Autumn fungi in Comfort's Wood...

I recently spent a couple of days looking around the woods for fungi. Well, when I say a couple of days, I don't mean literally 2 days solid searching-but I did visit twice and spent maybe a couple of hours each time searching for them.

I will post the pictures with an identity for each that I know, but that probably won't be a high percentage as I am not too hot on pinning down exactly which species I am looking at...

Mycena rosea-The Rosy Bonnet (poisonous)

Mycena rosea-The Rosy Bonnet (poisonous)

Mycena rosea-The Rosy Bonnet (poisonous)

Possibly:Red Cracked Bolete- Boletus chrysenteron (edible)

Wood Ears-Auricularia auricula-judae (edible)

Mycena rosea-The Rosy Bonnet (poisonous)

Macrolepiota procera-the Parasol Mushroom (edible)

Macrolepiota procera-the Parasol Mushroom (edible)

Candle Snuff Fungus-Xylaria hypoxylon (inedible)

The Fly Agaric-Amanita muscaria (poisonous)

Macrolepiota procera-the Parasol Mushroom (edible)

Even though I have marked these as  edible or inedible species, I am NOT recommending you try any mushrooms. You need to be an expert to be certain that they are safe to eat-please don't try eating anything or you could end up with vision like this...or worse...

More clearing work in Comfort's Wood...

Monday 6th October 2014 and contractors are busy once again in the woods with cutting back the overgrown areas beside the woodland rides etc....

This is similar to the 2010 work but with the emphasis more on the low growing vegetation than actually coppicing the trees as they did then.

I also noticed that the main entrance off Swattenden Lane the contractors used now seems to be in need of some work itself, as the gatepost appears to have been damaged, or maybe more likely, has rotted?

Back soon with another update...

Autumn is on the way in Comfort's Wood...

Today, October 3rd 2014 I chose an early visit to the woods. In fact it was just prior to 7am and the light was still struggling to improve from dawn and the sun had yet to put in an appearance...

                      

By the time i returned at around 2pm things had improved a little and so I took some more pictures...

And then I watched the clouds roll by for a while..

Back at ground level, I am starting to find some fungi now...

These are some of the logs left over from the coppicing that have now started to be reclaimed by nature...

That's about all for this update but I have also updated the wildlife page with some more images...