Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Loads of Meripilus giganteus around the base of this Beech Tree - bad news for the tree #fungi #Mycology 41109
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupJohn McGowan @jmc223.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On this day in 2024 - Pink Waxcaps at Clent Worcestershire UK - 25-09-24 #photography #fungi #mushrooms #autumn #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature 0151
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Despite the dry conditions we found a reasonable number of species in the Jewellery Quarter cemeteries on the @westmidsfungi.bsky.social foray this morning 1212
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupPS @lastotw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Shaggy inkcap and Yellow fieldcap at woodyard #LadywalkNR #Fungusfriday @westmidsfungi.bsky.social 0141
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A nice fresh and gloopy Fistulina hepatica, seen on a @westmidsfungi.bsky.social foray in Stourbridge #FungiFriends #Mycology #UKwildlife 316012
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupRob Hemming @robhemming25.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Horse mushrooms, or something similar. The Vale, Birmingham University #fungifriends 0141
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Probably Pluteus leoninus growing in Norton Covert #FungiFriends #UKwildlife 26610
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupJohn McGowan @jmc223.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It's almost fungi season again - first spot of the year - Uffmore Wood Worcestershire UK - 03-09-26 (As with all my fungi shots if anyone knows what they are please comment as I haven't got a clue most of the time!) #photography #fungi #mushrooms #autumn #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature 1525
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A new book on British Earthstars by Jonathan Revett is now available to preorder from @summerfieldbooks.com #MycoBookClub #fungi #FungiFriday #Mycology www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/brit... 23917
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupCarl S @sprayxcappo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A sizeable Chicken of the Woods growing on a Hawthorn in the middle of UoB Campus. 0825
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Wrinkled Fieldcap - Agrocybe rivulosa growing on wood chips #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Mycology 0273
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupCaring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We're all so relieved the rain has come, just in time for Waxcap Watch run by Plantlife These are key indicators of ancient meadowland, visit www.plantlife.org.uk/waxcapwatch/ to take part in this important citizen science project from Sept to the first frosts. #waxcaps #plantlife #ancientmeadowplantlife.org.ukWaxcap Watch: Survey Britain's Grassland Fungi | PlantlifeHelp find Britain's rarest grassland fungi this autumn. No ID skills needed, just download the free app and record waxcaps near you. Join Waxcap Watch. 0229
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026An Earthstar fungus spotted this morning on Stourbridge #FungiFriends #UKwildlife 0322
West Midlands Fungus Group @westmidsfungi.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The autumn foray list is now available 032
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupSummerfield Books @summerfieldbooks.com · 14/08/2026𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 Geoffrey Kibby, Mario Tortelli, Felix Hampe & Claudi V. Soler In stock now! tr.ee/6Cofnc4KPO #mycology #genusrussula #mushroombooks #geoffreykibby #mushroomsandtoadstools 0137
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupJeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Just arrived from @summerfieldbooks.com: "Fungi of Temperate Europe: Keys to the Basidiomycotes." Looks good but we now need some rain, so I can try it out. (I may have a long wait...) #MycoBookClub #Fungi #FungiFriends 34310
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 14/06/2026A nice cluster of inkcaps at the base of a tree #FungiFriends 0362
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Morels in the middle of Birmingham, UK #FungiFriends #FungiFriday 1815
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I managed to find the Vinegar Cup - Helvella acetabulum and the Bleach Cup - Disciotis venosa on an Easter fungus hunt today #FungiFriends #UKwildlife 0696
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLloyd Evans @lloydcevans.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Think this is a Bell Morel (Verpa conica) a new species for me👍🏼 #FungiFriday #UptonWarren @worcswt.bsky.social @westmidsfungi.bsky.social #Fungi Upton Warren, Worcestershire. 1212
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Morels! Found it the West Midlands, England #FungiFriends #mycology 11079
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Cedar Cups - Geopora sumneriana seen in Stourbridge #FungiFriends @ecorecord.bsky.social 2704
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupBritish Mycological Society @handle.invalid · 18/12/2025Available now: Field Mycology Vol 26(4) December 2025. On the front cover: Ascospores of Spirodecospora melnikii - a new genus for Western Europe, characterised by spores with spiralling ornamentation (article on page 132). Micrograph image by Jacques Fournier. ➡️ fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo... 1138
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupRob Hemming @robhemming25.bsky.social · 08/12/2025My sister found this a while back. I forgot to post it. A tiny ball of perfection. Fly agaric #fungifriends @westmidsfungi.bsky.social 1314
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Marasmius hudsonii - Holly Parachute found in Stourbridge this morning #FungiFriends 0635
