Fungus in Lyleston Wood
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Fungus in Lyleston Wood
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 28 Sep 2018
See Image for context; this particular group of fruiting bodies can be seen in that picture. At the time of submission, I have not determined the species. Though I did come across a picture of the same species online, it was in a stock photo that was wrongly captioned (as seems often to be the case with stock photos) as being of a slime mould, which it certainly is not. The fungal fruiting bodies are not quite hairy, nor are they spiny like some puffballs; instead, the surface texture, when seen close-up, was more akin to that shown in Image (a picture of a different species), with fringed teeth. As for the droplets, it is possible that they were exuded by the fungus (in a process that is called guttation), but they may just be raindrops.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.97892
Longitude
-4.672619