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Saccobolus glaber |
Saccobolus glaber |
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A very small yellowish, olive disc shaped fungus that can be found, usually densely clustered in fields growing on manure. |
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Saffron Bolete |
Leccinum crocipodium |
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A medium to large bolete with a pale-brown cap solitary or scattered in braodleaf woodland with Oak. |
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Saffron Milk Cap |
Lactarius deliciosus |
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The Saffron Milkcap has a rounded bright orange cap when young that is sticky when wet, later has darker zones and may be flushed with pale green patches. |
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Saffrondrop Bonnet |
Mycena crocata |
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Small delicate agaric.
[b]Cap:[/b] Brown with olivaceous tinge, pallid towards the margin. Conical at first then campanulate. Silky and striate. Flesh greyish-brown, thin and exuding carrot red... |
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Sarcosphaera coronaria |
Sarcosphaera coronaria |
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A large violet and white irregularly shaped cup that i s found growing in braodleaf woodland either singly or clustered, favouring Beech, occasionally founf with conifers. |
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Scaly Earthball |
Scleroderma verrucosum |
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A yellowish, rounded and hard scaly fungus that tapers into a thisk, ribbed basal region and is found in small groups, usually on sandy soil. |
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Scaly Hedgehog |
Sarcodon imbricatus |
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A large fungus with a coarse scaly brown cap found growing either solitary or in small scattered groups on soil in coniferous woodland. |
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Scaly Sawgill |
Neolentinus lepideus |
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A medium to large fungus with a whitish, scaly cap found growing solitary or in clusters on dead and sometimes on treated conifer wood. |
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Scaly Tooth |
Sarcodon squamosus |
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A large, coarsely scaly brown cap with a greyish spiny under surface, growing either solitary or in scattered groups on soil in coniferous woods favouring pine and spruce. |
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Scaly Wood Mushroom |
Agaricus langei |
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The surface of the cap is covered by fibrous, rust brown scales, which is a distinctive feature of this fungi. When cut, the flesh bruises red, especially in the stem. |
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Scarlet Bonnet |
Mycena adonis |
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A small orange-red, scarlet or salmon pink fungus found growing in both coniferous and deciduous woodland and grassland among moss, grass, on decayed wood or wood debris. |
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Scarlet Caterpillar Club |
Cordyceps militaris |
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Like many of the Cordyceps species, this fungus grows parasitically on buried insects, usually a Butterfly or Moth larvae. The club shaped cap is covered in minute red raised dots while... |
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Scarlet Elf Cup |
Sarcoscypha austriaca |
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A large, scarlet, shallow cup found growing either solitary or in groups, usually in damp sitiuations on rotting wood under coniferous and broadleaf trees, often under leaf-litter... |
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Scarlet Elfcup |
Sarcoscypha coccinea |
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The cup-shaped fruitbodies are scarlet on the inside and whitish on the outside and is found, usually in damp woodland from late Autumn till early Summer. |
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Scarlet Waxcap |
Hygrocybe coccinea |
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A small, red fungus with a domed cap and red gills found growing in small troops on soil among cropped, short or mown grass. |
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Scarletina Bolete |
Boletus luridiformis |
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This fungus is found mainly in deciduous woodland and more rarely with conifers. It has flesh that rapidly turns blue when cut or bruised. The cap is dark brown when young but becomes paler with... |
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Schizophyllum amplum |
Schizophyllum amplum |
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Schizophyllum commune |
Schizophyllum commune |
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Scurfy Fibrecap |
Inocybe petiginosa |
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Under-recorded as cryptic colours and small basidiomes, these usually hidden under vegetation, fallen leaves or large grass tufts in woodland and it will also grow on very decayed woody substartes... |
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Scurfy Twiglet |
Tubaria furfuracea |
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Cap convex at first, becoming flattened or centrally depressed; cinnamon to tan and striate from margin inwards when moist, drying pale buff and slightly scurfy.
