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UK Fungus Day with the Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group
Join the Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group for a rolling programme of Fungus Forays, fabulous fungi displays and a chance to have your specimens identified!
Fungus foray
Join us for a fungus foray led by Tony Leech at NWT East Wretham Heath.
Porcelain fungus
The shiny, translucent porcelain fungus certainly lives up to its name in appearance. It can be seen growing on beech trees and dead wood in summer and autumn.
Candlesnuff fungus
The candlesnuff fungus is very common. It has an erect, stick-like or forked fruiting body with a black base and white, powdery tip. It grows on dead and rotting wood.
Devil’s fingers fungus
This smelly, strange looking fungus is also referred to as octopus stinkhorn or octopus fungus. Its eye-catching red tentacles splay out like a starfish.
Fungus foray
Join us for a guided walk around Pigneys Wood.
Stinkhorn fungus
The stinkhorn has an unmistakeable and intense stench that has been likened to rotting meat. Its appearance is also very distinctive: a phallic, white, stem-like structure, with a brown, bell-…
Forgotten species
We’re shining a spotlight on some species that are often overlooked.
Common eyelash fungus
The diminutive common eyelash fungus can be found on wet wood and humous-rich damp soil, often by streams or in wet places. Its orange cup is fringed with tiny, black hairs, providing its common…
Save our Species
Save our Species
Key protections for at risk species lost
More than 30 conservation NGOs issue an open letter to oppose a review of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which could undermine decades of work to restore and protect threatened species