Fungi

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Head outdoors this autumn and look for fungi in woods and meadows. There are around 15,000 different kinds of fungi in the UK. Can you find any that look like these?

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finder“Typical” mushroom

Where to look: meadows and horse paddocks

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Pointy ones

Where to look: woods

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Jelly fungi

Where to look:dead wood

7Cups

Where to look:dead wood

8Really weird-looking

Where to look:anywhere

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Bracket fungi

Where to look: on tree trunks and logs

2Brilliant colours

Where to look: anywhere

3Clusters

Where to look: dead wood

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Round and dark

Where to look: on a tree

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Be carefulThere are a few fungi you can eat, but some fungi are poisonous. It’s best not to touch or pick any unless you are with an expert.

1 Shaggy parasol 2 Turkeytail 3 Fly agaric 4 Glistening inkcap 5 Yellow stagshorn 6 Cramp balls/ King Alfred’s cakes 7 Jelly ear fungus 8 Scarlet elf cup 9 Stinkhorn.

Write and tell us about the fungi you found – you could send us a picture.

The RSPB is a registered charity in England & Wales 207076, in Scotland SC037654 770-0214-18-19 Shaggy parasol by Richard Revels, turkeytail by Genevieve Leaper, fly agaric and glistening inkcap by David Osborn, yellow stagshorn by Mark Hamblin, cramp balls/King Alfred’s cakes by Mike Read, jelly ear fungus by Laurie Campbell, scarlet elf cup by Ed Marshall and stinkhorn by Nigel Blake (all rspb-images.com), ladybird, wellies, soil and picture frame by iStockphoto.com, beetle and mushroom by fotolia.com and magnifying glass by dreamstime.com

Draw the best-looking or most amazing fungi that you have found. Or make one up! If you like, you could send us a picture of this page to show us what you saw.

My fabulous fungi

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