Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Blue Roundhead Fungi (Stropharia caerulea)

 



For me this one is identified as the Blue Roundhead Fungi (Stropharia caerulea).
There is only one other I find with similarity and thats Verdigris Agaric
Photo: 5th December 2021


For me this one is identified as the Blue Roundhead Fungi (Stropharia caerulea).
There is only one other I find with similarity and thats Verdigris Agaric
Photo: 5th December 2021


For me this one is identified as the Blue Roundhead Fungi (Stropharia caerulea).
There is only one other I find with similarity and thats Verdigris Agaric
Photo: 5th December 2021


For me this one is identified as the Blue Roundhead Fungi (Stropharia caerulea).
There is only one other I find with similarity and thats Verdigris Agaric
Photo: 5th December 2021


For me this one is identified as the Blue Roundhead Fungi (Stropharia caerulea).
There is only one other I find with similarity and thats Verdigris Agaric
Photo: 5th December 2021

These specimens are the only ones I have found so far within Dalton Crags. There were several grouped and at the base of long grass and dead leaves under decideous trees.

The following day 6th December 2021 I did find yet another small colony quite close to the ones above (within 10 metre) and this time there were 4 in the group. 

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