New mushroom season

And here we go again, another summer, another fresh growth. It has been fairly dry for a few weeks, but some fungi varieties are already cropping up.

A fresh crop of Judas ears on a recently cut down tree. Had to wade through a bunch of nettles to take these - ouch!

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Wood blewits

These two mushrooms were still very fresh and fragrant when I found them this morning, just walking along a city road.

Surprisingly, March is a legitimate season for them, and mushroom guides state that they love a bit of frost before emerging.

And there has been no shortage of frost recently!

Winter fungi

Winter is not really a mushroom season, but some hardy varieties just keep persisting.

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8m tall fungus

There was a giant fungus living 420 million years ago, named Prototaxites, and it was one of the earliest settlers on land.

Birch bolete in town

Forest mushrooms in town, always a lovely sight

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