Rare mushroom discovered by Northampton student

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Rare mushroom discovered by Northampton student

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UK Nature and Environment@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 days ago

Tom Haddon says he is "delighted" to find a rare wrinkled peach mushroom.

A student has recorded a sighting of a rare mushroom species.

Tom Haddon, 41, a student at the University of Northampton, spotted a wrinkled peach mushroom (Rhodotus palmatus) in woodland at Stanwick Lakes Nature Reserve in October.

Online wildlife logging platform iNaturalist said it was the only recorded sighting of the species in Northamptonshire it received in 2025.

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