Fungi Filled Morning

   Yesterday morning I took a ride over to Snettisham Woods and boy was I glad I did. If this trip is anything to go by Snettisham in autumn must be amazing as it's July and already I'm taking hundreds of fungi pictures.
   It had been a week since I was last there and what a difference, really puts my trip to the Warren to shame. Within 20 yards of the carpark I spotted a huge group of Common Earthballs (Scleroderma citrinum), all around a few oaks trees. The area was a little mossy and had plenty of leaf litter, the perfect conditions for these lovely strange fungi.



   Soon I was walking towards a big group of Beech trees and spotted a great group of Amethyst Deceivers, some tiny but most large enough to spot from a few yards away. This is the second group I've spotted in this area and being only July I'm sure there will be more yet. I do love these little purple fellas, one of the fungi that adds colour to the forest floor.



   Still there are Dead Mans Fingers to be seen, I think I'm addicted to these strange looking fungi, I seem to spot them every time I visit this wood.
    Another couple of firsts for me on this visit. First I came across my first Witches Egg, the egg of the Stinkhorn. I've found many mature specimen but never have I found it in the egg stage, so was a very intetesting find. It's ok watching others on youtube showing these eggs but it's really exciting once you find them yourself, nothing better than getting to study any example of fungi close up.



   The second first for the day were a small group of Deceivers, not Amethyst but beautiful normal Decievers (Laccaria). These lovely little fungi took me by surprise as they were under the shade of a single small Oak tree. A beautiful rusty red in colour and in a range of stages from tiny young examples up to nice mature specimens, put a smile on my face thats for sure. 



   There were mature Stinkhorns around and I found a nice selection of Boletes, mainly around the Beech and Oak trees on a west facing moss covered slope. Now I can't wait to get back there tho we could do with a few rain showers to help the continued arrival of more fungi.
   

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