Nice pics of Shaggy Ink Cap

[Matthew Arnold]

I got some nice pics of some Shaggy Ink cap growing on a trailway verge in Shillingstone. It is mown on a 4 week cycle during the summer. We avoid these as much as possible as we have a good sized group of them. In the summer and autumn it covered an area of about 5 sq metres.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice one ranger, i salute not only the images, but that you cared enough to avoid mowing, bravo.

[Matthew Arnold]

The bosses like it alot as i try and avoid the fungi on our sites when i mow. I did get a funny look when i had left a ring of un mown grass due to Fair ring Champignon. Sadly they are no longer there as members of the public went mad and picked them every 2 weeks.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Fungi like the fairy ring champignon will be o.k, will have sporalated and migrated to a new patch, youll see them again.

[Matthew Arnold]

Ye. For the first time in ten years we have had to top our hay meadow as there wasnt enough grass. Hopefully there will be a few fungi coming up when the grass rots down a bit further.