It is really fungi season at this time of year - the flowers are mostly over and it is a bit early for wintering birds. I had a walk around the Doghouse range yesterday and came across a few different types. Blackening Waxcaps are quite distinctive. They start off bright yellow but quickly turn black:
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| Blackening Waxcap Hyrocybe conica [Doghouse range] |
I think that this clump are Clustered Brittlestems.
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| Clustered Brittlestems Psathyrella multipedata [Doghouse range] |
Shaggy Inkcaps are distinctive and are all over the estate at the moment. This patch on the Doghouse range was in various states of decay:
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| Shaggy Inkcaps Coprinus comatus [Doghouse range] |
Common puffballs are abundant at the moment, on the courses and the ranges in the short grass.
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| Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum [Doghouse range] |
Mosaic Puffballs are more impressive. This one on the left of the 5th Green was one of the largest that I have seen.
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| Mosaic Puffball Lycoperdon utriformis [5th Green] |
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