 
Macrolepiota rhacodes var bohemica
Cap Diameter (mm): 
100-150mm
Stem Height (mm): 
60-70mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
18-25mm
Description: 

A large fungus with a shaggy brown cap on a white background found solitary or in scattered groups in gardens, parks and compost heaps.

Conocybe tenera

Scientific Name : 
Conocybe tenera
Cap Diameter (mm): 
10-20mm
Stem Height (mm): 
30-70mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
5-15mm
Description: 

A small and fragile fungus with a brownish-yellow cap commonly found on soil in grass ar the edges of woodland.

Liberty cap

Common Name: 
Liberty cap
Scientific Name : 
Psilocybe semilanceata

Brown Mottlegill

Common Name: 
Brown Mottlegill
Scientific Name : 
Panaeolina foenisecii
Also Known As: 
Psilocybe foenisecii / Panaeolus foenisecii
Cap Diameter (mm): 
10-20mm
Stem Height (mm): 
40-70mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
2-3mm
Description: 

A small brown fungus that dries paler from the centre to the cap margin, found in trooping groups on soil in Parks, lawns and grassland.

Blue Roundhead

Common Name: 
Blue Roundhead
Scientific Name : 
Stropharia caerulea
Cap Diameter (mm): 
30-80mm
Stem Height (mm): 
40-100mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
3-12mm
Description: 

A bluish-green to yellow-green fungus found in grassland from late Summer until Autumn.

Yellow Stainer

Common Name: 
Yellow Stainer
Scientific Name : 
Agaricus xanthodermus
Cap Diameter (mm): 
50-150
Stem Height (mm): 
50-150
Stem Diameter (mm): 
10-20
Description: 
Agaricus xanthodermus, the Yellow Staining Mushroom, can cause serious stomach upsets and so should not be eaten. It can be confused with other members of the Agaricaceae.

Yellow Fieldcap

Common Name: 
Yellow Fieldcap
Scientific Name : 
Bolbitus tibutans var tibutans
Also Known As: 
Bolbitus vitellinus
Description: 

A delicate fungus with a sticky yellow oval cap when young but flattens with age, becoming cream coloured with just a hint of yellow remaining in the centre. The edge of the cap has minute grooves that allow the bright rust coloured gills to show through.

Wood Blewit

Common Name: 
Wood Blewit
Scientific Name : 
Lepista nuda
Cap Diameter (mm): 
60-120mm
Stem Height (mm): 
5-90mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
15-25mm
Description: 

A medium -sized and fleshy fungus with lilac gills growing in trooping groups on soil in mixed woodland, parks and gardens.

Wavy Cap

Common Name: 
Wavy Cap
Scientific Name : 
Psilocybe Cyanescens
Cap Diameter (mm): 
30 - 60mm
Stem Height (mm): 
25 - 65mm
Description: 
Is often found on rotting woodchips and mulch, occasionally on their own but more often in tufts. When mature the cap has a distinct wavy appearance. Moist caps are a caramel brown colour but as they dry they become more of a creamy/ pale yellow colour. These mushrooms bruise easily and often do so heavily, but some clones may lack a large amount of bruising.

Violet Coral

Common Name: 
Violet Coral
Scientific Name : 
Clavaria zollingeri
Description: 

This is an unmistakable fungus that is violet with coral shaped branches found in meadows, pastures and unimproved grassland growing in lines or circles. The branches are rounded or can be pointed at the tips and are joined together at the base. Older specimens can the appear faded or yellowish. 

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