Totnes Fungi

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Dog vomit Slime mould on my next door neighbour's decking.
Fuligo septica

Not a fungus at all but a myxomycete (myxo =slime or mucus) but studied by mycologists (I feel I must mention Bruce Ing)

A bit like a collection of single celled organisms coming together and producing spores (like a fungus)

crossing a bridge between single and multicellular organisms.

This one is also known as "Flowers of tan" as it was often found on oak bark in tanneries

I don't think I've ever seen one as big as this.

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2 and 3 days later ,it has changed from a yellow blob into a chocolate brown spore producing mass

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Early morning walk today and saw Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans ) in the grass on the left at the top of Kingsbridge Hill below the Lime tree.
Unusual in February? However they're very short lived at the best of times so maybe not always seen.

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Pezizas in amongst my sweet pea plants in the greenhouse.

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A lonely scarlet elf cup ,Sarcoscypha coccinea at the bottom of Fishchowters lane in Totnes yesterday and a family of Wood ear(Judas ear) Auricularia auricula-judae at the top on elder.

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3 from Decoy park in Newton abbot yesterday. First foray of 2023.
Not a brilliant photo, but White resupinate (probably Skeletocutis -tiny pores),Birch woodwart and Lycogala slime mould (turned from bright pink to brown overnight in my box).
A good turnout and good to see everyone and be out having a look round.