Such a Fun-gi to be with!

Ok, sorry readers. This terrible pun provides a neat link to the discovering of a notable species of fungus by HE student Lynne Barnett at Kelmarsh Estate, Northamptonshire. Lynne sent the specimen to Dr A. Martyn Ainsworth - a Senior Mycologist at Kew who confirmed her identification as Hericium coralloides with the specimen  now accessioned in the collections at Kew as K(M) 194380. 

Read more about this story at Neil McMahon's (Kelmarsh recorder) website: http://northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.co.uk.