A to Z of British Fungi

The Bay Cup is one of the commonest of the Peziza species. The cup has a smooth inner surface that is dark brown or reddish-brown while the outer...

A large, brown irregularly shaped fungus  found either solitary or in troops on soil, moss  or light grass in open woodland.

A creamy-buff agaric exuding milk found either solitary or in scattered groups on sandy soil with Birch.

The Beech Milkcap has a very sticky cap that can be a combination of whitish, grey, olive and reddish brown. At the cap margin there are...

A medium sized Russula that has a scarlet cap and is found growing solitary or in small troops, specifically under Beech.

A medium to large dark brown bracket that has white pores on the underside and is found growing singly or in tiers on the dead wood of coniferous...

A small to medium size fungus with a pale, delicate cap and brittle white gills found growing solitary or in groups on soil, often in moist places...

Birch Knight is a common species associated with Birch trees but also found growing with Spruce. The cap is tawny orange-brown colour, often...

A small agaric found solitary or in scattered groups with broadleaf tree, preferably with Birch.

A blackish, cushion shaped crustclustered on dead branches with bark, especially Birch trees and occasionally other broadleaf trees.

A kidney-shaped fungus wit a pale yellow cap found, usually clustered on fallen branches and trunks of broadleaf trees, usually Oak.

Fruit body 1-4cms across. rubbery globose , the margins tightly inrolled when young, brownish, the exterior scurty, later expanding and then...

This is one of the most common of the waxcaps. The distinquishing feature is that the entire fungus slowly blackens with age, even after...

An encrustation or small bracket that is found, often in overlapping tiers on stumps and rotting wood of broadleaf trees, favouring Oak.

A pale buff encrustation or bracket often found in overlapping tiers in broadleaf woodland on stumps and dead wood, faouring Oak.

A smallish fungus that is dark blood-red throughout found growing either solitary or in scattered troops with conifers.

A large and fleshy fungus that is whitish throughout found growing on soil in broadleaf woodland.

This species is found in damp areas, along stream banks and bogs growing on old stumps and  branches of broadleaved trees,...

Found in small troops on both broadleaf and conifer woods, this edible fungus can be found from Summer till Autumn.

This small yellow species is found from Spring to Summer, often in large number in boggy woods on plant debris or leaf litter.

A medium to large sized edible Bolete that favours broadleaf woodland, especially Beech and Oak trees, fruiting from Summer to early...

This small bolete prefers acid soils in coniferous woodland and is associated with two-needle pines, often growing alongside Rosy Spike (...

An irregular, greyish-white cushion like fungus that becomes blackened when old, similar to charred wood, growing on rotting stumps and roots of...

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.

This fungus grows in both broadleaf and coniferous woodland, preferring an acid soil. It has a dark, reddish brown cap that is sticky when wet....