I've said elsewhere in this blog that my knowledge of fungi is quite limited. Like a lot of people I find them somewhat repellent, partly due to their association with dead and dying wood. But, if I come across field mushrooms - an occurence that happens less and less - I'm happy to pick them and eat them. There are people who have a deep interest in fungi and I'm glad that's the case. It means I can use their expertise to identify those that I come across on our travels. Or at least I think I can because with 15,000 or so species in the UK there are many that are similar. The example in the photograph seem to be one of the bracket fungi, possibly Hairy Curtain Crust, but I'm happy to be corrected!
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon Z 5
