Porcelain fungus
The shiny, translucent porcelain fungus certainly lives up to its name in appearance. It can be seen growing on beech trees and dead wood in summer and autumn.
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Candlesnuff fungus
The candlesnuff fungus is very common. It has an erect, stick-like or forked fruiting body with a black base and white, powdery tip. It grows on dead and rotting wood.
Devil’s fingers fungus
This smelly, strange looking fungus is also referred to as octopus stinkhorn or octopus fungus. Its eye-catching red tentacles splay out like a starfish.
Common eyelash fungus
The diminutive common eyelash fungus can be found on wet wood and humous-rich damp soil, often by streams or in wet places. Its orange cup is fringed with tiny, black hairs, providing its common…
Stinkhorn fungus
The stinkhorn has an unmistakeable and intense stench that has been likened to rotting meat. Its appearance is also very distinctive: a phallic, white, stem-like structure, with a brown, bell-…
Rare 'rotting flesh' fungus pops up in garden
A RARE fungus that looks and smells like rotting flesh has been discovered in a suburban garden in Berkshire.
Ash dieback
Ash dieback is a fatal disease expected to kill 80 to 95% of the country’s ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior). Up to a third of England’s trees are ash, so the effects on the landscape and the many species that depend on ash will be devastating. We are producing a strategy to tackle the consequences of ash dieback on our nature reserves with the primary aims of mitigating impacts on wildlife and reducing the risk to people visiting our reserves.
Ash
A common tree, ash is familiar to many of us for its autumnal bunches of winged seeds, called 'keys'. It can be found in woodlands and prefers damp and fertile soils.
Oxfordshire badgers at threat from culling
Badger culling is set to begin in Oxfordshire next month resulting in the death of thousands of healthy badgers
Upland mixed ash wood
Beautiful displays of flowers spread under the gentle shade of unfurling ash leaves in spring, while in winter the abundant ferns and mosses mean these small, rocky woods retain a watery greenness…
Lowland mixed oak and ash wood
Lowland mixed oak and ash woods include the iconic bluebell woods so central to our notion of British woodland. Mostly quite small and bounded by ancient banks, they are full of history. At their…
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