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Post by treehugger on Oct 9, 2017 9:15:23 GMT
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Post by accipiter on Oct 9, 2017 19:07:35 GMT
Fly agaric Lincoln Country Park Attachments:
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Post by rowanberry on Oct 10, 2017 8:26:51 GMT
I'm really hoping to come across one of these in our local woods... I've yet to see one growing there, but they might not like the soil or trees there, (mainly hornbeams and oaks.) I read they prefer to be around spruce or pines.
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Post by accipiter on Oct 10, 2017 11:54:44 GMT
I'm really hoping to come across one of these in our local woods... I've yet to see one growing there, but they might not like the soil or trees there, (mainly hornbeams and oaks.) I read they prefer to be around spruce or pines. There are conifers in the this park Rowanberry and absolutely loads of fly agaric, in fact some were almost formed into fairy rings. Alan |
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Post by NellyDee on Oct 10, 2017 15:58:37 GMT
I remember when we used to spend our holidays walking the hills around Rannoch just loving the Fly Agaric that grew in profusion, only have an old photograph (taken in the Super Snaps day which has now gone completely pale sepia) of a Wellingtonia completely encircled with Fly Agaric with another circle joining it like a figure of 8. I used to call them pufts as they seemed to pop up out the ground 'just like magic'. Not seen any here yet (tother side of the hills) despite having lots of pines.
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Post by rowanberry on Oct 10, 2017 21:13:53 GMT
A Fly Agaric fairy ring would certainly be something to see!
Perhaps it is because the soil in our woodland doesn't suit them- not many conifers at all, unfortunately.
Helen, you could photograph your photo with a digital camera and then it might be possible to enhance the colour back using Photoshop or Pixlr... I did that with some of my Mum's old family snaps that were fading. It would be a way to save it from fading away completely!
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Post by aeshna5 on Oct 11, 2017 2:58:49 GMT
Fly Agarics are also strongly associated with birches which are the trees I see them with around London.
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Post by NellyDee on Oct 21, 2017 15:00:52 GMT
Couldn't enhance the old photos, but I did find a cartoon I did back when I used to put cartoons in with the journals I did when we took to the hills.  Cartoon Camghouran Walk by Helen Skelton, on Flickr |
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