Jim Blackler

Perfect soundtrack to a cup of tea (or whatever your preferred refreshment).

Revisited the Burgundydrop Bonnets. They’re in a section of woods that’s usually too marshy to get to but it dried out this summer. Looks like it’ll soon be flooded again. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

These Shaggy Scalycaps have such a cosy spot inside a tree stump. Even when it’s tipping down and the wind is howling they look safe and snug. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Think these are Yellow Fieldcaps, one just starting out the other well on its way. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

An elegant little group of mycena. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Happy Medieval Monday-ween! If you haven't chosen a Halloween costume why not visit Digital Bodleian for some inspiration. These images are all taken from MS Douce 134: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/171e2f9a-37fa-4d0b-ac70-9cab486f7ace/surfaces/8fbb7f90-658f-4f91-afc0-b8b8e6393f41/.

Also found a Devil’s Fingers with its arms unfurled. Looks odd and smells pretty funky. 🍄 #FungiFriday

After finding the damaged example very chuffed to find two Devil’s Fingers still in their cases. 🍄 #FungiFriends

In a heavy downpour found this slowcore band posing for their new album cover. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Liked how these three bonnets had lined themselves up (and there’s a small fourth bringing up the rear). 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

A type of Bolete (possibly) with an incredibly gloopy cap. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

There’s a nice little copse in the common where cows can roam thru the trees. Their ‘product’ is inundated with tiny Cowpat Gems. Some of the nearby rabbit droppings seem to have some too. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Lovely colour to stumble across during a sunny spell. Think this is maybe a Lilac or Burgundydrop Bonnet. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

At first I thought this Devil’s Fingers had just opened but has it had its arms removed? Do any #FungiFriends know what’s what?

www.youtube.com/shorts/wTKsG... A YouTube short I published of the mushroom.

Think this might be a bracket fungus growing flat out of the bark surface rather than forming a protruding shelf. Also seems to have a leaf drawn on it(?). 🍄 #FungiFriends

Love the shapes this is making. Not quite sure what it is but there were lots of little clumps on a big pile of old woodland cuttings. 🍄 #FungiFriends

#bloomscrolling

Tiny neighbours. 🍄 #FungiFriends

Stump Puffballs beginning to emerge from an old stump. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

A handsome Common Earthball, it’s actually poisonous, so not to be touched. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Bird’s Nest fungi with the epiphragm beginning to split. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Very excited to find a Bird’s Nest fungus for the first time. Looks like it’s Fluted Bird’s Nest and there was a colony of dozens. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Tiny assembly in the woods. 🍄 #FungiFriends

Love the colour of the Small Stagshorn fungus. 🍄 #FungiFriends

The water seems to have collected around dirt from the track. #Rain #Nature

A fallen leaf had caught some rain drops. #Rain #Nature

More Rustgills looking splendid even on a grey and wet afternoon. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Recent sightings of the fungi kind. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Getting autumnal in the woods. 🍄 #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

Second Song is a collection of bird sculptures by Brighton-based design studio Spared. Created from waste materials such as oyster shells and coffee grounds, 10% of proceeds will be donated to Sussex Wildlife Trust. https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/articles/second-song-when-waste-takes-flight/

haha I love just checking out all the wild mushrooms this time of ye- what's that? no, actually we didn't see any chantrelles, which is a little weird but no big deal that's just how it is with mushrooms I'm fine with it personally because it's all about like just getting out there right *sobs*

Three crows were (very loudly) chasing a buzzard that fled the scene and perched on a telegraph pole. One crow landed on the wire and scared the buzzard off with just the power of its stare and then took the perch. #Birds

A few images from yesterday's time spent in a local forest here in Washington State. I made a rough cut long-form video of the time in the forest including the behind the scenes for most of these pictures. I plan to print the first 3 pictures. #Mushroom #Fungi #MacroPhotography #Nature

Shaggy Scalycap at the base of an old tree stump. #FungiFriends #Autumn

Afternoon sun lighting up a Common Blue’s wings. 🦋 #Butterflies #Sussex

Small Copper in the sun. 🦋 #Butterflies #Sussex

Rustgills sheltering between the roots of a tree. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

This little Rustgill seems to be emerging sideways from the tree. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Emerging fresh from the meadow (possibly a Stubble Roseville). 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Tiny Oysterlings on a rotting log. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

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More from the strange and beautiful world of fungi.

October's autumnal magic is here! Look out for: • The brilliant shades of autumn colour • Fungi appearing (admire, don't pick, as some can be poisonous) • Spiders and their webs • Nuts and berries ripening for wildlife Take a moment to slow down and enjoy the natural world 🍂 📸Emma Varley

A lone group of Rustgills in a dry area of woodland that’s usually too swampy to investigate. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

The front of this King Alfred’s Cake has fallen off revealing the inner sections. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

Not many mushrooms about so far this year. Spotted these inkcaps in the bottom of a ditch that’s usually (in less dryer years) a small stream. 🍄 #FungiFriday #FungiFriends

Think this is Small Stagshorn. The tiny flame-like fruitbodies less than a cm tall. 🍄 #FungiFriends #FungiFriday