Stem. more or less concolorous with... |
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Semifree Morel |
Mitrophora semilibera |
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Sepia Bolete |
Boletus porosporus |
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This small Bolete is found growing singly or in small groups during Autumn in deciduous woodland, especially with Beech, Oak and Hornbeam. |
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Sessile Earthstar |
Geastrum fimbriatum |
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A star-shaped base surmounted by a cream "bulb" found growing solitary or in small trooping groups on soil amongst leaf litter. |
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Shaggy Bracket |
Inonotus hispidus |
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A large and velvety annual bracket fungus found, usually solitary or in small tiers, parasitic on the trunks of Ash trees and occasionally on other broadleaf trees. |
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Shaggy Ink Cap |
Coprinus comatus |
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When young, this fungus has a tall, egg-shaped or elongated cap that is covered in shaggy, recurved scales. The cap and white gills gradually blacken and dissolve with age until only the stem... |
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Shaggy Parasol |
Chlorophyllum rhacodes |
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This fungus can be found growing either singly or in clumps in mixed woodland, parkland and gardens. It can reach large sizes and the cap is white with a dark umbo and recurved brown scales.The... |
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Shaggy Parasol |
Macrolepiota rhacodes |
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A large fungus with a shaggy cap growing either solitary or in scattered groups on soil in woodland, often with conifers. |
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Shaggy Pholiota |
Pholiota squarrosa |
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Found in deciduous woodland usually clustered at the base of trees, especially Beech and Ash from late Summer to early Winter. |
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Sheathed Cortinarius |
Cortinarius torvus |
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A medium to large fungus found in broadleaf woodland, especially with Birch or Beech from late Summer until Autumn.. |
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Sheathed Woodtuft |
Kuehneromyces mutabilis |
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This as an edible specimen but can be easily confused with some poisonous species. Grows from Spring until early Winter. |
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Silky Rosegill |
Volvariella bombycina |
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Large bell-shaped. white through pinkish to pale yellowish ochraceous with silky fibrils. |
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Silverleaf Fungus |
Chondrostereum purpureum |
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This fungus is a common parasite on fruit trees and forms leathery, lilac to deep purple patches with a white edge. It causes Silver-leaf disease on Plum and Cherry trees. |
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Skullcap Dapperling |
Leucocoprinus brebissonii |
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A small white fungus occasionally found in deciduous woodland and even less commonly with coniferous from late summer to autumn. |
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Slate Bolete |
Leccinum duriusculum |
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A medium sized bolete with a grey-brown cap and a club shaped stem found growing with Poplar. |
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Slender Brittlegill |
Russula gracillima |
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Small to medium sized Russula that has a pale, pinkish-green cap and grow eithe solitary or in groups on soil, specifically with Birch. |
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Slender Parasol |
Macrolepiota mastoidea |
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A large agaric with a creamy-yellow scaly cap, found either solitary or scattered on soil in clearings in mixed woodland and grassy habitats near woodland. |
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Slime Mould |
Badhamia utricularis |
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Myxomycetes - Slime Mould |
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Slime Mould |
Fuligo Septica |
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A yellow, fragile irregular cushion-like fungus that spreads over substrate found on dead wood in general. |
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Slime Mould |
Lamproderma sp. |
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Slime Mould |
Trichia scabra |
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Slimy Waxcap |
Hygrocybe irrigata |
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A smalisg, grey-coloured fungus that has a greasy cap with a wavy stem found growing in small troops on soil in pastures and open woodland. |
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Slippery jack |
Suillus luteus |
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A medium to large fungus, found growing solitary or in small groups on soil in coniferous woodland. |
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Small Stagshorn |
Calocera cornea |
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A bright yellow to orange coloured fungus that appears as small gelatinous fingers growing on old wood. They are usually single fingers but are occasionally branched and are sticky when wet.... |
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Smoky Bracket |
Bjerkandera adusta |
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A small, greyish white bracket often found in dense, overlapping tiers on deciduous wood. |
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Smut Fungus |
Microbotryum violaceum |
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Snakeskin Brownie |
Hypholoma marginatum |
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A small fungus with a tan cap and a silvery mottled stem found growing in small groups on needle litter and rotting wood in coniferous woodland. |
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Snakeskin Grisette |
Amanita ceciliae |
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This is a distinctive, often tall species that has a grey-brown cap that is covered in fleecy grey patches that are seperable. The cap edge is often paler than the centre and is noticeably... |
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Snaketongue Truffleclub |
Cordyceps ophioglossoides |
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A small brownish to black club shaped head on a slender yellowish brown stem. |
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Snapping Bonnet |
Mycena vitilis |
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A small agaric commonly found growing on branches and detached bark of deciduous tree. |
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Snowy Disco |
Lachnum virgineum |
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A minute, pure white fungus witha fringed cupon a concolorous stem found growing clustered on fallen Beech nuts and sometimes on other plant debris. |
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Snowy Inkcap |
Coprinus niveus |
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A fragile fungus found growing either solitary or in small groups on cow or horse manure and manured straw. |
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Snowy Inkcap |
Coprinopsis nivea |
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A fragile agaric found growing solitary or in groups on horse or cow manure and manured straw. |
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Snowy Waxcap |
Hygrocybe virginea var virginea |
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A small, white fungus that has a greasy feel found in small trooping groups on soil amongst grass in cropped pastures and in opnen woodland. |
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Soapy Knight |
Tricholoma saponaceum |
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A large, fleshy fungus bearing characteristic reddish stains found in broadleaf and coniferous woodland in scattered groups. |
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Solitary Amanita |
Amanita echinocephala |
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This fungus favours south facing situations on chalk soils, usually with Birch but also with Beech. |
