Shaggy Inkcap / Autumn / Edible Scientific name Coprinus comatus Family Agaricaceae Habitat Grassland, lawns, verges often in large numbers Description Magpie inkcaps are bell shaped white floccose mushrooms with a long white stem. Identifying features: Cap: White cap with white fibrils, starting off egg shaped, becoming long bell shaped. The…
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Magpie Inkcap / Autumn / Toxic Scientific name Coprinopsis picacea Family Psathyrellaceae Habitat Magpie inkcaps grow in deciduous woodland, preferring beech trees and alkaline soils. Occasionally they can be found in damp shady grassland. Often a single mushroom or very small numbers grow in one spot. Description Magpie inkcaps are…
Field blewit / Autumn / Edible Scientific name Lepista (clytocybe) saeva Family Tricholomataceae Habitat Grasslands and sometimes in open woodland. Preferring limestone or chalk. Description Medium sized whitish capped mushroom, its most distinguishing feature is its purple stem. Identifying features: Cap: Smooth pale buff brown to cream coloured cap that…
Trooping funnel/Autumn/Edible Description These large funnel-shaped mushrooms uniform in colour, grow in lines or rings, hence the name trooping. Scientific name Infundibulicybe geotropa Family Tricholomataceae Habitat This mushroom grows in leaf litter of deciduous trees but can sometimes grow with pine needles, either in woodland or on grass verges. Identifying…
Black Trompette / Summer / Autumn / Edible Scientific name Craterellus Cornucopioides Family Cantharellaceae Habitat Grows mainly with Beech and oak trees, on calcareous soils, preferring mossy patches. It occurs from August to November, more often favouring the cooler late autumn months. Description These mushrooms are incredibly hard to spot…