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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 14h

If you study plants, you need this book.
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The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants

A dazzlingly illustrated guide to the plant life of the dinosaur age, from intricate ferns to the most majestic megaflora

press.princeton.edu

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 20h

Another story about native bees illustrated with Honeybees. In Britain, these are livestock and can harm other bee species due to competition for nectar and pollen

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 20h

It's #WorldAlgaeDay! Japanese algologist Kintaro Okamura (1867-1935) provided taxonomies & descriptions in English & Japanese for his monumental work "Nihon sorui zufu" / "Icones of Japanese Algae" (1907-1942). Find it in #BHLib via
#MBLWHOILibrary
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 20h

Iron Man on a misty morning in Birmingham

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Terri Resists @terriresists.bsky.social · 1d

DON’T STACK ROCKS IN STREAMS

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Lina Svärd 🐻 Commissions open! @softlywool.bsky.social · 2d

Day ten of 31 Days of Fungi 🍄
This is Pig's Ear 🐷

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 21h

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub

Mushrooms & Toadstools by JOHN RAMSBOTTOM

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

Veiled Oysters - Pleurotus dryinus sprouting from several places

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

Veiled Oysters - Pleurotus dryinus sprouting from several places

Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

Inside, it contains a fungal secret, new life springing from the decaying trunk

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

This amazing old Ash is still going strong, despite having a hollow trunk in which fires have been lit

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to spot these Slate Boletes - Leccinum duriusculum on a foray at Park Lime Pits, Walsall with @froglife.bsky.social

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Jasper Sharp @jaspersharp.bsky.social · 1d

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #FungiFriends #MycoBookClub

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blackcountrysoc.bsky.social @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social · 1d

Dudley History Festival 11th to 31st October/ More details of talks and other events at www.better.org.uk/library/dudl...

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

The first two look like Sulphur Tufts and a Shaggy Inkcap

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 1d

Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky
#MycoBookClub

INTRODUCTION TO THE MISTORY OF MYCOLOGY

By G. C. Ainsworth

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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 2d

Nice to see them using one of my photos: flic.kr/p/2jLEHD5

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Rod Jones @rodshelf.bsky.social · 3d

Shaggy scalycap fungi in the woods at Hardcastle Crags. #ThePhotoHour #fungi #wildlife #nature #photography @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

Shaggy scalycap fungi - which look like little, brown parasols, are growing among lichen in the foreground. Autumnal trees can be seen in the background.

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 2d

I was surprised to find Lion's Mane mushrooms for sale in Tesco

TESCO finest

Lion's Mane Mushrooms

BRITISH

PRODUCE

* Expertly grown and known for their unique, fibrous texture and versatility.

MEATY & VERSATILE

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EcoRecord @ecorecord.bsky.social · 2d

The leaves are brown and the sky is grey, but there’s still plenty of wildlife to discover! Here are a few autumn sightings from our area, shared on iNaturalist this week:

1. Collared Earthstar (alexexploring on iNaturalist)
2. Knot Grass Moth (delrington)
3. Orange Peel Fungus (avoidasher)

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, but it might be the asexual form confistulina - it doesn't have tubes like the more usual form

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 2d

Office of Public Works (OPW) is now recruiting a Director of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland.
For more information and how to apply, see www.publicjobs.ie

Closing date for applications is 3.00pm 13th November 2025 www.gov.ie/en/office-of...

Current Vacancies

Full list of Competitions currently advertised by the Office of Public Works

www.gov.ie

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Francis Hickenbottom @fhickenbottom.bsky.social · 2d

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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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like a Hoof Fungus - Fomes fomentarius

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