Think you know London’s woods? Each autumn proves otherwise. Hidden in leaf litter and on old logs, whole new casts of fungi appear: dainty parachutes with horsehair-fine stems, oysterling fans on fallen twigs, flattened cavaliers, clustering domecaps, and glossy spikes under pine. On dead wood, deer shields and elegant rosegills blush pink, while porcelain fungus gleams on beech and rooting shanks dive deep into soil. Seek vivid surprises too: plummy-and-gold Plums and Custard, velvety Millers, goblet-shaped toadstools, even the wrinkled peach. Scan unusual habitats—burnt ground, alder carr, heath, lawns—for powdercaps, fieldcaps, navelcaps, and more. Peek beneath logs for cobalt-blue crusts that glow like paint. Learn the trick of spotting a “type” to pin down the genus—and expand your autumn ID skills. Return on 22-Nov for the full story!
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