Asako Yokoya

Amethyst deceivers

A low-level Glen Coe walk with lots of fungi – September | グレンコー村付近の森でキノコ探し

—

by

asa
in , , , , ,

We started a bit late this day, as the weather wasn’t promising (again), but as it seemed to brighten up a bit, we did a very easy but pleasant walk on the edge of Glencoe village. We saw a lot of different types of fungi, and we had fun trying to identify them with the help of a guidebook. Afterwards, as the weather was holding, we ended up walking up to the Blackwater Dam from Kinlochleven (see the next post, “Kinlochleven to Blackwater Dam, and back along the conduit”)

この日は少し遅いスタート。またもや悪い天気予報だったけれど、しばらくすると晴れ始めたのでグレンコー村付近の森をキノコを探しながら歩いた。いろいろな種類を見つけ、図鑑と照らし合わせて楽しめた。そして、よい天気が続きそうなのを見て車で十五分くらい離れたキンロクリーヴンからブラックウォーター・ダムまでハイキングをしてきた。

A group of fungi

A group of fungi

Slimy-looking mushroom

Slimy-looking partially-eaten mushroom. It looked like a bolete

Crested coral and Yellow jelly fungi

Interesting fungi – Crested coral and Yellow jelly

Pale oyster mushrooms or flat oysterling (crepidotus applanatus)

Delicate-looking pale oyster mushrooms or flat oysterling (crepidotus applanatus)

Little mushroom amongst moss

Little mushroom amongst moss

Mushrooms at base of tree

Mushrooms at base of tree

Fluted mushrooms

Fluted mushrooms – these could be oyster mushrooms too

Amethyst deceivers

Amethyst deceivers (we think) – despite their looks, they are supposed to be edible

The uneven gills on the underside

The widely-spaced, uneven gills on the underside

Looking at Sgorr Dhearg by Ballachulish

Looking at Sgorr Dhearg by Ballachulish

The Pap of Glencoe

The Pap of Glencoe

Trees and reflection

Trees and reflection

3 strange islands

3 strange islands in the loch

Pap of Glencoe

Pap of Glencoe

Pinkish flower - from the Amaranthaceae family?

Pinkish flower – from the Amaranthaceae family? It took a while to find the following candidates: Gomphrena Pulchella, Gomphrena Fireworks, and Gomphrena Canescens – they don’t seem to get mentioned in the UK very often, and it was not in a British plants database. I think this example might be finishing blooming, with the inner bits already gone. *June 2014 edit – it seems to be a (Common) Knapweed or Hardhead (Centaurea of the Asteraceae family).

Assorted lichen on fallen branch

Assorted lichen on fallen branch

Lichen on tree stump - cladonia macilenta?

Lichen on tree stump – cladonia macilenta?

Little shiny mushrooms

Little shiny mushrooms

Fern frond

Fern frond

Mushrooms up a tree trunk

Mushrooms up a tree trunk. It carried on a lot further up

Mushrooms on tree

Mushrooms on tree trunk

Common puffballs

Common puffballs. Two of them are deflated

Common puffballs in a shaft of sunlight

Common puffballs in a shaft of sunlight

Handsome fern

A handsome fern

Trees

Trees

Amethyst deceiver

Amethyst deceiver. Picked to check if they dried according to the description in the fungi guidebook – they did

A group of fungiSlimy-looking mushroomCrested coral and Yellow jelly fungiPale oyster mushrooms or flat oysterling (crepidotus applanatus)Little mushroom amongst mossMushrooms at base of treeFluted mushroomsAmethyst deceiversThe uneven gills on the undersideLooking at Sgorr Dhearg by BallachulishThe Pap of GlencoeTrees and reflection3 strange islandsPap of GlencoePinkish flower - from the Amaranthaceae family?Assorted lichen on fallen branchLichen on tree stump - cladonia macilenta?Little shiny mushroomsFern frondMushrooms up a tree trunkMushrooms on treeCommon puffballsCommon puffballs in a shaft of sunlightHandsome fernTreesAmethyst deceiver