Back on the graveyard shift, a group of Earthtongues (Geoglossum fallax) alongside a pair of Silky Pinkgills (Entoloma sericeum) - both part of the CHEGD group of fungi symbolising healthy grassland ecosystems.
December 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Back on the graveyard shift, a group of Earthtongues (Geoglossum fallax) alongside a pair of Silky Pinkgills (Entoloma sericeum) - both part of the CHEGD group of fungi symbolising healthy grassland ecosystems.
Enjoying a long weekend away in the Derbyshire Dales and taking plenty of opportunities to check out the Grassland #Fungi round here! #Waxcaps and Spindles galore, and many other #chegd beauties too! Thoroughly enjoying the #WildFungiHour
October 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Enjoying a long weekend away in the Derbyshire Dales and taking plenty of opportunities to check out the Grassland #Fungi round here! #Waxcaps and Spindles galore, and many other #chegd beauties too! Thoroughly enjoying the #WildFungiHour
Hygrocybe quieta
IUCN: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single locality - a cemetery. Other CHEGD incl. Dermoloma cuneifolium s.l., Ramariopsis sp.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single locality - a cemetery. Other CHEGD incl. Dermoloma cuneifolium s.l., Ramariopsis sp.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hygrocybe quieta
IUCN: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single locality - a cemetery. Other CHEGD incl. Dermoloma cuneifolium s.l., Ramariopsis sp.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single locality - a cemetery. Other CHEGD incl. Dermoloma cuneifolium s.l., Ramariopsis sp.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
First Waxcaps of the season in East Cornwall. Date Waxcap, Hygrocybe spadicea in good numbers, including some likely var. albifolia.
No other CHEGD in evidence yet
No other CHEGD in evidence yet
September 22, 2026 at 6:49 AM
First Waxcaps of the season in East Cornwall. Date Waxcap, Hygrocybe spadicea in good numbers, including some likely var. albifolia.
No other CHEGD in evidence yet
No other CHEGD in evidence yet
It’s CHEGD season here at RSPB The Oa.
The abundance and diversity of CHEGD fungi are a really fantastic indicator of the current health and condition of our unimproved coastal grasslands.
The abundance and diversity of CHEGD fungi are a really fantastic indicator of the current health and condition of our unimproved coastal grasslands.
November 23, 2024 at 10:43 AM
It’s CHEGD season here at RSPB The Oa.
The abundance and diversity of CHEGD fungi are a really fantastic indicator of the current health and condition of our unimproved coastal grasslands.
The abundance and diversity of CHEGD fungi are a really fantastic indicator of the current health and condition of our unimproved coastal grasslands.
Hygrocybe subpapillata
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hygrocybe subpapillata
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
Waxcap 9 - Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea). Our smallest non-squamulose red species. The red cap is greasy, the paler gills are adnate and the thin smooth stem can be all red or a combination of red to yellow. Cap colour can fade to quite yellowish. One of the commoner CHEGD species.
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Waxcap 9 - Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea). Our smallest non-squamulose red species. The red cap is greasy, the paler gills are adnate and the thin smooth stem can be all red or a combination of red to yellow. Cap colour can fade to quite yellowish. One of the commoner CHEGD species.
It's waxcap season - fungi of nutrient poor grasslands that tend to peak in late autumn. This is the Date Waxcap, Hygrocybe spadicea, from grassland within the Balmoral estate. It is a rare species and an indicator of high quality fungi (CHEGD) grassland. #FungiFriday
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's waxcap season - fungi of nutrient poor grasslands that tend to peak in late autumn. This is the Date Waxcap, Hygrocybe spadicea, from grassland within the Balmoral estate. It is a rare species and an indicator of high quality fungi (CHEGD) grassland. #FungiFriday
Hygrocybe mucronella (recently shown to be a species complex)
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD seminatural grasslands species (sometimes also in forests)
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
Perhaps overlooked, lick your waxcaps.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD seminatural grasslands species (sometimes also in forests)
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
Perhaps overlooked, lick your waxcaps.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hygrocybe mucronella (recently shown to be a species complex)
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD seminatural grasslands species (sometimes also in forests)
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
Perhaps overlooked, lick your waxcaps.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD seminatural grasslands species (sometimes also in forests)
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
Perhaps overlooked, lick your waxcaps.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
Waxcap 43 - Dune Waxcap (Hygrocybe conicoides). Although not useful for CHEGD grassland assessments, good to know this species exists. Red conical cap that blackens only slightly, generally at the tip. Grows in coastal sand dunes with acuticonica and members of the conica agg.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Waxcap 43 - Dune Waxcap (Hygrocybe conicoides). Although not useful for CHEGD grassland assessments, good to know this species exists. Red conical cap that blackens only slightly, generally at the tip. Grows in coastal sand dunes with acuticonica and members of the conica agg.
