The Great Waxcap Hunt 🍄 Tracking down the UK’s most colourful and important fungi - Pear Tree Park

We are teaming up with Ealing Greenwayers to join Plantlife's Waxcap Watch.

This simple survey records the colour of fungi, can be completed by anyone and will help Plantlife better understand where grassland fungi habitat can be found across the country.

Waxcaps are an Indicator of Rare, Species-rich Grassland. Knowing where waxcaps and other grassland fungi are thriving helps pinpoint where fragments of ancient meadows survive, so we can protect them for the future. Not just important for the hundreds of wildflowers they can be home to, these ancient grasslands are also crucial in the fight against climate change. Species-rich grassland can store up to a third more carbon than areas with just a few species.