<![CDATA[Forest Fungi]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/blogRSS for NodeMon, 29 Apr 2024 03:06:11 GMT<![CDATA[A Winter for Fungi]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/a-winter-for-fungi6381fc84eb2f42080a16d506Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:55:28 GMTJosie LoweIt's the start of winter and mushrooms are still thriving. Fungi mainly thrive in autumnal temperatures, this is due to the large amount of moisture which helps them to grow. Now in winter there is still moisture however the temperatures are cooler. Luckily, we will still see mushrooms till around the end of winter when it will be to cold for many to survive. As you go about your day make sure you keep an eye out for fungi before the season ends.


Some mushrooms you might find include the snowy wax cap ( as seen above ) or the velvet shank ( as seen below )


Thank you for reading this post, see you next time!

]]><![CDATA[Mystery Mushroom]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/mystery-mushroom5f999da3ebeff000177487d2Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:44:04 GMTJosie LoweOkay so I found a fungi on my lawn I identified it and worked out what is was.

I wanted to know if any of you could figure out it’s name, your challenge is to research this mushroom and discover it’s identity! Are you up for the task, don’t worry if you do not have any identification gear, just sit back and relax.(or go extreme and print up an guide) Though I doubt you’ll do that!




]]><![CDATA[Getting Arty]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/getting-arty5f9869094f2b500017bd71d0Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:53:00 GMTJosie LoweFungi are beautiful... yes some are poisonous but we should appreciate them and what better way to do that than to draw them!!

Drawing fungi can be hard but it is always good to try something new. Get your sketch book out and have a go. Make sure you add those small details like gills and maybe you could even shade it in? Have fun with your drawing and add a pretty frame or add a flashy signature at the bottom,

go wild!!!





You could even draw this fungi I found a phew days ago

]]><![CDATA[Half An Hour Challenge]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/half-an-hour-challenge5f40c17c7297bf0017f2cf6dSat, 22 Aug 2020 07:10:10 GMTJosie LoweWelcome too the half an hour challenge. (How many fungi can you find in half an hour.)


Get in touch and show me how many YOU found at JosieLowe10@outlook.com

or leave a comment. The choice is yours!!

Apart from that Good Luck!!


Thats on of my finds.


That is a King Alfred's Cake and I also found that!!

]]><![CDATA[Smokey Bracket]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/smokey-bracket5e9b155ce50d070017028730Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:10:41 GMTJosie LoweHello and welcome to a whole new day of mushroom picking and collecting.Unfortunetly the weather isn't the nicest in Shropshire where I currently am.So I decided toshareone of the fungus I found yesterday insted of posting a whole new fungus from today.

I am pretty certain it is a Smokey Bracket as it seems the right size,shape,looks the same and it is in the appropriate habitat.

]]><![CDATA[shout out to great website]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/shout-out-to-great-website5e99ad8cedf38600170b9ff1Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:28:53 GMTJosie LoweI found a really great website that I think all fungi lovers will love sooo...


Wild Food UK


Here it is I hope you have lots of fun experomenting with the range of mushrooms it shows in this fungi website. It explains which mushrooms are poisoness and wich you can eat!




]]><![CDATA[book alert]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/book-alert5e999a531d119d0017259f88Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:05:35 GMTJosie LoweI would like to informe you all of a book I recently got that I think any mushroom lover would enjoy.

With over 230 fungi I would really reccomend it,full coulour images and drawings,this book is truley amazing!

]]><![CDATA[Blistered Cup]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/blistered-cup5e9983a9b9070c00177f4e46Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:41:18 GMTJosie LoweThough the name sounds horrible, this fungus atcually can be eaten (if well cooked that is) otherwise poisonous! In fact this is it! Fairly easy too find if you ask me as they are around all year and found in a lot of places (old straw bails, manure,compostheaps and rich soil) To be honest I found it in a woodchip pile.


]]><![CDATA[giant puffball]]>https://josielowe.wixsite.com/home/post/giant-puffball5e998bdfa8c6d20017b7c56bThu, 16 Apr 2020 23:00:00 GMTJosie Lowewe were out on a walk and we found this brown thing we immediately knew it was a stinky bomb (giant puffball) our family has always called them that because of what happens too the older ones (the brown types) when you tred on them a big cload of spaws flys out like in one of those really stinky things and ever since that day the name has just stuck.


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