Spring Cavalier (Melanoleuca cognata) should be about in May

At last an umbrella shaped fungus of the month with a stipe, cap and gills! This is a white-spored species that fruits twice, once in April and May and then again from August onwards through the usual fruiting period until the frosts stop play. Given that it often appears when very little else is fruiting, it is one of the most common large toadstool during the spring. Visit the species profile page for more info and please submit your record to us or your local fungus group. Something for the Clyde and Argyll Fungus Group to look out for on their foray this weekend perhaps!