Fabulous fungi at Lliw Reservoirs, Swansea

On 26th November we ventured to Felindre, Swansea for a walk around the Lliw Reservoirs. It was pretty frosty but we still managed to find quite a few fabulous fungi!

Below are some of the more interesting ones we found, if I have identified them wrong or you know some of the ones I haven't please comment below ;)

Candlesnuff

Bloodred Webcap (Thanks Emma Williams, Glamorgan Fungi Group)

Tremellla (Thanks Ella Brey, Glamorgan Fungi Group)

First frost we have seen this Autumn/Winter

Need Identifying

Need Identifying

Cordycep militaris (Thanks Emma Williams, Glamorgan Fungi Group)

Fungi hunting at Margam Park, Port Talbot

Date: 6 November 2016

Location: Margam Country Park, Junction 38 M4, Port Talbot, SA13 2TJ

We woke up to a sunny November morning and decided to visit one of our favourite haunts, Margam County Park, about 2 miles from Port Talbot. Still obsessed with finding fungi we were pretty sure we would get lucky in this 850 acres park.

We got there about 11.30am and started exploring this wonderful place. Autumn had well and truly arrived and most of deciduous trees were now displaying glorious colours of yellow, orange and reds. 

Our first stop was around The Chapter House (the abbey ruins) where we found many wonderful trees, including the two below...

A huge tree near the Chapter House displaying fabulous autumnal colours

Large ancient tree by the Abbey

Fungi spotting in Penllergaer Forest, Swansea

Date: 5 November 2016
Location: Penllergaer Forest, Junction 47 M4, Swansea

On the day Bonfire night we decided to go looking for fungi in the local forest at Penllergaer. We had been dog sitting for a few weeks so we wanted to go somewhere where we could all have a good walk and explore nature.

Penllergaer Forest is predominantly made up of coniferous woodland and we were hoping to see lots of fungi. Thankfully we wasn't disappointed - check out our finds...

This time of year the colours are wonderful, Autumn is truly a magical time here.