FUNGI
ASCOMYCETES
Scarlet Elfcup usually appears during winter months on dead twigs. It has a preference for damp shaded locations where it is usually found partially buried in moss.
King Alfred's Cakes is a pinkish-brown fungus that blackens with age. When cut in half concentric growth rings are revealed - hence 'concentrica' in the Latin name. It usually grows on dead or dying wood from ash trees and is also known as 'Crampball fungus'.
Hare's Ear is found on broad-leaved woodland soil often fruiting in small clustered groups.
Candlesnuff is a very common wood-rotting fungus seen all through the year. It has stick-like or forked fruiting bodies with black bases and white powdery tips. Height 10-60mm.
Beech Woodwart appears as small warty growths on beech wood. The brick-red rounded fruiting bodies are up to a centimetre across. With age the warts blacken and harden.
Coral Spot appears in reddish clusters on decaying deciduous wood. Coral-coloured blobs develop that are very hard. The individual blobs are 1-4mm across. Very common in beech woodland.
Lachnum brevipilosum does not have a common name. It is a white saprobic fungus with very tiny fruiting bodies that grow in large groups on rotten wood.
Dead Moll's Fingers is a fungus found in damp habitats that feeds on dead or dying wood, usually beech or sycamore. Its club-shaped fruiting bodies are 2-8 cm in height, and up to 2 cm thick. The fingers normally appear in tufts similar to fingers of a dead hand.
White Saddle is a creamy-white fungus often found growing near the woodland paths of Cabin Hill in autumn. It has a wax-like texture and usually appears with a very distorted cap.
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