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Parasol - Macrolepiota procera
A large and easy to spot mushroom
Pale oyster - Pleurotus pulmonarius
A summer fruiting oyster mushroom
Mousseron - Marasmius oreades
A meadow mushroom that prefers colder weather
Mosaic puffball - Lycoperdon utriforme
One of the larger British puffballs
Medusa mushroom - Agaricus bohusii
A distinctive and uncommon Agaricus genus member
Meadow waxcap - Cuphophyllus pratensis
A meadow mushroom that prefers colder weather
Meadow puffball - Lycoperdon pratense
One of the grassland loving puffballs
Larch bolete - Suillus gravellei
A commonly found bolete that grows with larch
Horse mushroom - Agaricus arvensis
A large and common grassland mushroom
Honey fungus - Armillaria mellea
A parasitic mushrooms that is edible with caution
Herald of winter - Hygrophorus hypothejus
A mushroom appearing during the colder months
Grey spotted Amanita - Amanita excelsa var spissa
An edible mushroom but often confused with poisonous fungi
Grey oyster - Pleurotus ostreatus
A common fungus that can be found from autumn to winter
Glistening inkcap - Coprinellus micaceus
A common sight on dead wood and tree stumps
Giant puffball - Calvatia gigantea
A large and easy to identify edible fungus
Giant polypore - Meripilus giganteus
A particularly large, parasitic, edible fungus
Field mushroom - Agaricus campestris
Found in pastureland, often in great numbers
Field blewit - Lepista saeva
A grassland mushroom with a deep purple stem
False saffron milkcap - Lactarius detterimus
One of the edible orange milkcaps found with spruce
Dryad's saddle - Cerioporus squamosus
A large and common bracket fungus
Deceiver - Laccaria lacatta
Variation in form gives this mushroom its name
Common puffball - Lycoperdon perlatum
A woodland puffball covered in sharp warts
Clouded agaric - Clitocybe nebularis
Consider poisonous by some and edible with caution by others
Chicken of the woods - Laetiporus sulphureus
An easy to spot fungus due to its bright colours
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