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Waxcap Walk at Sturts North

On Monday 4th November Herefordshire Meadows held a waxcap walk at Hererfordshire Wildlife Trust’s Sturts North Nature Reserve, looking for autumnal indicators of good grassland diversity and soil health.The session was led by Jo Weightman and David Williamson from Herefordshire Fungus Group, who helped us to identify the various and sometimes colourful waxcaps on show as well as a variety… Read more →

Wonderful Waxcaps – What to look out for this autumn.

Waxcaps are familiar-shaped fungi that are often brightly-coloured with a waxy or slippery outside. They are found in grasslands that are generally poor in nutrients – such as old pasture, sand dunes, heathland, lawns and cemeteries. Plantlife have brought out a New Waxcap App (WaxcApp), which has been developed to help users identify them. It is important that we discover where they… Read more →