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Southern Bracket |
Ganoderma australe |
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Bracket fungus usually growing on certain deciduous trees. |
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Spangled Waxcap |
Hygrocybe insipida |
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Spectacular Rustgill |
Gymnopilus junonius |
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Large, robust yellowish brownagaric with ring on stem. |
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Spindle Toughshank |
Collybia fusipes |
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This fungus is found in and around the base of broadleaf trees, mainly Oak and Birch and occasionally Beech. |
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Split Fibrecap |
Inocybe rimosa |
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A smallish yellowish-brown fungus growing either solitary or in trooping groups on soil in broadleaf woodland. |
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Split Porecrust |
Schizopora paradoxa |
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An annual encrustating fungus that appears in whitish patches, cream with age on rotting wood in broadleaf woodland, very rarely on coniferous wood. |
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Splitpea Shanklet |
Collybia cookei |
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Grows on rotting Russula/Lactarius |
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Spring Agaric |
Agaricus bitorquis |
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A medium to large Agaric often found in trooping groups on sandy soil, favouring manured sites. |
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Spring Brittlestem |
Psathyrella spadiceogrisea |
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Spring Cavalier |
Melanoleuca cognata |
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A medium to large pale brown fungus found growing either solitary or scattered on soil in coniferous woodland. |
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Spring Fieldcap |
Agrocybe praecox |
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Agricybe praecox is a variable species that is commonly found in grassland and is difficult to distinguish from others of the same genus. The cap can reach up to 7cm in diameter and can... |
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Spring Pin |
Cudoniella clavus |
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A small, cream coloured found growing either solitary or in troops in wet places on woody debris. |
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Sprucecone Cap |
Strobilurus esculentus |
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A small and delicate fungus found either solitary or in small groups on spruce cones or buried spruce cones in coniferous woodland. |
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St George's Mushroom |
Calocybe gambosa |
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Appearing in April, Calocybe gambosa has the common name St George's Mushroom. It is a good edible species, distinguished from other pale species of springtime by its mealy smell. Fruiting from April... |
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Star Fibrecap |
Inocybe asterospora |
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A smallish fungus with a dull brown, radially streaked cap found growing either solitary or in trooping groups on soil with coniferous and broadleaf trees, favouring Oak. |
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Star Pinkgill |
Entoloma conferendum |
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A small brownish fungus with pinkish gills found growing alone or in small trooping groups in grassland and open woodland. |
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Steccherinum ochraceum |
Steccherinum ochraceum |
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Steel-Blue Pinkgill |
Entoloma nitidum |
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A dark to steel-blue capped fungus that is rare and found in coniferous woodland or on the edges of boggy with moss, usually on very acidic soil |
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Stemonitis axifera |
Stemonitis axifera |
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A myxomycete |
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Stemonitis fusca |
Stemonitis fusca |
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A Myxomycete (Slime mould) |
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Stereum rameale |
Stereum rameale |
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A buff coloured uncrustation or bracket found growing, often in tiers on the dead wood of broadleaf trees, preferably with Oak. |
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Sticky Scalycap |
Pholiota gummosa |
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Small to medium sized inedible fungus found growing in clusters on wood or on buried wood. |
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Stinkhorn |
Phallus impudicus |
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Phallus impudicus, the Common Stinkhorn, emerges from an 'egg' beneath the surface. The cap is initially covered with olive-green 'gleba', a smelly coating that attracts insects which in turn... |
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Stinking Brittlegill |
Russula foetens |
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One of a group of similar Russula species, this common fungus has a rancid oily smell and greasy orange-brown cap. |
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Stinking Dapperling |
Lepiota cristata |
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Lepiota cristata, is one of several small, parasol mushrooms many of which are poisonous. A transient ring and a smell of coal gas are characteristics of this fungus. |
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Striate Earthstar |
Geastrum striatum |
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A dull greyish-brown with a pointed "bulb" sitting on top of a more brownish, star-shaped base that raises the gleba (spore sac) above the substrate. |
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Stropharia squamosa var. thrausta |
Stropharia squamosa var. thrausta |
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Stubble Rosegill |
Volvariella gloiocephala |
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To the inexperienced fungi hunter, this mushroom can resemble a deadly Amanita. It's quite harmless though, and even considered as edible. It is esteemed amongst Eastern European communities. |
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Stump Puffball |
Lycoperdon pyriforme |
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This is a common fungus that always grows on wood, especially rotting tree stumps, sometimes they appear to be growing on soil but an inspection will reveal that they are, in fact growing from... |
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Suede Bolete |
Boletus subtomentosus |
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Boletus subtomentosus is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodland on all soil types but prefers an acid soil. As it's common name suggests, the cap is suede like in texture and the colour... |
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Suillus collinitus |
Suillus collinitus |
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A rare and vulnerable species that grows in coniferous woodland, either solitary or in small groups. |
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Suillus variegatus |
Suillus variegatus |
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A medium to large sized Bolete with a slimy cap found growing solitary or in small groups on soil under or near coniferous trees. |
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Sulphur Knight |
Tricholoma sulphureu |
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An unmistakeable species because of its strong, unpleasant gassy smell, which is similar to coal-tar. |
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Sulphur Tuft |
Hypholoma fascicular |
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This poisonous fungus, which is easy to spot in both deciduous and coniferous woodland due to its bright colouring is variable in appearance and therefore can be difficult to identify. |
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Sweet Poisonpie |
Hebeloma sacchariolens |
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A small to medium sized fungus, with a reddish or pale-yellow cap found solitary or in small groups on soil in damp woodland. |