Mushroom on a cordyline, high ho, brownish and a bit oysterish

Never seen a mushroom growing on a cordyline before. Can't tell you what it is, sort of past-it's-best oysterish #fungi #fungiidentification

1) Russulas are one of the hardest and largest genus to identify, with majority impossible in the field requiring extensive microscope work
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Deer shield (Pluteus cervinus) with a mirror being used to examine the pinkish gills

Ellen Blackmore, Peatland Progress Trainee, holds a fungi ID chart and takes a selfie

Kaitlyn, Peatland Progress trainee, smelling the aniseed funnel fungi. (Please note, no fungi were removed and permission was sought before conducting these investigations).

One National Nature Reserve. Three new Peatland Progress trainees. Up to 500 fungi species to find! Read all about their favourite finds...

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Questionable stropharia - Stropharia ambigua | Photographed at the Seattle Arboretum in 2019
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