Pepper Pot Myriostoma coliforme
The Pepper Pot (Myriostoma coliforme) is one of Britain’s most remarkable and rarest fungi – an extraordinary earthstar relative unique in producing multiple stalks and multiple spore pores, unlike any other British species. Globally scarce, it is found on light, sandy soils in open woodland and scrub. Suffolk has a long association with this fungus, with historic records from the Bury St Edmunds and Mildenhall areas making it one of the most important counties for the species nationally. Modern records remain rare and sporadic, and any verified Suffolk sighting is of considerable significance to the national picture. Image: © Aleksandr Popov, iNaturalist.
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Suffolk’s Priority Fungi and Slime Mould Species
Key
Listed as a conservation priority in Suffolk’s Biodiversity Action Plan.
Closely associated with Suffolk’s landscape and natural identity.
Identified as a key priority for recovery under Suffolk’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
Has a Species of the Month article attached.
