EWGN Fungus poster Shaggy Para
Fantastic Fungi: The magic beneath our feet
Possibly the least known and most misunderstood organisms on Earth

(Shaggy Parasol fungus)
EWG Nature Posters: Fungi 


Fungus - It’s all around us. Now.
Can you see fungus in the grass or on the trees?
Maybe not, but it’s there, beneath us, around us, even in us, though often hidden from sight.
A hidden network playing a vital role, keeping our world functioning, as it has for billions of years.
A third kingdom, separate from animals and plants, though closer to animals.

Did You Know ?

It was fungi that allowed plants to colonise the earth by breaking down the earth’s bedrock. 

Mushrooms can be utilised to clean polluted water and oil spills; make biofuel; re-green deserts and even eat plastic. 

Animals and mushrooms share a common single cell ancestor. 

Mushrooms have hundreds of “sexes” and reproduce by fusing together. 

90% of living plants depend on fungi to access essential nutrients through their roots. 

Without fungi all ecosystems would fail.

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Identifying fungi
Woodland Trust


Six most haunting fungi
Wildlife Trust

Melvyn Bragg BBC  Radio 4 'In our time' programme
'Fungi' 50 minutes of engaging conversation and information.


Dryad's Saddle in St Paul's Holme Eden grounds
Wildlife Trust
A bracket fungus that can grow to enormous sizes.
EWGN Fungus poster Dryads Sadd
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We arranged a Fungi survey in St Paul's Holme Eden grounds and woods in Autumn 2019 run by the Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (from Tullie House) which revealed a large number of fungi species. This was repeated later in Holy Trinity Wetheral churchyard.

Species found in grasses around Holme Eden church
Bulbous honey fungus
Apricot club
Scarlet caterpillar club
Meadow waxcap
Snowy waxcap
Toasted waxcap
Earthy Powdercap
Crazed cap
Silky Pinkgill
Bell
Earth-tongue
Parrot waxcap
Butter waxcap
Golden waxcap
Scarlet waxcap
Oily waxcap
Honey waxcap
Deceiver
Cucumber cap
Bonnet
Iodine Bonnet
Coral Spot
Sycamore Tarspot

Species found in the Holme Eden Church Wood
Honey fungus
Jelly ear
Beech tar crust
Clouded agaric
White brain
Beech mast disco
White fibrecap
Angel's bonnet
Common bonnet
Bonnet
Beech jelly disc
Black leg polypore
Butter cap
Blackening brittlegill
Candle-snuff

The Wetheral churchyard survey revealed these fungi
Shaggy parasol
Apricot club
Earthy powdercap
Crazed cap
Pinkgill
Bell
Butter waxcap
Golden waxcap
Scarlet waxcap
Yellowfoot waxcap
Slimy waxcap
Meadow waxcap
Honey waxcap
Snowy waxcap
Deceiver
Drab bonnet
Potato Earthball


Link to full document with Latin names 

Photos of the Holme Eden Fungi Recording day
Fungi lens examine

EWGN Fungus poster Recording


(Coral Spot fungus)
EWGN Fungus poster Coral Spot

(A bonnet of Waxcaps)
EWGN Fungus poster Bonnet of W

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(Honey fungus)
Honey fungus is the common name given to several different species of the fungus Armillaria that attack and kill the roots of many woody and perennial plants.
EWGN Fungus poster Honey Fungu