As Olympic fever hits the nation, the last week of proper heat is starting to pay fungal dividends. If anyone wants to read to the end there are boring details of readers’ offers on my publications and reminders about the autumn forays, but meanwhile, let’s cut to the much more important mushroom news . . […]
Newsletter
Mushoom Newsletter (11 August 2010)
This year really is a strange one! This could be a case of famous last words, but the season is already looking very good . . .
Mushroom Newsletter
The frost may be killing off most of the autumn fruiting, but a few days ago I stumbled across this salutory tale . . .
Mushroom Newsletter (10 May 2010)
After the spectacularly long and cold winter, you might expect mushrooms to be running late and, sure enough, this is what’s happened. I only found my first St George on Saturday – some two weeks later than the nominal 23 April . . .
Mushroom Newsletter (10 October 2010)
The season rolls on and while quantities seem to be on a roller-coaster, there is a definite explosion in the range. There are an encouraging number of baby porcini and bay boletes, but I’ve also just found my first cauliflower, giant puffball and amethyst deceivers of the season . . . .
Mushroom Newsletter (13 April 2010)
At last! After the longest, coldest, winter in almost 40 years, the bizarrely shaped forms of the morel, Morchella esculenta, are starting to emerge . . .
Mushroom Newsletter (13 October 2011)
“What makes a good season? . . . What makes them grow?” This is without doubt the biggest, most complicated and difficult question I am ever asked . . .
Mushroom Newsletter (13 September 2011)
The season is starting to kick into gear as the first of the autumn’s best species begin to emerge in real numbers . . .
Mushroom Newsletter (18 January 2012)
I wouldn’t normally send out a newsletter this early in the year, but the weather has been so unusual that several readers have written in with reports of unexpected finds . . . .
Mushroom Newsletter (18 May 2011)
The omens are still looking good for this autumn, with the next really edible mushroom emerging a month earlier than normal. As usual, this is the wonderfully named chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphurous) which is the perfect fungus for any beginner . . .
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