Friday 8th August
For the first time in years I have stumbled upon a small crop of a beautiful looking mushroom decorating the woodland floor today. It is the start of the fruiting season up north for ‘plums and custard’ fungi!
Tricholomopsis rutilans gets its common name from the distinctive purple and egg yolk yellow colours that it unashamedly boasts. I found them sprouting from decaying conifer timber in a mixed woodland block at work. Definitely one I will be keeping an eye out for over the next couple of months. They are certainly eye-catching and make a lovely photo.
Shame they taste nothing like their namesake and are in fact so bitter that they are deemed inedible by many.
