BMS spring foray 1 – Trochila ilicis

This week Thomas Læssøe and I spend on Wentworth Castle near Sheffield, England attending the British Mycological Societys spring foray. Though it is the driest season in memory we do find fungi. First, here is the common but very beautiful species Trochila ilicis breaking trough the leaf surface of Ilex aquifolium by opening the epidermis as a small lid.