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Ian Senior

@ians4ad.bsky.social

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4AD nut, shoegazer, ex Plant Biologist now Web Developer at Oxford Uni. Committee Member of the Friend's of Earlham Cemetery. Fungi botherer & flora finder with some of Norfolks best botanists & field mycologists Mastodon: @[email protected] Twitter: @Ians4AD

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 19h

Have been out this week surveying Goldilocks Aster (Galatella linosyris) on the steep limestone cliffs of Y Gogarth (Great Orme) for Species Recovery Trust. Glad to report it’s in fine fettle, flowering well - if a little late - after the summer drought #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 17h

Dengue-carrying mosquitoes have been detected in the UK... 🦟

www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Dengue-carrying mosquitoes have been detected in the UK: should you be worried?

UK scientists sound alarm as dengue and Zika-spreading mosquitoes found in surveillance traps.

www.gavi.org

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 17h

Lovely fungus!

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Clare Blencowe @clareblencowe.bsky.social · 18h

Very much liking this mushroom I saw today in West Sussex.

Amanita franchetii. New to me.

Andy Overall says in his book, "The yellow velar patches quickly fade once mature", so it was a treat to find one looking like this. 🟡🍄🟡

A yellow mushroom pictured against a background of brown autumn leaves (Beech and Hornbeam). The cap is covered in yellow warts. The stipe is bulbous with yellow girdles around the base.

Similar to picture 1 on this post. A yellow mushroom pictured against a background of brown autumn leaves. This photo shows more of the stipe in focus. It is white towards the top and yellow towards the bottom, with yellow girdles around the base.

A close up photo of the cap of a mushroom. It is covered in yellow warts. Where the warted veil is breaking up, you can just about see a darker fawn coloured cap underneath.

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Ali Peaker @alipeaker.bsky.social · 18h

Allseed, Linum radiola in a dune slack at Forvie National Nature Reserve today. It was so tiny we wouldn’t have seen it if we hadn’t been kneeling down to look at something else! #wildflowerhour

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 18h

Interesting, I havent heard of that one before. The Lizard is somewhere I do need to visit!

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · 18h

Difficult to be sure but it was the only clump in a very large field. No previous local records but known in other squares nearby. So it could be from the seedbank?

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John Martin @pilning.bsky.social · 19h

Plymouth Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) at (where else?) Plymouth Hoe and Plymouth Thistle selfie with @janettem34.bsky.social on the way back from the SW. Thanks to @andymus.bsky.social for the quality gen. Three plants in flower in this area #wildflowerhour

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Moira O'Donnell @naturelark.bsky.social · 19h

Best find of the day at Langley Vale, Long-stalked Cranesbill, Geranium columbinum. 🩷
#WildflowerHour

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Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social · 19h

I wanted to look at the Mudwort (Limosella aquatica) at Port Meadow this weekend, following the report of it by @trisnorton.bsky.social
I wanted to find the Smut fungus Doassansia limosellae, which was last seen in the UK in 1929. No luck though.
Here is Mudwort in flower!
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