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Fungi ID Course

Learn how to confidently find and identify some of Dorset's varied fungi species in just seven days!

Learn all about how to identify and where to find 21 different species of fungi across Dorset with this seven-day course. Catch up on all you have learnt here! 

Turkeytail fungus growing on a branch, creating a disc of concenric rings of various shades of blue, brown and red

Turkeytail © Vaughn Matthews

Day 1

Bracket Fungi

Identify bracket fungi
Two white spiky puffball fungi growing from green moss
Day 2

Puffballs and Earthstars

Identify puffballs and earthstars
Fly agaric fungi

Chris Rowland / Fly agaric 

Day 3

Mushrooms and Toadstools

Identify mushrooms and toadstools
Scarlet Elfcup

Scarlet Elfcup ©Mark Robinson

Day 4

Cup and Flask Fungi

Identify cup and flask fungi
A group of jelly ear fungus growing on a tree trunk. They are pale pink and disc shaped, similar to an ear

Jelly ear (also known as wood ear) fungus © Chris Lawrence

Day 5

Jelly and Ear Fungi

Identify jelly and ear fungi
Pink waxcap

Pink waxcap © Guy Edwardes/2020VISION

Day 6

Waxcaps

Identify waxcap fungi
Candlesnuff Fungus

Candlesnuff Fungus ©Margaret Holland

Day 7

Unusual Fungi

Identify these unique fungi