Hello Folks! Fungi come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours. Whilst some are edible, others are poisonous and best avoided. They can be found almost everywhere and are often easily overlooked. Many can be seen in woodland and meadow, especially at this time of year.Each Monday for 12 weeks I will be posting a little teaser for you. Without looking in books or on the internet (i.e - no cheating), see if you can identify the UK fungus. On Wednesday, so as long as no-one has guessed it, I will post one clue. On Friday I will post the answer along with some additional information for your interest.MYSTERY FUNGI QUIZ #9Hats off to David for catching Shelob.P.S: Normal service will return shortly. Please forgive my chesty cough tardiness.
iI think maybe back to Middle Earth for this
Hope things improve for you soon MrsT
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
I agree Seaman...now to work out what it is
Caroline in Jersey
Cin J
Only thing I can relate to 'Earth' with is the 'earth star'..... I know nowt about Middle Earth and to go any further, would have to cheat! :-)
Hope you feel better soon MrsT!
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Only part of it is to do LOTR, if that helps!
Some random thoughts.
Shelob is a spider in Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Spider = web; Hat =cap.
So possibly one of the species of webcaps, but which one because I think there's quite a lot?
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Ahh ha thank you TJ think I have just cracked it....
As you say a webcap, Shelob is Tolkeins spider and David and Goliath....
Goliath Webcap
Freezing cos' the boiler has broken
Yes, I think you've got the missing piece of the jigsaw, Caroline. Well done.
Boilers always break down in the cold weather just to keep the central heating engineers in business. LOL
Stay as warm as you can Caroline, hope boiler gets fixed soon.
Thats what I came up with and then had a good think about while having a scan at the hospital this afternoon (beats looking at the ceiling for 1/2 an hour)and still reckon that is right.
Clue: Habit cape glow.