A number of groups of the black Snakes Tongue Truffleclub (Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides) which are parasitic on False Truffles (Elaphomyces) were visible in the leaf/needle litter in Wykeham Forest in early January. Unfortunately the truffles were too far gone to establish which species they were. Not far away on gorse were the very visible orange fruit bodies of Tremella mesenterica (Yellow Brain fungus) which are parasitic on Peniophora incarnata (Rosy Crust). They are often seen on gorse at this time of the year.
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