Species

Southern damselflies. Photo, Neil Bygrave

A parrot waxcap growing amongst medium-length grass. It's a small toadstool with a glistening greenish-red cap

Parrot waxcap

A jelly ear fungus growing from the trunk of a tree. It's a wrinkled, pinkish fungus that looks remarkably like an ear

Jelly ear

A giant puffball growing in a patch of grass. It's a football-shaped fungus with pockmarked, off-white skin

Giant puffball

Common puffball

Pink waxcap

Pink waxcap

Dryad's Saddle

Dryad's saddle

morel

Morel

St George's Mushroom

St George's mushroom

cedar cup

Cedar cup

green elf cup

Green elf cup

oyster mushroom

Oyster mushroom

devil's fingers fungus

Devil’s fingers fungus

Fly Agaric

Fly agaric

Amethyst Deceiver

Amethyst deceiver

Angel's wings

Angel's wings

Birch Polypore

Birch polypore

Candlesnuff Fungus

Candlesnuff fungus

Chicken of the woods

Chicken of the woods

Common eyelash fungus

Common eyelash fungus

Hare's ear

Hare's ear

Porcelain Fungus

Porcelain fungus

Red elf cup fungus growing among moss and dead leaves, the Wildlife Trusts

Ruby elfcup

Scarlet elf

Scarlet elfcup

Shaggy Inkcap

Shaggy inkcap

Stinkhorn fungus

Stinkhorn fungus

Tawny grisette

Tawny grisette

Turkeytail

Turkeytail

Velvet Shank

Velvet shank

Violet coral

Violet coral

Wood blewit

Wood blewit