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 16/11/2025The purple tinted Psathyrella bipellis, seen in wood chip beds under pine trees today #FungiFriends 0618
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Entoloma pleopodium, a species usually found on wood chip with a fruity, bubblegum like smell #FungiFriends 1524
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupThe Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 07/11/2025#FungiFriday 0131
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupRuth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The Deceiver, Laccaria laccata, growing on the verge in Blackberry Lane B74 @ecorecord.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social 0261
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupJimpanda @jimpanda.bsky.social · 04/11/2025A real treat in Birmingham - Red Cage fungus! Thanks for the find @lukaslarge.bsky.social. My first time seeing them, and they are as outstanding and otherworldly as I'd hoped! #Fungi #Fungus #FungiFriends 3484
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 03/11/2025The stinky but photogenic Tricholoma sulphureum seen in the Sandwell Valley #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday #ukwildlife 01155
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupThe Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 31/10/2025#FungiFriday 0151
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Clathrus ruber - Red Cage fungus, first time finding this species in Birmingham #FungiFriends @ecorecord.bsky.social @bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social 1827
West Midlands Fungus Group @westmidsfungi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Trichoderma aureoviride = Hypocrea aureoviridis found on a group foray at the Leasowes Halesowen #FungiFriends 0173
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupBirmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust @bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Thanks to all who joined us at the first ever Birmingham Fungi Festival, and to the experts, artists and staff who led the day's walks, talks and crafts! It was brilliant to engage people with the wonderful wealth of fungi to be found in the heart of Birmingham - urban nature at its very best! 17711
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus Groupwildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of fungi this week, shall we have a #WildFungiHour tomorrow for #WildFlowerHour & celebrate all those wonderful diverse grasslands that ‘flower’ in the autumn too! All the wild blooms that you’ve spotted in the last week are welcome too of course! See ALT ⬇️ 419130
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupJohn McGowan @jmc223.bsky.social · 25/10/2025There something growing in the graveyard! Orange or Golden Spindles - St. Leonard's Church Frankley Worcestershire UK - 21-10-25 #photography #fungi #mushrooms #autumn #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature 0253
West Midlands Fungus Group @westmidsfungi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Arthur H. R. Buller was born in Moseley, Birmingham and was a lecturer in botany at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Although most of his career was in Canada he returned to England most summers and his books are illustrated with specimens from places like Sutton Park en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...en.wikipedia.orgArthur Henry Reginald Buller - Wikipedia 1122
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupBritish Mycological Society @handle.invalid · 17/10/2025Find a fungus group near you! 📍 A new map showing BMS-affiliated fungus groups has been added to the BMS website, making it easier to find local groups around the UK. With links to group websites and further info.➡️ Recording Network map: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/recording-ne... 1198
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupJohn McGowan @jmc223.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Weeping Widow fungi seen at Hagley Hall Worcestershire UK - 16-10-25 #photography #fungi #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature #mushrooms #autumn 0282
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Oak Pin - Cudoniella acicularis. This was growing on Sweet Chestnut rather than Oak in the Sand well Valley #FungiFriends #ukwildlife 0172
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupJohn McGowan @jmc223.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Parrot Waxcap seen at St. Kenelms Church Clent Worcestershire UK - 09-10-25 #photography #fungi #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature #mushrooms #autumn 0373
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupAlex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 17/10/2025It's #FungiFriday! Not as many around as I'd hoped in Solihull and Surrey (in Alice Holt @southdownsnp.bsky.social), but it has been very dry! Some surprise coral, a handful of waxcaps, troops of false death caps, and a lone panther cap. #fungi #mushroom #mycology #nature #FungiFriends 0344
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Leccinum versipelle, seen today #FungiFriends 0281
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupPS @lastotw.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Is this two different stages of Honey fungus on old Birch stump? Woodyard at #LadywalkNR #fungus @westmidsfungi.bsky.social 181
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupLukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Tawny Grisettes - Amanita fulva in the woods 0482
Reposted by West Midlands Fungus GroupEcoRecord @ecorecord.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The leaves are brown and the sky is grey, but there’s still plenty of wildlife to discover! Here are a few autumn sightings from our area, shared on iNaturalist this week: 1. Collared Earthstar (alexexploring on iNaturalist) 2. Knot Grass Moth (delrington) 3. Orange Peel Fungus (avoidasher) 0197
