A to Z of British Fungi

Xylaria hypoxylon, commonly called either the Candle-snuff Fungus or the Stag's Horn Fungus, appears throughout the year, but it is particularly...

The entire fruit body of the Cauliflower fungus is reminiscent of a coarse bath sponge and mature specimens can be huge and weight several pounds...

Boletus edulis is found in deciduous and coniferous woodland in Summer and Autumn and can grow to a large size. It has a yellow-brown to dark...

The cap is yellow, depressed in the middle with a wavy margin and the underside is an apricot - yellow colour and strongly wrinkled with the...

A smallish fungus that is also one of the deadliest. It contains toxins similar to that of the Death Cap and causes kidney and liver damage.

This fungus  is possibly a common species normally misidentified as Macrolepiota rhacodes. Reported to be edible but may cause stomach upsets...

A cup shaped fungus found on the male catkins of Alder, Hazel and Willow.

An ascomycte. Occurs on fallen male alder or willow catkins Microscopy inset: note the bluing at the tips of the asci in Melzer's solution

A small club-shaped yellow fungus that grows either solitary or in groups on soil in short grassland.

Young specimens are a pale blue colour fading to light grey as they age.

A small rare species of fungus witha bright, reddish-brown cap that may be found in small troops around the edges and clearings in coniferous...

This species grows in dense clumps on dead stumps and logs of broadleaf trees and occasionally on standing trees..

A small and delicate fungus with a flattened or funnel-shaped cap that is found growing in troops in grasslands, usually with moss.

A small fungus with a tan or dark brown cap found growing on rotting stums, bark and litter in woodland.

A yellowish, rounded and hard scaly fungus that is attached to the substrate by thin threads in small troops on bare, usually sandy soil or among...

The Common Funnel Cap is common and widespread but is easily confused with other funnel shaped fungi that are poisonous.

A small yellowish-orange, gelatinous, cushion-shaped fungus commonly found growing in dense groups on the rotting wood of deciduous and coniferous...

Smallish, white or dull brown, rounded structure on a pedastal.

A dark-brown, thinnish, fan-shaped bracket found often clustered on dead wood of conifers and occasionally on broadleaf trees.

Smallish tan or brown agaric found inconiferous woodland rooting on buried pine cones and other coniferous debris.

A small fungus with a conical cap and long stem found growing in grassland, sand dunes and roadside verges.

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

Found growing solitary or clustered in meadows and pastures with manure, preferable horse dung.

A medium-sized clay-brown or coral-pink fungus with a densely branched fruiting body similar in appearance to a small cauliflower found growing...

This fungus is one of several closely related Russula species that all smell of crabmeat and can only be identified microscopically or by...

This poisonous species is found on unimproved grassland, either singly or in small troops. The cap is light to dark grey when young, later...

A very small, kidney shaped, whitish fungus found growing on leaves, twigs and other debris in woodland.

This rare large waxcap is found in unimproed pasture, lawns and churchyards from late Summer to early Winter.

A small fungus with a smell reminiscent of curry and gills that exude milk, found solitary or in large scattered groups in coniferous woodland,...