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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 1h

Psathyrella bipellis is seen in the beechwood at Brockadale. It has an odd smell. I think it is like mothballs but some say it is like cat urine. #fungi

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 22h

One of the new species added to the Brockadale list today was Ramaria curta. Colour rendition was challenging in the woods. The true colour was ochre yellow. R curta has spores significantly smaller than those of R stricta. #fungi

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 2d

Fungus of the day is Armillaria mellea (Honey Fungus).

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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 3d

Some beautiful colonies of Hemitrichia decipiens. Kicin, Wielkopolska (Western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #myxofriends #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa.

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Helen McAra @hedgerownibbler.bsky.social · 3d

Violet webcap (Cortinarius violaceus) growing under gorse today near the Devil’s Punchbowl in Surrey. An absolute stunner of a mushroom and nationally rare - it’s always good to see these beauties.
#ukfungi

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 4d

After seeing Rugosomyces ionides (Violet Domecap) in a beechwood on limestone at Fairburn yesterday, I decided to search the same type of habitat at Brockadale and there it was. This is a more attractive specimen than ones seen yesterday. #fungi

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 4d

Today's work in progress: Cuphophyllus flavipes (Yellow-Foot Waxcap). This species grows on the croquet lawn of the Archbishop Holgate Hospital, West Yorkshire. #Fungi #FungiFriday

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 4d

Bay Polypore on a log at Fairburn, with some of the younger ones looking a little different from ones that I have spotted previously. #FungiFriday

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 4d

The uncommon Amanita solitaria was a nice fungus to see in the beechwood at Fairburn today. There were a number of them to be seen and not all were solitary.

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 5d

A species that I saw for the first time today, at Fairburn, is Rogosomyces ionides (Violet Domecap). Colours haven't been rendered well in my image but the contrast between the violet in the cap and stem and the cream gills was striking.

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Duncan Crombie @the-art-of-web.com · 23d

`Delicate alpine flowers on a rocky outcrop, intermingled with handwritten text` #midjourney #synthart

botanical watercolour sketch, wet-on-wet effect, delicate alpine flowers on a rocky outcrop, intermingled with handwritten text, negative space --ar 5:7 --stylize 400 --v 7

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Sarah Finn @romanceofbooks.bsky.social · 20d

Original botanical painting from an album of watercolour studies of "Flowers from Nature" attributed to Anne Elizabeth Nasmyth nèe Hartop (1817-1893). These are dated 1866-1868.

I saw this when I visited the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. 🍂

#hernaturalhistory #sciart #botanicalart

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Ruhrpott-Pilze @ruhrpottpilze.bsky.social · 7d

Suillus granulatus

#Suillusgranulatus #Suillus #KörnchenRöhrling #weepingbolete #Boletgranulé #Pinarolo #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #champignons #champignon #nature #natur #FungiFriends

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 6d

Suillelus luridus (Lurid Bolete) occurs each year in the beechwood at Brockadale. #fungi

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Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social · 6d

I think, #fungifriends, this might be the prettiest Blusher, Amanita rubescens, I’ve ever seen!! Isn’t it beautiful! 🥰

#MushroomMonday #FungiFriday

Amanita rubescens commonly known as as the Blusher typically has a yellowish-brown cap with flesh that reddens when damaged. Pictured is a lovely pale example that I encountered today with the cap having a gorgeous peaches and cream colouration!

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Jim Horsfall @jimhorsfall.bsky.social · 6d

I was in the centre of Rotherham this morning for a meeting, right by the river. So I had a look for any interesting plants.

Plenty of Frogbit, which is otherwise rare in South Yorkshire, and declined enormously. It must be floating down from somewhere upstream.

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Floating leaves of Frogbit amongst Duckweed and other things.

Canalised section of the river Don where the Frogbit was found.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 7d

Endless raptor persecution continues. Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information...

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/07/s...

Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information

Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberd…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 7d

This morning's find at Brockadale is Melastiza cornubiense. I find that this species makes itself seen on patches of bare, compacted soil. #fungi

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 7d

It was pleasing to see this particularly smart Coprinopsis comatus (Shaggy Inkcap) growimg by the path as I walked to the local Tesco. #fungi

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 8d

I think this is Volvariella murinella - grey streaked cap, volva at stipe base and pinkish gills when mature #FungiFriends #mycology #fungi #ukwildlife #UKFungi

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 8d

Dripping Mushroom, a 1916 woodcut by the Dutch graphic artist and painter Julie de Graag.

One of 900+ prints available to buy from our online shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/dripping-mushroom/

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 8d

Hemitrichia clavata.

One of the few myxomycetes that’s a decent size (1-3 mm) so that I can take some detailed photos of it.

#slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends

Slime mold sporangia that look like yellow chalices on brown stalks. Fuzzy balls of yellow hair emerge from the chalices. This hair holds the spores and helps disperse them. An unopened chalice sits on the right, partially obscured behind some wood debris.

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 8d

Fungus of the day is Orange Birch Bolete (Leccinum versipelle). I didn't have my usual set of coins with me to give scale but I can tell you that this one was a whopper and there were lots of similar ones nearby.

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Jim Horsfall @jimhorsfall.bsky.social · 20d

I went investigating on scree habitat today. Looking fairly bare, it mostly has commoner plants. Wood Sage is frequently in bare scree, Mouse-eared Hawk-weed often where soil is starting to form.

The thing I was looking for though is very rare, Red Hemp-nettle. Declined in arable, but still ok here

Yellow flower of Mouse-eared Hawk-weed amongst moss creeping over scree

Wood Sage growing in an apparent lack of soil on a scree slope

Pink flowers of Red Hemp-nettle, tall thin annual plants. Amongst scree

Close up of the pink flower of Red Hemp-nettle.

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 9d

Rustroemia firma is a fungus that I find occasionally in my local woodland but this specimen was in the forest west of Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

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