The Friends of
Prince of Wales Park

Fungi are everywhere in the park, not too surprising as there are around 15,000 different species of fungi in the UK! Mushrooms (toadstools is just an alternative name) are what we most associate with fungi although most fungi, mildews and moulds for example. do not produce mushrooms. nor do the hoof and bracket fungi. Mushrooms themselves are the fruiting bodies of fungi that are made up of a hidden network of underground threads (hyphae) that form a mycelium that can spread over considerable distance. 

 

The park is home to a wide range of fungi and fungi trails are organised each year by the Friends. Whist some fungi are edible many are not so it good we can call on a local expert to lead these events.

 

Due to the dry summer of 2026 we were not expecting to find many fungi when we held a Fungus Walk event in early October. Surprisingly we actually managed to find quite a few in less than two hours. Besides the specimens in the picture below there were a number of bracket, hoof and dessicated jelly fungi.