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. |
 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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Pages about fungi on this site
- Ecological Features of the Caledonian Forest: Fungi
- Ecological Features of the Caledonian Forest: Mycorrhizas
- Scientific Research: Hidden Fungi - Who, Where and When?
- Photo Gallery: Fantastic Fungi!
- Species Profile: Pinewood tooth fungi
- Fungi and Aspens: Promoting Biodiversity - Aspen friends and foes
- Fungi occurring in the Pinewoods in Glen Affric
- Fungi occurring on Dundreggan
- Mythology and Folklore of Fly Agaric