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Boletus appendiculatus	Agaricus bresadolanus	Melanophyllum haematospermum	Cyathus olla
Helvella crispa	Phylloporia (Phellinus) ribis	Geopora sumneriana	Amanita muscaria
Coprinus picaceus	Calocybe gambosa	Limacella ochraceolutea	Volvariella pusilla
Taphrina alni	Cristulariella depraedens	Geastrum triplex	Geastrum fimbriatum
Volvariella surrects	Ganoderma resinaceum	Stropharia aruginosa	Stropharia aruginosa
Rhodotus palmatus	Amanita muscaria	Armillaria gallica	Gymnopilus penetrans
Lepiota felina	Scutellina sp.	Amanita pantherina	Fomes fomentarius
Hygrocybe cantharellus	Gliophorus psittacinus	Oudemansiella mucida	Mycena pura
Chlorociboria aeruginascens	Plicatura crispa	Plicatura crispa	Hygrocybe calyptriformis
Geastrum corollinum	Geastrum corollinum

Taphrina alni, Taphrina alni. Alder Tongue, an interesting fungal gall found recently (August 2012) on alder trees in the Lye Valley by Judy Webb. Growths emerge green, turn yellow then flame red and then go brown, red tongues very distinctive.

Taphrina alni Photo: ©Judy Webb

Boletus appendiculatus, pores bright lemon yellow, good for the pot but a rare species in the Oxford area.

Boletus appendiculatus Photo: ©Alan Hills

Agaricus bresadolanus uncommon, looks like the common edible mushroom but is distinguished by prominent white branching rhizomorphs at the base of the stipe, Eynsham.

Agaricus bresadolanus Photo: ©Max Peterson

Melanophyllum haematospermum. This uncommon fungus is the only British fungus with red spores!

Melanophyllum haematospermum Photo: ©Joanna Dodsworth

Cyathus olla, Birds nest fungus, very small, 1 cm diam, on bark chippings, Albert Park, Abingdon, late October.

Cyathus olla Photo: ©Molly Dewey

Helvella crispa, White Saddle fungus, found growing through gravel in a driveway.

Helvella crispa Photo: ©Molly Dewey

Phylloporia (Phellinus) ribis, uncommon bracket fungus, base of old spindle tree on chalk grassland.

Phylloporia (Phellinus) ribis Photo: ©Judy Webb

Geopora sumneriana, found by Judy Webb, 21 March 2012, poking out of soil on edge of footpath at junction of Girdlestone Road and Old Road in Headington nr Churchill hospital.

Geopora sumneriana Photo: ©Judy Webb

Amanita muscaria, common name Fly Agaric. Common under birch, poisonous and hallucinogenic. Kennington 2011.

Amanita muscaria Photo: ©Molly Dewey

Coprinopsis picacea, common name Magpie Inkcap. Found in leaf litter in woodland, Kennington, 2009.

Coprinopsis picacea Photo: ©Joyce Gibbard

Calocybe gambosa, St George's mushroom. Kennington in grass under ash and oak. Commonly found each year around St Georges Day, April 23.

Calocybe gambosa Photo: ©Molly Dewey

Limacella ochraceolutea, an extremely slimy orange-capped toadstool discovered by Judy Webb in July in leaf litter on the edge of the fen at Cothill NNR (Ruskin Reserve). First record in Oxfordshire.

Limacella ochraceolutea Photo: ©Judy Webb

Volvariella pusilla, a pretty little toadstool with gills that are initially white but turn shell pink when taken home. Note the volva at the base. Found by Richard Fortey, Blackhorse Fields September 2011.

Volvariella pusilla Photo: ©Judy Webb

Cristulariella depraedens, brown spots seen on sycamore leaves for the first time in many woods in Oxon in 2012 together with the familiar black spots of Rhytisma acerinum.

Cristulariella depraedens Photo: ©Molley Dewey

Geastrum triplex, The Collared Earth Star, found under Beech at Aston Rowant Survey, 7 October, 2012. Often, a layer of the exoperidium splits around the perimeter of the spore sac so that it appears to rest in a collar or saucer around the spore sac.

Geastrum triplex Photo: ©Judy Webb

Geastrum fimbriatum, The Sessile Earth Star,found under Beech at Aston Rowant Survey 7 October, 2012.

