Fungal Collection (page 13)

Purple coral fungus (Clavaria zollingeri). This rare club fungus is found in unfertilised grassland habitats. It is a priority species in the Northern Ireland Biodiversity Action Plan

Pink waxcap (Hygrocybe calyptriformis)
Pink waxcap fungus (Hygrocybe calpyptriformis) amongst moss. This fungus has become rare in the UK. This is thought to be due to improvements to grassland habitats through the addition of fertiliser

Magpie ink cap fungus (Coprinus picaceus). This fungus prefers alkaline soils. Photographed in woodland on the North Downs, Kent, UK, in October

Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea)
Honey fungus mushrooms (Armillaria mellea). This fungus is found on or around the trunks of coniferous and deciduous trees. It is a tree parasite and the damage it causes is fatal

Orange birch bolete fungus (Leccinum versipelle). This structure is the fruiting body (mushroom) of the fungus. It is surrounded by marsh hair moss (Polytrichum commune)

Bracket fungus (class Basidiomycetes). This fungus forms these fruiting bodies to spread its reproductive spores through surface pores. Photographed in Vermont, USA

Porcelain mushrooms (Oudemansiella mucida) growing on a moss-covered branch in October. Photographed in Cornwall, UK

King Alfreds cakes fungi (Daldinia concentrica) growing on an ash tree (Fraxinus sp.)

Yeast cells, computer artwork. Yeasts are single- cell fungi. Some yeasts have industrial uses, for example in brewing and baking, others are human pathogens

Bread mould (Penicillium sp.). Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of mouldy bread. The fungus penetrates the bread, digesting and absorbing its nutrients

Honey fungus mushrooms or bootlace mushrooms (Armillaria mellea). This fungus is found on or around the trunks of coniferous and deciduous trees

Fungus (Lepista caespitose). Photographed in Russia

Fungal spores, SEM
Fungal spores. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of fungal spores on a fruiting body of an Aspergillus sp. fungus. The name for such a fruiting body is a conidiophore

Bread mould, SEM
Bread mould. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a sporangium of a bread mould (Rhizopus stolonifer). Spores develop in these sac-like bodies, or sporangia (globular structure)

Mushroom stem surface, SEM
Mushroom stem. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of the stem of an unidentified mushroom. Magnification unknown

Fruiting bodies of fungus, Cordyceps
Parasitic fungus. Fruiting bodies from a parasitic fungus of the Cordyceps sp. Three brown club-like fruiting bodies are seen emerging from the forest ground

Parasol mushrooms, Lepiota procera
Parasol mushrooms. The fruiting bodies of Lepiota procera, the Parasol mushroom. This large mushroom produces a flattened pale brown cap of up to 25cm diameter

Fly agaric mushrooms in wood
The common mushroom known as Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, photographed in woodland. The cap (8-20cm across) is covered with white pyramidal warts which may be washed off by rain

Mould growing on a lemon
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Bread mould (Penicillium sp. ), SEM
Bread mould. Coloured scanning electronmicrograph (SEM) of Penicillium sp. mouldgrowing on bread. The yellow fibrous structuresare hyphae, which make up the main body of thefungus

Mushroom
Close up of a fungi Mushroom

Fly Agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) inleaf litter. This poisonous fungus, which has acap up to 20 centimetres across, is so namedbecause in medieval times it was mixed with milkand used to stupefy

Bay Boletus (Boletus badius) on a woodlandfloor. Found in mixed woodland throughout theBritish Isles, the Bay Boletus is an edibleautumnal fungus which often clusters around ScotsPine trees

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