Along the Straight Path you can find striking examples of woodland fungi, including:
Lemon discos Bisporella citrina - very small bright yellow cups on decaying wood
Glistening Inkcap Coprinus micaceus - Cap 2-4cm, bell-shaped, covered with glistening powder, on dead and buried wood
Candlesnuff fungus Xylaria hypoxylon - cylindrical or flattened fruit bodies 3-8 cm, twisted or bent, like antlers, black with white tips on decaying hardwood
King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica - hard, black, rounded, as if blackened, showing concentric lines when cut
The cover shows Turkeytail Trametes versicolor, Stave Hill Ecological Park, 2016.
Photograph: Clare Street
Fungi, Stave Hill Ecological Park, 2016.
Photographs: Clare Street