MUSHROOMS & FUNGI

Fungi Spottings #4 - 25 October 2025

Amanda Eades has kindly allowed us to show some of her excellent photos of fungi from the walk held at the Cemetery on 25 October.

Brittlegill Clustered Brittlestem Possibly a Laughing Gym - Gymnopilus junonius Funnels Goblet Honey Fungus - possibly Dark Honey Fungus Inkcap Parrot Waxcaps Pink Ballerina Waxcap Pink Ballerina Waxcap Plums and Custard Stinkhorn Waxcaps

Fungi Spottings #3 - 22 October 2025

Some more photos of the Fungi. I again used champignouf.com to get some suggestions of what they are.

Stinker Common Ink Cap Clustered Brittlecap Honey Fungi

Fungi Spottings #2 - 12 October 2025

I've just been to the Cemetery and taken the following photos of the Fungi. I used champignouf.com to get some suggestions of what they are.

Pleated Waxcap Pear-shaped puffball Entoloma lividoalbum Parrot Waxcap Weeping Widow

Fungi Spottings - 8 November 2022

I have no idea what these are, but the recent wet weather seems to brought out a load of fungi fruits. Any help on identification, please contact us on E-mail: cathayscemetery@gmail.com

29 August 2021

A selection of excellent photos taken at the Cemetery has been received from Jonathan Prior, who has given us permission to display on our website.

Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor)

Fungi Walk - 8 September 2018

The following species were spotted on a walk organised by Poppy Nicol of the Global Gardens Project.

Milky Cone Cap - Conocybe apala (A)	Lagi Spore
Sepia Bolete	Giant Polyspore
Lurid Bolete - Boletus luridus	Lesser Puffball
The Deceiver - Laccaria laccata	Common Fieldcap - Agrocybe pediades

(A) Photo by (https://www.first-nature.com)

Fungi Spottings - Weekly Walk 18 September 2018

I have no idea what these are, but the recent wet weather seems to brought out a load of fungi fruits. Any help on identification, please contact us on E-mail: cathayscemetery@gmail.com

Other sightings at Cathays Cemetery

The following species have been seen at different times in the Cemetery:

Plums & Custard (Tricholomopsis Rutilans) (1)	Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma Fasiculare) (1)
Common Puffball (Lycoperdon Perlatum) (1)	Coral Fungus (Ramarai Pallida) (1)
Common Inkcap (Coprinus Atramentarius) (1)	Common Funnel Cap (Clitocybe Gibba) (1)
Wrinkled Club (Clavulina Rugosa)	Waxcap (Hygrocybe insipida) (1)
Smokey Spindles (Clavaria fumosa) (1)	Apricot Club (Clavulinopsis luteoalba) (1)
Common Funnel Cap (Clitocybe gibba) (1)	Pink or Ballerina waxcap (Hygrocybe calyptriformis) (1)
Butter waxcap (Hygrocybe ceracea) (1)	Clouded Funnel or Clouded Agaric (Clitocybe nebularis) (1)

(1) Photo by Annie Irving (http://sconzani.blogspot.co.uk)

Why not send us your interesting photos of Mushrooms and Fungi taken in Cathays Cemetery.

You can reach us at E-mail: cathayscemetery@gmail.com