At the place where I usually find some mushrooms, there they were! Some nice looking field mushrooms. Or so I thought. After picking them, I noticed some yellow staining were they had been bruised. They were Yellow Stainers! Unfortunately these can give you stomach problems.
I carried on towards the radio masts and came across what would have been some nice field mushrooms. But either sheep or humans had kicked them over.
A short distance away I found something special. A large horse mushroom! In good condition, so I put it in my bag to take home.
Not much farther on I spotted something weird. On inspection it turned out to be a giant puffball! It was on the way out unfortunately. My brother-in-law had told me they grow somewhere near the radio masts, so I took a picture of the masts so I could find the spot again.
Nearby were the shells of others that had burst and were strewing their spores over the grass.
In this photo you can see the spores spread away from the puffball in a brown trail.
There is a project running on Cleeve Common to rejuvenate the heather that has been grazed by sheep. Some areas have been fenced off.
On the way down to the pond above Postlip Manor, I found this tiny but interesting fungi. It's eyelash fungus.
All in all, some good finds.
