Solved Fungii Visitor ID

Found this on my lawn today. At first I thought someone had placed a thermostatic radiator valve there! What is it, and is it safe?
TIA

 

Ooh, it’s an immature ink-cap. It will start to drip black “ink” soon...

 

That sounds a bit creepy, Sian. Is it best to remove it, or should I let it complete its life cycle?

 

It is nothing sinister. A little fruiting spore, that is all. If you want to remove it, that’s fine....

 

cheers Sian

 

Fungi. A most interesting and captivating division of our flora & fauna. Of course some specimens we can eat, whereas others can end our lives or at the most, make us very very ill.
Autmn generally is the season when our little known or appreciated friends appear. Unless you are an expert, and NO I'm not. Always wear disposable gloves prior to handling.

For the inquisative gardener, botanist. Fungi can tell us so much about the soil etc that we can't see. Roger Phillips has written a wonderful book. 'Mushrooms' mushrooms being an alternative name. Every page is a host of photographs in full colour. To me. This book should be on the shelf of every avid gardener.

Having once worked in an ancient woodland. Autumn would see so many different fungi appear. One in particular that always attracted much attention was, tha Stinkhorn, member of the Phallus set. I leave the rest to you, to decide why!!

 

Interesting fungus.So photogenic.