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Trees woods and wildlife
Candlesnuff fungus
Pallid, petite, a tumour-fighter. Candlesnuff fungi may be small but they are a medical force to be reckoned with.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Wood blewit
Pastel-toned and edible with a magical twist. Wood blewit has a blue to violet-tinged cap and gills when young, with pale pink spores. It sometimes grows in circles called ‘fairy rings’, which can appear overnight and were once thought to indicate that magic was at work.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Backmuir Wood
Muirhead
56.89 ha (140.58 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Lineover Wood
Dowdeswell
49.97 ha (123.48 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Oak bracket
Though it oozes a honey-like liquid, the oak bracket has a few less tantalising names. It lives off the heartwood of living trees as well as on deadwood. Also known as weeping conk and warted oak polypore, they belong to a group called butt rot fungi.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Dunollie Wood
Oban
31.88 ha (78.78 acres)
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Trees woods and wildlife
Porcelain fungus
A glistening white, translucent beauty which fights off its rivals with its own fungicide. It is associated with beech trees and is edible – but only once the off-putting mucus is washed off.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Killaloo Wood
Killaloo
6.71 ha (16.58 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Wentwood
Llanfair Discoed
353.36 ha (873.15 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Huntly Wood
Longforgan
13.62 ha (33.66 acres)