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westmidsfungi.bsky.social
Merry Christmas!
A christmas card illustrated with a toad sitting on a toadstool. The text is: A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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mattrjones.bsky.social
Waxcap 42 - Date Waxcap (Hygrocybe spadicea). A very shy fruiting species so not often encountered and also restricted to the better sites. Stipe is yellow with brown fibrils, gills generally yellow but can be orange. The brown conical cap is incredibly distinctive!
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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mattrjones.bsky.social
Waxcap 43 - Dune Waxcap (Hygrocybe conicoides). Although not useful for CHEGD grassland assessments, good to know this species exists. Red conical cap that blackens only slightly, generally at the tip. Grows in coastal sand dunes with acuticonica and members of the conica agg.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Devil's Fingers (Clathrus archeri).
A red mushroom in grass with long fingers. This one is still joined at the top and filled with a black goo to attract insects. Stinks like carrion.
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Slimy Waxcap (Gliophorus irrigatus).
A glistening, grey mushroom in grass. Slimy and sticky due to a glutinous covering.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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lukaslarge.bsky.social
New waxcap just dropped: Gliophorus alboviscidus D.J. Harries & G.W. Griff.,
Diagnosis: Basidiomata resembling Gliophorus irrigatus but lacking grey or brownish colours. ITS 362
sequences strongly divergent (9.7%) #FungiFriends www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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mattrjones.bsky.social
Waxcap 30 - Butterscotch Waxcap (Gliophorus europerplexus) 😍 Previously in the perplexus agg. A browny beige species. Chunkier and less viscid than sciophanus. Different colours to Parrot or Jubilee. Incredibly rare.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Sunset Waxcap (Gliophorus sciophanus).
Red, slimy mushrooms in green grass. Visible striations on the cap edge.
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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mattrjones.bsky.social
Waxcap 35 - Slender Waxcap (Cuphophyllus radiatus). Similar to Yellowfoot but no yellowing to the more slender stipe and stronger striations in the cap. Quite small and hard to spot.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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stephenplummer.bsky.social
Wow, wow, wow: Mycena pseudocorticola and, finally, Mycena meliigena, occurring together on moss-covered oak branches in quantity (this is just a small section). A friend spent years looking for M. meliigina every time she came across M. pseudocorticola! [Rushmere CP, Bucks]
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus).
A collection of white mushrooms from grass. The centre of the cap is ever so slightly darker. The gills run down the stipe.
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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mattrjones.bsky.social
Waxcap 33 - Nitrous Waxcap (Neohygrocybe nitrata). The name comes from the smell, very strong of swimming pool chlorine. Cap colour varies from grey to nearly black and overall size is also really variable. The stipe is generally a bit chunky. An uncommon species.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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lukaslarge.bsky.social
Hygrocybe punicea seen in south Wales #FungiFriends #ukwildlife
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Moor Club (Clavaria argillacea).
Long whitish-yellow club fungi sticking out of moss and lichen on a moor. The largest ones have broad ends like tongues.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea).
A group of bright red mushrooms with orange and yellow sections. They are quite large, with a greasy cap, and stand out against the brown and green grass.
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Parrot Waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus).
Yellow mushrooms with patches of orange, pink, green, blue and purple. Glutinous and shiny, found in grass.
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Meadow Waxcap (Cuphophyllus pratensis).
A pair of Meadow Waxcaps in grass. The caps are orange-brown and the stipes are creamy white.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social
Cuphophyllus fornicatus

#Cuphophyllusfornicatus #Cuphophyllus #Hygrocybefornicata #Hygrocybe #BlassrandigerSaftling #EarthyWaxcap #Wiesenpilze #GrasslandFungi #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Grey Waxcap (Cuphophyllus lacmus).
A stout, white and grey mushroom growing on grass. The grey cap has lilac tones.
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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thenewgalaxy.bsky.social
3/11/25 Cumbria - I've historically disregarded the excitement associated with descriptions of white forms of Ballerina #Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis f. nivalis) because they often fade with time

Well that all changed today, this pair of fresh examples almost completely lacking color
November 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Heath Waxcap (Gliophorus laetus).
An orangey-browny, slimy, shiny cluster of the Heath Waxcap from acidic soil.
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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mattrjones.bsky.social
Waxcap 20 - Jubilee Waxcap (Gliophorus reginae). One of our rarest species and an absolute stunner 😍 Only named in 2012 and from a British specimen, the name comes from it then being the Jubilee. Colours differ from Parrot and gill attachment from Heath. Only in our best unimproved grasslands.
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Steely Bonnet (Mycena pseudocorticola).
A tiny blue mushroom, smaller than a peanut, poking out of moss on tree bark.
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
hygrocybe.bsky.social
Magpie Inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea).
A slender and delicate mushroom decomposing dead organic matter. It has a brown cap with white velum spots on, resembling a magpie.
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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durhamwildlife.bsky.social
🏖️🍄 Fungi can be found in the most unexpected places. This montage features dune cavalier and dune brittlestem, all spotted at Crimdon beach during one of our recent beach clean events.
📷 Caitlin Elwin
Collage of five photos showing two mushroom species—Dune brittlestem and Dune cavalier—growing in sandy dunes. Dune brittlestem has a slender stem and textured cap; Dune cavalier has a thicker stem and broad cap with visible gills.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM