Spring archive - part I

Spring in Scotland is not a great time for mushrooms. Fungi don't like appearing when it's below 15C it seems, no matter how much it rains. Rain, we have a lot. Warmth, not so much.

Nevertheless, around beginning of May you get some brave fungi that ignore this rule and stick their heads above ground. Such as these, peeking from under leaf blanket:

Tricholoma sp.

A few days later, I came across a much bigger group, growing in a rocky garden. Fairy inkcaps are always a joy to see. They are even edible, although due to their small size collecting any quantity would take hours.

If only they were slightly bigger...

Need some kind of automated micro-harvester!