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Fungi

A jelly ear fungus growing from the trunk of a tree. It's a wrinkled, pinkish fungus that looks remarkably like an ear

Jelly ear

A giant puffball growing in a patch of grass. It's a football-shaped fungus with pockmarked, off-white skin

Giant puffball

Common puffball

Pink waxcap

Pink waxcap

Dryad's Saddle

Dryad's saddle

morel

Morel

St George's Mushroom

St George's mushroom

cedar cup

Cedar cup

green elf cup

Green elf cup

oyster mushroom

Oyster mushroom

devil's fingers fungus

Devil’s fingers fungus

Fly Agaric

Fly agaric

Shaggy Inkcap

Shaggy inkcap

Red elf cup fungus growing among moss and dead leaves, the Wildlife Trusts

Ruby elfcup

Hare's ear

Hare's ear

Angel's wings

Angel's wings

Violet coral

Violet coral

Velvet Shank

Velvet shank

Common eyelash fungus

Common eyelash fungus

Chicken of the woods

Chicken of the woods

Candlesnuff Fungus

Candlesnuff fungus

Birch Polypore

Birch polypore

Wood blewit

Wood blewit

Stinkhorn fungus

Stinkhorn fungus

Amethyst Deceiver

Amethyst deceiver

Scarlet elf

Scarlet elfcup

Porcelain Fungus

Porcelain fungus

Turkeytail

Turkeytail

Tawny grisette

Tawny grisette

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