(Shaggy Parasol fungus) EWG Nature Posters: Fungi Fungus - It’s all around us. Now. Can you see fungus in the grass or on the trees? Maybe not, but it’s there, beneath us, around us, even in us, though often hidden from sight. A hidden network playing a vital role, keeping our world functioning, as it has for billions of years. A third kingdom, separate from animals and plants, though closer to animals. Did You Know ? It was fungi that allowed plants to colonise the earth by breaking down the earth’s bedrock. Mushrooms can be utilised to clean polluted water and oil spills; make biofuel; re-green deserts and even eat plastic. Animals and mushrooms share a common single cell ancestor. Mushrooms have hundreds of “sexes” and reproduce by fusing together. 90% of living plants depend on fungi to access essential nutrients through their roots. Without fungi all ecosystems would fail. -------------------- Identifying fungi Woodland Trust Six most haunting fungi Wildlife Trust Melvyn Bragg BBC Radio 4 'In our time' programme 'Fungi' 50 minutes of engaging conversation and information. Dryad's Saddle in St Paul's Holme Eden grounds Wildlife Trust A bracket fungus that can grow to enormous sizes. ------------------ We arranged a Fungi survey in St Paul's Holme Eden grounds and woods in Autumn 2019 run by the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (from Tullie House) which revealed a large number of fungi species. This was repeated later in Holy Trinity Wetheral churchyard. Species found in grasses around Holme Eden church Bulbous honey fungus Apricot club Scarlet caterpillar club Meadow waxcap Snowy waxcap Toasted waxcap Earthy Powdercap Crazed cap Silky Pinkgill Bell Earth-tongue Parrot waxcap Butter waxcap Golden waxcap Scarlet waxcap Oily waxcap Honey waxcap Deceiver Cucumber cap Bonnet Iodine Bonnet Coral Spot Sycamore Tarspot Species found in the Holme Eden Church Wood Honey fungus Jelly ear Beech tar crust Clouded agaric White brain Beech mast disco White fibrecap Angel's bonnet Common bonnet Bonnet Beech jelly disc Black leg polypore Butter cap Blackening brittlegill Candle-snuff The Wetheral churchyard survey revealed these fungi Shaggy parasol Apricot club Earthy powdercap Crazed cap Pinkgill Bell Butter waxcap Golden waxcap Scarlet waxcap Yellowfoot waxcap Slimy waxcap Meadow waxcap Honey waxcap Snowy waxcap Deceiver Drab bonnet Potato Earthball Link to full document with Latin names Photos of the Holme Eden Fungi Recording day (Coral Spot fungus) (A bonnet of Waxcaps) -----------------------------
(Honey fungus) Honey fungus is the common name given to several different species of the fungus Armillaria that attack and kill the roots of many woody and perennial plants.
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