Fantastic Fungi!
August and September are the months when the greatest number of fungi can be seen in the Caledonian Forest, and their fruiting bodies, or mushrooms, display a remarkable diversity of shapes and colour.
Yellow stagshorn fungi (Calocera viscosa) on a Scots pine stump.
Pinkedge bonnet fungi (Mycena capillaripes) on a log.
Detail of a wood cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa), which is parasitic on the roots of Scots pines.
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Honey fungi (Armillaria bulbosa) and wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) on a fallen birch log.
This fungus (Stropharia aeruginosa) is an unusual green colour.
Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) is one of the most distinctive fungi, and grows in association with birch trees.
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