FUNGI, SLIME MOULDS, LICHENS & MOSSES

mushrooms, mildews and other fungi, slime moulds, lichens and mosses

Honey Fungus [Armillaria mellea]

Honey Fungus dispersing white spores - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Oct 2025

Honey Fungus [Armillaria mellea]

Honey Fungus - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Oct 2025

Honey Fungus [Armillaria mellea]

Honey Fungus dispersing white spores - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Oct 2025

Common Ink Cap [Coprinopsis atramentaria?]

Common Ink Cap mushrooms – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Oct 2025

fungus [unidentified]

unidentified mushroom - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Nov 2025

fungus [unidentified]

unidentified mushroom, possibly (Coprinopsis atramentaria ?), the Common Ink Cap - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Nov 2025

Pleated Inkcap [Parasola plicatilis?]

Parasola sp. mushroom, possibly the Pleated Inkcap (P. plicatilis) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Sep 2025

Unidentified fungus

Mushroom (unidentified) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Oct 2025

funnel mushroom

funnel mushroom, possibly the Trooping Funnel (Infundibulicybe geotropa ?) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Oct 2025

mottlegill [Panaeolus? sp.]

Panaeolus? sp. mushroom, one of the mottlegills - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Sep 2025

mottlegills [Panaeolus? sp.]

Panaeolus? sp. mushrooms, one of the mottlegills - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Sep 2025

Cellar Fungus [Coniophora puteana ?]

possible Cellar Fungus (a.k.a. Wet Rot) on a dead branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Jan 2026

‘Bolete’ mushroom [ID unknown]

‘Bolete’ mushroom - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025

‘Bolete’ mushroom [ID unknown]

A ‘Bolete’ mushroom, possibly the Lurid Bolete (Suillellus luridus?) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Jul 2025

Tar Spot [Rhytisma acerinum]

R. acerinum fungus on upperside of a sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Aug 2025

Tar Spot [Rhytisma acerinum] and Sycamore Gall Mite [Aceria cephalonea]

Sycamore leaf with both Tar Spot fungus and red galls caused by the A. cephalonea mite - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Sep 2025

Oak Mildew [Erysiphe alphitoides]

Oak Mildew almost completely covering the leaves of an English Oak (Quercus robur) sapling – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Oct 2025

Willow Mildew [Erysiphe adunca]

E. adunca on Goat Willow (Salix capreae) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Oct 2025

powdery mildew [Erysiphe heraclei?]

E. heraclei? on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 May 2025

powdery mildew [Golovinomyces asperifolium?]

a white powdery mildew, most likely G. asperifolium, infecting Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Aug 2025

mushrooms, mildews and other fungi, slime moulds, lichens and mosses

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