I'm unlikely to see any more Waxcap species this season but thought I'd post some other interesting CHEGD species. Here's the fabulous Mealy Meadowcap (Pseudotricholoma metapodium). Chunky, pink on bruising and with a beautiful bready smell. Fruits early and is classed as endangered on the red list.
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I'm unlikely to see any more Waxcap species this season but thought I'd post some other interesting CHEGD species. Here's the fabulous Mealy Meadowcap (Pseudotricholoma metapodium). Chunky, pink on bruising and with a beautiful bready smell. Fruits early and is classed as endangered on the red list.
Hygrocybe phaeococcinea
CHEGD high quality seminatural grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands (agricultural changes), long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single previously described locality: bsky.app/profile/lunr...
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
CHEGD high quality seminatural grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands (agricultural changes), long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single previously described locality: bsky.app/profile/lunr...
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hygrocybe phaeococcinea
CHEGD high quality seminatural grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands (agricultural changes), long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single previously described locality: bsky.app/profile/lunr...
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
CHEGD high quality seminatural grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands (agricultural changes), long habitat recovery time
I know it from a single previously described locality: bsky.app/profile/lunr...
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens (I've heard like many waxcaps it's a species complex)
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD species, high quality seminatural grasslands
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD species, high quality seminatural grasslands
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hygrocybe aurantiosplendens (I've heard like many waxcaps it's a species complex)
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD species, high quality seminatural grasslands
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD species, high quality seminatural grasslands
Threats: Decline in seminatural grasslands, long time for habitat recovery
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hygrocybe lepida
IUCN unpubl., assessed: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species, also in bogs
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands
Considered rareish in Czechia but among the most common waxcaps in Slovakia acc. to Fuljer et al. 2022, LC in Norway
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN unpubl., assessed: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species, also in bogs
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands
Considered rareish in Czechia but among the most common waxcaps in Slovakia acc. to Fuljer et al. 2022, LC in Norway
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hygrocybe lepida
IUCN unpubl., assessed: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species, also in bogs
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands
Considered rareish in Czechia but among the most common waxcaps in Slovakia acc. to Fuljer et al. 2022, LC in Norway
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN unpubl., assessed: VU, Czechia: VU
CHEGD grassland species, also in bogs
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands
Considered rareish in Czechia but among the most common waxcaps in Slovakia acc. to Fuljer et al. 2022, LC in Norway
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
Neohygrocybe nitrata
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
October 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Neohygrocybe nitrata
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
Dark Velvet Fanvault (Camarophyllopsis atrovelutina). A small and difficult to spot species. Cap is darker than schulzeri. Gills are white and broadly decurrent. I've only seen this species in sites with high numbers of other CHEGD species. There are likely more Camarophyllopsis species to be named.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Dark Velvet Fanvault (Camarophyllopsis atrovelutina). A small and difficult to spot species. Cap is darker than schulzeri. Gills are white and broadly decurrent. I've only seen this species in sites with high numbers of other CHEGD species. There are likely more Camarophyllopsis species to be named.
Cuphophyllus flavipes
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
I know it from two localities, first one is a chateau park.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
I know it from two localities, first one is a chateau park.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Cuphophyllus flavipes
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
I know it from two localities, first one is a chateau park.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
I know it from two localities, first one is a chateau park.
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
Cuphophyllus radiatus (taxonomically seems unclear, not sure about my identification)
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Cuphophyllus radiatus (taxonomically seems unclear, not sure about my identification)
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: DD
CHEGD grassland species occurring in high quality localities.
Threats: Habitat loss (decline in seminatural unfertilized grasslands, long habitat recovery time)
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
You know it's Strictly time of year when you'd rather make a heat map of grassland fungi (CHEGD) than sit on the comfy chair with partner and watch TV.
A few pics from today too, Slimy Waxcap, White Spindles and Parrot Waxcap.
A few pics from today too, Slimy Waxcap, White Spindles and Parrot Waxcap.
