#stleonardsforest — Public Fediverse posts

Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum).

#StLeonardsForest #Horsham #Mushtodon #Mushrooms #Fungi #Stereum

Lovely bleached-white fertile frond of a Hard Fern (Blechnum/Struthiopteris spicant)

#StLeonardsForest #Horsham #Blechnum #Ferns

Autumn feels incomplete without spotting at least one of these: Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).

#StLeonardsForest #Horsham #Mushtodon #Mushrooms #Fungi #Amanita

Troop of ombré Sulfur Tuft mushrooms (Hypholoma fasciculare).

#StLeonardsForest #Horsham #Mushtodon #Mushrooms #Fungi #Hypholoma

Very excited to finally find a fully-erect stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) in #StLeonardsForest in #Horsham today - first time I’ve seen one outside of the witch’s-egg phase.

#Mushtodon #Stinkhorn #Fungi #Mushrooms #Phallus

Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides), Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Wood Violet (Viola riviniana) and Dandelion (Taraxacum officinalis agg.) also in #StLeonardsForest #Horsham #WildflowerHour

Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis), Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna), Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) and Primrose (Primula verna) growing in #StLeonardsForest in West Sussex near #Horsham

#WildflowerHour (a bit late!)

Thuidium tamariscinum (Tamarisk Moss) - looks like tiny little Christmas trees. #Mosstodon #StLeonardsForest #Horsham

Polytrichum commune (Common Haircap) - one of the UK tallest mosses: unlike most mosses, they have independently evolved water-conducting tissues akin to the xylem and phloem in vascular plants. #Mosstodon #StLeonardsForest #Horsham

Sphagnum sp. growing in an acidic ditch. #Mosstodon #StLeonardsForest #Horsham

Mnium hornum (Swan’s-Neck Thyme Moss) - male plants with “flowers” - each one is a cluster of leaves and the antheridia which make the moss’s sperm. #Mosstodon #StLeonardsForest #Horsham