Great to meet you Nicolai :P We'll have to keep in touch via Facebook

Indeed I am a facebooker Nick. I've already tried finding you when I added the Leifus. add me - you know my name ;)

The same to you my pal. Look forward to meeting you this year I hope!

happy new year nick. thanks for everything

Carcinogenic spores? Is that a joke? If it is, that's funny, if it isn't, then the world is getting so nannified it's unbelievable.

hi nick thanks for the VM. There is park near me that has a mixture of deciduous and coniferous woodland. I have found more in the deciduous woodlands than the coniferous one. eg blushing bracket, dog stinkhorn and rooting shank. I have found dyers mazegill in the coniferous woodland but thats about it. The coniferous woodland is quite full of bracken so I don't like to go around because of the carcinogenic spores. I stick to the paths usually. What places are best in coniferous woodlands because whenever I look in a clearing with a tree. theres nothing usually there. theres absolutely nothing in the leaf litter.

Hi KT, I just thought I'd give you a quick visitor message regarding you finding fungi. It seems that you need to find yourself some big, spacious Beech and Oak Woods. You'll be surprised at what you'll find in a decent habitat. From your images, I'd say you're looking in quite dark, close woodland- You'll find fungi in them obviously, as you have, but you'll find the species you're looking for (and the species that appear in the books) if you find yourself a good patch of old Woodland. Get an O/S Map and see if you can see any good patches- join local forums to ask for woodland locations, do anything you can to find that patch, and then once you have it, you can treat it as your own and monitor it over a period of months, years or even decades. If you record your findings, you could submit them somewhere and contribute to county records.

Just a thought, but as soon as you do that, you'll be finding the things you want to be finding.

Nick :)

Hey, it's a pleasure! When I joined WAB in 2006 I knew only a teeny weeny bit and now to look back and see how much I've learned over that time- it's really pleasing. Now I'm moving into microscopy and trying to aim high in Mycology. I never thought it'd get to the point where I'm prepared to cross the geeky line!!! :D :D :D (Not that mycology is geeky, but dedicating so much time to a certain practice can get tedious!)

Stick around the fungi forum, you'll learn so much :)

thanks for all your fungi help - I'm useless! I will go back to the giant mushroom tomorrow and help solve the mystery of whether its a phylloporus or a boletus