November 2, 2024 at 8:26 PM
You know it's Strictly time of year when you'd rather make a heat map of grassland fungi (CHEGD) than sit on the comfy chair with partner and watch TV.
A few pics from today too, Slimy Waxcap, White Spindles and Parrot Waxcap.
A few pics from today too, Slimy Waxcap, White Spindles and Parrot Waxcap.
Cuphophyllus colemannianus
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD grassland species, typically in higher quality localities
Threats: habitat loss (extensively used unfertilized grasslands)
I know it from 3 localities:
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD grassland species, typically in higher quality localities
Threats: habitat loss (extensively used unfertilized grasslands)
I know it from 3 localities:
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cuphophyllus colemannianus
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD grassland species, typically in higher quality localities
Threats: habitat loss (extensively used unfertilized grasslands)
I know it from 3 localities:
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: EN
CHEGD grassland species, typically in higher quality localities
Threats: habitat loss (extensively used unfertilized grasslands)
I know it from 3 localities:
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
At last! Hampton Heath has - at last - had enough rain for its first #CHEGD ( #waxcap ) grassland fungi of the autumn.
Silky Pinkgill (Entoloma sericeum) - unless any actual #mycologists know better!
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Silky Pinkgill (Entoloma sericeum) - unless any actual #mycologists know better!
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@britmycolsoc.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
At last! Hampton Heath has - at last - had enough rain for its first #CHEGD ( #waxcap ) grassland fungi of the autumn.
Silky Pinkgill (Entoloma sericeum) - unless any actual #mycologists know better!
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@britmycolsoc.org.uk
Silky Pinkgill (Entoloma sericeum) - unless any actual #mycologists know better!
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@britmycolsoc.org.uk
Entoloma porphyrophaeum
IUCN: VU, Czechia: NT
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands due to agricultural changes, slow habitat recovery
I know it from a single locality with at least 10 waxcap species, mostly common (rare C. fornicatus).
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: NT
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands due to agricultural changes, slow habitat recovery
I know it from a single locality with at least 10 waxcap species, mostly common (rare C. fornicatus).
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
October 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Entoloma porphyrophaeum
IUCN: VU, Czechia: NT
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands due to agricultural changes, slow habitat recovery
I know it from a single locality with at least 10 waxcap species, mostly common (rare C. fornicatus).
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
IUCN: VU, Czechia: NT
CHEGD grassland species
Threats: Decline of seminatural grasslands due to agricultural changes, slow habitat recovery
I know it from a single locality with at least 10 waxcap species, mostly common (rare C. fornicatus).
#mycology #fungifriends #fungi
3 CHEGD spp ( #Waxcap grassland spp) & a look-alike. Smoky Spindles (Clavaria fumosa), Apricot Club (Clavulinopsis luteoalba), Meadow Coral (Clavulinopsis corniculata) & parasite Cordyceps militaris (Scarlet Caterpillar Club) N of #Stainforth (Settle, N Yorks) "Pennine Journey" path 13 Nov. #fungi
November 17, 2024 at 4:48 PM
3 CHEGD spp ( #Waxcap grassland spp) & a look-alike. Smoky Spindles (Clavaria fumosa), Apricot Club (Clavulinopsis luteoalba), Meadow Coral (Clavulinopsis corniculata) & parasite Cordyceps militaris (Scarlet Caterpillar Club) N of #Stainforth (Settle, N Yorks) "Pennine Journey" path 13 Nov. #fungi
The rain is bringing out a few more waxcaps and pinkgills at Hampton Heath.
We now have 20 CHEGD species recorded here in suburban, SW London - with another 3 or 4 possibles.
More to come after today
www.inaturalist.org/projects/ham...
@ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
@habsandheritage.bsky.social
We now have 20 CHEGD species recorded here in suburban, SW London - with another 3 or 4 possibles.
More to come after today
www.inaturalist.org/projects/ham...
@ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
@habsandheritage.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The rain is bringing out a few more waxcaps and pinkgills at Hampton Heath.
We now have 20 CHEGD species recorded here in suburban, SW London - with another 3 or 4 possibles.
More to come after today
www.inaturalist.org/projects/ham...
@ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
@habsandheritage.bsky.social
We now have 20 CHEGD species recorded here in suburban, SW London - with another 3 or 4 possibles.
More to come after today
www.inaturalist.org/projects/ham...
@ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
@habsandheritage.bsky.social