Dartmoor, Devon: Of all the British wildlife with ‘devil’ in its name, the devil’s fingers fungus surely earns it the mostFollow your nose? It was certainly worth a try. I had been searching the grassy slope for a couple of hours, without luck. Having failed to spot any blood-red amid the green, I hoped a smell might draw me closer. But all I could make out was the aroma of cattle grazing nearby in this still, quiet Dartmoor valley.Two days earlier, a walker had made a rare find while on a navigation course in this area of Merrivale. They had stumbled across a lone devil’s fingers fungus, rising from the earth like a hand emerging from a grave, clawing at the air. An early Halloween treat. Continue reading...
Saturday 1 November 2025
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Country diary: A hellish fungus, foul of stench and spindly of finger | Charlie Elder
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