Fungi at RPS Sandy October 28th Morning

A very enjoyable day at RPS Sandy yesterday with the Paxton Volunteers Photo Group. I have never seen so many Fly Agarics before with long troops of fruiting bodies at all stages of development, some spendid Parasols, lots of Mycena species etc. The area where we normally photograph Birds Nest Fungi has been cleared of bracken - I found only two 'nests' in an extensive search. In the afternoon we went down into what I always call the Dell - photos to follow.

 

Morning Fungi Hunt at Sandy

A very enjoyable day showing a party of 16 from Paxton Volunteers, the Royal Photographic Nature Group and Cambridge Camera Club some of the fungal delights at Sandy. Here a few from the morning session including the slime mould Myxomycota, Parasols, Small Ink cap and Fly Agaric. Afternoon photos on the heathland to follow!

Mission Accomplished at Brandon

The only thing that I definitely offered for the RPS Workshop on fungi at Brandon  yesterday was over 30 years of visiting and hence a lot of knowledge of what species are found where and when. Brandon fulfilled this promise with lots of colourful and attractive species from the Porcelain fungi up on the beech branches to the colourful Mycena haematopus, Fly agarics and Amethyst Deceivers. We tried different lighting and experimental  techniques - some not yet quite mastered like the 'toadstool in the Bokeh'. We even found lots of Slime Mould -  though probably only one species.