Noticing Nature Blog

Wood Blewit (Collybia nuda) growing on the churchyard compost heap. Wood Blewit

Fungi! A small group of Blackening Waxcaps (Hygrocybe conica) in the churchyard. Blackening Waxcaps

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) a very common, autumn fungus. Lots of it to be found at the moment wherever there are rotting hardwood stumps and logs. The woodland floors around Goodnestone are looking lovely at the moment with fungi, seeds and autumn leaves providing plenty of photo opportunities. Autumn

The park and gardens of Goodnestone House are a delight at any time of year. So much thought goes into the management of the area to enhance its value for wildlife whilst still meeting its obligation as a formal walled garden and woodland plant collection for more horticulturally biased visitors. Plenty of dead wood and today plenty of fungi as a result. Split Gill fungus This rather attractive fungus is a young specimen of Split Gill fungus (Schizophyllum commune). It's very

Asparagus growing wild in Kent is not an unusual sight. There's plenty among the sand dunes of Sandwich Bay and surrounding fields there are often used for commercial asparagus cultivation. These plants along the hedgerow towards Crixhall Court did look somewhat out-of-place though. Have the fields locally had a past history of asparagus growing? Or, did the seeds arrive in bird droppings?

Lots of fungi in Lea Wood today. A nice clump of Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) on the roots and stump of a felled hardwood tree. Honey...