Calostoma Cinnabarinum
Calostoma Cinnabarinum produces this weird jelly.
See more of the mushrooms we find on and near Coal Creek Farm.
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Lactarius Volemus
Some mushrooms seem to repeat each year – We have seen this one at Coal Creek Farm before. Check out a list of all the mushrooms we have at Coal Creek.
Amanita Jacksonii
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Stereum Ostrea
At the last count, there were at least 15,000 types of fungi in the UK, some of which could be on the edge of extinction. Stereum Ostrea, also called false turkey-tail and golden curtain crust, is a basidiomycete fungus in the genus Stereum. It is a plant pathogen and a wood decay fungus. Because it is a pathogen, Stereum Ostrea is poisonous. The name ostrea, from…