Geastrum fimbriatum Photo: ©Judy Webb

Volvariella surrecta, This very rare fungus was found growing on top of Clitocybe nebularis by Richard Fortey, late October 2012, near Lambridge Woods, Henley on Thames.

Volvariella surrecta Photo: ©Richard Fortey

Ganoderma resinaceum, A large (approx 40cm), relatively rare species of Ganoderma found at the base of a mature oak tree on property adjacent to Bagley Wood. Distinguished from the more common species, Ganoderma lucidum, by lack of a marked stem.

Ganoderma resinaceum Photo: ©Molly Dewey

Stropharia aruginosa, the Verdigris Agaric, found both at the Warburg Reserve, under Beech on October 26 and again in Bagley Wood under oak, Nov.17, 2013. Blue to blue-green flecked with white scales, poisonous. Photos:©Molly Dewey

Rhodotus palmatus, sometimes called the Wrinkled Peach because of the obvious wrinkles and peach/apricot colour when young. Found at the Warburg Reserve, October 26, 2013 on Dead Elm wood.

Rhodotus palmatus Photo: ©Molly Dewey

Amanita muscaria, design and stitchwork by Caroline Jackson-Houlston. A contribution to the patch work quilt made by members of Plant Life to foster interest in Wild Flowers and Fungi.

Amanita muscaria Photo: ©Caroline Jackson-Houlston

Armillaria gallica, the bulbous Honey fungus, darker and smaller than other species of Armillaria and distinguished by the bulbous base to the stipe. Uncommon in Britain. Found by Judy Webb, Nov 13, 2013, in Bagley Wood.

Armillaria gallica Photo: ©Judy Webb

Gymnopilus penetrans, Common Rust Gill fungus, found by Judy Webb, Nov 13, 2013 in Bagley Wood on rotting logs and fallen branches under Pine.

Gymnopilus penetrans Photo: ©Judy Webb

Lepiota felina, Speckled Daperling. An uncommon, attractive little fungus, found in Bagley Wood, under conifers, by Judy Webb, November 13, 2013.

Lepiota felina Photo: ©Judy Webb

Scutellina sp. The Eyelash fungus, so called because of the hairs surrounding the cup of this little fungus which is an Ascomycete. Usually found on damp wood or damp soil. This one, was found by Judy Webb's son on the upper surface of the trunk of a fallen Ash tree in the garden of Molly Dewey, March 3, 2007.

Amanita pantherina ( Panther cap) Found in mixed woodlands, dangerous-toxic but not usually fatal, Sodium hydroxide turns the cap yellow.

Fomes fomentarius (Hoof fungus or Tinder bracket) Associated with deciduous trees commonly on beech in S. England and Birch in Scotland. Underside cream with rounded pores.

Hygrocybe cantherellus (Goblet Waxcap) small, reddish or orange waxcap with dry scurfy cap, found in unimproved grassland.

Gliophorus psittacina (Parrot waxcap) Extremely variable in colour but green tint almost always present. Widespread and common in unimproved grassland.

Oudemansiella mucida (Porcelain fungus) in clusters on dying broad leaf trees predominantly on Beech. White glistening, mucoid caps.

Mycena pura (Lilac bonnet) variable in size and colour lilac to pink with strong smell of raddish. Widespread and common.

Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Green elf cup or greenwood) Generally found on fallen, rotten branches of wood of oak. This species contains a quinone pigment called xylindein, which gives infected wood a characteristic bluish-green stain, it is used in Tunbridge ware.

Plicatura crispa found by Richard Fortey in Harpsden Wood on fallen branch of Cherry, Nov 5 2016. Essentially a Scottish fungus, only once reported south of York.

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Hygrocybe calyptriformis (a.k.a. ballerina). A rare Hygrocybe (Wax cap) found by R.Fortey at the Maharajah's Well Stoke Row, mid November, 2016

Geastrum corollinus Small, rare (Red data listed species, new to Oxon) Earth Star known as the Weather Earthstar. It was found by Julia Huggins in a box grove (Buxus sempervirens) at Shirburn Hill on April 16 2016. It is closed when dry, when wet 6-10 star-lke rays of the outer layer uncurl and push against surrounding leaves raising the inner spore-filled sac above the surrounding debris.

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