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Kent wildlife park keeper finds rare coral fungus on fallen log (www.bbc.co.uk)
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A rare fungus once thought extinct in Britain has been discovered at a wildlife park in Kent.

The crown-tipped coral fungus was spotted growing on a fallen log at Wildwood Trust near Canterbury by a keeper near the rabbit enclosure.

Also known as candelabra coral, the fungus went 116 years without a confirmed sighting before being rediscovered in Suffolk in 2012, heritage officer Steve Kirk said.

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Coral fungi are frustrating for me. A few kinds that grow here look so much a like that you need to magnify their spores to tell them apart.

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    [–] 2 points 7 hours ago

    Recently, we (family) spend time each weekend looking for mushrooms and fungus (it calms my son and gives him something to focus on).

    I was looking through old photos with my son when I found a fungi photo from 2023. At the time I didn't know what I was looking at but thought it interesting enough to take a photo.of.

    We now think it was coral tooth fungus. I wish I had known at the time. Pretty special to see even if I'm a few years late in realising.

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