Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Woodland fungi and clearing the paths

The mushrooms are back!

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Looks like it's going to be a good autumn for fungi, with them starting out like this in September:
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At last, one I recognise! A Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria):
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I'd heard slugs ate fungi, but this is the first time I've caught them in the act, munching on a Brown roll-rim here:
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My parents have been visiting, so we did some clearing of overgrown paths in Sweep Wood:
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This bit's turned into a tree-tunnel, and after just five summers of growth!
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Just a few years ago it looked like this!
Felling large Sycamore

We also cut back the regrowth on the stump of a big roadside Sycamore which we had taken down a few years ago - no chance we want this one growing back up again!
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Looking forward to getting started with some coppicing soon...

Mike

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